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Episode #172: Life Lessons From A Cancer Survivor: One Woman’s Personal Health Quest

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Episode #172: Life Lessons From A Cancer Survivor: One Woman’s Personal Health Quest

 
 
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Life Lessons From A Cancer Survivor: One Woman’s Personal Quest To Discover Everyday Habits That Changed Her Life

Noela Muller shares life lessons from a cancer survivor: one woman’s personal health quest. This is a story about how determination and research can alter the course you are heading. Learn how one woman’s personal quest to discover everyday habits that changed her life forever.

Noela Muller is a retired registered nurse whose career was rudely interrupted with a diagnosis of stage 4 colon and liver cancer in 2008. She now uses her experience to help people help themselves.

Being used to hard work Noela grew up on a farm and then went on in married life to come back to farming, a life she loved. That together with her nursing work ended up being the cause for her undoing health wise.

In the last 12 years Noela has connected the dots to realise that many, many things contributed towards a cancer diagnosis at age 55. A series of illnesses as a child and in her teen years ended up with her getting allergies to foods, asthma, depression and skin rashes. This combined with working with harsh chemicals in her farming and nursing work all combined to lead to her getting cancer.

She states that thankfully now there is an established, and rapidly growing body of evidence based research which shows that maintaining a healthy body or regaining a healthy body is as simple as

  1. Reduce the toxins
  2. increase nutrition
  3. balance energy.

Noela uses her journey to help others; those who are well and want to stay that way, those with debilitating chronic diseases and those who are facing a significant health challenge or want to help someone who is.

Noela did extensive research to get herself well again. It is possible to be a cancer survivor. Learn how one woman’s personal quest to discover everyday habits that changed her life forever.

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Episode #171: Help Recognize Our Aging Citizens This Seniors Week With Virtual Hugs

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Episode #171: Help Recognize Our Aging Citizens This Seniors Week With Virtual Hugs

 
 
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Lisa Hodgkinson, Seniors Month and Communications Coordinator at COTA Queensland, explains how you can help recognize your aging citizens this Senior’s Week with virtual hugs. Yes covid 19 has forced this popular event online. Due to go ahead Saturday 15 – Sunday 23 August 2020 learn how to join in and help celebrate seniors as they age.

Help Recognize our Aging Citizens this Seniors Week with Virtual Hugs

Council on the Ageing (COTA) Queensland is a statewide not-for-profit organisation advancing the rights, interests and futures of people as they age.

For the first time in its 60-year history, Queensland’s annual celebration of seniors is going virtual.

This year more than ever people need something to celebrate, in the safest way possible. That is why this year the usually interactive event will completely transform into an online affair.

As Covid-19 regulations has seen many older people in self-isolation, never has it been more important to ensure people remain connected and don’t become segregated.

To do so, Queensland Seniors Week is thinking outside the box, and the organizers are launching a full calendar of events virtually and physically, if allowed.

Seniors Week provides opportunities to promote positive community attitudes towards older people and ageing, facilitate community participation, and enhance community connections, aligning with the Queensland Government’s and Council on the Ageing (COTA) Queensland’s vision of building Age-friendly communities in Queensland.

It is not too late for your community group to join in the action and organize activities to help celebrate your senior citizens.

One initiative is giving a vitual hugs. A  hug can show affection and emotional warmth, sharing joy or happiness. A hug can give support, comfort, and consolation, especially where words are not enough. Join in the fun and give a virtual hug this year to your loved one in Seniors Week.

Join Lisa Hodgkinson as she get us up to speed with celebrating aging in this years online Seniors Week celebrations.

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Episode #170: Great Businesses Are Based On Great Customer Service

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Episode #170: Great Businesses Are Based On Great Customer Service

 
 
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John Vuong, founder of Local SEO Search, believes that great businesses are based on great customer service. After spending over 10 years in advertising and marketing John is now focused on how to help your business grow and thrive with great SEO (Search Engine Optimization).

John Vuong is the fourth child of Vietnamese immigrants to Canada. John is very familiar with hard work having worked from a young age to have pocket money. Being interested in business from his role model parents John started working in sales and marketing. Working at Yellow Pages for 5 years gave John a good understanding of what small business owners needed to get customers.

