Mike Staunton & Jason Lam

Ideal Life & Money Academy

What if you could start living your Ideal Life today, and have a plan to reach Financial Freedom years earlier? We believe everyone can live their Ideal Life. We've created this podcast to make reaching Financial Freedom easier and achievable for everyone.

Author

Mike Staunton & Jason Lam

Category

Education

Podcast website

www.sentinelcoaching.com

Latest episode

Jul 6, 2026

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Episodes

Perfect Money Habits Are Killing Your Progress 06.07.2026

✅ Stop trying to be perfect with money 👇👇 @IdealLifeMoneyAcademy 🙏🙏 Watch The Video & Don’t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share 🧡 💠 You will make mistakes, the key is to learn from it and not to do it again 💠 See it as it is, not worse, not better, but how it is 💠 Be sure to check out the ILMA Investing Course to start investing years sooner: 👉 https://www.sentinelcoachin...

My credit score went from 800 to ZERO 22.06.2026

✅ Credit is NOT Financial literacy 👇👇 @IdealLifeMoneyAcademy 🙏🙏 Watch The Video & Don’t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share 🧡 💠 Know what a credit is! 💠 Why do you want a credit score?  💠 Can a debit card do what a credit card does? 💠 Be sure to check out the ILMA Budgeting & Debt Elimination Course to start winning with money years sooner: 👉 https://www.sentine...

15 Years Without Debt Payments, Here's What I Learned 08.06.2026

✅ 15 years debt free and 9 years of travelling: Here's how I did it 👇👇 @IdealLifeMoneyAcademy 🙏🙏 Watch The Video & Don’t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share 🧡 💠 Your last day in debt starts today! 💠 What would life be life if you didn't have debt payments?   💠 Know where you are today: Net Worth   💠 What are you expenses?   💠 Can you increase your income?...

The Real Reason Some People Escape the Rat Race (& Why Most Can't!) 25.05.2026

✅ Do you have (or want) flexibility when it comes to your time and finances? 👇👇 @IdealLifeMoneyAcademy 🙏🙏 Watch The Video & Don’t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share 🧡 💠 The best way to have flexibility is low expenses and being debt free! 💠 If you could choose to not work for 3 months? Would you do it? Could you do it? 💠 Wish you could go from full time to part time? &nbs...

Your Last Decade Before Retirement—Don't Make These Mistakes 11.05.2026

✅ Be sure to figure these things out before you retire! AND if you are retired, it's not too late to complete the check list. 👇👇 @IdealLifeMoneyAcademy 🙏🙏 Watch The Video & Don’t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share 🧡 💠 How to have a plan once you decide to retire! 💠 Does this change your timeline? Are you able to stop working full time earlier?   💠 Are you able to cut...

Stop Letting Financial Experts Guilt You — Here's How to Spend Without Regret 20.04.2026

✅ Do you find you have spending regrets? Does everyone else tell you how to handle your money? What if every spending decision didn't have to feel like guilt or sacrifice? In this episode, Jason breaks down the concept of opportunity cost — and why understanding it is actually the key to spending more confidently, not less. You'll learn: ✅ What opportunity cost really means (and why it applies t...

Unexpected News? Here's Your Game Plan 05.04.2026

✅ Have you ever received unexpected news that threw you off balance in your day? 👇👇 @IdealLifeMoneyAcademy 🙏🙏 Watch The Video & Don’t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share 🧡 💠 #1 - see it as it really is! How bad is the situation? Did your spouse die? Lose a job? Or just lost your car keys while you were on the couch? 💠 Have a priority list of what needs to happen next. &nbsp...

Your Complete Investing Roadmap | Roth or Traditional? 22.03.2026

✅ Easy to follow investing steps to get started today!👇👇 @IdealLifeMoneyAcademy 🙏🙏 Watch The Video & Don’t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share 🧡 💠 NEVER invest in something you don't understand! 💠 Follow the 5 Steps of Financial Freedom 💠 Invest 10-20% of your income into future acccounts (think 401k, IRA's, Superannuation) 💠 Choose a brokerage: Vanguard, Fidelity, or Cha...

Emergency Fund First or Pay Off Your House? Here's What Works 08.03.2026

✅ Do you want to know what to do with their money AND in what order they should do things in?!?! 👇👇 @IdealLifeMoneyAcademy 🙏🙏 Watch The Video & Don’t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share 🧡 💠 Follow the 5 Steps to Financial Freedom!   💠 You will become debt free   💠 You will get a fully funded emergency fund   💠 You can invest for your future   💠 You ca...

My favorite word reduced my financial stress! 22.02.2026

✅ My Favorite word is Anticipation, here's how it helps me reduce my financial problems... 💠 I'm a planner, I like knowing what to expect. Don't get me wrong though, there is a LOT that I either can't plan for, or don't want to plan for. We all need some kind of uncertainty in life to keep it spicy! 💠 But when it comes to money, I like to anticipate everything I can. Because if I can anticipate...

There is a difference between being lonely and being alone 09.02.2026

✅ How do you fight loneliness? 💠 Loneliness is real for many people. But there is a difference between being lonely and being alone. But how do you know the difference and if you really are lonely, how do you fight it? 💠 In this video, I walk us through the difference and the sure way to combat loneliness 💠 If you want to get control of your money and start living your Ideal Life, check out th...

Why we are naturally bad with money 25.01.2026

✅ It's not YOU, it's your THINKING! 💠 You and I are naturally bad with money because of the way we think. It's our narrative. We think about the negative things far more than any positive thing that happens 💠 So, my challenge for you is to create a Positive Financial Journal. It doesn't have to take more than 2 minutes a day, but for 1 week, at the end of each day (or throughout the day if you...

