Join me, Melissa Browne, ex-financial advisor, ex-accountant, ex-working till I drop. Now serial entrepreneur, best selling author and financial educator as I talk all things money. Why a podcast about money? That's because as women we're choosing not to talk about it and when it comes to dealing with money - 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.…
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Your New Year's resolutions were never going to work, and it's not because you're lazy. You made them drunk on champagne and optimism, on behalf of a version of you with far more bandwidth than you actually have on a wet Tuesday in February. So if those January money goals quietly died months ago? Good. Let them. Because it's the first of July. New financial year . New payslips, fresh tax year,…
Nobody in finance talks about this. How trauma responses — freeze, flight, fight, fawn — show up in your financial decisions. And what they're actually costing you. In this episode I share something personal: I have PTSD from experiences in my teenage years. And for a long time I didn't connect that to my finances. Looking back — it was there in everything. This episode covers: — What a trauma…
You know the ick. That tiny thing someone does that you just can't unsee. Turns out money has them too. This week Mel and Lawsie rate 10 financial icks out of 10 and then, because they can't help themselves, they flip every single one over to show what it's actually hiding underneath. Because here's the thing: nobody does the icky money stuff because they're a bad person. They do it because of a…
Content warning: This episode discusses financial abuse, coercive control, and intimate partner violence. Support services are listed at the end of these notes, including 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732. If anything in this episode is distressing, please reach out. In New South Wales, on 1 July 2024, coercive control became a criminal offence in intimate partner relationships. Queensland followed in…
After more than a decade, 6,000+ women and many of their partners, and more financial transformations than we can count, Mel is closing the My Financial Adulting Plan. For good. Yes, she's closing rather than selling her continuing her 7 figure business. You might think she's crazy (she does a little too, that's OK.) But in this episode, Lawsie turns the microphone around and asks Mel the…
Last night's Federal Budget made a splash — but did it go far enough? In this episode, Mel gives you her unfiltered take on the 2026/27 Budget and walks you through exactly what's changing, who's affected, and what (if anything) you actually need to do about it. No political spin. No media clickbait. Just plain-English answers from someone who's spent 25 years in accounting and financial…
If it feels like everything is getting more expensive right now… you're not imagining it. Petrol prices are rising. Inflation is back in the headlines. Interest rates may move again. And share markets are bouncing around. Add global uncertainty into the mix and it's no wonder so many people are feeling nervous about their finances. In this episode, Mel talk through what's actually going on and…
If you're in your 50s and thinking it might be "too late" to change your financial future, this episode is for you. In this Gen X edition of the series, Mel shares what she would do differently if she was turning 50 again when it comes to money, investing and financial independence. Because while time matters, strategy matters more. Too many women in their 50s are focused solely on paying off the…
What if the world of finance was never designed with women in mind? In this special episode, Mel sits down with Lawsie to talk about her new book, Dare to Be Wealthy and the deeper truth behind why wealth still feels uncomfortable, taboo or "not for us" for so many women. This isn't just a conversation about investing, debt or super. It's about the subtle messages women absorb over a lifetime that…
Turning 40 isn't a crisis. It's clarity. In this episode, Mel and LL unpack what they'd do differently financially if they were entering their 40s again . F rom investing myths to hormone health, divorce realities and reinvention. Because here's the truth: Your 40s aren't too late. They're often where confidence, income and courage finally align. We cover: • Why women (but not men) think they've…
