Welcome back to The Monthly Wrap, where I take you through an overview of life, money and business. This month I take you through September, adjusting to life as part-stay-at-home-mum-part-self-employed-business-owner, share my first advent calendar purchase, and the slow but steady stabilisation of post-post-partum financials.

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This week I'm hitting replay on an episode from my The Wardrobe Project mini series last year! The year I chose not to buy clothes was one of the most transformative things I ever did for my confidence and my finances, and I'm telling all in this episode.

Welcome back to episode 3 of The Wardrobe Project mini series! For our final episode I'm talking about the other side of the coin: what happens when you complete a year long experiment to not buy a single item of clothing? How does it feel? Did anything change? And what is life like on the other side of an obsession with clothes? I tell all in this final episode of the series.

Mentioned in this episode

• Podcast episode: What's it like to buy again after a year long wardrobe freeze?: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7cokG9nD8HHgHXsCeA3hIo?si=cd9d5345eaec4c1b

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This week we're hitting replay on one of your favourite episodes of the podcast ever.

In this solo episode I'm taking you three behavioural turning points that fundamentally changed my finances forever. From identifying cycles that are keeping you stuck to always investigating the beliefs that your behaviour is upholding, this punchy ep is a masterclass in owning your own financial mindset and making positive change.

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Welcome back to The Monthly Wrap, where I take you through an overview of life, money and business. This month's episode is a combo episode of July and August as I have recently welcomed my first baby into the world. Buckle in for chats on the financial aspect of pet loss, navigating finances through grief and joy, the duality of love and loss, postpartum impulse purchases, and approaching my finances with a whole new outlook as a mum.

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In this episode, I reflect on five things I did around five years ago that are paying off in a big way now — from scrappy investing beginnings to mindset shifts that changed everything. It's a reminder that small, imperfect actions compound over time in ways you simply can't see when you're in the thick of it.

Key takeaways:

• Starting to invest with just $5 a week can grow into something significant — consistency beats waiting for the "perfect" moment
• Paying off debt isn't just about clearing a balance; it builds the behavioural habits that fund every financial goal that comes after
• Delaying a lifestyle upgrade by even one or two years can mean making the move from a far stronger financial foundation
• Staying in a "comfortable" job can be just as costly as staying in a bad one
• Letting go of a victim mindset around money (like "I just got unlucky") is what opens the door to actually changing your situation
• The hardest part of any financial goal is the early stages — but looking back is one of the best tools for staying motivated to keep going.

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