Money Mindset
Many of the common beliefs about money, spending and investing are misleading and even wrong. Expanding and evolving your perspective of money will make the biggest difference to your financial wellbeing.
The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
Filled with engaging stories that will challenge the way you think about money.
We are immersed in a spending buffet
Matt Hern
Seduced to buy things we don’t need
With money we don’t have
And so we get stuck in situations we don’t like”
The Art of Spending by Morgan Housel
Like The Psychology of Money this book is filled with engaging stories, designed to challenge how you think about what is worth spending your money on.
A useful insight into how we are seduced to spend money by marketers and culture.
The Soul of Money by Lynne Twist
Building your ‘sense of sufficiency’; your sense that “I have enough” provides excellent immunity to being seduced to spend money you can’t afford.
Lynne Twist’s beautiful book helps reset your sense of “enough”.
Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown
Building your ‘sense of self’; your sense that “I am enough” is the other essential mindset that provides immunity to being seduced to spend money you can’t afford.
Brene Brown’s books “Daring Greatly“, “Rising Strong” and “Braving the Wilderness” have been instrumental in building my sense of self.
Happiness, Flourishing & Wellbeing
“Afford A Life You Love”
That is the purpose of wisely managing your money.
Each of the four key areas of wellbeing are interconnected, so invest in each of them.
- Financial wellbeing
- Social wellbeing (including relationships)
- Mental & Emotional (psychological) wellbeing
- Physical wellbeing
Happiness
Build the Life You Want by Arthur C Brooks and Oprah Winfrey
The book provides an excellent summary of the latest research into the key ingredients to being happier, as well as into what contributes to both social and psychological wellbeing.
Relationships
The Gottman Institute
Such prolific publishers of deeply researched and useful books and resources for couples, I could not choose just one or two books to include here.
Browse the Gottman website to find the resource that speaks to the relationship area or stage you want to work on right now.
Esther Perel
Esther Perel is deeply insightful about relationships and pragmatic with her advice on having healthy relationships.
Listen to her interviewed by any of your favourite podcasters, and then delve into the courses on her website.
Passionate Marriage by David Schnarch
David Schnarch’s two books “Passionate Marriage” and the follow-on “Intimacy & Desire” are profoundly insightful into making romantic relationships work over the long-term.
