Can anyone learn to invest?

According to investing educator Martin Macleod, absolutely.

In this episode, Jenny and Martin explore why so many people avoid investing, the hidden beliefs that keep us financially stuck, and why understanding your relationship with money matters just as much as understanding the stock market.

From overcoming fear and information overload to recognising spending triggers and creating financial freedom, this conversation offers practical insights that anyone can apply, whether you're investing £25 a month or planning for early retirement.

What You'll Hear In This Episode

→ Why most people don't avoid investing because of money -but because of fear

→ The biggest myths that stop people from ever starting to invest

→ Why investing isn't about being good at maths

→ How childhood beliefs quietly shape your financial decisions as an adult

→ Why your bank account reveals what you truly value

→ The surprising psychology behind impulse spending and Amazon purchases

→ Why "I don't have enough money to invest" is often not the real problem

→ How visual reminders and pattern interrupters can stop emotional spending

→ Why successful investing is more about consistency than picking the perfect stock

→ How investing creates more freedom, more choices and more time—not just more money

→ Why Martin believes every child should learn about investing

→ The simple mindset shift that helps people finally get started

Quotable Moments

"You don't need to be good at maths to become a successful investor."

"Most people don't have a money problem. They have a spending pattern problem."

"Your bank account tells you what you truly value."

"Investing isn't about getting rich. It's about creating more choices."

"Money is simply a tool that buys you more freedom and more time."

"We all start with nothing. Every investor made their very first investment once."

"You're climbing the ladder... but is it leaning against the right wall?"

"Delayed gratification changes everything."

"The stock market isn't rocket science. It's something anyone can learn."

"Confidence comes from understanding—not guessing."

Resources

Connect with Martin Macleod

LinkedIn - @martin-macleod

Website - https://financialhealthclub.co.uk/

Follow Jenny

• Website: https://jennymcoaching.com

• Instagram: @jennymcoaching

Subscribe to Who Do You Think You Are Talking To? on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.

This episode answers questions like:
How do I start investing for beginners?
Why am I afraid to invest my money?
How much money do I need to start investing?
Can anyone learn how to invest?
Is investing difficult?
How do I stop wasting money?
Why do I keep impulse spending?
How do I build wealth over time?
What's the difference between saving and investing?
How can I make my money work for me?
Why is mindset important when it comes to money?
What are the biggest investing mistakes beginners make?
How do I become financially confident?
How do I stop reacting emotionally to money?
Can investing help me retire earlier?

This podcast is produced by www.keystepsupport.com

How many times this week did you give something away for free? Not money. Not a product. Your time. Your knowledge. Your expertise. Your energy.

In this episode I share a real client story about a man who kept answering calls he shouldn't have been taking — not because he didn't know better, but because somewhere along the way he learned that being available was the same as being valuable.

He's not alone.

This episode is for anyone who keeps picking up the phone when they shouldn't. For the expert who keeps explaining things for free. For the professional who stays on calls too long because ending them feels rude. For the person who has ended up in the friend zone with clients, colleagues or anyone else — and doesn't know how to get out.

This is the people pleasing pattern. Just in a different context.

What You'll Hear in This Episode

→ Why giving your time away for free is a people pleasing problem not a business problem

→ The client who had spoken to the same person ten times without charging a cent — and what was really underneath it

→ Why we end up in the friend zone with clients and what it actually costs us

→ The Michael Jordan analogy that reframes everything

→ How we teach people that our time has no value — without ever realising we're doing it

→ The simple boundary that changes everything — and why most people resist it

→ Your action step for this week

Quotable Moments

"How many times this week did you give something away for free? Not money. Your time."

"We are always teaching people how to treat us. And when we keep picking up — we teach people that our time is free."

"Every call you take for free is time you're not spending on the things and the people that actually matter."

"You can't be everybody's person. And neither can you."

"The friend zone feels generous. But here's what it actually creates. Resentment."

"The people who truly value what you do will not go anywhere. And the ones who only stayed because you were free? Let them go. They were never your people."

"I just need to be about me a little bit more."

