Illustration by Gary Clement for The National A woman commented on my personal finance website that she knows her husband would never allow her to be financially independent. I wonder if she wants to be… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National We all like to be liked, don’t we? And we are good, generous people, aren’t we? I would think that, on average, yes, people do want to be… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National The conversation doing the rounds among family and friends is the ever-rising cost of already expensive education here in the UAE. As expatriates, our choices are limited, and… View Post
Every Friday I give my six-year-old son, Keanan, six Dh1 coins, and we take out his three money boxes: a cow, a dinosaur and a house, and he decides how much to put in each.… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National Today we’re going to talk about possibly the most boring topic imaginable: budgeting. But before you switch off and stop reading, can I please invite you to stay… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National You’re at the airport, all is well, you’re at passport control, your mind is preoccupied with your trip, then, you’re brought back to reality with a thud: there’s… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National Most people don’t get married with divorce in mind. But the sad fact is that marriages are increasingly ending in permanent splits. And so how can we walk… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National Did you know that the part of the brain that lights up when we think about our future self (ie, an older us) is the part that relates… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National My son and I are creating our very own adventure book. A sort of scrapbook where we’re writing down where we want to travel to, sticking in… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National I’ve always been a late developer. I just recently discovered that, when swimming the front crawl, you need to give your arms the chance to recover when they’re… View Post
Extracts from a recent conversation: K: “My sister is exactly the opposite of me. She spends every penny she can lay her hands on, She’s always been like that – even as a little girl.… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National How many times have you heard a young child run up to a loved one who has just come back from a work trip, or been away, and… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National Money isn’t the only motivating factor for work I am writing in response to Asmaa Al Hameli’s blog post The worth of every man is in his attainment… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National I have long been interested in the relationship between the brain and the rest of the body, specifically how the lump of grey matter actually works, what it’s… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National How many people do you know who have great intentions when it comes to money issues, but fall short when it comes to implementing them – or who… View Post
Ever been in a situation where you know something about one half of a couple that won’t sit well with the other? I’m sure you have. It is part of the fabric of life. How… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National It’s the perennial expat emotional tug of war: what to do about our parents – or should I say, how to cope with the ageing process and deal… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National I keep hearing the words “financial literacy” – it’s been a buzz phrase for some time, especially on the back of the global financial crisis, but for me,… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National How are those New Year’s resolutions going? Or have they already gone? Almost a quarter of the year has flown by already, and I thought I’d revisit what… View Post
“The largest growing segment of our population is poor, elderly women.” As International Women’s Day was celebrated yesterday, I decided to look into how women are faring when it comes to their finances. And I… View Post
