The Parenting Couch

Tips for building, managing and protecting your money, with Canna Campbell

August 16, 2023 Rachel Chappell and Sarah Levett Season 2 Episode 16
The Parenting Couch
Tips for building, managing and protecting your money, with Canna Campbell
Show Notes

Financial stress is real, and it has a huge impact on our happiness. When we're stressed about money, our relationships with our partners are strained, we're not as patient with our children and our physical and mental health is impacted. If we can take control of our financial wellbeing and reduce the stress, the benefits are huge. And it's just the smallest changes in the way with think about money use money and hold onto money that can make a profound change to our future.

In this episode, Rachel and Sarah chat to Financial Planner Canna Campbell about how we can build, manage and protect our money. Canna is also known as Sugar Mamma, and has her own YouTube Channel with over 125k subscribers and 9 million video views! Although she now lives 'on the other side of the bridge'. she grew up on the North Shore and attended Abbotsleigh.

Canna shares her top tips for getting through these tough financial times, as well as tips about how we can set ourselves up for the future.


  • Why you need to do a budget
  • What household expenditures will give you the biggest savings
  • Tips for savings on your weekly grocery shop
  • How you can get a better deal from your utility providers
  • Call utility providers to see if you can get a better deal
  • Why you should call your bank or the debt helpline if you are really struggling
  • Easy ways to bring in extra money
  • Flexible jobs for mums that you can do at the weekend or at nights
  • Why you should pay your bills on a regular basis
  • How important it is to have Emergency Money, and how much should you have set aside?
  • Can you cut back on insurance costs?
  • Is a Financial Planner worth it?


Meet Canna Campbell

C
anna Campbell is a Financial Planner and published author, with extensive experience spanning across corporate banking, boutique wealth management, television, radio, keynote speaking, podcasting and digital and social media production.

Canna established her financial planning firm, ‘SASS Financial Services’, in 2007. She founded the financial media platform, ‘SugarMamma.TV’, in 2015 providing accessible financial education to everyday people who may feel intimidated and confused by personal finance.

Canna has been featured in The Sydney Morning Herald, Vogue, The Huffington Post, Mamamia, Yahoo, The Daily Telegraph and The Daily Mail, as well as 2GB, Sunrise and The Morning Show on Channel Seven.

Essential Details: SugarMamma.TV

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