2025 Year in Review (what I spent and what I saved) 11.01.2026

✅ A year review is always worth the time! This is financial focus and you could do this in multiple areas of your life. 👇👇 @IdealLifeMoneyAcademy 🙏🙏 Watch The Video & Don’t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share 🧡 💠 Confirms if you spent more than you earned or not. Which did you do? 💠 Did you give this year? How much money? Time?   💠How did your spending in the differen...

What's Stopping You From Your Ideal Life? 28.12.2025

✅ You CAN live your Ideal Life! 👇👇 @IdealLifeMoneyAcademy 🙏🙏 Watch The Video & Don’t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share 🧡 💠 You can choose to live your Ideal Life years (if not decades) sooner. 💠 Don't let fear be the factor that holds you back.   💠The money will come. Get creative on how to do the same thing for cheaper OR get paid to do that thing. Greate example:...

Are you embarrassed about your money management? 22.12.2025

✅ Have you been embarrassed about your money management? If so, you're not alone! 👇👇 @IdealLifeMoneyAcademy 🙏🙏 Watch The Video & Don’t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share 🧡 💠 It's scary. The numbers are real. Especially if you have a high income and a large amount of debt. 💠 It's embarrassing. You can have a finance degree or a CPA (accountant) you may not be on top of your...

You Overspent On The Holidays...AGAIN! 15.12.2025

✅ Overspending on Holidays! "Everyone" does it but you can be different. You CAN keep to your spending plan. 👇👇 @IdealLifeMoneyAcademy 🙏🙏 Watch The Video & Don’t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share 🧡 💠 Have a plan! Make changes. Having a budget. 💠 Get rid of credit cards and you can't overspend.   💠Cash envelope. When the money is gone, you're finished. 💠Don't go int...

Multiple Streams of Income 08.12.2025

✅ What if you could retire years earlier? - Create another source of income today! 👇👇 @IdealLifeMoneyAcademy 🙏🙏 Watch The Video & Don’t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share 🧡 💠Most people wait until they say they have enough money in their investments to support them in retirement. How much money is that for you? Is it $500k, $1 million, $5 million? 💠What if you didn't need...

Are you trying to impress people with your money? 04.12.2025

✅ Stop Trying To Impress People - Live for your Ideal Life 👇👇 @IdealLifeMoneyAcademy 💠 I'm a big fan of music, especially Musicals and while I was listening to some tunes lately, some lyrics about "impressing" people stuck out. In this video, I address the longing to impress people and how that's not the way to live your Ideal Life. 💠 Be sure to check out the ILMA Investing Course to start in...

Spending Money In The Right Order 24.11.2025

✅ You'll never win with money if you don't follow the proper order of spending. That's just how life works. So, what's the secret? I call it "The 4 S's". 💠 We've worked with hundreds if not thousands of people who want to win with money, but very few of them start off knowing HOW to prioritize their spending. In order to win with money, you MUST spend in this order, otherwise "life" will find a...

Would you trade $300 for a potential $1 million? 17.11.2025

✅ No, we aren't talking about gambling. We are talking about investing in YOURSELF!!! 👇👇 @IdealLifeMoneyAcademy 🙏🙏 Watch The Video & Don’t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share 🧡 💠 Be sure to check out the ILMA Investing Course to start investing years sooner: 👉 https://www.sentinelcoaching.com/investing 💠 Don't forget to subscribe to ILMA for weekly content to get you to st...

Are you tired of penny pinching? There's a better way 10.11.2025

✅ So many people focus on saving a few cents at the gas pump, or a few dollars at the grocery store. I'm all for saving money, but this won't fix your problems with money. 💠 The secret to not having to worry about money isn't the few dollars you save, but it's about getting financially stable and on a solid foundation. Then, you can choose to save some money or not even look at the price of gas...

What happens when you cut up a credit card? 03.11.2025

✅ What happens when you cut up one or all of your credit cards? 👇👇 @IdealLifeMoneyAcademy 🙏🙏 Watch The Video & Don’t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share 🧡 💠 Coach Mike doesn't have a credit card and suggests you should cut all of yours up. 💠 Coach Jason views are slightly different. After years of discipline he has only one credit card that he uses and pays it off every sin...

4 Steps to Lasting Change 27.10.2025

✅ Most people want change, but don't know how to create LASTING CHANGE There are 4 key steps to creating change in any area of your life 💠 1) Create a Clear & Compelling Vision   💠 2) Have a big enough "WHY"   💠 3) Create your M.A.P. (Massive Action Plan)   💠 4) Execute or Implement this plan     If you don't do all 4, it will be extremely difficult to create any...

Dollar Cost Averaging Pros & Cons 20.10.2025

✅ Is it better to put money into investments in a lump sum, or over time? What about when you take money out in retirement? 👇👇 @IdealLifeMoneyAcademy 🙏🙏 Watch The Video & Don’t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share 🧡 💠 DCA = Dollar Cost Averaging 💠 It is a great way to invest as you get paid regularly (monthly or every two weeks). Take a percentage of your pay put that toward...

2026 Tax Brackets explained - jumping tax brackets is NOT scary 13.10.2025

✅ Are you afraid to make more money because of taxes? 👇👇 @IdealLifeMoneyAcademy 🙏🙏 Watch The Video & Don’t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share 🧡 💠 Filing as a single person you will pay 10% on the first $12,400 you earn. 💠 You pay 12% on the money after $12,400, up to $50,400.   Example: total income $12,500 you pay 10% on the $12,400 ($1,240) and you pay 12% on the ad...

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