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Martha Lawton
Personal Finance
Behavioural Science
Gender Equality
Transform financial mindsets with Martha Lawton, speaker and money coach. Martha works with professionals to improve financial wellbeing, address money psychology, and develop practical strategies, delivering expert insights through her Squanderlust podcast and consultancy work.
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Martha Lawton is a London-based speaker, financial educator and money coach, and creator of the podcast Squanderlust, which looks at the emotional side of money. Martha has nearly 20 years of experience helping people improve their financial well-being and exploring the psychological aspects of financial decision-making and behavioural change.
A passion for financial empowerment led her to begin training as a financial advisor, from which she soon gravitated to financial inclusion and education in the non-profit sector. Martha’s approach to financial wellbeing is centred on mindset and behaviour, considering the emotional side of financial decision-making.
By offering practical strategies to help people take control of their finances in a way that aligns with their values and lifestyle, she helps address common anxieties faced by professionals who, in spite of leading successful careers, feel uncertain about money management. In addition to her coaching work, Martha also consults for financial advisors, fintech for good, and social finance organisations, helping improve their products and services through better understanding of the psychology behind them. As the creator and host of the podcast Squanderlust, she offers a light-hearted exploration of why our financial actions often fall short of our intentions and ways to address them. Martha combines her background in financial education, coaching, and behavioural economics with real-world insight to challenge common misconceptions about money, providing audiences with practical tools to manage their finances in ways that work for them.
Topics, sessions and talks
They say "when you know better, you do better", but with money that isn't always the case. So why is it that all our knowledge and good intentions don't always translate into better financial choices? Martha Lawton explains how our basic psychology often gets in the way of our financial wellbeing and what we can do about it, providing attendees with practical strategies to change their money mindset and habits.
Women's careers and family lives often take very different paths from men's and without the relevant financial guidance it's easy to get off track. Personal finance media for women rarely goes beyond thrifty grocery shopping or vague platitudes about empowerment. Too many women lose confidence or even give up, resigning themselves to doing without the freedom, self-respect and fun that is true financial wellbeing. This talk is for women who won't settle for less. Martha Lawton outlines practical strategies for navigating the way to wealth on our own terms and in our own names.
Empower your team with a fresh perspective on financial wellbeing with Martha Lawton, speaker, financial educator, coach, and host of the Squanderlust podcast. Her blend of psychology, behavioural economics, and real-world insight helps professionals overcome financial anxiety and make confident, values-driven money decisions.
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Martha Lawton draws on behavioural economics and psychology to explain the gap between financial knowledge and financial action, delivering practical strategies for changing money mindset and habits.
Martha Lawton speaks on money mindset and behavioural change, women's financial wellbeing, and the psychology behind financial decision-making. She brings nearly 20 years of experience in financial education and coaching, and is the creator and host of the podcast Squanderlust, which examines the emotional and psychological dimensions of personal finance.
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