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As we are getting closer to the end of 2025, Arthi and Malika offer the opportunity to listeners to press pause, clear the financial fog and build a values-led plan for the year ahead with simple tools that turn overwhelm into focused action.
This episode is jam packed with reflective questions, simple frameworks, practical rituals and next steps to show you how clarity grows when money decisions match what matters most.
Listen in as the co-hosts talk about:
- Why we lose clarity through overload, opinions, and emotion
- How awareness is the first power move
- Considering budgets and doing emotional check-ins
- The 3R Review: reflect, reframe, refocus
- A five-minute clarity journal
- Purpose-based choices guided by values
- Debt versus investing through a holistic lens
And to give you practical ideas, keep on listening to the inspiring Activation Capes, the micro superpowers that can help you finish your year grounded and focused.
- Clarity Capes - to help you clear the financial fogs, like the Mirror Moment or the Values Compass
- Action Capes - simple steps to reboot your budget, or reset your plan, like teh Iron Heart Build or the Okoye Discipline Drill
- Purpose Capes - ways to align your money with your mission, like the Vibranium Vision Board or the Kwezi Community Act
- Mindset Capes - small daily habits that restore calm and control, like the Wonder Pause or the America Chavez Portal
Plus so much more!
If you're looking to gather yourself and prepare for pre- and post-holidays this is the episode for you!
Share 📢and write a review as Arthi and Malika continue on their mission to simplify the complexities of money management to empower you toward financial freedom, becoming your own financial superhero, and passing on your superpowers too!
This #podcastepisode is proudly sponsored by Old Mutual Wealth.
Chapters
1. Advert: Old Mutual Wealth (00:00:00)
2. Welcome to The Swan effect podcast! (00:01:06)
3. Why We Lose Financial Clarity (00:02:27)
4. Information Overload And Decision Paralysis (00:05:24)
5. Awareness As The First Power Move (00:08:40)
6. Budget And Emotional Check-Ins (00:10:03)
7. The Three R Review Framework (00:12:55)
8. Financial Clarity Journal Exercise (00:16:18)
9. Purpose-Based Decisions And Values (00:18:23)
10. Debt Versus Invest: Getting Perspective (00:20:25)
11. Values As A Compass For Choices (00:22:01)
12. Action Capes: Budget Reboot And Systems (00:23:53)
13. Discipline Drills And Mini Challenges (00:26:24)
14. Vision Boards, Community, Legacy Letter (00:28:15)
15. Mindset Resets: Storm, Portals, Pause (00:30:05)
16. Recap And End-Of-Year Actions (00:32:05)
17. Parting Shots And Key Takeaways (00:34:01)
18. Thanks for listening! (00:34:33)
19. Swanning out for now! (00:35:12)
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