201 – How to Improve Your Financial Wellness

You know you need to improve your financial health. You might even know what you need to do - save more, spend less, pay down debt. So why does that not necessarily translate into healthy financial habits that move the needle? What's stopping you from achieving overall financial wellness?  That's the question asked in a recent study by Mercer Canada. The study found that while Canadians have a reasonably high level of financial literacy they aren't necessarily achieving financial wellness. For example, only 1 in 3 Canadian employees over the age of 50 have a strategy for their retirement. They know they need to save for retirement, they even know what the products are, but they don't have a strategy to reach their financial freedom goals.

What is the solution then? How do you improve your financial wellness?

My guest today is Jillian Kennedy, the Employee Financial Wellness Leader at Mercer Canada, a consulting firm that helps employers and organizations package and offer benefits to their employees. On today's show, Jillian highlights the key findings from the Mercer study and talks about how financial wellness impacts our ability to reach important milestones like buying a new home or saving for retirement.