Resources

Get on the waitlist for The Reset — starting Tuesday September 15th 2026: jennymcoaching.com/group

Not sure if people pleasing applies to you? Take the 2 minute quiz: bit.ly/notapeoplepleaser

Follow Jenny on Instagram and LinkedIn: @jennymcoaching

Subscribe to the podcast: Who Do You Think You Are Talking To — weekly on Spotify and Apple Podcasts

This episode directly answers: 'How do I stop giving my time away for free?' · 'Why do I keep answering calls I shouldn't?' · 'How do I set boundaries with clients?' · 'What is people pleasing in business?' · 'How do I stop being available to everyone?' · 'Why do I feel guilty charging for my time?' · 'How do I get out of the friend zone with clients?' · 'How do I stop over-giving?' · 'What does people pleasing look like at work?' · 'How do I start valuing my own time?' · 'Why do I keep helping people for free?' · 'How do I charge what I'm worth?'

This podcast is produced by www.keystepsupport.com

This episode is about how to stop overworking, and start asking for what you actually need.

Do you know you're overworking but can't seem to stop? You're not lazy. You're not bad at time management. You've just never been taught that it's okay to ask for what you actually need.

In this episode, I share a real client story about a woman who was working around the clock — not because anyone asked her to, but because somewhere along the way she learned that her value came from how much she could handle. She kept going. And going. Until she couldn't anymore.

This episode is for anyone who has ever pushed through exhaustion and called it being professional. For anyone who has never once said out loud — this isn't sustainable. For anyone who is waiting for the right time to slow down and suspects it's never going to come on its own.

Spoiler: it won't - but this will help.

What You'll Hear in This Episode

→ Why overworking is a people-pleasing problem not a time management problem

→ The moment a client sent a boundary setting message live in a session — and why it took thirty seconds

→ How we teach people how to treat us without ever realising we're doing it

→ The simple three part framework for asking for what you need at work — calmly, clearly and without guilt

→ Why knowing you need to change something and actually changing it are two completely different things

→ Your action step for this week — simple, doable and more powerful than it sounds

Key Themes & Keywords

Overworking · burnout · people pleasing at work · how to stop overworking · work life balance · setting boundaries at work · how to ask for what you need · over-functioning · emotional exhaustion · people pleaser recovery · trigger pause respond · communicating needs at work · how to set boundaries without guilt · quietly resentful · automatic yes · personal development podcast · habit change coaching

Quotable Moments

"She wasn't overworking because anyone asked her to. She just never learned it was okay to stop."

"We are always teaching people how to treat us. Always."

"When we keep saying yes to things that are breaking us — we teach people that yes is always available."

"Not a time management system. Not a productivity hack. Just the truth said simply and calmly."

"The pattern didn't happen overnight. And it won't shift overnight either. But it will shift."

"That noticing is where it starts."

Resources & Links

🎟 Join The Reset — founding member rate $997, cart closes June 23rd midnight CT: jennymcoaching.com/thereset/#CHECKOUT 🧠 Not sure if people pleasing applies to you? Take the 2 minute quiz: bit.ly/notapeoplepleaser 📲 Follow Jenny on Instagram and LinkedIn: @jennymcoaching 🎙 Subscribe to the podcast: Who Do You Think You Are Talking To — weekly on Spotify and Apple Podcasts

This episode directly answers:

'How do I stop overworking?' · 'Why can't I stop working even when I'm exhausted?' · 'How do I ask my boss for better working hours?' · 'What is people pleasing at work?' · 'How do I set boundaries at work without feeling guilty?' · 'Why do I always put work before myself?' · 'How do I communicate my needs at work?' · 'What is the trigger pause respond method?' · 'How do I stop over-functioning?' · 'Why do I feel guilty taking time off?'

Have you ever gone along with something you didn't want to do — just to avoid making a fuss? Smiled and said you didn't mind? Told yourself you'd persevere?

In this episode, I share a real client story about a walk, a muddy path, the wrong shoes and a whole lot of things that weren't being said. It's a deceptively simple story about one of the most exhausting patterns I see in her work — the gap between what we're thinking and what we're actually saying. And what happens in that gap. Spoiler: it's not peace. It's resentment. Quietly building. While the other person has absolutely no idea.

