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The Swan Effect - Creating and Sustaining Your Financial WellbeingS4 E11 The Superhero Wealth EquationSend us a textIt has been a financial marathon this season, with hosts Arthi and Malika delivering a wealth mindset so that you can become your own financial superhero. What listeners may not have known, was that each epsiode this season was building up to a cape fitting ceremony. In this final episode of Season 4, Arthi and Malika unveil the Superhero Wealth Equation—Identity x Behaviour x Time x Community— a simple, multiplicative model that turns scattered advice into a focused plan you can actually stick to.As a bonus, the hosts guid...
2025-11-3025 min
The Swan Effect - Creating and Sustaining Your Financial WellbeingS4 E10 The Clarity ArcSend us a textAs we get closer to the end of 2025, Arthi and Malika offer listeners the opportunity 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 do we lose clarity through overload, opinions, and emotionHow awareness is the first p...
2025-11-0235 min
The Swan Effect - Creating and Sustaining Your Financial WellbeingS4 E9 The Legacy League: Passing on your SuperpowersSend us a textFollowing on the theme of Legacy from the previous episode 8 of this season, Arthi and Malika engage with the idea that legacy isn't just about the money you leave behind—it's about preparing, protecting, and empowering the next generation with thoughtful planning and clear communication. In the current episode the hosts help you armour up with essential tools like wills, estate planning, and the life file to create a meaningful legacy that outlives you.Listen in as Malika and Arthi discuss how:• Wills serve as your superhero shiel...
2025-10-0125 min
The Swan Effect - Creating and Sustaining Your Financial WellbeingS4E7 Where Equity creates EquitySend us a textIn this special episode in Women's Month in South Africa, Arthi and Malika tackle equity head-on, joined by wonderful guest Shivani Naidoo, Head of EQT - an Old Mutual Wealth fintech. How does equity investing create equity in the wider world, you ask?According to Shivani, we have to take a few steps back before even asking this, and rather be curious about what would make one an investing success. It begins with purpose, not products, and understanding your financial "why" is the foundation of wealth-building that lasts. Time i...
2025-08-0132 min
The Swan Effect - Creating and Sustaining Your Financial WellbeingS4 E6 Reframe. Reinvent. Resource Up!Send us a textContinuing to uncover the key characteristics of a wealth mindset, hosts Arthi and Malika delve into episode 6 of this season, talking about what separates those who thrive financially from those who stay stuck. It's not luck or privilege—it's resourcefulness. Resourcefulness is a critical component of building a wealth mindset, turning survival into strategy by making the most of what you already have instead of focusing on what you lack.Drawing inspiration from superhero stories so that you can become your own financial superhero too, Arthi and Malika explore ho...
2025-07-0124 min
The Swan Effect - Creating and Sustaining Your Financial WellbeingS4 E5 The Wealth Code DisciplineSend us a textWhat separates financial dreamers from achievers? One word: discipline. In this illuminating episode of the Swan Effect Podcast, Arthi and Malika explore the untold power of self-discipline in wealth creation through the lens of our favorite superheroes.Forget what you think you know about discipline. It's not about rigid obedience or punishing routines—it's about emotional self-regulation paired with rational decision-making that keeps you focused on your financial goals. The hosts break down why this internal tug-of-war between immediate gratification and long-term goals is particularly challenging in our technology-saturated wor...
2025-06-0227 min
The Swan Effect - Creating and Sustaining Your Financial WellbeingS4E4 Innovation for Wealth CreationSend us a textIn this powerful episode, co-hosts Arthi and Malika delve into how innovation becomes a catalyst for wealth creation, revealing that you don't need to be in Silicon Valley or launch a tech startup to harness its potential. They challenge conventional thinking by redefining innovation as the art of finding creative solutions to everyday problems – something accessible to everyone regardless of background or resources. Through compelling examples from across Africa, thy explore how entrepreneurs are addressing local challenges with simple yet powerful innovations. From mobile banking revolutionizing financial access to the thriving "Kasi...
2025-05-0223 min
The Swan Effect - Creating and Sustaining Your Financial WellbeingS4 E3 The Resilient Reset - building your financial bounce-back musclesSend us a textIn this episode, co-hosts Malika and Arthi underscore how resilience forms the invisible backbone of wealth creation, that few discuss openly. During this transformative episode, they decode how the ability to adapt, persist, and evolve through financial challenges ultimately determines your long-term success more than any investment strategy alone.Arthi explores the profound psychological dimension of financial resilience - learning to view setbacks as commas rather than periods in your financial story. This mindset shift alone can dramatically alter your wealth trajectory. Malika helps us discover why emotional regulation d...
