When people are harmed by powerful institutions, the first battle is rarely fought in court. It is fought in confusion. A survivor may have years of emails, letters, bank statements, screenshots, court papers, call notes and regulatory correspondence. Somewhere in that material may be the truth of what happened. But truth alone is not enough. … Continue reading Goliathon Has Changed the Game for Citizen Investigation
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Presenteeism Is Not Commitment. It Is Often Suffering in Disguise.
How Get Secure can help shift people from pressure and survival mode towards income security When people go to work sick, stay online after hours, miss social connection, and keep pushing through stress, it is often described as commitment. But increasingly, it may be something else. It may be fear. Fear of falling behind.Fear of … Continue reading Presenteeism Is Not Commitment. It Is Often Suffering in Disguise.
When Money Worries Become Health Worries: Why Income Security Is a Whole-Person Issue
Three-quarters of employees are now cutting back on routine healthcare because of the cost of living. That should stop us in our tracks. This is not just about people delaying a dental appointment, skipping an eye test, or putting off physiotherapy. It is a warning sign that financial pressure is spreading into every area of … Continue reading When Money Worries Become Health Worries: Why Income Security Is a Whole-Person Issue
When You’re Told to Get Legal Advice — But Can’t Afford It
When You’re Told to Get Legal Advice — But Can’t Afford It Some of the people who need legal advice most are the very people least able to get it. A settlement arrives. There is a confidentiality clause. You are told you cannot discuss it. You cannot share it. You cannot talk openly about what … Continue reading When You’re Told to Get Legal Advice — But Can’t Afford It
Goliathon Version 3 Has Arrived: Turning Evidence into Action Just Became Easier
When people are harmed by powerful institutions, the first barrier is rarely the absence of evidence. More often, the barrier is overwhelm. The documents are there. The letters are there. The emails are there. The statements, decisions, timelines, contradictions and red flags are often scattered across inboxes, folders, drawers and memory. But when someone is … Continue reading Goliathon Version 3 Has Arrived: Turning Evidence into Action Just Became Easier
We Built Something to Level the Playing Field. It’s Now Live.
By Steve Conley, Founder — Academy of Life Planning & Get SAFE There is a moment most of us have experienced. You are about to sign something. A contract, an agreement, a set of terms and conditions. The other party hands you a document — sometimes thick, sometimes thin, always dense — and waits. There … Continue reading We Built Something to Level the Playing Field. It’s Now Live.
Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire?
Should Financial Advice Academies Market Themselves as a Wellbeing Escape Route? There was something in a recent recruitment message from St. James's Place that genuinely stopped me in my tracks. The campaign highlighted rising levels of burnout, stress, emotional exhaustion, and poor mental wellbeing across the UK workforce. It cited research suggesting: 1 in 4 … Continue reading Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire?
From Employee Assistance to Human Agency: What Today’s Wellbeing Programmes Reveal About the Future of Planning
For decades, Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs) have sat quietly in the background of organisational life. Originally designed as counselling and crisis-support services, they were often associated with stress, addiction, bereavement, or workplace difficulties — a safety net for people under pressure. But something is changing. Modern EAPs are no longer simply mental health helplines. They … Continue reading From Employee Assistance to Human Agency: What Today’s Wellbeing Programmes Reveal About the Future of Planning
When Justice Arrives Too Late: The Human Cost of the LCF Scandal
In May 2026, former London Capital & Finance (LCF) CEO Michael Thomson was jailed for contempt of court after breaching Serious Fraud Office restraint orders designed to preserve assets linked to the collapse of the mini-bond firm. His wife received a suspended sentence for related breaches. The offences involved the sale of luxury items, including … Continue reading When Justice Arrives Too Late: The Human Cost of the LCF Scandal
The Right to Understand Before You Lose Everything
There is a quiet assumption built into many financial and legal systems: If you signed the document, you understood it. But real life is rarely that simple. People sign agreements while tired, stressed, grieving, overwhelmed, intimidated, rushed, hopeful, trusting, distracted, or simply trying to keep life moving. Sometimes they believe they are agreeing to one … Continue reading The Right to Understand Before You Lose Everything
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