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Women are so good at talking about SO many things. Over brunch we can cover everything from sex to politics to religion to Housewives of Beverley Hills to white jeans in winter. But there’s one subject that we are completely avoiding. That subject is money.
The problem is, we can’t afford to avoid it. That’s because as women, we’re kind of sucking at it. There is a wage gap that exists not simply in the corporate world but in the world of small and medium business owners where women should be on par with men. There is a gap between men and women that we’ve tossed in the too hard basket for the moment in our superannuation funds. And there’s a widening gap between those who own property and those who do not.
And let’s not even talk about the role money and power holds in our society.
That’s why ladies I believe finance is a feminist issue. It’s time we started to uncensor money.
Here you'll find chats about money where we throw off the notion that money is crass or uncomfortable. It's all about becoming comfortable bringing money into our everyday conversations and through it, figuring out what our own money story is and whether we might want to change it.
Enjoy!
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Uncensored Money Season Three: Recession Proofing Your Finances
In this episode, Mel and Lawsie explain what a recession is and then share their top tips on how to be financially resilient during a recession.
Uncensored Money Season Three: Travel Tips to Save You Cash
The world has opened up post-Covid and Aussies are planning to travel, and spend more on travel, than in previous years. In this episode, Mel and Lawsie share 18 travel tips that will save you money so you can enjoy your holiday without a financial hangover.
Uncensored Money Season Three: Finding More Income
Studies show that women have been conditioned by media to reduce their spending rather than find more income. So in this episode, Mel and Lawsie share 13 ways you can find more income.
Uncensored Money Season Three: Your Inflation, Interest Rate & Cost of Living Questions Answered
In this episode, Mel and Lawsie answer your questions on all things related to interest rates, inflation rates and the increasing cost of living.
Uncensored Money Season Three: The Link Between Interest Rates & Inflation Rates
In this episode, Mel and Lawsie discuss the link between interest rates, inflation rates and their impact on the cost of living.
Uncensored Money Season Three: 8 Popular Apps to Save You Money
In this episode, Mel and Lawsie share their 8 favourite apps to help you save money, including on groceries, fuel, eating out, energy bills and shopping.
Uncensored Money Season Three: Lifestyle Creep: What Is It and How to Avoid It
In this episode, Mel and Lawsie discuss lifestyle creep, what it is and how it affects you. Then they share 5 practical ways to avoid lifestyle creep from sabotaging your finances.
Uncensored Money Season Three: Plan, Pivot, Plan – My Latest Launch Debrief
In this episode, Mel discusses comparison culture by opening the curtains to share what was going on behind the scenes of the recent launch of the My Financial Adulting Plan.
Uncensored Money Season Three: 5 Financial Tips No Matter Your Age or Stage
Melissa recorded this podcast at the request of someone who messaged her on Instagram asking if there’s hope if you’re starting again in your late thirties and what she should do. In it, Mel talks about her own story about coming back from less than nothing as well as 5 strategies to financially move yourself along, no matter your age.
Uncensored Money Season Three: Property and Interest Rates
This week the Reserve Bank of Australia put its rates up for the first time since November, 2010. It’s the rate rise that everyone saw coming but that doesn’t mean the clickbait headlines aren’t everywhere. That’s why Mel and Lawsie jumped on for a podcast full of practical tips for what this interest rate rise (and the interest rate rises to come) mean for you.
Uncensored Money Season Three: Finfluencers, Money Mindset Coaches, Educators, Advisors & More
In this solo episode, Mel discusses the differences between people who play in the finance space; finfluencers, money mindset coaches, financial educators, advisors and more. She also talks about the different roles they play and how they make their money so you can make an informed decision about who to listen to.
Uncensored Money Season Three: Is your language or bias keeping you small?
In this episode, Mel and Lawsie discuss the impact of language and bias on our finances and our lives. They begin by discussing the response to a recent post on social media by Mel and how women judging other women is not only hurting our finances but potentially limiting what we think we’re capable of.
Uncensored Money Season Three: Catching Up on Superannuation
In the fourth episode of Season 3, Mel and Lawsie continue the discussion from last week’s episode about the impact of having a break, for whatever reason, from contributing to your super.
