Episodes

Episode 38 – Keeping it Fuzzy with Greg Davies Join Chris, David and Producer Tommo for part 2 of the behavioural finance interview with Greg Davies. We are almost hardwired to make bad money decisions and perhaps being comfortably fuzzy with our finan...

Join Chris, David and Producer Tommo as they explore Employee Ownership - a great option when a business owner wants to step away and the employees want to step up. They discuss what drives people at work and how employee ownership relates to financial...

The third episode in our three part series on investments. Chris, Dave and Producer Tommo answer listeners questions, offer great money saving #tightasstommo tips and we have another interview with Neil Bage.

Episode 35 – The Investor’s Guide to Soufflés This is the second podcast of our three part series on investments. With financial well-being in mind, Chris, David and Producer Tommo provide some practical ideas and thoughts around investment planning. As ever we have a giggle with a #tightasstommo anecdote and Chris has a big announcement to make. 0:15 – Welcome & Introductions 0:59 – Football and Financial Wellbeing 2:00 – Basic Investment Principles Episode 34 – Positive Behaviour & Investi...

Episode 34 – Positive Behaviour & Investing Successfully with Dr Daniel Crosby Chris, Dave and Producer Tommo take a look at investments in this first of a three part series. Chris interviews psychologist and behavioural finance expert Dr Daniel Crosby. They chat about how we can modify our natural behaviours to increase our chances of investment success and more importantly enjoy our investment journey. There are some great takeaways about positive behaviours we can apply to increase our financ...

This week Chris, David & Producer Tommo discuss The Pleasure from Delaying Consumption and how planning and waiting for experiences and purchases can increase our well-being. - As always we have our #tightasstommo tip,

Episode 32 – Getting Out of Debt with Maria Nedeva This episode of The Financial Wellbeing Podcast looks at the tricky subject of debt. Chris has a chat with University of Manchester Professor Maria Nedeva, who overcame her own debts in an unusual and uncompromising fashion. Maria now shares her own experiences to help others learn how to pay loans back quickly. As always Chris will be joined by David and Producer Tommo who will be sharing his latest Tight Ass Tommo Tip. 0:11 – Welcome and In...

In this episode we finally take a look at one of the five basic principles of Financial Wellbeing - dealing with financial shocks. Join Chris, David and producer Tommo as they discuss how the ability to deal with financial shock creates wellbeing and t...

Episode 30: Young Money with Iona Bain In this episode Chris has a chat with the founder of the Young Money Blog, Iona Bain. They discuss financial education, challenges younger people face and the importance of establishing saving habits. They also take a look at the pressures on young people from social media and society based expectations, such as keeping up with others and the work/life balance. As ever we have some great tips from #tightasstommo and a wellbeing word from Sweden. If you ha...

Put your feet up and nibble some left over Christmas chocolate whilst relaxing with the Financial Wellbeing Podcast. Join Chris, David and Producer Tommo in this festive Christmas special. We have lighthearted games, music,

This podcast is all about the "fascinating" subject of transfers from Defined Benefit (aka Final Salary) Pension Schemes. Perhaps not usually the most riveting of subjects, however, in all seriousness it's a hot topic at the moment with plenty of pitfa...

Join Chris, David and Producer Tommo in this much anticipated podcast! They talk to Guardian journalist and author of Chris' favorite non fiction book The Antidote, Oliver Burkeman. Oliver talks about the alternatives to motivational seminars and the p...

In this podcast we take a look at the often misunderstood area in personal finance - attitude to risk. Join Chris, David and Producer Tommo as they discuss the problems with traditional risk assessment tools and an over reliance on the results they pro...

Episode 25: Behavioural Economics with Greg Davies In this episode Chris, David and Producer Tommo are joined by behavioural economist Greg Davies who talks about how our emotions effect our decision making process and how we can become more comfortable when making financial choices. We have Tight Ass Tommo’s #tipoftheweek along with money saving tips from our podcast listeners. 0:20 – Introductions and who is Greg Davies 2:35 – Wellbeing words and their meaning from around the world Japan –...

Join Chris, David and Producer Tommo as they discuss the common types of financial fraud and how you can spot them to avoid being scammed.

Join Chris, David & Tommo as they talk with personal finance journalist Simon Read from Moneywise.co.uk and Right On The Money about engaging with your money - from saving odd pennies for a bigger treat to swapping energy suppliers to save pounds and l...

In this episode join Chris and David as they round up previous podcasts and explain what a financial plan is. They then look at the main steps that should be taken to get the most out of your financial planning.

Episode 21: Financial Capability with Neil Bage As always Chris is also joined by David, where they talk what they have been up to since the last episode, and discuss a new feature with Tip Of The Week from Tommo. Neil Bage talks about financial capability, looking at our behaviour and how it relates to money making decisions. If we understand this behaviour we can be more engaged during the financial planning process. Neil’s company Suitable Strategies looks at risk and financial capability. ...

Episode 20: The Inflation Basket – Where Fish Fingers Meet CDs Inflation can have a big impact on your financial plans, but what is it and how has it changed over the years? Join Chris, David and Tommo as they take a more light hearted approach to explaining inflation and what impact it can have on your financial plans. They also discuss what makes up the ‘Inflation Basket’ and how this has changed over the years. 3:50: Money in the bank v. money under the mattress 5:00: Tweets from @tess_in...

Episode 19: “Financial Entertainment” with Carl Richards In this episode, join Chris and David as they discuss the differences between investing and speculating, as well as how we can be guilty of “confirmation bias” and how this impacts our decisions. Joining us again is a man who has achieved nothing short of legendary status within the Financial Planning world. Carl Richards is a Certified Financial Planner who features weekly in the New York Times, offering simple diagrams explaining often ...

Episode 18: How to Get Help The Financial Wellbeing Podcast and Book is aimed at helping people to create their own financial plan, but where else can you get help with your finances? In this episode, Chris & David talk through the various ways you can get help with your finances and perhaps the places where you should avoid getting help from. We talk about some useful free services that are available and also how engaging a Financial Planner can be a huge help. We also find out whether David...

Episode 17: Money Emotions with Simonne Gnessen Our relationship with and our emotions towards money have a big impact. Whether that be our stress levels, how we live our lives and the options that are available to us. This is an area we delved in to in Episode 10 “Financial Options in Life” and is discussed further in this episode with our guest Simonne Gnessen. Simonne is a Financial Coach and co author of the Sheconomics book. In her interview with Chris, she provides some excellent insight...

Episode 16: Take the First Step Every long journey starts with a small step but in what direction? This can be a daunting thought. How about breaking this down and making the direction you want to head in easier to work out and understand. Join Chris and David as they talk about how you can start thinking about this in small bitesize chunks. This includes some tips on making this a simpler and less daunting task so the journey does at least start. Remember as you go along the financial plannin...

In this episode, join Chris, David and Tommo as they discuss objectives. A crucial stage of Financial Wellbeing is "A Clear Path To Identifiable Objectives.", in Episode 4 we zoomed in on "A Clear Path", and in this episode we zoom in on "Identifiable ...