In this podcast, I chat to Amy Minkley who created FI Freedom Retreats in Bali. Amy shares her journey of working hard, travelling abroad, maintaining a high savings rate for a long period and then getting burned out. She talks about her money fears and where they came from, and how it took hitting rock bottom for her to realise she needed a change. She discovered the FIRE movement, moved her life to Bali and is passionate about helping others discover FIRE. She created FI Freedom Retreats...

This podcast is an update about my FIRE Journey - one year after leaving my flying job, essentially one year of early retirement, which has also been a very busy year. There has been some traveling, the loss of my dear mum, some family drama, working on some personal projects including the website business, lots of reading and prioritising my own health, as well as setting goals for the short term and the long term.

On the pod today we welcome back Matt Raad from the E-Business Institute. Matt and his wife Liz, teach and mentor their students on how to create online business (websites) for passive income. This podcast is the first in a series of three pods where we unpack a huge series of listener Q and A's. So tune in for Part One of our Q and A session and watch this space for the following two pods with even more listener questions answered!

On board today is Andy Darroch. Andy runs Independent Wealth Advice, an independent financial advice firm that provides fixed upfront fees for a statement of financial advice. He has a degree in accounting and is a CFP. He's also worked in wealth management for over a decade, including at Macquarie Bank and at one of Australia's oldest stockbroking firms, Wilson's Advisory and Stockbroking.Suffice to say he's got a bit of experience. He also calls himself a self-loathing financial advisor,...

This podcast features Captain Fi! I am interviewed by Jesse from The Money Pal. We discuss making money from website businesses, how I started my financal independence journey, and what inspired me along the way, including the OG Mr Money Mustache and the various personal finance books that have helped build my knowledge. I talk about some financial struggles I experienced, especially when starting out studying aviation and early on in my flying career, and how my amazing mother sacrificed so...

In this episode I chatted to Ana Kresina who works in Fintech under product management. She is also obsessed with personal finance and has a blog under her name - AnaKresina.com, where she writes about career advancement, personal finance topics and travel. Ana moved to Australia from Canada, has a young family here in Australia and is navigating how to move forward in her career and work towards financial independence as her family grows. She shares her journey and what she has learned about...

On board the pod today is Matt Raad, from the eBusiness Institute, who is joining us once again, to discuss changes to the online real estate landscape, to discuss Matt and Liz's business philosophies and to cover some of the Frequently Asked Questions about online businesses and websites that popped up in the recent webinar. For some more context, you can go back and listen to Episode 11 - (Digital Entrepreneurs Matt and Liz Raad) as well as Episode 23 (Entrepreneurship with Liz Raad). The...

Whilst a lot of people might roll their eyes when they start to think about submitting their tax returns, it's something that everyone has to do. So personally, I used to submit my own tax returns and actually when I was at uni, but I eventually realized that I was actually cutting myself short because there were lots of work related deductions that I was missing out on that I didn't know about. From then on, I made sure I saw a licenced tax accountant. So today on the pod, I've got Mihn...

Pearler is an online investment (brokerage) platform built for those on the path to Financial Independence. Since I joined Pearler in 2020 a lot has changed, so today I have got Nic Nicolaides, one of the cofounders of Pearler, to give us an update on some of the major changes, and some features we can expect to see rolled out soon.

I first met Amber when I listened to the Money Madams Podcast. Amber and her co-host Katherine run an awesome podcast, sharing their experience with personal finance and interviewing interesting guests - I was lucky enough to be featured! After chatting to these two very knowledgable people, I knew I wanted to get them on the pod to discuss some areas of the FIRE movement they had first hand experience with - Katherine came on to talk about insurance, and now Amber is here sharing her...

I first heard of Lacey after she gave a TEDx talk at the University of Western Australia in 2018 on the concept of mini-retirements, that is, taking regular sabbaticals throughout a career as part of a genuine commitment to work life balance, and I thought it was brilliant. Lacey was so genuine and brutally honest about her life experience and struggles working in such a high stress operational role in the mining industry. Listening to her talk about trying to balance her career, family life...

An Interview with Prashan Mohan, the Chief Marketing Officer of Sharesight, to discuss what is Sharesight and how investors on the path to Financial Independence can use the Sharesight program to make their portfolio tracking, administration, and tax accounting easier.

On board the podcast today is Katherine Hayes, to talk all about insurances (how to cover your butt!). This is something not often talked about enough in the FI/RE space, so I was really glad to have an expert on board to break down the different types of insurances and what to look for. Katherine is a multi-award-winning financial advisor based in Canberra who has over 20 years industry experience, and is also the co-host of the Money Madams Podcast alongside Amber Parr. She is a business...

