Hi! I’m Katherine, a doctor, mum of two, and I’m on a mission to make financial literacy accessible for busy NZ doctors.
A few years ago, I was living my med school dream! Passed my exams, secured a neonatal Fellow position early and was starting to think about overseas training. The finish line was in sight.
Then I became a mum. And suddenly, “just push through to consultant” felt like the wrong answer to the wrong question.
I realised I wanted something different – more flexibility, more time at home during these early years. But like most doctors, I thought: “I can’t afford to step back. I need the salary. I’m too far in to change course now.”
Then I discovered something that changed everything: financial literacy.
Turns out, we could afford for me to pause my training. Not because we were rich—but because we’d made intentional choices: lived below our means, invested consistently, and built a buffer that gave us options.
That realisation was electrifying. Money wasn’t just about security—it was about freedom. The freedom to design your dream life.
And when you discover that? You kind of want to shout it from the rooftops.
So I’ve started Healthy Wealth – with the goal of trying to create the ‘doctor finance resource hub’ I wish had existed when I was trying to figure all this out. A place where the information is evidence-based, the advice is independent, and the conversations are honest.
I’ve even completed the financial advisor qualification – to make sure there really isn’t some ‘secret sauce’ the financial industry is privy to (spoiler there isn’t one).
Financial freedom isn’t about picking stocks or retiring at 35. It’s about having choices. Maybe you want to take a full year of parental leave. Maybe you want to drop to 0.8 FTE. Maybe you want to keep working full time but just feel confident that you have your retirement sorted.
Whatever you want – you deserve to know what’s actually possible.