How Much Life Insurance Cover Do You Need?

By: Alex Cook

Back in my days as a financial adviser, I soon discovered that the vast majority of people were underinsured, often substantially, leaving their families exposed to considerable hardship in the event that they passed away or became sick and disabled. Read more

A Simple Tool to Help You Make Sense of Life

By: Sheridan Voysey

According to the experts, writing in a journal can help you reduce stress, increase creativity, solve problems, and manage conflict. Read more

How to Choose a Great Financial Adviser

By: Alex Cook

A potentially risky yet more often beneficial thing you can do with your money is finding a great financial adviser. I say risky because there is no shortage of stories of people who visit someone holding themselves out to be a financial adviser only to lose their life savings. Read more

5 Things I’ve Learnt from a New Year Dawning

By: Susan Sohn

Being in my late forties, one thing I’ve come to realise is that New Year’s resolutions just don’t work for me. I have failed every time that I have tried to put something in place whether it be getting into better shape, quitting sugar, spending less time working and more time savouring life. By January 10th I’ve fallen off of every well-intentioned wagon I’ve set myself on. Read more

The Best Books I Read in 2018 (and Some Not-So-Good)

By: Sheridan Voysey

What a gift great authors are to this world. Pulling together my thoughts for you on the best books I’ve read, those I’ve had the honour of endorsing, plus the not-so-good titles from this past twelve months has become a favourite annual tradition of mine. Read more

The Importance of Creating Simply For Your Own Joy

By: Susan Browning

It’s so easy to get stuck in our ordinary, wouldn’t you agree? If anything motherhood has opened my eyes to the ways I used to be creative when uninhibited by obligation, or creative deadlines. Or well, life. Creativity accesses the child within us all, and when modelled it can pass onto Kingdom expression to the next generation – which is why I think creating for joy ourselves is such an important aspect of our lives. Read more

How to Deal With Trolls (Hint: Don’t Get Even and Don’t Give In)

By: Sheridan Voysey

“You need to get a life,” Laura told me. “There’s plenty you can do to help children without being a father.” Then there was Maya: “Forgive me if I don’t cry a river when men suffer the indignity of infertility when women have suffered that stigma for millennia.” And Charlie had his say: “Get over your ego and adopt.” Read more

Alcohol Consumption at Lowest Level in 50 Years

By: McCrindle

Over recent years there has been a shift in the drinking culture of Aussies from beer to wine, making it less likely to binge drink due to factors such as social expectations, social environments and costs. Read more

Pecan Shortbread Fingers

By: Susan Joy

You can still have treats for Christmas when they are healthy like my Pecan Shortbread Fingers. Delicious melt in your mouth shortbread with extra flavour by adding, roasted pecans and topping them with a drizzling of dark chocolate. Read more

How Can We Stay Civil in the Age of Outrage? Here are Three Ideas

By: Sheridan Voysey

In 2016 I found myself in the United States at the time of the Presidential election. Heading to Nashville airport one morning, my taxi driver told me he was thinking of voting for Donald Trump and asked me what I thought. An hour of lively but friendly debate followed.  Read more