Today I am sharing an update about my FIRE Journey - specifically all about my decision to stop work and leave flying, leave Sydney and move across the country back to my hometown of Adelaide, South Australia. I chat about what I have been up to, latest decisions in the portfolio, my family update and finally finish with a reader question

On board today is Richard, a Sydney based digital marketer to talk all about digital marketing and online business. Richard actually has had a similar background to me, starting off his career in engineering and then chasing financial independence through leveraging his time and creating a business in his dream job. Richard grew up in Canberra and currently lives in Sydney with his Wife and daughters. Whilst web design and digital marketing is his specialty, he has actually been building...

Onboard today is Chris Brycki, the CEO and founder of Stockspot, a Sydney-based online investment company. Chris is an experienced fund manager, holding a Bachelor of commerce and some impressive credentials - Chris was the national winner of the ASX share trading game three years in a row, and went on to work successfully as a portfolio manager at UBS investments. After years working as a fund manager and openly discussing finance with his close friends and family, Chris saw the need for an...

On board today is Pat Garrett, co founder and CEO of Six Park online asset management. Pat is a financial advisor and member of the FPA, as well as graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He has worked as a Board member, CEO, CFO, senior level corporate advisor and a private equity investor. Pat has over 30 years experience in the financial industry - having worked for JP morgan in New York and San Fransisco before moving to Melbourne where he worked as managing director...

Onboard today is Jade Johnson, a student who is on track to graduate University debt free. Jade shares her money journey and experience investing as a student, and just how she is graduating debt free through a combination of part time work, scholarships, side hustles and her money coaching business. Jade Johnson started her blog Finance for FIRE early 2020 to document her own financial journey. After paying off over $17,000 of personal debt and subsequently growing her net worth to $50k by...

Josh is a young father on the path to Financial Independence who works in the engineering construction industry. Recently, he sold all of his crypto investments and used the money to start his own small business called 'You Knead Sourdough', which provides customers with complete sourdough kits to enable them to make awesome home made sourdough for a fraction of the price that it costs in store. He has seen amazing success so far with high demand for his kits, and is almost at the point where...

On board the podcast today is Scott Rieckens, Author of Playing with FIRE and the director of the Playing with FIRE documentary. Happily married in California with a young daughter, Rieckens had his dream life: A luxury car, yacht club membership and a big house. Underneath this façade, he was struggling with depression, overworked and overwhelmed, with no exit strategy. After discovering the financial Independence Retire Early movement, Scott began learning as much as he could, finally...

Liz Raad is a successful online entrepreneur and educator who's expertise is buying and selling websites and teaching women how to do the same. She is also the co-founder of theeBusiness Institute a private training organisation that provides digital marketing courses designed specifically for those who want to re-train for the digital future or earn income independently. Liz and I chat about her experience with Entrepreneurship, and how her and her Partner Matt transitioned from being...

On board today is Sherry, better known as the SaverSpender from her instagram channel, and her blog savespendsplurge.com Sherry lives in Canada - the northern hemisphere's much colder version of Australia. Today we are talking aboot the reflections from Sherry's journey to financial Independence, and the powerful lessons she can pass on for us still working towards FI Sherry started her financial journey much like anyone else - graduating in 2006 at age 23 with enourmous amounts of student...

This is your Captain speaking is a monthly update and a Question and Answer segment where I unpack some of the most popular questions from the Financial Independence community. If you have a question for the Captain, the best place to ask is the CaptainFI Facebook group or by leaving a comment on blog posts. If you would like to stay anonymous you can get in touch via the email from the CaptainFI blog contact form. I am also active on other social platforms and forums (but its easy for...

Part 2 of Superannuation with Life Sherpa. Important that you listen to Part 1 first. On board today is Vince Scully, better known as the Life Sherpa and Author of the popular book the Latte Fallacy which aims to dispel many common personal finance myths (like that ordering a latte or smashed avocado will stop you owning a home). Vince is a licenced financial advisor, and with over 40 years experience in the industry he has only just recently reached preservation age and is set to retire....

On board today is Vince Skully, better known as the Life Sherpa and Author of the popular book the Latte Fallacy which aims to dispel many common personal finance myths (like that ordering a latte or smashed avocado will stop you owning a home). Vince is a licenced financial advisor, and with over 40 years experience in the industry he has only just recently reached preservation age and is set to retire. Vince and I chew the fat on wealth, Financial Independence, Retirement, and how...