3 Lies Parents Believe about their Students

3 Lies Parents Believe about their Students

This week’s radio show sparked my interest, as I am preparing for university in the fall. Ryan and Lynn’s conversation touched on a wide variety of topics around graduating university debt free (if you haven’t listened to it yet, click here), yet I was struck by how...
Make That Date!

Make That Date!

It is time for that date, and not just any date! It is time to sit down with your spouse and start talking money. Money can be an inflammable topic that we want to avoid at all costs, but avoidance will not make money issues go away. Kindness, financial dates and the...
Tongues of Fire. Waters of Kindness

Tongues of Fire. Waters of Kindness

 Tongues of fire, waters of kindness: being kinder than necessary   Bringing kindness into our marriages, and more specifically into our financial discussions, may seem obvious. But with the current climate of broken marriages in our society, maybe it isn’t....
Top 3 Pet Peeves in Advertising

Top 3 Pet Peeves in Advertising

Advertisements have the uncanny ability to get under our skin. In 30 seconds they evoke pleasure, fear, joy or pain. Sometimes they do it all at once. One of the more recent MasterCard commercials did just that. If you haven’t seen it yet you can watch it here. What...
3 Steps to Biblical Financial Fitness

3 Steps to Biblical Financial Fitness

Is normal good? The average Canadian family spends 50% more than what they make. Do you want to be normal? The average student graduates university with approximately $20,000 of debt.   So often our world drives us to fit in with the status quo. Buy the big home...
Falling off the Wagon

Falling off the Wagon

I have a confession to make. We have fallen off the wagon. Yes. It does happen. And no I am not talking about alcohol or drugs or overeating. I am talking finances. And yes…your financial coach doesn’t always get it right.   Shocking, I know.   Okay....