2025-04-0423 min
The 'Inspire your Life' Podcast with Arthi RabikrissonS4 E3 In conversation with Monika Malan: Perspective creates progressSend us a textHost Arthi is joined by guest Monika Malan, who discusses how different perspectives can lead to personal progress. Monika vulnerably shares a tragedy she experienced at a young age, in the loss of her sibling unexpectedly, and the impact this had on her. It was only when a colleague provided her feedback that she realized the full extent of that impact. This led Monika to take action and learn valuable lessons, including prioritizing family and mental health.Monika is an advocate for women and is very passionate about supporting women throughout...
2025-03-2726 min
The Swan Effect - Creating and Sustaining Your Financial WellbeingS4 E2 March Into ActionSend us a textMarching into Episode 2 of Season 4 of The Swan Effect Podcast, Arthi and Malika discuss the steps needed to start cultivating the Wealth Mindset addressed in Episode 1.Arthi provides details of the key characteristics that define a wealth mindset, including resilience, innovation, resourcefulness, discipline, and generosity. In a playful twist, the theme of becoming your own financial superhero underlies the characteristics, where Arthi and Malika help us identify with some well-known (and wealthy!) fictional superheroes, such as Batman and Iron Man.Malika emphasizes the power of resourcefulness. By maximizing what...
2025-03-0239 min
The Swan Effect - Creating and Sustaining Your Financial WellbeingS4 E01 The Wealth MindsetSend us a textWelcome to Season 4 of The Swan Effect Podcast, with your hosts Arthi Rabikrisson and Malika Peterson!It is the year they are officially calling "2020-Thrive"! This new season will focus on how we can become our own financial superheroes inspired by fictional charactersKicking off the season, episode 1 explores the importance of a wealth mindset and how this mindset involves thinking and acting in ways that foster abundance rather than scarcity. Malika shares her personal experiences and the impact of childhood narratives on her financial minds...
2025-02-0426 min
The Swan Effect - Creating and Sustaining Your Financial WellbeingS3 E11 Back through the looking glassSend us a textUnlock the secrets of wealth management and personal growth as Arthi and Malika take a look back at 2024, a year filled with "aha" moments that have shaped both their lives and listeners’ too. As they recount their journey and set the stage for ambitious goals in 2025, expect insights that will empower you to reflect on your own financial experiences and embrace the potential of online learning.Some stand-out episodes to consider:Journey with us into the world of cryptocurrency and discover the transformative power of community-driven investment strategies. With expert gu...
2024-12-0145 min
The 'Inspire your Life' Podcast with Arthi RabikrissonS4 E2 In conversation with Susi Astengo: Need is the mother of inventionSend us a textIn this episode, Arthi is joined by Susi Astengo, Founder of CoachMatching. Susi gives us insight into her personal life and how key life changes necessitated her pivoting her career towards starting her own business. Sixteen years later, through navigating being a single mum (to a son she loves dearly and is so proud of), undergoing a major health situation, to new country dynamics to operate a business in, Susi has built a highly-respected (and been accoladed for) Coaching and Leadership development practice and coaching platform.Susi shares that throughout all t...
2024-11-2135 min
The Swan Effect - Creating and Sustaining Your Financial WellbeingS3 E10: Black Friday StrategiesSend us a textNovember = waiting for Black Friday deals for many people. This is the focus of Episode 10 in Season 3 where Arthi & Malika take a different look at Black Friday and how to strategise your spend. As you know, this season's theme has been the advent calendar of investments.Thus this episode offer a Black Friday 2 for 1 sweetener, as two advent calendar slots are unveiled, being (1) the importance of understanding assets versus liabilities, and (2) delayed gratification in wealth creation. Arthi explains that assets generate income, while liabilities cost money. Many examples ar...
2024-10-3134 min
The Swan Effect - Creating and Sustaining Your Financial WellbeingS3 E9: Mental Health = WealthSend us a textIn Season 3 episode 9 Arthi & Malika continue the journey into the advent calendar of financial knowledge. October is Mental Health Awareness Month and the hosts share insights in this episode that mental health equals wealth, both in the figurative and literal sense.Malika shares some alarming statistics about how people currently feel under pressure and a large part of this is caused by money and finances.Arthi shares the definition of mental health and mindset & offers insight into brain fitness, and how this can increase your mental health....