This episode is for anyone who has ever kept it quiet to keep the peace — and wondered why the tension never actually goes away.

What You'll Hear in This Episode

→ The walk she didn't want to go on — and what it cost her
→ Why keeping it quiet is not the same as keeping the peace
→ How the other person fills in the gap when you don't say the true thing — and why they almost never get it right
→ The file text message — and what happened when she asked one clarifying question instead of solving everything automatically
→ How Trigger → Pause → Respond shows up in the smallest everyday moments
→ Why 45 seconds is all you need to change the dynamic
→ Your action step for this week — simple, doable, no drama required

Key Themes
People pleasing in relationships · Keeping the peace · Avoiding conflict · Resentment in relationships · Honest communication · People pleasing patterns · Why can't I speak up · Fear of confrontation · Trigger pause respond · Emotional reactivity · Over-functioning · Automatic assumptions · Communication coach · Personal development podcast · How to stop people pleasing · Quietly resentful · Setting boundaries without guilt

Quotable Moments

"You weren't keeping the peace. You were just keeping it quiet. For now."

"The other person fills in the gap. And they almost never fill it in correctly."

"You have two people carrying two completely different stories about the same walk. Neither of them true. Both of them exhausting."

"Becoming someone who pauses long enough to ask — what do I actually need here?"

"The discomfort isn't a sign you're doing it wrong. It's a sign you're doing something new."

"That's where your voice comes back."

Resources & Links

Join The Reset Info Session — free live event, June 16th: jennymcoaching.com/group
Not sure if people pleasing applies to you? Take the 2-minute quiz: bit.ly/notapeoplepleaser

Follow Jenny on Instagram and LinkedIn: @jennymcoaching

This episode directly answers: 'Why does keeping quiet cause more conflict?' · 'How do I stop avoiding difficult conversations?' · 'Why do I feel resentful even when I don't say anything?' · 'What is people pleasing in relationships?' · 'How do I speak up without causing conflict?' · 'What is the trigger pause respond method?' · 'Why does resentment build in relationships?' · 'How do I stop assuming what other people need?'

Jenny Maxwell Coaching · jennymcoaching.com · @jennymcoaching

This podcast is produced by www.keystepsupport.com

What does it actually mean for a child to belong somewhere? Not to succeed there. Not to be the best there. But to walk in and feel completely, quietly safe to be themselves.

In this episode, I share the story of how a community of dedicated music teachers transformed my sons' experience of school — and of themselves. From a 2nd grader who almost missed his chance at the orchestra, to a senior year that could have broken my son Danny, to the word that stopped me in her tracks: haven. This episode is about what belonging really does — and why its absence is where so many adult patterns of people-pleasing, over-performing, and emotional exhaustion begin.

What You'll Hear in This Episode

→ Jonah in 2nd grade — the moment I almost closed a door she didn't even see

→ Who Rachel Saldana is, and what she saw that I didn't

→ How belonging in the music department changed both boys — not just musically, but as people

→ Danny's senior year: the weight of it, and how his teachers reached in when it mattered most

→ The one word Danny used that I had never forgotten: haven

→ Why belonging matters more than achievement for long-term emotional health

→ How the absence of belonging in childhood creates the people-pleasing patterns I sees in her adult clients

→ The letter I wrote to the school district — because I wanted them to know what they had

Resources & Links

Join The Reset Info Session — free live event, June 16th: jennymcoaching.com/group

Not sure if people pleasing applies to you? Take the 2-minute quiz: bit.ly/notapeoplepleaser

Follow Jenny on Instagram and LinkedIn: @jennymcoaching

This episode directly answers: 'Why is belonging important for children?' · 'What does belonging do for a child?' · 'How does childhood environment affect adult behaviour?' · 'Why do kids need emotional safety?' · 'Where does people pleasing start?' · 'How do teachers impact student wellbeing?'

