by Sandi Martin | Oct 6, 2020 | Big Picture, Book Review, Financial Intimacy, Financial Literacy, Front Page, Relationships
Big Picture Because Financial Intimacy: How to Create a Healthy Relationship with Your Money and Your Mate by Jacquette Timmons was written while the 2008 financial crisis was unfolding, its lessons feel particularly relevant in what has been, with a few exceptions, a...
by Sandi Martin | Mar 5, 2019 | Book Review, Financial Literacy, Personal Financial Planning
The Laws of Wealth: Psychology and the Secret to Investing Success by Dr. Daniel Crosby isn’t a book that I’d normally pick up off the shelf¹. However, after having deeply respected his work on investor behaviour and following him on Twitter for many years, it...
by Sandi Martin | Sep 18, 2018 | Book Review, Financial Literacy, Personal Finance
Daring Greatly by Brené Brown is one of those few books that I want to keep multiple copies of, so I can press it into people’s hands and say, “Just read it, trust me.” Brown, if you’ve never heard of her, is a research professor who studies vulnerability, courage,...
by Sandi Martin | Aug 21, 2018 | Book Review, Financial Literacy, Personal Finance
By day, John Robertson is a science communicator. If that sounds like the opening panel of a comic book to you, you’re not wrong. John’s got a superpower, and it’s his unique ability to take big, complex, sometimes messy ideas and make them simple. Here’s the...
by Sandi Martin | Jul 17, 2018 | Financial Literacy, Personal Finance, Personal Financial Planning
We’re readers at Spring. There’s nothing we like better in the summer than pairing up a good book, the great outdoors, and a cool drink. And let us be clear: we don’t sit around reading about money all day. That way lies madness (believe us). We want to read All The...
by Spring Plans | May 28, 2018 | Financial Literacy, Personal Financial Planning, Registered Education Savings Plan
You’ve been diligently saving in your children’s (grandchildren’s, nieces’, nephews’, neighbour kids’) RESP accounts for years. You’ve maximized your contributions, you’ve collected those fabulous CESGs, provincial grants, Canada Learning Bonds, and deliciously...
