Money Conversations That Actually Make Sense
Look, nobody wakes up excited about budgets. But when you're making decisions about your future without knowing the basics, that's when things get messy. We teach finance the way it should've been taught from the start.
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Why Most Financial Education Misses the Point
Here's what we've noticed after years in this space. People don't struggle with finance because they're bad at maths. They struggle because most courses throw jargon at you without explaining what any of it actually means for your life.
You've probably sat through a presentation where someone used "diversification" twelve times without once mentioning what that looks like when you're choosing between super funds. Or explained compound interest without connecting it to anything real.
Our approach starts with the decision you're trying to make. Then we work backwards to show you exactly which concepts matter and which ones you can ignore. Because honestly? About 30% of traditional finance education is just people sounding smart.
When someone leaves our courses, they should be able to look at their actual bank statements and know what to do next. Not just parrot back definitions from a textbook.
How We Structure Learning
Four principles that shape every course we build. Nothing revolutionary here, just common sense applied consistently.
Real Numbers First
Every example uses actual Australian costs. Not theoretical scenarios where rent is 0 a week and everyone earns exactly ,000. We pull numbers from ABS data, current mortgage rates, and real super fund performance.
When you're working through a budgeting exercise, it should feel like looking at your own situation. Not some fantasy version where everything works out perfectly.
Mistakes Included
You learn more from watching someone mess up a calculation and fix it than seeing perfect results. So we show both. The decision that looked smart in 2019 and completely backfired. The investment that everyone said would tank but didn't.
Finance isn't a straight line. Teaching it like one does nobody any good.
Questions Over Lectures
Most sessions start with "What's confusing you right now?" instead of a pre-planned presentation. Because the gap between what people think they should ask and what they actually need to know is usually enormous.
Someone might think they need to understand derivatives. What they really need is help working out if they can afford to drop a day at work. Different problems entirely.
Follow-Up Access
Courses run for 8-12 weeks typically, starting September 2025 through early 2026. But the support doesn't end when the last session does. Things come up. Tax time arrives and suddenly depreciation schedules matter. That's when quick answers actually help.
You're not just getting information dumped on you then sent on your way.
Who's Actually Teaching This Stuff
The people running our courses have spent years explaining money to folks who'd rather be doing literally anything else. That shapes how you teach. You stop using acronyms nobody understands. You find better metaphors. You get comfortable saying "I don't know, let me check that."
What matters most isn't how many letters someone has after their name. It's whether they remember what it felt like to not understand this stuff. Whether they can spot when someone's nodding along but completely lost.
Meet the Teaching Team
Rowena Galbraith
Spent a decade in mortgage lending before switching to education. Knows exactly where the confusing bits are because she's explained offset accounts about 4,000 times.
Saffron Delahaye
Background in super fund administration and investment research. Translates industry jargon into sentences actual humans would say. Strong opinions about pie charts.
