Aug 7, 2025 | Blog, Stories that Empower
An interesting news article hit my feed last month, based out of New Brunswick. It is a cautionary tale of the importance of getting the terms of a gift in writing. The story, discussing two brother’s who made a gift in memory of their father resonated with me, as...
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...
Nov 11, 2024 | Blog, Stories that Empower
In 1899, a young lad was borne to two American-Italian parents in New York City. Alphonese Capone, or “Al” as he was known, got off to a rough start. He was in a gang by the age of 13, and had a side hustle as a bouncer at bars and brothels. It would be this latter...
Oct 8, 2024 | Blog, Stories that Empower
“Hi Ryan. I hope you’re doing well. Let me know when you’ve got time for a call. I have something I need to talk about with you. Thanks, Rob” – Jan 23, 5:33pm. Never have I written a article that I wanted to write so much, but couldn’t bring myself to do. This one has...