In this episode, Alpha invites you to rethink your relationship with money. Not as something to fear or avoid, but as something to get to know and to come at with curiosity rather than confusion.

Using the metaphor of dating, Alpha walks through simple, practical steps to help you reconnect with your finances, gain clarity, and reduce money anxiety.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why avoidance makes money stress worse (not better)

• How your past money "mistakes" can become learning points

• The five key steps to building visibility and clarity with money

• Why knowing when bills hit matters as much as how much they are

• How to create a money date that actually feels supportive

Takeaway:
Money doesn't need perfection, it needs attention. A little curiosity can transform your entire financial relationship.

Big New Year's resolutions often lead to big overwhelm, and very little follow-through. In this episode, Alpha explores why micro-changes are the real key to sustainable financial growth and confidence.

Rather than focusing on drastic transformations, Alpha invites you to look at the small shifts in awareness, habits, language, and identity that quietly create powerful momentum over time.

• Why New Year's money resolutions often fail

• The role of identity in financial behaviour

• How beliefs, stories, and language shape your money habits

• The difference between intentional money management and avoidance

• Why micro-investing and small automations are so powerful

• How to create CEO-level clarity without micromanaging your finances

• Simple micro-actions you can implement immediately

This episode is perfect for anyone who feels overwhelmed by money, short on time, or stuck in cycles of avoidance, and is ready for a gentler, smarter way forward.

🎧 Tune in and start building momentum through micro-changes.

In this solo episode, Alpha invites listeners behind the scenes of her personal money journey. From her multicultural upbringing in Australia, shaped by financial scarcity and cultural expectations, to discovering her passion for financial empowerment for women.

Alpha dives into:

• Growing up as a daughter of migrants who had no money when they were growing up

• How money stories are inherited from generations before us — even when no one talks about money directly

• Why she became a "squirreler" with money, and the pivotal moment she realised she needed to learn how money really works

• The career path that didn't fit — including depression, burnout, and a brave leap into something new

• The spark that led her to financial education, property investing, and ultimately launching Money Made Simple

• How her love of travel helped her reconnect with joy and lifestyle vision in mid-life

• Why the Money Pie framework was born, and why "simple + intentional" will always beat complexity

✨This episode is your reminder that your past does not dictate your financial future, and that it's never too late to rewrite your money story with intention.