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Sandi Martin, CFP®
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Imagine you knew everything you needed to know about your money? Let's gather up all the pieces from all the places together so you're ready to shine, whether you're building a financial plan on your own or hiring someone to do it for you.

  1. Life and Disability Insurance

    JAN 12

    Life and Disability Insurance

    Nobody wants to talk about life and disability insurance, at least, not with the people who sell it hard, and man - I get it. But if you depend on your ability to work to pay the bills, or if other people depend on you for their food and shelter, you should at least think about it.

    6 min
  2. Tax Free Savings Accounts (TFSAs)

    2025-12-01

    Tax Free Savings Accounts (TFSAs)

    If you’re in a position to put money away for the future, knowing the basics of Tax Free Savings Accounts and Registered Retirement Savings Plan can help you decide what kind of account makes the most sense…for you, specifically.

    7 min
  3. Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs)

    2025-11-17

    Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs)

    If you’re even a little bit interested in money, you’re going to encounter RRSPs. They’re everywhere, especially during RRSP season, that 60 days at the beginning of the year when everyone, including your uncle, is trying to get you to contribute. RRSPs aren’t a bad thing. They’re not a good thing. They’re a tool that might be useful to you, and the more you know, the more useful they can be.

    8 min
  4. Old Age Security Basics

    2025-11-03

    Old Age Security Basics

    Old Age Security is the closest thing to a universal basic income we have in Canada, and more than 95% of seniors get it. For more than a third of Canadians, it’s a major piece of their income pie. Knowing how it works, even if you aren’t old enough to get it, is going to be relevant to you someday, I can almost guarantee it.

    7 min
  5. The Canada Pension Plan

    2025-10-20

    The Canada Pension Plan

    The Canada Pension Plan, or CPP, has been around for sixty years, but most of us don’t think much about it except when we notice it on our paycheques, or have to pay it all at once on our self-employed earnings come tax time. For lots of people, CPP is a major piece of their income pie when they stop working. It might be for you too. It’s also a payment you have to make with every paycheque, or - if you’re self-employed - in addition to your income tax at the end of the year. Isn’t it important to know where your money is going and when you can expect it back?

    7 min
  6. Income Tax Basics

    2025-10-06

    Income Tax Basics

    Today’s episode is about the basics of income tax, and there’s a lot to know (plus, it’s so much fun…for a certain value of fun). It’s worth the whole nine minutes though, because familiarity decreases anxiety, less anxiety means more ability to think clearly, and thinking clearly means better decision making and more power over your own life.

    9 min
  7. Benefitting from Your Employee Benefits

    2025-09-22

    Benefitting from Your Employee Benefits

    Today’s episode is a long one, because your employee benefits (if you have them) are important to Present You and to Future You, and it takes time to understand what they are and how they work. And, fair warning: this episode has homework.

    9 min
  8. Understanding Your Defined Benefit Pension Plan

    2025-09-08

    Understanding Your Defined Benefit Pension Plan

    If you’re one of those few, those happy few with a defined benefit pension plan, let’s talk about the four most important questions you might want to know the answers to: when you’ll get it, how much you’ll get, whether it’s going to increase with the cost of living, and what happens if you leave your job before you retire. Find out where to get all this information (and who to talk to if you can’t) in today’s episode.

    6 min
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Imagine you knew everything you needed to know about your money? Let's gather up all the pieces from all the places together so you're ready to shine, whether you're building a financial plan on your own or hiring someone to do it for you.

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  • Creator
    Sandi Martin, CFP®
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Ready...Set...Money

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