About
Filling the gap in the financial food chain
Between the consumer and other financial professionals, such as planners, accountants and mortgage brokers, there's a gap. We fill it.
- BSc (Mathematics)
- DipFS (Consumer Education)
- Plus a few other pieces of paper
Founder
Larissa Zimmerman
Larissa grew up on a farm and joined the Army full time at 17. By age 30 she had her first midlife assessment, left the Army and took on eight part time jobs. That's when her money skills were honed and the simple, very effective Basic Budgeting process was born.
She has qualified as a Personal Trainer (Certificate IV) and a Trainer and Assessor (Certificate IV), though these qualifications have not been upgraded. Instead, with much lived experience, Larissa encourages her trainers to use real life examples when relating to participants.
Her passions include creating her own future, seeing the funny side of life, waking people up to live their dreams, dancing, trying almost anything new, living off grid, travelling and finding a way to do all these at once.
Larissa has been described as having been hit by lightning and kept the energy, the Pied Piper of Hamelin, the Energizer Bunny and a Wild Woman. She believes her energy comes from working out what's important in life and knowing how to manage the mundane necessities. She lives by many healthy principles. Two of them are:
We do not stop playing as we grow old, rather we grow old because we stop playing.Abraham Lincoln
The quality of our life is determined by the quality of our questions.Anthony Robbins
Larissa's own sayings include "every moment is an opportunity to change direction and feel fantastic!" and "if I'm in a mood, I need to move."
While based in northern New South Wales, Larissa has taught overseas, and her previous trainers have delivered training Australia wide.
Our approach
Financial health is like dental health
Small consistent actions prevent pain. Children are taught using juggling balls. With adults, we retrain the brain by putting fun into finance, laughing as we learn.
Personal money management and other soft skills can be taught to any group of people. Only the delivery varies.
Please note
Education, not advice
National Financial Fitness and its licensees teach financial skills, and can teach you how to effectively be your own financial planner. We are independent and do not give personal financial advice.
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