Financial Health - Challenges and Improvements

We look at all aspects of financial health and wellness or well-being.  There are many aspects to this, from debt to saving money, budgeting to retirement, house to protecting family.  All are covered by a number of Drives, 

Financial problems can lead to stress, illness and depression. Sometimes it’s difficult to know what to do for the best financially – it’s the toss of a coin

“All I ask is the chance to prove that money can’t make me happy.” – Spike Milligan

Information on Financial Health

If your financial health takes a turn for the worse, this can easily affect your mental and physical health.

See the Drives below to see which is of the most interest – just click on the Drive and GO!

If you’re interested in finance in general, you can have a look at a visualisation which shows you ALL the World’s money and markets in one place by clicking the button below – courtesy of Visual Capitalist here.

DebtDrive

If you have financial problems and how you get out of debt

budget

BudgetDrive

Learn to make your money go further

family

FamilyDrive

Protecting you and your family’s future

RetirementDrive

It’s never too soon to plan your retirement 

EnergyDrive

See what you spend your money on

house

HouseDrive

More than bricks and mortar

EquityDrive

Can your home support you in later life?

MortgageDrive

This is probably your biggest financial transaction

CarDrive

Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car

WillDrive

Have you made sure your last wishes will be followed?

SavingsDrive

Give yourself and your family some security

InsuranceDrive

How do you protect what’s important to you?

Financial Health Support

We offer support in a number of ways.  We provide links to generic support organisations such as charities in more specific areas, for a particular need or problem.  

We also in some cases provide specific support, sometimes in the form of one-to-one help, sometimes special events or services.

Finally, we can offer links to products which we believe can help in this area.

In these last two cases, they contain affiliate links which mean that we may receive a commission for purchases made through these links. 

Health domains

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We break down the overall concept of health or wellness into ‘bite-sized chunks’ that we can actually do something about.  The first level we call health domains.

We like the Life of Wellness site and we have chosen the following domains.

1. Emotional Wellness: Awareness and acceptance of feelings
2. Spiritual Wellness: A search for meaning and purpose
3. Intellectual Wellness: Recognition of your creativity, knowledge and skills
4. Physical Wellness: Need for physical activity and balanced nutrition
5. Environmental Wellness: Positive awareness and impact on your environment
6. Financial Wellness: Debt reduction, cash flow balance or financial future planning
7. Occupational Wellness: Personal achievement and enrichment from your career
8. Social Wellness: Contribution to your community

wellness wheel

Health Areas

Within each domain, we have included a number of health areas. These are specific issues that you can tackle.  Within each health area, e.g. Depression, once you have subscribed we have built additional information and exercises which you can do to help in the area.

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See which domains you should address

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Having established that we use 8 domains, you need to understand which you should concentrate on.

The 8 are:

  • Emotional
  • Environmental
  • Financial
  • Intellectual
  • Occupational
  • Physical
  • Social
  • Spiritual

You can take a questionnaire, which scores you in each domain.  You can decide which domains you are strong in, and which you need to improve.

Another analysis shows which domains you should look at, but also which domains you want to look at.

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A Butterfly Life: 4 Keys to More Happiness, Better Health and Letting Your True Self Shine

Times of change can be a challenge, no doubt! Whether it’s a relationship breakup, job loss, or being diagnosed with a serious health issue. Or you may WANT things to be different, but it feels a little scary or overwhelming. The butterfly reminds us change can be beautiful, even necessary, in order to realize our full potential and live our best life.