This week on the podcast we’re joined by Financial Behaviourist, Jacquette M. Timmons. I was first introduced to Jacquette by Stephanie Pollock, the very first guest on the Girl Tries Life podcast. In doing my research, I came across Jacquette’s signature exercise: the Financial Wheel exercise. I highly recommend you try it out! It definitely opened my […]
This is not the post that I intended to write this week. I had all kinds of other ideas to line up with the 121 Day Challenge, but I and many women and people around North America (and the world) have been very affected by the news and politics. Fear not, this is not a […]
This week on the podcast I’m joined by Calgary entrepreneur, mother, and badass cupcake creator, Jodi Willoughby. If that name isn’t ringing a bell for locals, perhaps… Crave Cupcakes? Yeah… now I’ve got your attention! We talk about how Crave Cupcakes almost never was, how they were turned away from farmer’s markets. Jodi shares her […]
I’ve been following Cait Flanders’ blog since it was originally named Blonde on a Budget. At that time, she was detailing her experience getting out of $30,000 of consumer debt. Incredibly, she got herself out of debt in fairly short order (and told her readers EXACTLY how she did it), then once debt-free she got […]
Today on the podcast we’re joined by all around BADASS, Hannah Cree. I don’t say that lightly – I left my hour long interview with Hannah completely blown away by the work that she does as a social entrepreneur with her business Common Good linens. Not only is it a linen service, but they provide jobs […]
Imagine you’re in a job that pays well… really well. It’s an okay job. By many peoples’ standards you’ve got the ideal life. You occasionally get to travel with work, you have a lot of responsibility and it affords you the little luxuries that you want. But the golden handcuffs make it hard to admit […]
The tiny home movement is taking the world by storm… at least it’s taking Pinterest and other social media by storm. People are fascinated by the idea of selling everything and putting your life into 400 square feet – myself included. So… when I came across the blog Tiny House, Giant Journey, I knew I wanted […]
Today on the podcast we’re joined by my good friend, Irma Janzen. Irma is an occupational therapist who talks to us about the importance of ergonomics (and what that even is!), as well as her new book DIY Ergonomics: Live Pain Free and Save Money. We also discuss practical advice for those wishing to start […]
I recently heard about Gary Vaynerchuk’s 2017 challenge to inspire people to make an extra $20,170 in 2017. The whole ethos is that if we think outside the box, if we hustle a little, we can each supplement our income and boost our bank accounts a bit, despite these challenging times. I’m ALL about this […]
I wasn’t expecting to write a post like this, but let’s just say that I got fired up. When I was an au pair in France, I remember talking to the kids’ mother about the things that I dreamed of having in my life. My eighteen year old self even had a notebook version of […]