2024-10-0235 min
The Swan Effect - Creating and Sustaining Your Financial WellbeingS3 E8: Two Pots For RetirementSend us a textIn Season 3 episode 8 Arthi & Malika are joined by special guest Tiaan Herselman, to discuss the new two pot retirement legislation that came into effect on 1 September 2024 in South Africa. It was designed to assist in the current retirement crisis that retirees are experiencing, where they do not have enough financial resources to allow them to retire comfortably. Listen in to hear Malika, Arthi & Tiaan discuss:What exactly is this new legislation and what do the different “pots” meanThe intention of this retirement legislationThe new rules & implications for your savings & taxPractical example...
2024-09-0432 min
The Swan Effect - Creating and Sustaining Your Financial WellbeingS3E7 Who runs the world? Girls!Send us a textIn Season 3 episode 7, it is Women's Month and co-hosts Arthi & Malika discuss the role of women in financial empowerment of their households and communities. Malika provides surprising statistics about women in finance relating to their earnings, roles and knowledge.Arthi explains how women are essential in driving the economic growth of the country, and why it is beneficial that we empower women to ensure that their innate ability to grow the economy is catalyzed.Listen in to hear Malika and Arthi discuss:The importance of financial em...
2024-08-0529 min
The Swan Effect - Creating and Sustaining Your Financial WellbeingS3 E6: You Are Your Greatest AssestSend us a textWe are already half way through 2024! In Season 3 episode 6 co-hosts Arthi & Malika discuss the most important asset yet and one that requires your biggest and deepest investment...YOU! In this episode they share practical ways towards holistic well-being.Arthi recaps the advent calendar of investments that's been discussed thus far in season 3. In setting the scene, she highlights the increasing levels of burnout being identified with employees and individuals, requiring us to enhance our stress management skills. She shares some necessary tips and tools help us be on the right tr...
2024-07-0235 min
The Swan Effect - Creating and Sustaining Your Financial WellbeingS3 E5: Young & FreeSend us a textIn Season 3 episode 5 it is all about the youth!Arthi & Malika have dedicated this episode to providing the youth with tips on how to take action and have a better understanding about managing finances and investments, that can pave the way for a very prosperous future. Arthi splits the focus in 3 main categories, the first being changing your perspective, mindset and narrative about money. Key to this is visualizing your dream or life that you want and writing down your goals and achievements. Malika considers the physical fina...
2024-06-0331 min
The Swan Effect - Creating and Sustaining Your Financial WellbeingS3 E4: Ubuntu In InvestmentsSend us a textIn Season 3 Episode 4 Arthi & Malika introduce the concept of Ubuntu in investments. Ubuntu, by way of a simplified meaning, underscores the idea that I am what I am because of who we all are. You may be curious as to how do investments & Ubuntu align, and it does through what is typically known as crowdfunding. Arthi and Malika share more about what this means and identify the various types of crowdfunding options.Arthi introduces the group saving concept known as a “stokvel”, outlining the advantages of collective saving and investing, while Malika...
2024-05-0126 min
The Swan Effect - Creating and Sustaining Your Financial WellbeingS3 E2 Prop Yourself Up For WealthSend us a textIn Season 3 episode 2 Arthi & Malika continue with the advent calendar of investments discussing real estate as an investment. They explore some of the most common ways to make money through property investment, the first being buying a physical property. Arthi lists a few of the ways in which you can influence your decision when purchasing a property.Malika shares a highly useful fact based on renting out space on your property, which can offer a sense of safety & community, but further assists in paying off your mortgage or home-loan at a f...
2024-03-0328 min
The Swan Effect - Creating and Sustaining Your Financial WellbeingS3 E1 2024 Explore!Send us a textWelcome to 2024 and Season 3 everyone! Co-hosts Arthi Rabikrisson and Malika Petersen are excited to be back to continue the journey of exploring the path to financial freedom together! This season they will dig a little bit deeper into the investment side of things and thereby expand the moneyverse opportunity set, almost like an advent calendar, where each month a new opportunity will be discussed.In this first episode, Arthi and Malika start off the investment theme by discussing education and how this is a form of investment in ourselves and fo...
2024-01-3132 min
The Swan Effect - Creating and Sustaining Your Financial WellbeingS2E16- Reset For SuccessSend us a textCan you believe this is the final episode of the year 2023? In episode 16 of season 2 Arthi & Malika discuss the importance of setting aside time to set ourselves up for a successful 2024.The first step with any goal is to define your goal correctly and accurately. Once you have a clear goal, in order to not overwhelm yourself Arthi suggests breaking down that goal into smaller chunks and reminds us of the SMART method. Ensuring that you follow the SMART principles when setting a goal will mean you are able to be clea...
