From the households
What happened when they sat down together.
Experiences from households who have been through Linden Coast programmes.
Back to home340+
households completed
4.7
average programme rating
92%
said conversations at home changed
6 yrs
running in Penang
What people say
In their own words
Chong Sook Ling
George Town, Penang
"My husband and I have been talking about money for 22 years but we were always talking past each other. The weekend workshop gave us a structure we'd never had. We left with a proper shared picture of where we both actually stand — not the picture we'd each been assuming."
Family Money Table Workshop · May 2025
Mohamad Rizal bin Ahmad
Butterworth, Penang
"I came because I needed to talk properly about my parents' situation with my wife — it's a conversation we kept putting off. The evening programme made that easier than I expected. The facilitators were patient and the format meant we didn't have to argue, just describe. Four sessions felt about right for what we needed."
Children, Parents & Money Programme · April 2025
Tan Mei Lian
Ayer Itam, Penang
"We joined the 10-week cohort as a family — my husband, myself, and our 23-year-old daughter who was home at the time. What surprised me was how much the peer group discussion added. Hearing how other families handle the same things made us realise we weren't unusual. The manual is still on our table."
Household Curriculum Cohort · March–May 2025
Noor Izzati bt. Ismail
Bayan Lepas, Penang
"I was sceptical — I've been to finance seminars before and they always end with someone trying to sell me a product. This was genuinely different. Nobody sold us anything. We had an honest conversation as a household and at the end we knew what kind of adviser to look for. That alone was worth the fee."
Family Money Table Workshop · April 2025
Lim Kok Wai
Tanjung Bungah, Penang
"My wife and I are both in our early 50s. We have a son in university and my mother lives with us. The evening programme gave language to things we both felt but didn't know how to raise. It didn't resolve everything — that wasn't the point — but it opened a door we'd been walking past for years."
Children, Parents & Money Programme · May 2025
Suriyakala d/o Krishnan
Bukit Mertajam, Penang
"We came in thinking we were fairly aligned. We weren't, actually — but finding that out in a facilitated session was much easier than finding it out in an argument at home. The conversation deck is clever. It asks things you wouldn't think to ask yourself."
Family Money Table Workshop · May 2025
In depth
A few household journeys
Story 1 · Household Curriculum Cohort
The situation
A couple in their mid-40s, both working, with two adult children and the husband's aging father moving in. They had never formally discussed how money decisions were made or who felt responsible for what.
What happened
They joined the 10-week cohort. By week three, they had documented household responsibilities for the first time. By week seven, they had a shared framework for how to approach the father's situation — and had agreed on what kind of adviser they needed.
Outcome
Engaged a licensed financial planner six weeks after completing the cohort. Used the closing manual to prepare questions in advance. Said the session made the adviser meeting noticeably more productive.
"We went into the adviser meeting knowing what we wanted to talk about — not just waiting to see what they'd recommend."
Story 2 · Children, Parents & Money Programme
The situation
A woman in her early 50s, separated, with one child in Form 6 and her elderly mother in Kedah. She felt the financial responsibilities were invisible to her siblings and didn't know how to raise it.
What happened
She attended the four-session evening programme. The household mapping exercise helped her put language to what she had been carrying. She used the conversation kit materials to open discussions with her siblings for the first time — separately, at her own pace.
Outcome
By the fourth session she had had two structured conversations with her siblings — the first in years — about their mother's situation. She described it as the first time the conversation had stayed calm long enough to actually get somewhere.
"I didn't realise how much I needed a structure for those conversations. I just needed something to hold them open."
Story 3 · Family Money Table Workshop
The situation
A couple, both 44, who had recently consolidated two properties and felt their approach to money had quietly diverged over the years. No crisis — just a growing sense that they were no longer on the same page.
What happened
They came to the weekend workshop expecting to find disagreements. What they found was mostly different assumptions neither had said out loud — about what was important, what was temporary, and what they each thought the other wanted.
Outcome
Left the weekend with a written household overview — the first they'd ever made — and a shared list of three things to follow up on. They signed up for the 10-week cohort six months later.
"It turned out we weren't disagreeing — we just hadn't finished the same sentence."
Reach us to find out more
Phone
+60 4 264 7385Address
88 Lebuh Light
10200 George Town, Penang
Office hours
Mon–Fri 9am–6pm
Sat 9am–1pm
Our credentials
Professional standing
Adult Education Practitioner
Malaysia Adult Learning Association. Recognised practitioner status for both lead facilitators.
Penang Community Education Award
Recognised in 2023 for contributions to household financial literacy programming in Pulau Pinang.
Licensed Practitioner Referral Network
Connected with licensed financial planners in Penang for appropriate participant referrals. No referral fees received.
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