What exactly is insider trading? Let me explain basic financial concepts for you, simply and in fewer than 200 words!

"There's a difference between knowing what you own and just assuming the word 'diversified' does all the work."

What exactly is Value Added Tax - VAT? Let me explain basic financial concepts for you, simply and in fewer than 200 words!

The moment most people discover they got disclosure wrong is often the moment they're trying to make a claim. That's a terrible time to find out.

What exactly is the Financial Conduct Authority - FCA? Let me explain basic financial concepts for you, simply and in fewer than 200 words!

"Life insurance protects your people after you're gone. Income protection protects you - and them - while you're still here."

What exactly is a trustee? Let me explain basic financial concepts for you, simply and in fewer than 200 words!

Underwriting can feel like being judged. But the point of the whole complicated, intrusive, sometimes infuriating process is to end up with a piece of paper that says: the people you love will be okay.

A decline from one insurer is not a universal verdict.

What exactly is income tax? Let me explain basic financial concepts for you, simply and in fewer than 200 words!

“My flabbers were ghasted.”

“I'm not 'good at maths', whatever that actually means. But I am interested in this and it means something to me - so I'm going to find a way of working it out."

Social wealth doesn't appear on your net worth spreadsheet - but it is absolutely real.

Managing money when you are depressed is genuinely harder. It's not a moral failing.

Financial stability isn't all about retirement or nice houses. It's about giving ourselves the breathing space that, as humans, we might need.

Clients come to me not because they're ready, but because something shifted just enough to make reaching out feel possible. That's enough - that's actually plenty.

What exactly are price indices like RPI and CPI? Let me explain basic financial concepts for you, simply and in fewer than 200 words!

Shame is a self-fulfilling prophecy - you'll find evidence for it in everything that happens.

It's connection, rather than willpower, which will break this down

The future is not something I always thought I would have. I'm on the other side of it now - and that means it's possible.

Creating a garden is an act of hope for the future. And investing works the same way - you plant something today, you don't dig it up tomorrow to check, and over time, quietly, it grows.

Taking a step with your financial life is taking a step with your mental health. If the only reason you're doing it is because you're treating yourself like a pet - do that. You are worth it.

What exactly is HMRC - His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs? Let me explain basic financial concepts for you, simply and in fewer than 200 words!

Anxiety loves vagueness - it swirls around the unknown and makes it bigger and badder than it really is. A real, specific number might feel uncomfortable, but it is always less frightening than an imagined one.

Money issues are rarely just money issues.

It could be worth reflecting on whether what you need is support and confidence rather than somebody to tell you the financially best thing to do with your money.