The Joyful Frugalista

Feb 19 2025 100 ep. 31 mins 81
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Serina Bird, author of The Joyful Frugalista, chats with friends, family, and the famous about frugality, saving, investing, wellbeing and living sustainability.

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124: Kate Toon talks about making money from selling to many

Feb 19 2025 34 mins  
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. In this podcast, she shares insights from her latest book: Six Figure$ While You Sleep: how to turn your services and skills into high-profit, low-effort digital product

123: Spring Bird talks about how she saves money at Christmas

Dec 19 2024 25 mins  
Saving money runs in the family, and in this episode Serina talks with her sister - Spring Bird - about clothes swapping and saving money at Christmas.

122: OX Rooms founder Matthew Carmody talks about conveyancing traps to be aware of

Nov 19 2024 30 mins  
You've bought a property. Now what? In this podcast, OX Rooms (Online Exchange) cofounder Matthew Carmody talks about some common pitfalls in buying and selling property, and how to avoid them. Matthew is a former commercial and residential real estate lawyer and three-time winner of the REIACT Awards for Excellence – Solicitor of the Year award. Passionate about property and con

121: Ben Nash shares strategies for becoming a virgin millionaire

Nov 14 2024 34 mins  
In this episode, author and founder of Pivot Wealth Ben Nash shares his strategies for getting to a million dollars - and beyond. Ben has been listed as part of Australia’s most influential Financial Advisers for seven consecutive years, and awarded by the Independent Financial Adviser as Australia’s Best Client Servicing Financial Adviser. He is author of Replace Your Salary b

120: James Millard

Nov 05 2024 33 mins  
James Millard is Director of financial advice and mortgage broking firm Sufficient Funds, and author of Insufficient Funds: Make the Right Money Decisions to Bring Your Big Plans to Life. In this podcast, he talks about how to focus on what's important when building wealth.

119: Brenda James shares frugal travel hacks

Oct 29 2024 32 mins  
Does your idea of financial independence also involve lots of travel? Brenda James, founder of FIRESPark Retreat and Travel Has My Heart Travel Planning, loves travelling and has visited 100 countries over 25 years of travelling. She's got some good ways to save money, including maximising frequent flyer points, creating good itineraries and looking for the best value for money.

118: Téa Angelos shares how smart women invest for their future

Oct 18 2024 23 mins  
Téa Angelos, founder and CEO of the Smart Women Society, discusses how women can get smarter about their finances. Téa has helped more than half a million women get smarter about their finances, careers, well-being, and relationships. Téa is the author of Smart Moves: Simple Ways to Take Control of Your Life.

117: Serina and hubby talk about cruising on the cheap

Aug 17 2024 40 mins  
Are you dreaming of a holiday? Serina and her husband Neil talk about how they save money on cruising holidays.

116: How to buy right when investing in property

Jul 27 2024 36 mins  
What are the tips and tricks for buying property the right way? There are many myths, many of which are not shared by experts. In this podcast, Cake Bakos and Pete Wargent, authors of The Buy Right Approach to Property Investing, share some of their knowledge about buying property and profiting from it.

115: Talking stag bol with Phoebe Youd

Jun 29 2024 36 mins  
In the Great Depression, many Australian families survived by hunting, eating and selling rabbits. With the number of introduced, feral animals increasing in Australia's fragile ecosystem, could eating these animals be a frugal option in tough times? In this episode, Serina talks with Phoebe Youd, President of the ACT/Snowy Mountains Branch of the Australian Deer Association about