Your financial plan should give you freedom. Freedom to make life choices, and freedom to change them.

There is so much information out there on financial strategy (including on my own blog!) that it seems like you could teach yourself how to create your own financial plan.

Just like you might hire an architect, contractor, and designer (or all three!) to build your dream house, you can hire a financial planner to help build your dream life.

Saving for your child’s education could mean the difference between them accruing student debt they will be paying off well into their 30s or starting their career off in the green.

Have you ever heard the expression that nothing in life is certain, except death and taxes? In fact, even when we die our estates are taxed. All too often, beneficiaries end up receiving far less than what was intended, because the government takes their share. Read my latest blog to learn...

If you are an incorporated business owner, you are probably paying more than you have to for health and dental expenses. Read my latest blog to learn how to pay 8-10%, rather than 30-50%, on your health expenses...

With global health events doubling and tripling wait times for long term care facilities, many people are left wondering if they will be able to get the care they need in retirement...

Personal finance if often compared to a game of chess. On the surface, chess seems like a straightforward game. The goal is deceptively simple: capture your opponent’s king. But, of course, there many ways to accomplish that...

“I’m sure I can figure it out.” How many times have you said that? You know what you want to accomplish, and you feel (for some inexplicable reason!) that you should be able to make it happen by yourself. Then before you know it, you’ve gone down the research rabbit hole...

With a budget, savings, and some hard work you should be able to accomplish your financial goals, right? Not necessarily. Having a budget, even a really great budget, is not enough. Read my latest blog ...

If you are anything like me, you have probably planned at some point in your life to “get in shape” or drop a few pounds. You know the basics of how to lose

The only certainties in life are death and taxes, so the saying goes. Learn how you can pay less money at tax time by doing this one simple thing.

Have you ever heard that you should "contribute what you can" towards your retirement? It might sound like good advice, but following it could cost you your ideal retirement...

If you had an extra $200 every month, what could you accomplish? · A trip? · A home reno project? · A healthy rainy-day savings? · Regular date nights? For one of my clients, $200 a month equates to an all-inclusive trip down south...

Have you ever decided to go on a diet? At 9pm on a Wednesday, laying in bed, feeling bloated and uncomfortable after binging an entire family-sized bag of chips, you decide to make a change. Tomorrow, you are going to start eating healthier. But tomorrow is Thursday...

I recently had a client send me a message, absolutely over the moon excited because she just bought a couch. Her dream couch. Why was this so exciting for her? Because it represented financial freedom for her family, to buy an expensive piece of furniture with no guilt or shame.

I recently had a client who was apprehensive about getting into financial planning. Why? Because of shoes. This client loves shoes. And not BOGO Payless shoes. Couture, name-brand, rare, interesting, colourful, shoes. She