Financial Independence Podcast

On board today are Jess and Corey, better known online as The Fioneers.

Jess and Corey both spent the majority of their careers working in mission driven non-profit organizations.

But in 2018, Jess experienced really bad burnout, which led to some anxiety and really needing to take a step back. So Jess had a six month career break to really focus on her mental health, returning the following year to part-time work. This gave her time to rest, reset, focus, and plan.

When researching and planning out her future career and finances, she discovered that they'd actually already reached coast FI, so decided to only continue working part-time and enjoy creative and relaxing hobbies on her time off, such as blogging.

In 2020, Jess launched her own business, Design A Life You'd Love, which went really well, and only a year later, she was able to leave her job to work full time on the business. Now, after purchasing and building out a camper van last year, Jess and Corey now travel the USA, living a location independent lifestyle.

It was a really interesting, 3 way chat today, learning about their attitudes towards FIRE and about designing a life you don't need to retire from.

I'm tickled pink to welcome to the podcast Canna Campbell, the founder and director of the financial media platform, Sugar Mamma TV! Canna is also the bestselling author of The $1000 Project, and Mindful Money, and has been working as a licensed financial planner for nearly two decades.

Canna runs the popular podcast Sugar Mamma's FirePlay which has seen more than 1.3 million downloads, as well as runs the podcast How Do They Afford That, with Michael Thompson.

Canna lives with her husband, 3 kids and 2 dogs in Sydney, and focuses on helping everyday people around the world with their relationship with money, educating them, inspiring them and empowering them to make smart financial decisions.

Canna started investing in property at a very young age and has continued to invest throughout her life, building various passive income streams and is well on her way to financial independence.

Canna has worked bloody hard to achieve what she has personally and professionally, and it was an absolute pleasure to chat to her today!

We welcome back Matt Raad from the E-Business Institute for Part THREE of our Q and A Session! Matt and his wife Liz, teach and mentor their students on how to create online business (websites) for passive income.

This podcast is the third in a series of three pods where we unpack a huge series of listener Q and A's. So tune in for Part Three of our Q and A session and make sure to catch Parts One and Two if you missed them, with even more listener questions answered!

In this podcast, I chat to Amy Minkley who created FI Freedom Retreats in Bali. Amy shares her journey of working hard, travelling abroad, maintaining a high savings rate for a long period and then getting burned out. She talks about her money fears and where they came from, and how it took hitting rock bottom for her to realise she needed a change. She discovered the FIRE movement, moved her life to Bali and is passionate about helping others discover FIRE. She created FI Freedom Retreats and loves connecting with those in the FI community, and empowering others to love with more choice and freedom.

This podcast is an update about my FIRE Journey - one year after leaving my flying job, essentially one year of early retirement, which has also been a very busy year. There has been some traveling, the loss of my dear mum, some family drama, working on some personal projects including the website business, lots of reading and prioritising my own health, as well as setting goals for the short term and the long term.