Conversations with Money

When a close family member is diagnosed with a critical illness, it can require a lot of emotional and financial support. How does one continue to pursue their goals, while supporting their family? In this week’s episode, we speak with Sara Kaljuvee about how she continues to pursue her dreams as an Olympic athlete while still providing close support to her mother battling cancer for 10 years.

In this episode, we are sitting down with John Bromley, the founder and CEO of Chimp. With over a decade of experience in the charitable sector, John shares with us how we can change the world by giving. What if it is not an abundance of resources that we need in order to give, but rather an abundant mindset? Tune in as we discuss the effects of giving and the human spirit of charity.

As we transition through life, our financial needs change. Do you know what to consider as you transition from one decade to another?

Do you feel invincible? Do you ever feel like It won't happen to me? Many of us do and so we don't plan for the unexpected. But what if the unexpected happens to you? What if you get diagnosed with a critical illness or life altering injury? Are you financially prepared?

Statistics show that it will take approximately $245,000 to raise a child from birth to the age of 18. Are you ready?

It’s a fact. People who work with financial advisors have significantly more investible assets and are more financially successful on average than those who don’t. Study after study proves it. So why aren't we all working with advisors?

While many people believe it is important to have money set aside in an emergency fund, few of us actually do. We are faced with everyday challenges of spending and the real challenge becomes finding the money. On our Tuesday, May 26th show we will discuss 6 ways that can help you start building your rainy day fund.

David and Sara Robertson are partners in life as well as in business, and together own and run The Dirty Apron Cooking School & Delicatessen - Vancouver’s most celebrated and state-of-the-art culinary playground. David and Sara will share how they balance running a business, building a family and creating wealth in their terms.

In this episode, we will explore the world of Wills and ask if there is any reason to have a power of attorney.

In this episode we tear apart the differences between the way men and women approach and handle money. So who does it better? Who's got a better approach? Men or women?

There's a lot of talk about a rigged system and a level of inequality preventing us from progressing. But is our system really rigged? Can we really blame the system? Listen in for steps on how to evolve from this way of thinking.

In this show, Franco and Alli will explore 7 ancient strategies on how you can start your path in creating wealth. Tune in at 2pm (PST) and participate on the conversation.

We get paid and then we pay our cell phone company, our internet bill, our credit card bills, our rent/mortgage, but where do we fall in this? When do we pay ourselves? How do we know how much to pay ourselves? Do we pay ourselves first or last? Join us on Tuesday as we explore this topic

Diving into sports, money and marriage with Canadian Olympic Gold medalist Ashleigh McIvor and former captain of the Vancouver Whitecaps, Jay Demerit. You don't want to miss this conversation!

How do you choose? brbr Are you aware of the effects that these choices are having on your future self? brbr If you could only spend cash, would you be making the same purchase decisions? Let's talk about it.

What does MONEY mean to you? brbr How do you feel when you think about money? brbr Do you feel in control of your finances? If not, why not? And what if you could? brbr Marissa and Alli explore the emotional meaning that we place on money. They expose how we are the ones that are keeping ourselves from achieving our financial goals. What if a shift in perspective is your next step?

Websters dictionary defines retirement as the act of ending your working or professional career and the period after you have permanently stopped your job or profession. In today's world, does this definition still hold true? We will explore and discuss the topic of today's retirement. Join us!

We're joined today by two very special guests, Toni Andreola and Larry Amstutz of the Canadian Cancer Society. We'll be talking about finances and how charitable giving plays a roll in this. Toni is the Director of Planned Giving with the Canadian Cancer Society and has been with them for over 12 years. She looks over the promotion and estate management of Planned Giving Program. Larry is a Charitable Giving Advisor with the Canadian Cancer Society and has been with them for close to 5 years. Together Toni and Larry of the Canadian Cancer Society help eradicate cancer, and enhance the quality of life of those living with cancer all while educating people on charitable giving.

How do you run your own successful business, have a family, budget properly, work through the challenges of this all and plan for the future? We're joined by Dave Zille, a family man and business owner who shares his personal experience with all of this.