Kim Bendall: An embarrassment of riches - a tale of two clients

'The best things in life are free'

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'I don't care too much for money, for money can't buy me love,' so sang The Beatles in 1964. Here Kim Bendall shares the moving story of two clients at opposite ends of the wealth spectrum - one with pots of cash, one with hardly a penny to bless herself. Read on for the moral of the story...

Most of us were told in our younger years that money can't buy you happiness. And yet, the concept of ‘financial wellbeing' is that money can buy you happiness - if you know how and where to use it. But more importantly, you need to have a clear picture of what actually makes you happy in the first place. This story is about two very opposite people: Mark and Stella. They never knew each other, and as individuals, they couldn't have been at more different ends of the spectrum in just about every respect. It's therefore of no surprise that their respective attitudes to money and wellbe...

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