Uncensored Money Season Three: Superannuation – The Forgotten Cost of a Career Break
In the third episode of Season 3, on International Women’s Day Mel talks about an important yet often overlooked cost of a career break; the impact on women’s superannuation.
Uncensored Money Season Three: Do Your Finances Need a Detox?
In this second episode of Season Three, Mel talks about an important financial habit she adopted over a decade ago called the 30 Day Financial Detox and how it will help you break up with money and become a conscious and mindful consumer again. Mel shares ideas on how to structure your detox, switch behaviours, set boundaries and create an action plan.
Uncensored Money Season Three: We Compare 9 Popular Investing Apps
In this new season of Uncensored Money, Mel and Lawsie talk about 9 popular investing apps and compare what they are, what they invest in, features we like, features we're uncomfortable with, fees benefits and more.
Uncensored Money Season Two: Money and our Relationship
In our 21st episode of Season Two, Mel & her husband, Tony Larven (aka #baldsexyman) have a conversation about money and their relationship. They cover everything from money story, money type, how they do money day to day, goals and planning and more.
Uncensored Money Season Two: Your Finances in Uncertain Times
In our 20th episode of Season Two, Mel & Lawsie talk about what they think you need to make sure you're doing with your finances during times of uncertainty. They discuss the importance of buffers, what to do with debt, investing, property, making more income and how to protect what you have.
Uncensored Money Season Two: Your Best Year Yet
In our 19th episode of Season Two, Mel & Lawsie talk about designing your best year yet. And no, this doesn't mean the year will be smooth sailing but it will help you be more intentional about all areas of your life including relationships, health, businesses etc.
Uncensored Money Season Two: Finishing the Year Well
In our 18th episode of Season Two, Mel & Lawsie talk about finishing the year well, asking both the big questions including what unfinished business do you have this year, as well as what you need to do now to set yourself up for 2022. We also discuss the changes Mel has made as a result of these reflections.
Uncensored Money Season Two: Cost Less Christmas
In our 17th episode of Season Two, Mel & Lawsie pop on our Christmas hats and talk about silly season madness and strategies to help Christmas cost you less financially, emotionally and environmentally.
Uncensored Money Season Two: Diving into Cryptocurrency
In our 16th episode of Season Two, Mel & Lawsie talk about Mel's decision to take the plunge and invest in cryptocurrency, including why, how and what her strategies are. We then answer a whole lot of your questions about investing in crypto.
Uncensored Money Season Two: Navigating End of Year Sales, Payment Options and Credit Card & Loyalty Reward Points
In our 15th episode of Season Two, Mel & Lawsie talk about how to navigate all of the end of year sales from Black Friday to Boxing Day sales, including the different tips and techniques used by retailers to encourage you to spend and things to be aware of when it comes to chasing credit card and loyalty reward points.
Uncensored Money Season Two: How to be Prepared for Pending Interest Rate Rises
In our 14th episode of Season Two, Mel & Lawsie talk about the increased talk around interest rate rises including when they are expected to occur and give plenty of tips for those going for a loan or for those with a loan on how best to be prepared for when interest rates do rise.
Uncensored Money Season Two: Active, Passive & Direct Share Investing
In our 13th episode of Season Two, Mel & Lawsie talk about the three main ways you might invest in shares - active, passive and direct share investing, the pros and cons of each of these types of investing and where you might want to start. We also discuss the new ways of investing.
Uncensored Money Season Two: Sex, Money & Relationships
In our 12th episode of Season Two, Mel & Lawsie discuss all things sex, money and relationships including why people are more comfortable talking about sex than finances and our top tips on how to start having more conversations about money.
Uncensored Money Season Two: Your Finance Questions Answered
In our 11th episode of Season Two, Mel & Lawsie answer a dozen of your finance questions. Some were easy, some more complicated, but all of them absolutely questions we have been asked many times over the years.
Uncensored Money Season Two: Getting Pricing Right in your Business
In our tenth episode of Season Two, Mel & Lawsie talk pricing in your business and why it is more than a number and discuss how there is an art, science and psychology to pricing.