Having established a top digital marketing company in Toronto, they aim to be the industry leader for local SEO services throughout Canada as they continue to provide service to clients. By understanding the process Local SEO Search will work with you to get your business on the first page of the Google search engine results for the chosen keywords.

If you want to have a great business in these modern times then it is vital to have a website that works to get you noticed.

 In this episode John reveals some basics on the importance of understanding what SEO is all about and the importance of having backlinks driving traffic to your website.

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Episode #169: The Bank On Yourself Shift: Is It Time To Fire Your Banker

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Episode #169: The Bank On Yourself Shift: Is It Time To Fire Your Banker

 
 
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Mark Willis, from the not your average financial podcast show, explains the Bank On Yourself shift: is it time to Fire Your Banker. The role of banking system has changed. It’s time to learn an old way to save for your Financial Goals.

Mark is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, a two-time #1 Best Selling Author and the Owner of Lake Growth Financial Services, a financial firm in Chicago, Illinois. Over the years, he has helped hundreds of his clients take back control of their financial future and build their businesses with proven, tax-efficient financial solutions. He specializes in building custom-tailored financial strategies that are unknown to typical stock-jockeys, attorneys, or other financial gurus.

To understand the concept of Bank on Yourself then it helps to think differently about your money, your economy and your future. The traditional role of banks have changed. In my early 20’s to borrow money to buy a car I went to the bank to take out a personal loan. These days the banks tell you to take out a credit card.

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

Mark Twain

To find a more predictable way to meet your financial objectives it could be as simple as fire the banker and save via a life insurance policy. It is an old system that is regaining popularity. Traditionally whole of life policies were used for savings. Up to one third of income went into life insurance and savings. Today less than five percent of income is being saved.

Do you want to grow your wealth in ways that are safe and predictable, to become your own source of financing, and create tax-free income in retirement? This old fashioned dividend paying whole of life insurance policy could work for you. Whether you need cash to fund capital purchases, provide cash for your business or even fund your retirement this concept of bank on yourself could work for you.

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Episode #168: When Should You Retire? How To Avoid Retiring Exhausted

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Episode #168: When Should You Retire? How To Avoid Retiring Exhausted

 
 
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A question on most 50+ people’s minds is when should you retire? Do you want to know how to avoid retiring exhausted? Chip Munn, CEO of Signature wealth, author and podcaster, raises questions that are on most people minds looking at retirement planning. Learn why old school retirement plans are broken in this episode.

Some people may retire unexpectedaly. They may have a health issue that sees them giving up work early. Or they could be laid off suddenly from work.

However most people are in control of their retirement date and that’s where Chip Munn sees his role is to guide them toward a customized, detailed plan for their Signature Life. Chip Munn was ranked among the Top 10 Regional Advisors Under 40 on Wall Street magazine. Chip as the CEO and Visionary of Signature Wealth has seen his practise has grow to a regional wealth management group with 30+ team members with almost $1.3B of client assets under care.

When you Check in with a specialist in:

  • retirement,
  • education planning and the
  • transfer of wealth

will see you fulfilling your dreams and living your best lives. It will give you the confidence to know when should you retire.

Retirement as we’ve known it is broken writes Chip in has book “The Retirement Remix – A Modern Solution To An Old School Problem.” The concept of ‘old school’ retirement of working hard all your life to go on a permanent vacation is making people miss out in life. If you want to stop putting off that vacation or that golf game then there is a more modern approach to when should you retire.

Be being proactive you can choose not only your retirement date but also give yourself time to be ready to retire. Some folks are avoiding retiring exhausted by the reducing the hours they work leading up to retirement. By doing this they are putting themselves in the right frame of mind and giving themselves the opportunity to wind down and actually enjoy the life they are living leading up to retirement.

Retirement is a journey that should give you freedom and the flexibility to do what your want. Money is a touchy subject for many so you need to pick a Certified Financial Planner that you’re comfortable with. Create a plan that will allow you to enjoy your life while you are still working and avoid retiring exhausted.

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