Meet The Futurist.

Today we’re full of excitement to be unleashing the formidable force and wonderful human being that is our very own Futurist – Lavinia Osbourne. Financial Wellbeing Coach, Consultant and Community Builder Extraordinaire.

Lavinia is the epitome of a true revolutionary with her finger on the pulse of the future. A forward-thinking visionary she is opening up new ways of thinking about money and financial wellbeing by understanding the past and the present to inform the future.

In her future-focused debut takeover, Lavinia shares with us her own personal journey into financial wellbeing and how by understanding the evolving world of money and the innovations in blockchain and financial technology you can harness the future of money to enhance your life on every level. Knowledge is power – the future of your money is also the future of your financial wellbeing!

The Future of Financial Wellbeing.

Blockchain! Bitcoin! Crypto! Altcoins! NFTs! Stablecoins!

Over the last several months you have probably heard or seen the aforementioned words bandied around like bright coloured skittles amongst sugar-rushed school kids, in various social media posts and/or newspaper reports. You’ve probably wondered what do they mean, and more importantly what they have to do with me?!

Great questions! Well, they have everything to do with you because they represent the evolving world of money and finances. Understanding the future of money will impact on your relationship with it and thus your overall financial wellbeing.

The future of money is also the future of financial wellbeing.

Similarly, to many reading this article, my journey with money has been a long and arduous one honed and improved purposefully by the application of self-introspection, self-development and self-discipline; primarily in how I thought about it, felt about it, and spoke about it rather than how I spent it and used it.

Growing up I associated poverty with people who looked like me, women, in particular single parents.

I knew I could not change the way I looked (nor did I want to) or my gender but I knew I could choose not to be a teenaged, unmarried, single parent. In my mind, that equated to a life of hand-me-downs, hunger, and poverty.

I knew education was my way out. Education meant getting a good job. A good job meant getting money. Having money meant not being poor. But the realities of life are not so black and white! An education does not always equate to a great job, and a great job does not always equate too not being poor. There are many ways of being poor!

There are so many intricate and layered elements to our being and this shows up in how we engage, manage and value ourselves in the context of money. The crash of 2008 personally illustrated and amplified this to me.

Looking into the Future

2008 was also the year that a white paper came out which presented an innovative piece of technology that would go on to change the world as we see it as well as impact on the evolution of money. That white paper was on Bitcoin and was written as a response to the crash.

12 years on we have something that was once worth cents on the dollar to now being valued in the thousands, with the technology underpinning it, blockchain disrupting many industries across the board, particularly the financial one.

Technology, as an innovative but unabated entity, is changing the world and at a speed that many find hard to keep up with. But in the area of (decentralised) digital money, we have to do our best to do so because money influences too many areas of our lives, and therefore our overall wellbeing.

The Power of Technology for Good

It is for this reason that I have such a strong interest in both “fintech” (financial technology) and “welltech” (wellness tech) – technologies focused on supporting our life purpose and pursuit of happiness; and believe that in regards to “financial wellness” we have not yet fully explored the overlapping possibilities of these technologies on this very important subject.

Money mindfulness, money mastery, money management and money mission – the four pillars of my Money Mindfulness practice and programme will remain relevant, irrelevant of the evolution of money from fiat to digitalized – be it centralised as in Central Bank Digital Currencies or decentralises such as Bitcoin. So, to truly leverage the future of money and to ensure wellness and wellbeing within it, it will be an ongoing process of education which is where The Wellness Revolution comes into play.

True Wellness

In my opinion, comes from using our voices, being heard and being a part of the process of change, or even, the evolutions of change. How do you get involved? There are many ways, particularly within the arena of decentralized digital money and the blockchain.

Ultimately, making that choice is the first step!  So, hopefully, you will, and it will be the one where you choose to be a part of the change, be it individually, personally, professionally and/or collectively.

The future of money is here and you deserve to be a part of it!

Lavinia.

Join the Revolution.

We are thrilled that Lavinia is a part of our mission and our collective and we know you’ll be just as thrilled to work with her too!

She’s ready and waiting to shift your money mindset and futureproof your financial wellbeing. The question is are you ready for the revolution? We’re ready for you!

Book in a free consultation today and let’s reimagine the future together.