18 Jan 2026
What happens when you stop going it alone – and start building your financial future with structure, guidance and the right people around you?
Last September, the GJWHF$ team officially launched the very first cohort of Her Future Series. It’s a programme created in direct response to what our community continued to ask for: deeper support and more structure to help them eventually grow wealth with intention.
We invited women in our community to commit to an expert-led journey to build confidence and momentum around their finances, alongside other women.
Fifteen women said yes, and the first cohort was sold out! Over three moderator-led sessions, they moved through mindset, risk and action – supported by practical tools, thoughtful guidance and a cohort experience designed to encourage reflection, conversation and follow-through.
Here’s what that journey looked like.
A Guided Journey – From Inner Clarity to Confident Action
Her Future Series was designed as a three-part progression, with each session building on the last. Rather than isolated topics, the sessions formed a connected journey – from understanding personal money patterns, to navigating risk with clarity, to taking concrete action aligned with individual values.
Session I: Reframe Your Money Mindset
The series opened with “Reframe Your Money Mindset”, led by Beate Chelette. This session invited participants to step back and examine how early experiences, family narratives and cultural expectations continue to shape the way they relate to money today.
For many women in the cohort, it was the first time they had paused to reflect on why certain financial decisions felt charged, overwhelming or easy to avoid. The session created space to:
recognise unhelpful patterns and inherited beliefs
reframe money as a practical tool rather than a source of pressure
clarify one personal financial goal to work toward
Before moving into strategy or mechanics, the cohort grounded themselves in intention – setting a strong foundation for the sessions that followed.
“The session was an eye-opener for me. I realised that money mindset is about more than numbers, and that my childhood upbringing shaped how I relate to money…something I now feel ready to break out of.” - Cohort member
Session II: Build Your Financial Resilience
In “Build Your Financial Resilience”, Jessica Cutrera, led an interactive session focused on understanding risk in a way that felt practical and human. Rather than treating risk as something abstract or intimidating, the session broke it down in plain language – covering how risk actually shows up in portfolios, how behaviour matters over time and why not every investment product is designed with the investor’s best interests in mind.
Participants explored:
how to think critically about what they’re buying and why
how to balance growth and protection
how to stay invested with structure and calm during uncertain times
For many, this session helped replace noise and second-guessing with a clearer framework they could trust.
Session III: Turn Your Values Into Action
The final expert-led session, “Turn Your Values into Action”, was a highly hands-on evening with Sebastiaan de Bont. This was where insight became execution. Participants worked through how to translate goals into a practical, long-term portfolio – learning how to think about allocation, fees, ETF structure and compounding in a way that aligned with their own lives and values.
Rather than prescribing a single “right” answer, the session focused on helping each participant build a plan that felt:
understandable
sustainable
actionable
The emphasis was clear: building wealth doesn’t require complexity – it requires clarity and consistent action.
Learning Alongside Other Women
While each session was guided by an experienced professional, something powerful happened in the room beyond the content itself.
Being surrounded by other women – hearing their questions, stories and reflections in real time – created moments of recognition and relief. Thoughts that had felt private or isolating suddenly felt shared and normal.
Between sessions, those conversations continued in the private WhatsApp group. Women shared resources, talked through decisions, celebrated small wins and encouraged each other to take the next step, even when it felt uncomfortable.
For many in the cohort, learning alongside other women didn’t just support the content – it transformed how confident they felt acting on it.
“I especially like the interaction from the cohort. It’s very helpful to compare notes and see where peers are at, on top of the experts’ input.” - Summer Fang, Cohort member
Ongoing Accountability
Although the three expert-led sessions have wrapped up, the Her Future Series is not quite over.
Six months after the programme, the cohort will reconvene for a 6-month accountability check-in. It will be a chance to reflect on progress, revisit goals and stay connected to the same trusted group that started the journey together.
Because building wealth takes time – and support matters beyond the classroom.
If You Missed the First Cohort
If you heard about the first Her Future Series but didn’t join or simply missed it at the time, you’re not alone. Many women in our community told us they were interested, but unsure whether it was the right moment, or whether committing to a paid, structured programme made sense for them.
What this first cohort showed us is something important: clarity and confidence don’t need to come before you join – they’re built inside the programme.
Participants came in with different life stages, responsibilities and amounts of capital to invest. That diversity didn’t create distance – it created support. Being in a small, trusted cohort made it easier to ask real questions, learn from different perspectives, and stay accountable to personal goals.
For many, choosing to invest in the programme was also a way of committing to themselves – creating structure, focus and follow-through in an area that’s often easy to postpone.
What’s Next For Her Future Series
We’re taking everything this first cohort experienced and learnt and using it to shape the next cohort of Her Future Series!
If you’d like to be notified when applications open for the next cohort, you can register your interest here.
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