by Julia Chung | Mar 25, 2019 | Budgets, CPP, Monthly Spring Update, Personal Finance
Budgets, budgets and more budgets. The Federal Budget was released on March 19, and you can find our summary here. Some provinces have already released their annual budgets and more are rolling in. If you’re reading as many finance newsletters as we are, you’ll have...
by Julia Chung | Mar 25, 2019 | Budgets, Home Buyer's Plan, Income Tax, Personal Finance, Retirement
Every spring, the Federal Government comes out with their budget for the year – all the ways they’ll be putting our tax dollars to use and running this national operation. They often have a news release in fall that telegraphs some of the things they’re thinking...
by Kathryn Mandelcorn | Feb 19, 2019 | Budgets, Cash Flow, Debt Management, Design Thinking, Personal Financial Planning
As promised in our What We Want for you in 2019 article, we are jacked about design thinking this year, and how you can use it to optimize your life and your finances to create the life that you didn’t know you always wanted. This month, we are applying this thinking...
by Sandi Martin | Jan 15, 2019 | Accountability, Book Review, Budgets, Personal Finance
If you have any kind of debt at all, go read Living Debt Free, the no-shame, no-blame guide to getting rid of your debt by Shannon Lee Simmons immediately. Companion book to Worry Free Money: the guilt-free approach to managing your money and your life, Living Debt...
by Kathryn Mandelcorn | Dec 18, 2018 | Budgets, Cash Flow, contentment, Personal Finance, Personal Financial Planning
We ask some pretty tough questions at Spring. Open-ended, thoughtful and curious questions are among the many keys we use to unlock how we can truly help you move into great success. Without a doubt, some of the toughest questions we ask – the ones we...
by Kathryn Mandelcorn | May 24, 2018 | Book Review, Budgets, Cash Flow, Relationships
The Soul of Money by Lynne Twist is not a personal finance book. It’s a book that will have you exploring your values, how you define money and how you use money. Twist’s work stems from 4 decades of experience in fundraising to eradicate world hunger. She has...