From participants
What People Say
After the Sessions
Honest accounts from adults who attended the programmes. We let them speak in their own words.
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Participant Feedback
Siriporn K.
Bangkok · Attended: Reading What Inflation Is
"I had been reading the Bank of Thailand's monthly figures for years without really understanding what was in and what was out of the basket. The first session answered questions I hadn't known how to form. The reference card is still on my desk."
April 2025
Prawit T.
Nonthaburi · Attended: The Conversation About Wills
"My wife and I have property in Thailand and the UK and had been putting off this conversation for several years. The workshop helped us understand what a Thai will actually covers. We left with a list of specific questions for the solicitor, which made that appointment much more productive."
March 2025
Natcha W.
Bangkok · Attended: The Patient Reading on Risk
"Four months is a long time to commit to anything, and I was uncertain going in. By month three the format made sense — you need that time for things to settle. The companion volume is something I still return to. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to think more carefully about long-term planning without being sold something."
April 2025
Michael C.
Bangkok (British) · Attended: The Conversation About Wills
"As an expat, I found the cross-border section particularly useful. The facilitator was careful to present what was known and what needed professional advice — which I appreciated. The reference packet covers a lot of ground. Worth the day."
May 2025
Anchalee C.
Samut Prakan · Attended: Reading What Inflation Is
"The group was smaller than I expected — six people — which meant the discussion felt real rather than rushed. I came in thinking inflation was a simple concept I understood. I left with a more complicated and, I think, more honest picture. The facilitator presented both sides of the technical argument without pushing a view."
April 2025
Kanokwan P.
Bangkok · Attended: The Patient Reading on Risk
"I attended after a colleague recommended it. The monthly format works better than you'd expect — there's time between sessions to sit with what was said. The historical SET data sessions were the most useful for me. I have a different sense of the word 'risk' now than I did in January."
May 2025
Participant Journeys
A Household Approaching Retirement — Reading What Inflation Is
The situation
A Bangkok couple in their early 50s were approaching retirement with savings in a mix of accounts. They felt uncertain about how inflation would affect their planning but found the news coverage difficult to interpret in relation to their own household.
The programme
They attended Reading What Inflation Is together. The facilitator's breakdown of basket composition and what the Thai CPI figure does and does not capture helped them understand why their own experience of rising costs did not always match the headline figures.
What changed
They reported that the reference card helped them follow Bank of Thailand releases more practically. They had more informed conversations with their financial adviser about planning assumptions, and one of them enrolled in the risk programme three months later.
"We came in feeling vaguely anxious about inflation and left with a clearer sense of which parts of it actually affected our situation and which parts didn't."
A First-Time Attendee, Unfamiliar with the Topic — The Patient Reading on Risk
The situation
A 47-year-old professional in Bangkok had spent her career in education and felt that financial topics had always been presented in a way that assumed prior knowledge she did not have. She was hesitant about the programme's four-month length.
The programme
She attended The Patient Reading on Risk. The facilitator's approach — presenting historical data without asserting what participants should do with it — suited her. The monthly note-keeping helped her track how her own thinking changed between sessions.
What changed
She described a shift in how she read financial news — from anxiety to something more like informed curiosity. She went on to attend the wills workshop six months later and referred two colleagues to the practice.
"The four months felt long from the outside. From the inside it was the only way I could have absorbed what I absorbed."
Cross-border Estate Planning — The Conversation About Wills
The situation
A 58-year-old participant held property in Thailand and Australia. He had a Thai will but was unsure how it interacted with Australian probate rules. His solicitor had raised the question but he had not yet had the background to fully engage with the answer.
The programme
He attended The Conversation About Wills. The cross-border household section of the morning session addressed exactly this scenario in general terms. The reference packet included a section on multiple jurisdictions and the questions to raise with advisers in each country.
What changed
He returned to his solicitor with a set of informed, specific questions. He reported that the meeting was significantly more productive than previous ones. He recommended the programme to a colleague in a similar position within a month of attending.
"I knew I had a problem. The workshop helped me understand what the problem actually was — which made it much easier to solve."
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