The Joyful Frugalista

96: Pascale Helyar-Moray discusses women, money and superannuation

CEO of Super-Rewards, Pascale Helyar-Moray, is passionate about helping to achieve greater financial equality. In this podcast, she chats with Serina about the gender pay gap, superannuation and women, and her experience in deciding to found her startup to do something about this.

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95: Vanessa Stoykov talks about the essential money conversations we need to have

What conversations should we be having around money? And how do we have them?  In this podcast, Serina chats with money educator and communicator Vanessa Stoykov about her new book, The Five Conversations About Money That Will Radically Change Your Life.

Did you know that 75% of people believe they should have conversations about inheritance before someone passes away?  And 53% of people said that the worst deal breaker in a partner was infidelity, with financial irresponsibility being a second factor at 25%?  

94: Mobile payment industry entrepreneur Harold Dimpel talks fintech

How is fintech changing how we bank? And do we even need a bank account?  (Spoiler: many people in the world don't even have a bank account, yet still manage to regularly send money to family overseas.)  In this podcast, Serina chats with friend Harold Dimpel, a mobile payment industry entrepreneur with 17 years of experience in fintech.

93: Evan Lucas shares why mindset is important to making money

How do our beliefs, including inherited beliefs, affect our relationship with money?  In this podcast, Evan Lucas shares some of his behavioural finance knowledge.  Evan is Head of Strategy at Invest SMART and a regular commentator on ABC television and radio, TODAY, The Project and SKY News.  He is the author of Mind Over Money: Why understanding your money behaviour will improve your financial freedom. 

92: Psychic Suzy Cherub talks about channelling abundance

Can you bring your abundance into your life?  And can you make money doing what brings you joy?  Suzy Cherub is an international award-winning psychic medium, published author, speaker and intuitive coach. She was awarded International Psychics Association Psychic of the Year 2014 (Australia.  Suzy is a successful businesswoman and real estate investor who left a highly paid-public service career to follow her calling. 

91: Serina and her husband, Neil, talk about timeshare

Ever been cornered into a timeshare presentation? That was our experience on our September visit to Florida. Find out how it went, how it stacked up - and how we got out of it.  In this podcast, Serina chats with her husband, Neil, about their experience.

90: Steve McKnight shares his secrets for being a money magnet

How can you attract real wealth into your life? In this podcast, Steve McKnight, author of the bestselling book From 0 to 130 Properties in 3.5 years, shares some insights from his new book - Money Magnet: How to Attract and Keep a Fortune that Counts.  And he also shares some never-before-revealed secrets from his childhood as well.  

89: Frugalista travel to the US to attend #fincon

My husband, Neil, and I recently travelled to Orlando, Florida, to attend #fincon2022 (a conference for money content creators aka money nerds).  And we had a bit of a holiday. In this podcast, we talk about how we saved money on flights, accommodation, cars and sightseeing.

88: Senior of the Year Val Dempsey talks about the value and importance of first aid

Val Dempsey is Senior Australian of the Year 2022.  She has spent over 50 years volunteering with St John Ambulance, including more recently during bushfires and floods.  In this podcast, she chats about going to London to represent Australia at the Queen's funeral, bumping into a world leader (literally), why everyone who drives should learn first aid, plus a fabulous frugalista tip that involves bling.

87: Prof le Coutre talks about the global problems of food security and food waste

Ever wondered if the problems of accessing things like lettuce are just an Australian problem or a global one?  And whether food prices will go up or down?  Or what about the facts facing food waste? In this podcast, Serina chats with Professor Johannes le Coutre, who is Professor Food & Health at UNSW.  His research is based on cellular agriculture to strengthen food security and alleviate the agricultural burden on the environment.  Professor le Coutre holds a PhD in biophysics and has an extensive and impressive CV that includes working in the US, Switzerland, England and Tokyo. Before joining UNSW, in addition to his research activities, he served as the Secretary-General for Nestlé’s Scientific Advisory board and as coordinator of the International Nutrition Symposium, an annual event featuring world-leading scientists debating critical topics in food and nutrition.

 

Dr. Johannes le Coutre