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What People Say About Working Through These Courses
Accounts from participants who have completed one or more of our programmes. Written in their own words, with no editing for positivity.
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Reviews
Participant Accounts
Razif Hashim
Petaling Jaya · Retired engineer
"I had been putting off a conversation with my children about the house for two years. This course gave me a way to think about it properly before opening my mouth. The section on how to handle unequal treatment of siblings was particularly useful — something I had not found discussed anywhere else."
The Honest Conversation · March 2025
Noraini Zainuddin
Subang Jaya · Business owner
"I had always given zakat and made small donations without thinking much about the overall picture. The Patient Approach course made me sit down and actually look at what I was giving and why. The workbook was well-structured — I filled it in over three weekends and found it genuinely useful for deciding what to do going forward."
Patient Approach to Charitable Giving · February 2025
Cheong Thian Huat
Damansara Heights · Former CFO
"I went through the Major Transitions course after leaving my corporate role. I was not in distress, but I could feel I was making decisions without a proper framework. The course helped me identify which things actually needed a decision now and which ones could wait. The consultation at the end was worthwhile — the person I spoke with had clearly read the same material."
Financial Wellbeing Through Transitions · March 2025
Kavitha Murugesan
Bangsar · GP in private practice
"I wish the Honest Conversation course were a bit longer — four weeks goes quickly if you are reading carefully. But the content itself was solid. What I appreciated most was that it did not assume I had no idea what I was doing. It treated me as someone who knew her own family and just needed a better set of tools."
The Honest Conversation · January 2025
Ahmad Mustaffa
Shah Alam · Civil servant (retired)
"The zakat module in the charitable giving course is something I have not found treated this carefully anywhere else. It is not a basic explanation — it actually deals with the questions that come up when you are trying to plan a multi-year giving strategy alongside your regular zakat. Very well researched."
Patient Approach to Charitable Giving · February 2025
Lim Wei Shan
Mont Kiara · Architecture firm partner
"My husband and I took the Major Transitions course separately after his mother passed and left a complicated estate. We were both dealing with the same situation but processing it differently. The course helped each of us get clearer on our own thinking, which actually made the conversations between us easier. I did not expect that."
Financial Wellbeing Through Transitions · March 2025
Case Studies
Participant Journeys in More Detail
Case Study · Course 1
Opening a Conversation That Had Been Avoided for Three Years
The Situation
A 61-year-old participant in Kuala Lumpur had made substantial financial gifts to two of her three adult children over the preceding decade. She had no mechanism for discussing this with the third child, who she knew was aware of the discrepancy. The relationship had become strained without the underlying issue being acknowledged.
What the Course Provided
The course offered a framework for understanding her own position first — including what she actually wanted from the conversation — and then provided language and structure for raising the topic directly. The printable guide for handling historical imbalances was the specific tool she used to prepare.
Outcome
The conversation took place over six weeks after completing the course. Her assessment: the outcome was imperfect but the relationship improved. She felt she had handled it considerably better than she would have without the preparation. The third child now understands the reasoning, even if not fully satisfied by it.
"I had been carrying this for years. I cannot say it is fully resolved, but at least we have actually spoken about it."
Case Study · Course 3
Navigating Redundancy at 54 Without a Clear Next Step
The Situation
A 54-year-old senior manager in Penang was made redundant as part of a restructuring. He had severance pay, EPF savings, and a mortgage with three years remaining. He was not in financial difficulty, but felt unable to make sound decisions without understanding which ones were time-sensitive and which could be deferred.
What the Course Provided
The redundancy module gave him a clear picture of the decisions that typically need to be made within the first three months, the ones that can wait six to twelve months, and the ones that only become clear after a year. The document checklist helped him identify what paperwork he still needed to organise. The closing consultation helped him think through the consulting option.
Outcome
He deferred the EPF withdrawal decision for twelve months as recommended, cleared the mortgage early using severance pay, and began consulting work six months after the redundancy. At eighteen months, his situation was more stable than he had feared in the initial weeks.
"The most useful thing was understanding which decisions could wait. I had been treating everything as equally urgent."
Case Study · Course 2
Moving from Occasional Giving to a Considered Annual Plan
The Situation
A 58-year-old business owner in Kuala Lumpur had been giving to several causes for many years — zakat, a school building fund, and irregular donations — but had never assessed whether her giving was aligned with her intentions or whether she was claiming the tax reliefs she was entitled to.
What the Course Provided
The course helped her map her current giving against her values, identify which organisations were on the IRB tax-deductible list, and calculate the documentation she needed to retain. The workbook gave her a template for a three-year plan that balanced regular zakat, institutional support, and a small bequest provision.
Outcome
She completed the course and produced a written giving plan for the first time. She estimates she had been missing tax deductions worth approximately RM 3,000–4,000 annually through incomplete documentation. She now gives more deliberately and with less uncertainty about whether she is handling the mechanics correctly.
"I had been generous in a somewhat chaotic way. Now there is a plan and it feels right."
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