Ep02 Creating financial wellness with award winning Mikaela Patterson

<p><em><strong>Episode #2 What exactly is financial wellness?</strong></em></p> <p>For some people the word 'finances' creates a feeling of stress and anxiety. Conversely, the word 'wellness' is a buzz word that often makes people think about meditation and yoga.</p> <p>Put the words together 'financial wellness' and you have yourself mixed feelings and confusion. In this episode, I chat with award winning financial wellness advocate, Mikaela Patterson from Entourage Finance.</p> <ul> <li>Mikaela shares a her 'why' and has a very interesting tale that includes a Turbo car and watching with envy as her friends travelled the world (without her).</li> <li>Mikaela shares some very interesting data on consumer trends in the current climate with Australians reducing their credit debts by 20% during COVID-19 &nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li>We discuss online shopping and talk about the risks of afterpay as well as keeping your financial habits in check in a post COVID environment</li> <li>Mikaela shares the entourages 30 day financial challenge <a href="//www.entourage.com.au/financialwellness/">www.entourage.com.au/financialwellness/</a> which encourages maintaining conscious spending and awareness of expenses&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>Connect with Mikaela on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikaela-patterson-948214b9/">Linkedin</a></p> <p>Connect with host Tom Bosna on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tombosna/">Linkedin</a></p> <p>About us:</p> <p>Well workplaces is a movement by <a href="https://pinnaclehealthgroup.com.au/workplace-wellness/">Pinnacle Health Group</a> and our vision is for a world where workplaces lead and create healthier communities.&nbsp;</p> <p>Connect with well workplaces on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/well-workplaces">Linkedin&nbsp;</a></p>