It’s really up to you how you will spend your money in retirement. The goal is to find the right balance to meet your lifestyle needs. Start the conversation today about what’s important to you.
Grandparents have accumulated a wealth of wisdom and financial know-how over your lifetime. The greatest gift you could give your grandkids is to help shape and inform their financial intelligence. Talking to your grandkids about money will help them to acquire a healthy understanding and relationship to money. Today there appears to be a void where […]
Learn from 2016: Improve your cash flow in 2017. Let’s be honest: when it comes to personal finances, 2016 was a really bumpy year for many people. As the year comes to a close, it might be a good time to take a step back and reflect on how well you managed your money during […]
Authenticity finds its roots in really simple ideas, for example, living with intention and acting sincerely. All of us make decisions and choices everyday on how we live through our behaviour or what we say. When we become real and authentic with ourselves, we don’t feel the need to impress other people because we […]
Money matters don’t need to be unmanageable or headache inducing. Most of us are time starved in that we have demanding lives, careers and families that consume most of our energy or calories. There is little desire or hours in the day to spare worrying about our personal finances, and how to take the guesswork […]
In parts of Canada this summer, we have seen record temperatures almost to the point of being able to fry an egg on the sidewalk, well almost! It’s been blistering hot and trying to stay cool has been a real challenge. Many families have been running their air conditioning non-stop making it hard to save […]
Talking about money isn’t easy with our kids. It’s really easy to lose your cool when discussing money.Over-indulging our kids and buying things they don’t need is a recipe for disaster. It can come at a financial cost for example, taking on more debt, delaying retirement, prolonging mortgage payments etc. But what do you do […]
The answer to the age-old question is in: money can buy you happiness. But not so fast, because it’s not that simple or straightforward. For people living on the a fixed income, more money would offer relief and access to things most of us take for granted. For others, it means greater purchasing power and […]
It’s time to relax, and for most of us, watching TV helps to decompress a day’s events with mindless TV programs or perhaps some me time surfing the net, shopping, or indulging in calorie loaded snacking? We make choices with our time to escape but what about what’s coming next- it’s almost the end of […]