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About the Guest

Sarah Bevan is a seasoned legal professional with a specialty in family law. She holds the position of principal and accredited family law specialist at Sarah Bevan Family Lawyers. With decades of experience under her belt, Sarah is renowned for her ability to navigate the complex emotional and financial terrain of family separations and divorces. Her focus is on helping her clients find resolutions that are legally sound and personally sustainable, ensuring their post-separation lives are well structured.

Key Takeaways:

• Proactive Legal Consultation: Understanding the importance of seeking early legal advice to better prepare for potential separations.
• Challenges of Financial Equality: Discusses the financial disadvantages women often face post-divorce and emphasizes the importance of tailored legal strategies.
• Understanding Prenups and BFAs: Explains the role and potential pitfalls of Binding Financial Agreements and prenups in protecting assets.
• Navigating Emotional and Legal Complexities: Highlights how family law incorporates both legal and emotional aspects and the necessity of handling both with care.
• Separation Statistics Contextualized: Provides an overview of marriage and divorce statistics in Australia, emphasizing the commonality and complexity of separations.

Notable Quotes:

• "Probably the best way of describing what I do when people are separating is trying to help them find their way out of the mud and find a resolution and a way forward that doesn't break them."

• "One of the hardest things is finding out information if from a, an obstinate ex, even though he has the duty of disclosure, everyone does."

• "Everyone has an opinion about family law. Everyone at the school gate, at work."
• "Women just reach a point and it often all sort of coincides very commonly around, you know, sort of perimenopausal women and teenage children. And they just go, I'm done, I've had enough."
• "I need you to put your commercial thinking hat on right now and think Commercially, obviously."

Resources:

• Sarah Bevan Family Lawyers: Sarah Bevan Family Lawyers

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Gemma Mitchell is a seasoned financial advisor and the author of The Money Reset. With over 15 years of experience in the financial industry, Gemma has transitioned from traditional financial advising to managing a team of advisors while focusing on large-scale educational initiatives. These include corporate workshops, podcasts, and writing. Her mission is to make financial advice more accessible and to help individuals in difficult life transitions take control of their financial future. Gemma is also a co-host of the Australian Finance Podcast, where she shares insights into financial management and planning.

Key Takeaways:

• Personalized Financial Strategies: Gemma emphasizes the importance of tailoring financial plans to individual circumstances rather than relying on one-size-fits-all solutions.
• The Power of Awareness: Knowing your starting line and acknowledging financial realities are crucial steps toward effective money management and making informed decisions.
• Emotional Aspects of Finance: Understanding and balancing the emotional aspects of financial decision-making can prevent overwhelm and encourage sound decisions.
• The Importance of a Village: Surrounding yourself with a supportive network of advisors, mentors, and cheerleaders—the 'village'—is key to financial resilience.
• Income Potential vs. Expense Cutting: Recognizing both the need to manage expenses and the potential to increase income can help stabilize finances during crises.

Notable Quotes:

1. "Just because you can do something, it doesn't mean you should." - Gemma Mitchell
2. "It's not about being perfect; it's just about making progress." - Gemma Mitchell
3. "You have to decide that you want things to change, so you're not stuck." - Gemma Mitchell
4. "Awareness is the most important thing, and you don't have to change everything overnight." - Gemma Mitchell
5. "Your village doesn't need to be big, it needs to be strong." - Gemma Mitchell

Resources:

• Gemma Mitchell’s Book: "The Money Reset"
• Australian Finance Podcast: Co-hosted by Gemma Mitchell
• Money, Faith, and Finance Podcast: YouTube Channel

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Pete Burrows is an accountant for small business and individuals with Lower Russell and Farr in Penrith, Western Sydney, Australia.

Ben McEachen hosts Hope Mornings on Hope 103.2FM in Sydney, Australia.

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Key Takeaways:

• Understanding the fine line between ethical and moral dilemmas and how they influence decisions.
• Insight into the ethical considerations around informing someone about their partner's infidelity.
• The challenges involved in counseling minors and the nuances of informed consent.
• Real-life implications of ignoring a community's unspoken rules, such as unauthorized road markings.
• The importance of moral courage and honesty, even when the stakes are personal and high.

Notable Quotes:

1. "Life is full of dilemmas." - Janet Evans
2. "Do we contribute to it by buying it?" - Jenni Woodhouse
3. "If I push him over… no, I don't want to do that." - Jenni Woodhouse
4. "If you didn't have such a good knowledge of the law, then you wouldn't be in this problem." - Janet Evans
5. "It was a burden for you, this dilemma; it stays with you." - Jenni Woodhouse

She Wasn’t Born Yesterday, hosted by Janet Evans, a senior advertising creative and Jenni Woodhouse a semi retired social worker

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Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au. And send the team a message via Hope 103.2’s app, Facebook or Instagram.

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