Think back to your earliest memory of money… what comes to mind?

For Steph, it was about saving every penny!

“My dad used to keep bank notes and coins in a pot inside one of those old bureau desks. We collected silver coins in a giant whiskey bottle, and both my brother and I had one of those little NatWest ‘piggy banks’, where they would save coppers and count them religiously...

But here's the thing! We were so focused on counting pennies… we weren’t thinking about building real wealth.

I never grew up hearing about investing.

Money was for saving up to spend on nice things like new clothes and holidays, not for making a better future. And honestly?

I thought investing was for rich, smart people who could afford to take risks.

Fast forward to young adulthood… and nothing much changed. I spent five years in med school, surviving on £2.90 an hour flipping burgers at McDonald’s during summers. By the time I finally graduated as a doctor in 2006, I was earning £17K a year - but still living in my overdraft, like so many others. Every pound I earned was spent, and the month would end with me not knowing where my money had gone.

Then came my so-called “big break.” I joined the Navy in 2008, later became a GP, and eventually met Lucy, my ride or die! On paper, things were good. Between us, we were earning a six-figure salary. We both had careers we’d worked our asses off for. But deep down? Something was missing.

With both of us serving in the military, this meant we were always apart. We had no time freedom, we weren’t in control of our future - we were stuck in the rat race. And when a surprise year-long deployment to the Far East came up for me, it was the breaking point. We knew something had to change!

So in 2017, we made a decision - to stop letting money control us and start building real financial independence. We started investing, got into property development, and built a side hustle that eventually allowed Lucy to leave the military after 21 years of service.

But you know what… it wasn’t about earning more money. Because no matter how much you earn, without a plan, financial freedom will always feel out of reach. Earning more money won’t set you free. INVESTING it will.

But here’s something else we realised along the way…

Learning to invest, talking about wealth, and building financial independence is STILL hugely dominated by men in suits. We’ve sat in networking events, joined investing groups, and attended wealth-building seminars where we were the only women in the room.

And let’s be honest - it didn’t feel like an empowering space. It felt intimidating. It felt like we had to prove ourselves to be taken seriously.

It wasn’t a space where we felt inspired, seen, or encouraged. That’s when it hit us. If we couldn’t find a space where ambitious women could come together to talk about money, wealth, and investing confidently…

We would create it!

That’s why we are running the Wealth 2 Wellness Workshop - a one-day, in-person experience designed exclusively for women who are ready to: get crystal-clear on their financial goals, create a strategy to build wealth & financial independence, gain confidence in investing & taking action, and surround themselves with like-minded women who inspire & empower each other.

This isn’t about dreaming of financial freedom. It’s about building it, together.

So, are you ready to take control of your future, own your financial power, and do it alongside a community of ambitious, wealth-building women?

Here’s to building wealth, freedom, and a space where women talk money, make moves, and create the futures they deserve.”

Steph & Lucy x