Over these past 8 weeks we have focused on ways to help you tackle your Cost of Living pressures.

This week we have taken all of the best highlights and insights from our guests and put them together to form a "Cost of Living Checklist".

This week we chat to Michael Haines about an the benefits of a Universal Basic Income (UBI).

The concept of UBI is that a set amount of money is paid to every adult citizen, permanent resident, and refugee living in the community, every week — to meet their basic needs.

This week Tim and fellow Aspire Planning adviser, Leandro Bonin discuss your Super and Investments and the volatility that has been present in 2022.

Tim and Leandro have worked with hundreds of clients and have seen many good and poor decisions made in volatile times.

Creating a deliberate spending plan is the foundation for you building financial momentum.

Any future goal that you might have for yourself generally needs to come from surplus income.

Living costs are on the rise. Inflation is the measurement of the level of increase in costs.

Why then would 'those in power' increase interest rates to add to our costs?

The way that we are biologically wired can sometimes cause a lot of issues for us when we are in stressful times.

Karen Eley from Women Talking Finance explains how financial uncertainty can affect us and what we can do to manage it.

Food costs are rising. If you want to impact your food bill, you need a plan.

Enter Nellie Kerrison from Relish Mama cooking school.

Nellie hits us with a host of strategies and tips to help us 'home cooks' become more cost effective in our kitchens.

Cost of Living is rising in 2022. The mortgage payment is one of your biggest expenses and interest rates are tipped to increase.

But are you getting the best deal that you can on your mortgage?