May 7, 2025 | Blog, Stories that Empower
With April winding up, and spring on the way, its been nice to see the daffodils and other early spring flowers beginning to wake up. For many years the Canadian Cancer Society has used April (and daffodils) as a major fundraising drive. Both the flowers, and an...
Apr 2, 2025 | Blog, Stories that Empower
With tariffs in the news lately, I thought it might be insightful to tell the story of Willis Hawley. Willis was born into an Oregon farming family in May of 1864. Driven and highly intelligent, Willis would go on to earn both a Bachelor of Science, and a Bachelor of...
Mar 6, 2025 | Blog, Stories that Empower
My wonderful colleague Sarah recently graduated from a professional development program called “Trauma of Money”. The course looks at the intersection of human psychology and finance. I’m excited to have her guest write this month’s newsletter as she shares her...
Feb 10, 2025 | Blog, Stories that Enrich
A few weeks ago, I did a talk for Nature London, as part of their Nature in the City series. While I do a lot of talks on financial, charitable and estate topics, this one was a bit different, as it was on my passion for astronomy, and astrophotography in particular....
Jan 9, 2025 | Blog, Stories that Inspire
If you have been a long-time reader, you’re probably somewhat surprised to get a January newsletter from us. Most years we take January off, as we have found that nobody likes to think about their money this time of year. Recent events have gotten me thinking about a...
