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How to make the most of your money in the holidays and in the new year when the resolutions really bite.

Habits can be hard to change.

But here are two powerful financial steps that don’t require a change of habit.

Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and just listen.

If you ask a child if they would prefer lots of new toys and grumpy, stressed parents, or cheaper toys and relaxed parents, I bet I know the answer.

Dig into the cultural beliefs that dominate public thinking about health and wellness, and what emerges is a series of assumptions that good health and wellness is something that individuals determine for themselves, something we need to work hard for, and at its most extreme form, something we buy from the health and wellness industry.

Health isn’t just personal choice and individual effort, but other conditions like the places we live, work, learn and play.

It’s a challenge many parents grapple with – how to make memories without breaking the bank.

Here are some tips to help you get away this summer without flat-lining your budget.    