The Joyful Frugalista

102: Mia Swainson talks about her passion for sustainable living.

In this podcast, Serina chats with friend and sustainability advocate Mia Swainson about ways to save money and the environment. Mia is a freelance writer and successful entrepreneur passionate about sustainable living. Mia is President of the Canberra Environment Centre and founding chair of Canberra's Zero Waste Revolution. She designs and delivers community workshops in Canberra and the region on how people can halve their household waste. And she is the author of Happy Planet Living: Simple Ways to Live a Climate-Positive Lifestyle and Make a Big Difference.

101: Simon Ree talks about the Tao of Trading

Simon Ree is the author of the #1 best-selling book The Tao Of Trading and the founder of taooftrading.com. He has three decades of experience in the financial markets, having previously held senior positions at Goldman Sachs
and Citi. His vision is to help people live more creative, joyful and inspired lives by alleviating the burden of financial stress that weighs so many people down.

100: Serina celebrates 100 episodes - and her new book!

Celebrations! In this podcast, Serina recaps three and a bit years of podcasting - and she shares details of her new book.  How to Pay Your Mortgage Off in Ten Years (Even When Interest Rates Are Going Up) is in bookstores from 25 July. 

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99: Accountant Scott Ellis chats about abundance and tax

Understanding tax is important to building wealth.  On this podcast, Serina chats with her accountant - Scott Ellis - about ways to minimise tax and build abundance. Scott is an accountant at Les Ellis & Associates Pty. He has advised Serina on tax issues for almost 20 years. 

98: Joel Gibson shares how to find money easily

In tough economic times, there is still easy money to be had. Bill-buster and money-saving nerd Joel Gibson is Australia's shares tips for how to reduce your bills and find money. Joel is a regular in the SMH and The Age, on Today, and on 2GB, 4BC and ABC Radio. In 2019 he wrote KILL BILLS, and now he's updated, expanded and simplified his money-saving system for the post-COVID cost of living crisis in his new book, Easy Money: 7 Steps to Bust Your Bills.

97: Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon talks about bargain regret

Ever bought something you thought was a bargain that ended up being anything but?  Financial educator, commentator and author Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon chats about the cost of living crisis, bargain-hunting mentality and bargain regret (aka #frugalfail).

96: Pascale Helyar-Moray discusses women, money and superannuation

CEO of Super-Rewards, Pascale Helyar-Moray, is passionate about helping to achieve greater financial equality. In this podcast, she chats with Serina about the gender pay gap, superannuation and women, and her experience in deciding to found her startup to do something about this.

This podcast is brought to you with the support of Super-Rewards.

95: Vanessa Stoykov talks about the essential money conversations we need to have

What conversations should we be having around money? And how do we have them?  In this podcast, Serina chats with money educator and communicator Vanessa Stoykov about her new book, The Five Conversations About Money That Will Radically Change Your Life.

Did you know that 75% of people believe they should have conversations about inheritance before someone passes away?  And 53% of people said that the worst deal breaker in a partner was infidelity, with financial irresponsibility being a second factor at 25%?  

94: Mobile payment industry entrepreneur Harold Dimpel talks fintech

How is fintech changing how we bank? And do we even need a bank account?  (Spoiler: many people in the world don't even have a bank account, yet still manage to regularly send money to family overseas.)  In this podcast, Serina chats with friend Harold Dimpel, a mobile payment industry entrepreneur with 17 years of experience in fintech.

93: Evan Lucas shares why mindset is important to making money

How do our beliefs, including inherited beliefs, affect our relationship with money?  In this podcast, Evan Lucas shares some of his behavioural finance knowledge.  Evan is Head of Strategy at Invest SMART and a regular commentator on ABC television and radio, TODAY, The Project and SKY News.  He is the author of Mind Over Money: Why understanding your money behaviour will improve your financial freedom.