Canadians are more in debt than ever before but we rarely talk about it openly. Shame, embarrassment and despair can make it too scary to look at. On this episode, a millennial opens up about how she’s fallen into a spiral of debt that overwhelms her and makes it difficult for her to map an escape route.

Then, Shannon Lee Simmons, author of "Living Debt-Free" and founder of the New School of Finance, shares some tips on how to practically and philosophically tackle debt while making necessary space to enjoy your life as you do it.

This episode was produced by Ghada Alsharif, Julia De Laurentiis Johnston, Sean Pattendon, Kevin Sexton and Andrea Varsany.

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Yonni and Kayla have been together for 15 years. They’re unmarried but they’ve combined their money and freely share their assets, even though only one of them has the house in their name and one of them has the car in theirs. Is this set up financially smart in the long run? Or does it benefit one over the other?

Family lawyer Heather Hansen, partner at McCarthy Hansen & Company LLP, shares how getting married may affect your finances for better or for worse.

This episode was produced by Ghada Alsharif, Julia De Laurentiis Johnston, Sean Pattendon, Kevin Sexton and Andrea Varsany

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In the last couple of years, Lee’s side hustle has taken off and she thinks she has a real chance of making it her full time gig. Opportunities are starting to appear and that’s exciting but how does she properly capitalize to help make her business grow? Should she get an HST number or become incorporated? What are the pros and cons of both? How do you grow a business when you have passion and some viability but don’t have much business experience?

Janet Gray from Money Coaches Canada shares financial  steps to consider when launching a business (even, and especially, if you don’t really know how to do that). 

This episode was produced by Ghada Alsharif, Julia De Laurentiis Johnston, Sean Pattendon, Kevin Sexton and Andrea Varsany