Uncensored Money Season Two: Why Saving Alone Isn't Enough
In our ninth episode of Season Two, Mel & Lawsie discuss why savings in the bank, to the exclusion of all else, is not enough for future you.
Uncensored Money Season Two: Financial Success Stories
In our eighth episode of Season Two, Mel & Lawsie talk to six different women about their own personal financial journeys, where they were, where they are now and what they have learned along the way.
Uncensored Money Season Two: Spending v. Paying off Debt v. Saving v. Investing
In our seventh episode of Season Two, Mel & Lawsie talk about the difference between spending v. paying off debt v. saving v. investing as well as lubricant and what that has to do with your finances.
Uncensored Money Season Two: Types of debt
In our sixth episode of Season Two, Mel & Lawsie talk all things debt. We look at the different types of debt and what each category includes. And if you have these type of debt, what order we think you should repay them, or if you should actually repay them, as well as things to be aware of for both your personal finances as well as business finances. .
Uncensored Money Season Two: Money in lockdown
In our fifth episode of Season Two, Mel & Lawsie talk about what you should be doing with your business and personal finances as millions of Aussies remain in lockdown.
Uncensored Money Season Two: The best and worst financial decisions we have made
In our fourth episode of Season Two, Mel & Lawsie talk about the best and worst financial decisions they have made.
Uncensored Money Season Two: The pink tax and gender parity - does it exist, what is it and how can we fight it
In our third episode of Season Two, Mel & Lawsie talk about the pink tax and gender parity. We discuss what it is, prove that it still exists and what we can do about it.
Uncensored Money Season Two: Business vs. hobby vs. side hustle vs. employee
In our second episode of Season Two, Mel & Lawsie talk all things business vs. hobby vs. side hustle vs. employee. We cover the difference between all of these, why some people are best being an employee while others are better suited to running a business and the difference between and hobby and a side hustle.
Uncensored Money Season Two: When it comes to money, who should YOU be listening to?
In our first episode of Season Two, Mel & Lawsie talk all things who should you be listening to. We cover messages you're receiving from brands, whether you should be talking to a financial advisor, finfluencers and our thoughts on who you should be listening to.
Uncensored Money: With Karen James
In this episode of Uncensored Money I chat all things money with Karen James – a purpose driven, author, single mum, corporate change maker, humanitarian, social entrepreneur and so much more...
Uncensored Money: With Olivia Engel
In this episode of Uncensored Money I chat all things money with Olivia Engel - the Senior Managing Director or State Street Global Advisors and CIO (Chief Investment Officer) of Active Quantitative Equity (AQE).
Uncensored Money: With Melissa Browne
In this episode of Uncensored Money, the microphone is handed across to Lauren, my co-founder at the Money Barre to interview me about my finances, my money story, my business mistakes, my financial fears and regrets and so much more.
Uncensored Money: With Jacqui Lewis
In this episode of Uncensored Money I chat all things money with Jacqui Lewis - a global Master Vedic Meditation teacher, multiple-business owner, author and wellness expert.
Uncensored Money: With Fleur McDonald
In this episode of Uncensored Money I chat all things money with Fleur McDonald - a farmer, former jillaroo, best-selling rural literature author, mother of two and domestic violence activist.
Uncensored Money: With Julie Ockerby
In this episode of Uncensored Money I chat all things money with Julie Ockerby - a previously registered nurse, interior designer, award-winning business owner, immigrant, tiger single-mum and ageing influencer.
Uncensored Money: With Emma Isaacs
In this episode of Uncensored Money I chat all things money with Emma Isaacs - a global CEO, multi-business owner, mother of five, author, philanthropist, cheerleader and connector. Emma is chief chick at Business Chicks, Australia's largest community for women.
Uncensored Money: With Jess Fox
In this episode of Uncensored Money I chat all things money with Jess Fox - a dual Olympic-medallist-kayaker, School Dux, Psychology student, bi-lingual, dog-selfie-taking, 5 x world champion canoe slalem athlete.
Uncensored Money: With Cathie Reid
In this episode of Uncensored Money I chat all things money with Cathie Reid - a dior-wearing, future-astronaut, billionaire business owner, mother of two, Brisbane Lions board member, tech geek.