The Joyful Frugalista

While The Beatles might have said that money can't buy love, Kate Campbell is a financial educator who shares how good financial stewardship can help to 'buy' happiness.  Kate is a writer, author, course creator and podcaster, who runs the Rask online community. She is the author of Buying Happiness: Learn to invest your time and money better.

When was the last time you asked for a rate review? Rang your energy company? Or changed your NBN plan? Serina Bird (aka The Joyful Frugalista) did all three of these recently and shares how she did it.

Pascale Helyar-Moray is an entrepreneur and startup queen.  She is the founder and CEO of Super-Rewards, which has recently been rebranded as Grow My Money. On this podcast, she talks about compound interest, the importance of paying off your mortgage early, superannuation, and tips for Black Friday sales.

The cost of living crisis is biting especially hard for those with kids - or those thinking of having children. Ana Kresina is a financial educator and author of Kids Ain’t Cheap. She works in the financial technology industry and is cohost of Australia’s leading podcast, the Get Rich Slow Club. She also documents her journey to financial independence online.

How will AI change our lives? And can we use it for creating abundance, be it for learning to budget or to invest? Donna McGeorge is author of 11 books and publications, including bestseller The ChatGPT Revolution. And in this podcast, we do a deep dive into ChatGBT and how it works (and doesn't).

Drew Evans from Caifu Property discusses how to make money through property investing.

Kate Toon is an award-winning business mentor and digital marketing coach.  Her Stay Tooned group of companies include the Digital Marketing Collective, The Clever Copywriting School, and The Recipe for SEO Success.  She’s the author of Six Figures in School Hours: How to run a successful business and still be a good parent (2023). And in this podcast, she has an authentic conversation about money...

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...

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.

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.  Image by Akka Ballenger

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. 

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 cri...

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).

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 .

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 tha...

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.

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 f...

Can you bring your abundance into your life?  And can you make money doing what brings you joy?  Suzy Cherub is an international award-winning psychic medium, published author, speaker and intuitive coach. She was awarded International Psychics Association Psychic of the Year 2014 (Australia.  Suzy is a successful businesswoman and real estate investor who left a highly paid-public service career...

Ever been cornered into a timeshare presentation? That was our experience on our September visit to Florida. Find out how it went, how it stacked up - and how we got out of it.  In this podcast, Serina chats with her husband, Neil, about their experience.

How can you attract real wealth into your life? In this podcast, Steve McKnight, author of the bestselling book From 0 to 130 Properties in 3.5 years, shares some insights from his new book - Money Magnet: How to Attract and Keep a Fortune that Counts .  And he also shares some never-before-revealed secrets from his childhood as well.  

My husband, Neil, and I recently travelled to Orlando, Florida, to attend #fincon2022 (a conference for money content creators aka money nerds).  And we had a bit of a holiday. In this podcast, we talk about how we saved money on flights, accommodation, cars and sightseeing.

Val Dempsey is Senior Australian of the Year 2022.  She has spent over 50 years volunteering with St John Ambulance, including more recently during bushfires and floods.  In this podcast, she chats about going to London to represent Australia at the Queen's funeral, bumping into a world leader (literally), why everyone who drives should learn first aid, plus a fabulous frugalista tip that involves...

Ever wondered if the problems of accessing things like lettuce are just an Australian problem or a global one?  And whether food prices will go up or down?  Or what about the facts facing food waste? In this podcast, Serina chats with Professor Johannes le Coutre, who is Professor Food & Health at UNSW.  His research is based on cellular agriculture to strengthen food security and alleviate th...

One of the biggest issues affecting our finances isn't our job or our investments - rather, it's our romantic relationships (or search for them). In this podcast, empath and internationally acclaimed life advisor Suzannah Galland talks about her experiences coaching clients to avoid scams and unhealthy relationships.  Suzannah leads her clients to achieve breakthroughs in all aspects of their live...

During COVID, friends Nicolle Hood and Annie Shoen felt that their (combined) seven children were beginning to act entitled. Specifically, they weren't doing much housework - and they thought their parents could buy virtually anything at the click of a button. Realising there was a bigger problem around financial literacy for children, the pair decided to create an app - My First Nest Egg. In this...