This podcast is produced by www.keystepsupport.com

What does it actually cost to raise a child on someone else's timeline? In this episode, I get honest about the pressure parents feel to keep their kids 'on track' - the sports schedules, the AP classes, the invisible race nobody signed up for. Drawing on my own experience watching my two boys find their own paths later than most, I explore what happens when kids are pushed to perform before they're ready — and why those early patterns of saying yes, pushing through, and ignoring what they feel show up decades later in exhausted, people-pleasing adults.

This episode is for every parent who has quietly wondered whether they're doing too much — and for every adult who is only now starting to recognise where their people-pleasing patterns actually began.

What You'll Hear in This Episode

→ Why nearly 70% of kids drop out of organised sports by age 13 - and what that number is really telling us → My sons Jonah and Danny: what starting late actually taught them (and why they still love their sports) → The real financial and emotional cost of over-scheduling children → How childhood pressure to perform plants the seeds of adult people-pleasing → The difference between reacting automatically and pausing to choose your response → What I actually wanted for her kids - and why it had nothing to do with grades or trophies

Resources & Links

Join The Reset Info Session — free live event, June 16th: www.jennymcoaching.com/group

Not sure if people pleasing applies to you?

Take the 2-minute quiz:

https://preview.mailerlite.io/forms/816991/188539643660076178/share

Follow me on Instagram and LinkedIn: @jennymcoaching

This podcast is produced by www.keystepsupport.com

Have you ever found yourself thinking:

👉 "I don't know what I want anymore…"
👉 "Why do I feel so stuck?"
👉 "I used to be decisive - what happened?"

In this episode, I take you inside a real coaching conversation where a client said something that stopped me in my tracks:

👉 "I don't think I've had conviction about anything… since college."

What we uncovered wasn't a lack of confidence or direction.

It was a loss of connection to the version of her who trusted herself.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why feeling stuck doesn't mean something is wrong with you

• How overthinking quietly replaces self-trust

• The shift from "trying to get it right" → trusting yourself again

• A simple way to start moving forward (without blowing up your life)

The real shift:
You don't need a full plan.

You need to reconnect with the version of you who already knows how to take the next step.

✨ A simple question to take with you:
👉 Where have you started to believe "that's not me anymore"?
👉 And what would that version of you do next?

💛 Want to go deeper?
If this episode resonated, the best place to start is my People Pleasing Quiz.

https://forms.gle/hs6wa6N6Q6iqKYBt9

It will help you see your patterns clearly - especially if you tend to:

• overthink decisions

• say yes when you don't want to

• feel stuck between what you want and what you "should" do

You'll also get access to my emails where I share simple, real-life ways to shift from reacting to responding.

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I'm sharing more behind-the-scenes coaching moments like this… and introducing a new way to work with me soon.

This podcast is produced by www.keystepsupport.com

Life is full of transitions.

Some we expect.
Some we don't.

And even when they're good… they can feel overwhelming.

In this episode, I share a personal moment I'm moving through right now:

• my youngest graduating

• my oldest starting her next chapter

• and the shift into a quieter home

Alongside that, I take you inside a powerful experience from an equine therapy workshop that brought everything into focus.

In this episode, you'll learn:
• Why transitions can trigger overwhelm—even when nothing is "wrong"

• What actually causes that frozen, stuck feeling

• How to stay grounded instead of trying to figure everything out at once

• The unexpected lesson a horse named Pebbles taught me about trust

The real shift:

Overwhelm isn't about doing too much.

It's about trying to hold everything at once.

When you slow things down… and come back to one step… everything starts to move again.

✨ A simple question to take with you:
👉 What's one thing you're trying to figure out all at once?
👉 And what's the next small step instead?

Want support with this?
If you're in a season of change and feeling stretched, this is exactly the work I'm leaning into more right now.

Start with my People Pleasing Quiz to understand your patterns around:

• overthinking

• overgiving

• and trying to keep everything together

https://bit.ly/notapeoplepleaser

You'll also get access to my emails where I share simple ways to reset and respond differently in real life.

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If this episode resonated, follow the podcast.

I'll be sharing more real-life moments like this… and opening up a new group experience soon.

This podcast is produced by www.keystepsupport.com