2023-11-3037 min
The Swan Effect - Creating and Sustaining Your Financial WellbeingS2 E15 Avenging The Christmas BonusSend us a textIt's Episode 15 of Season 2 and with the end of the year fast approaching, Arthi and Malika prompt you to remember all the advice shared ahead of the festive or 'silly' season. In a fun twist, analogies from the cartoon comic Asterix and Obelix form the underlying basis of this episode (can you believe there was a Roman legionary called Christmasbonus!).If you are lucky enough to receive a Christmas bonus or thirteenth cheque in November, it may be very tempting to immediately splurge this extra income on non-essentials. However, this might...
2023-10-3128 min
The Swan Effect - Creating and Sustaining Your Financial WellbeingS2 E14 The Way It Makes You FeelSend us a textWith only three months left of the year, Arthi & Malika use episode 14 in Season 2 of the Swan Effect podcast, to discuss how your moneyverse makes you feel and how a positive mindset is really key to achieving wealth. Arthi associates the brains’ prefrontal cortex as being your internal financial advisor further explaining how integral the brain is when it comes to creating & managing your wealth. Arthi explains that we can rewire our brains to ensure that we are making the best decisions for our moneyverse and shares two techniques to help you...
2023-10-0423 min
The Swan Effect - Creating and Sustaining Your Financial WellbeingS2 E13 Spend Your Way To WealthSend us a textIn episode 13 Arthi and Malika change things up a little, by discussing how you can spend your way to wealth. Yes, you read that right. This episode is about what you do with your money that can truly pave the way to financial abundance. In essence its about shifting the mindset from focusing on income to focusing on how you spend instead, with some practical examples. Arthi reminds us to make conscious choices such as investing in experiences and assets rather than spending recklessly on these temporary pl...
2023-09-0423 min
The 'Inspire your Life' Podcast with Arthi RabikrissonS3 E13 Tasha Ten Spotlight: David McMurtry - Partnerships & MarriageSend us a textIn episode 13 of Season 3, Arthi is joined by fellow Tasha Ten member David McMurtry with a heart warming discussion about partnerships & marriage. David's greatest accomplishment in life is his marriage to his beautiful wife Allison.He shares how he and his wife met, started dating shortly thereafter, married, and have been living happily since then. David believes his wife is the foundation for which all of their goals are possible & is a true partner in making a difference in their community. David has always had a passion & desire to wor...
2023-08-2434 min
The 'Inspire your Life' Podcast with Arthi RabikrissonS3 E12 Tasha Ten Spotlight: Gifford Pinchot- Finding Your MojoSend us a textIn episode 12 of Season 3, Arthi is joined by Gifford Pinchot III. Gifford was the obvious choice to discuss the topic " finding your mojo" because of the number of times he has tried something, failed, pivoted, exited, yet still bounced back. Gifford has had an extremely varied background through his different stages of life, from being a dairy farmer & blacksmith, to inventor, author, consultant, investor, academic & coach.Gifford tells us how his writing career started after a failed business venture where he was in debt to the bank and was struggling to put...
2023-08-1042 min
The Swan Effect - Creating and Sustaining Your Financial WellbeingS2 E12 FemPower!Send us a textWe're celebrating Woman's month in August in South Africa and so this episode 12 in Season 2 of The Swan Effect Podcast is dedicated to female power (FemPower)!Arthi and Malika discuss the power of women have and the importance of women becoming financially literate and confident. This is key for a number of driving factors: women earn less than men, women more often than not take time out of the workforce to care for the family, and women are more likely to live longer. Arthi provides some shocking statistics about w...
2023-08-0127 min
The 'Inspire your Life' Podcast with Arthi RabikrissonS3 E11 Tasha Ten Spotlight: Al Dea - Speak Up For YourselfSend us a textIn episode 11 of Season 3, Arthi is joined by Al Dea, one of the newest Tasha10 members. Arthi and Al discuss finding your voice and learning how to use it to speak up for yourself.Al shares how early in his career he received a surprisingly less-than-positive performance review, even though he thought he was excelling. It was only after sharing his thoughts with a manager that he learned that while working hard and doing your job was important, it's equally necessary to speak up and advocate for yourself. It was this...
2023-07-2734 min