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Financial Triage and Concierge

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Kim Stephenson

After working with Toynbee Hall for a while, my ideas about how to help people to manage money came together in a new form – which we’ve started to promote with those helping those who are “financially unhealthy”.   Here’s … Continue reading →

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How can we teach financial capability

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Kim Stephenson

  This is a companion piece to “What’s the problem with financial capability?” There I suggested some issues with the practice of teaching financial capability.  Here I cover questions asked about how to implement the ideas, and objections to changing … Continue reading →

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What’s the problem with financial capability?

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Kim Stephenson

It sounds easy to teach – just teach financial skills.  So why doesn’t that work?  A few reasons.   We think of financial capability.    But finance is only one tool in life, there are many others. There’s making good … Continue reading →

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Gambling

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Kim Stephenson

  I got asked to comment for a piece on gambling in Men’s Health magazine.  Apparently increasing numbers of people are looking to gambling as a way out of financial trouble.    Sadly, the magazine doesn’t hand out copies for … Continue reading →

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Press coverage

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Kim Stephenson

  I got some press coverage from the interviews I did  – such as this in the Express, in AOL online and ThisisMoney.   There’s also this article on couple’s finances from November last year that I hadn’t spotted, in the Independent. … Continue reading →

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Etiquette Dilemmas

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Kim Stephenson

  I was asked by Prima magazine to give some ideas on some dilemmas people have around Christmas.  The idea was to give the readers some really practical usable solutions.  They couldn’t fit in all of both dilemmas, so here they … Continue reading →

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Christmas ideas

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Kim Stephenson

  A journalist friend asked me for some ideas for a piece she was writing for the ThisIsMoney site.   Here’s the link – I think she’s done a great job.            

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BBC News 24

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Kim Stephenson

  I’m on TV – BBC News just called about doing a brief interview at 8 PM this evening about the economic news from a psychological angle.   It’s based in part on my comments about the Double dip depression at  (http://www.mindfulmoney.co.uk/6610/investing-strategy/will-there-be-a-doubledip-recession-we-ask-the-experts.html). … Continue reading →

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Mindful Money

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Kim Stephenson

  I seem to be getting asked for a lot of interviews lately, so I’ve neglected the site a bit.   If you want to see what I’ve been up to, there are a few articles on a site I’m … Continue reading →

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Radio times

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Kim Stephenson

  There are some data out today about the cost to parents of their children, specifically their “adult” children.   I’ve been doing a few radio interviews about the psychology of this – why it comes as a shock to people that they … Continue reading →

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