Keren-Jo Thomas
If not now, when?
I lost my mother at the age of 59, and her early passing is always a constant reminder that life is for living NOW – don’t wait for a...
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Keren-Jo Thomas
- Sep 2
- 3 min
"Don't leave your budget unmanaged, because nobody will do it for you!"
My client, a full-time working mother of two, was in quite a strong financial situation when she came to me. Most of her assets were...
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Keren-Jo Thomas
- Aug 17
- 2 min
Being a Financially Empowered Woman begins with YOU!
Are you playing small? I meet many women who are stuck in age-old patterns when it comes to financial independence. The old tradition of...
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Keren-Jo Thomas
- Aug 17
- 1 min
What’s been happening in my world
Late Spring and Summer have always been my favourite times of the year to travel and spend time with loved ones and friends. And this...
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Keren-Jo Thomas
- Dec 20, 2021
- 3 min
The Twelve Blogs of Christmas
This Christmas, be your own true love and give yourself the gift of greater financial freedom. Can you commit to investing just 17...
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Keren-Jo Thomas
- Dec 10, 2021
- 3 min
Riding the storm
Have you ever been completely knocked off course by one of life’s storms? Do you ever wonder how you would cope if you were? Last year,...
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Keren-Jo Thomas
- Dec 3, 2021
- 3 min
What is ESG investing?
Would you work for a company that poured a chemical soup into your local river, killing fish and harming local people? Would you buy from...
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Keren-Jo Thomas
- Nov 26, 2021
- 4 min
Is property a good investment?
In this week’s blog, we tell a few stories about our own and other people’s experiences of buying and renting property to illustrate some...
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Keren-Jo Thomas
- Nov 19, 2021
- 3 min
How to Manage Debt
In our blog about financial wellness last week, we talked about the importance of not having too much debt. This week, we want to explore...
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Keren-Jo Thomas
- Nov 10, 2021
- 2 min
What does financial wellbeing mean to you?
Do you suffer from money-related stress? If so, you’re not alone, whether or not you are a high earner. Aegon has recently reported that...
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Keren-Jo Thomas
- Oct 29, 2021
- 4 min
Financial Planning is Liberating!
Financial planning can change lives! This is the first of our blogs telling an in-depth true life story about just how much of a...
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Keren-Jo Thomas
- Oct 15, 2021
- 5 min
Six essential lessons for financial security
In Keren-Jo Thomas’ thirty years of working with clients from all backgrounds and with different levels of wealth, she has only come...
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Keren-Jo Thomas
- Oct 8, 2021
- 3 min
Cash - a safe bet or a risky business?
In Keren’s experience as an independent financial advisor, she has found that women generally hold more in cash savings and less in...
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Keren-Jo Thomas
- Oct 1, 2021
- 3 min
Can you rely on your state pension?
Julia’s state pension in the UK has recently been forecast at £9,371 a year – just under £800 a month, from the age of 67. As Julia owns...
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Keren-Jo Thomas
- Sep 23, 2021
- 3 min
Who Needs a Lasting Power of Attorney?
Elizabeth’s story Imagine the shock. Your fit and healthy husband in his early forties has had an accident while he is out mountain...
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Keren-Jo Thomas
- Sep 10, 2021
- 3 min
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow (given enough time)
When Keren was just 21, she did one of the cleverest things she has ever done – and she didn’t even know it at the time! She started to...
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Keren-Jo Thomas
- Sep 3, 2021
- 2 min
Financial planning starts with life planning
In this blog, we ask you to consider three big questions that will help you to determine what is most important to you. This is because...
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Keren-Jo Thomas
- Aug 27, 2021
- 4 min
How full is your bucket?
Chatter and laughter accompanied dinner as two old friends caught up with each other’s news. Keren told her friend Ida about how she was...
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Keren-Jo Thomas
- Aug 18, 2021
- 4 min
Financial planning for women blog
First in the new series about financial planning for women Hello! We’re Keren and Julia. We’ve known each other for over 20 years since...
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Keren-Jo Thomas
- Jul 27, 2021
- 3 min
‘Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.’ by Julia Goodfellow-Smith
By guest blogger Julia Goodfellow-Smith Do you have a bucket list? Do you ever wonder how extraordinary your life would be if you...
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