--- title: "Search Blog by Month - Sapience Financial" description: "search our Sapience Financial archive of Blog Articles by month written" url: "https://sapience.com.au/resources/search-blog-articles-by-month?layout=blog&start=0" date: "2026-05-30T22:10:01+00:00" language: "en-GB" --- [ ![Creative little girl squeezing paid from a tube that is both black and white](https://sapience.com.au/images/blog/intro-the-certainty-trap-need-for-closure-decisions.jpg) ](https://sapience.com.au/blog/the-certainty-trap-need-for-closure-decisions "The Certainty Trap: How Your Hidden 'Need for Closure' Rushes Your Biggest Decisions") ## [ The Certainty Trap: How Your Hidden 'Need for Closure' Rushes Your Biggest Decisions ](https://sapience.com.au/blog/the-certainty-trap-need-for-closure-decisions) --- ### Ever felt a physical wave of irritation when a family plan, a professional project, or a health decision remains open-ended for too long? If any of these scenarios sound familiar, your mind isn't just being impatient - it is experiencing a powerful, built-in psychological survival mechanism known as the **Need for Cognitive Closure**. (And if you're the type of person who loves to have multiple 'web browser tabs' open at the same time - this is for you). [ Read more … ](https://sapience.com.au/blog/the-certainty-trap-need-for-closure-decisions) [ ![The Financial Sorting Hat (and other generational moneyisms)](https://sapience.com.au/images/blog/intro-the-financial-sorting-hat-sapience-financial.jpg) ](https://sapience.com.au/blog/the-financial-sorting-hat-on-your-shelf-choosing-provision-over-the-house-of-avoidance "The Financial Sorting Hat on Your Shelf: Choosing Provision over the House of Avoidance") ## [ The Financial Sorting Hat on Your Shelf: Choosing Provision over the House of Avoidance ](https://sapience.com.au/blog/the-financial-sorting-hat-on-your-shelf-choosing-provision-over-the-house-of-avoidance) --- ### Have you ever wondered if you've unexpectedly inherited your attitudes towards Money Matters? Long before an unexpected crisis forces your hand, your family has likely already been quietly sorted into a *default financial 'house'* that is actively holding you back. - [ family health & safety ](https://sapience.com.au/all-tags/family-health-safety) - [ moneyisms ](https://sapience.com.au/all-tags/moneyisms) - [ 🌳 Family, Legacy & Aging ](https://sapience.com.au/insights/family-legacy-aging) [ Read more … ](https://sapience.com.au/blog/the-financial-sorting-hat-on-your-shelf-choosing-provision-over-the-house-of-avoidance) [ ![person selecting the unknown Community Chest card in the board game Monopoly ](https://sapience.com.au/images/blog/intro-planning-for-surgery-means-getting-your-estate-plans-in-place-first-sapience-financial.jpg) ](https://sapience.com.au/blog/going-under-the-knife-what-happens-if-youre-out-for-longer-than-expected "Going Under the Knife? What Happens if You're Out for Longer than Expected?") ## [ Going Under the Knife? What Happens if You're Out for Longer than Expected? ](https://sapience.com.au/blog/going-under-the-knife-what-happens-if-youre-out-for-longer-than-expected) --- ### Planning for surgery means getting your pre-surgery financial resources and estate planning documents in place first - just in case While your pre-surgery checklist undoubtedly includes fasting and arranging a ride home, the most overlooked and most important jobs may be getting your emergency estate plans in place, just in case. - [ life insurance ](https://sapience.com.au/life-insurance/life-terminal-illness-insurance) - [ power of attorney ](https://sapience.com.au/all-tags/power-of-attorney) - [ modern estate planning ](https://sapience.com.au/all-tags/modern-estate-planning) [ Read more … ](https://sapience.com.au/blog/going-under-the-knife-what-happens-if-youre-out-for-longer-than-expected) [ ![A closed bridge unsafe to travel on](https://sapience.com.au/images/blog/intro-broken-social-contract-superannuation.webp) ](https://sapience.com.au/blog/broken-social-contract-superannuation "The Broken Social Contract") ## [ The Broken Social Contract ](https://sapience.com.au/blog/broken-social-contract-superannuation) --- ### The Broken Social Contract that is Superannuation (and Why we built a Bureaucracy Shield) For decades, the Social Contract of the Australian superannuation system was built on a simple, silent promise: you contribute your earnings while you are well, and the system protects your dignity when you are not. However, for those navigating a terminal diagnosis today, recent evidence suggests this contract is functionally broken. [ Read more … ](https://sapience.com.au/blog/broken-social-contract-superannuation) 1. [ Life Insurance, Suicide and VAD: Providing Certainty in Australia’s New Legal Landscape](https://sapience.com.au/blog/life-insurance-suicide-and-vad-providing-certainty-in-australias-new-legal-landscape) 2. [ The Predator on The Couch](https://sapience.com.au/blog/the-predator-on-the-couch) 3. [ What is Pre-elder Abuse?](https://sapience.com.au/blog/what-is-pre-elder-abuse) 4. [ Better than a Tim Tam and Why Aussie TPD and Income Protection are World-Beaters](https://sapience.com.au/blog/better-than-a-tim-tam-and-why-aussie-tpd-and-income-protection-are-world-beaters) 5. [ The Scar Tissue of 'She’ll Be Right' and Why Later is a Biological Lie](https://sapience.com.au/blog/the-scar-tissue-of-shell-be-right-why-later-is-a-biological-lie) 6. [ Starting a Business with another? Here's your Homework](https://sapience.com.au/blog/starting-a-business-with-another-heres-your-homework) 7. [ The 0.08-Second Glitch: Why Your Brain is Faster Than Your Bank Account](https://sapience.com.au/blog/the-0-08-second-glitch-why-your-brain-is-faster-than-your-bank-account) ### [ Modern Small Business Leadership](https://sapience.com.au/blog/modern-small-business) Page 1 of 73 ## Schema ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home |", "item": "https://sapience.com.au" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Search Blog by Month", "item": "https://sapience.com.au/resources/search-blog-articles-by-month" } ] } ```