COVID Debt Relief for Canadians
FINANCIAL RECOVERY FROM COVID-19. ELIMINATE YOUR DEBT! Is your financial life impacted by COVID-19? Do you want to turn your financial life around? If you answered yes to these questions…
Consumer Proposals
Are you in debt and weighing your alternatives to bankruptcy? You're not alone. Consumer proposals are a rising trend in Canada, with good reason. Not only do they provide debt…
Three Types of Debt Consolidation
How does debt consolidation work? In essence, it is combining multiple debts into one payment for the benefit of simplicity, lower interest fees and lower monthly payments. People often talk…
Are You A Debt Burnout?
Throughout my career, I have seen a lot of clients go through a range of emotions relating to experiencing debt relief. Obviously, at first, clients are ‘gung ho’ to get their debt paid off – excited, anxious, motivated. They have many questions relating to the process of debt repayment and how being on a debt management program will impact their lives. Usually clients expect big changes to happen quickly and the turnaround to be immediate.
As the debt repayment program continues on (with a maximum length of 60 months, or 5 years, unless there are student loans involved), clients usually settle into a steady momentum of payments every month. They get used to the money being allocated to their debt and reconfigure their budgets accordingly. Months, then years, go by.
What happens in the interim? Sometimes, unfortunately, people experience debt fatigue during the debt repayment process. What is debt fatigue and how can you manage it?
Gambling and Payday Loans
Recently a new casino (aka ‘gaming facility’) opened up in my area. Since it’s opening, new payday lending stores have been popping up all around the vicinity. Coincidence? I think not.
Payday loans provide the quick cash that fuels a gambling addiction. When the gambler is losing, they can simply head next door to the payday lender, get some instant cash, and head back to the casino to win back their loan and the rest of the money lost, right?
Payday Loan Help
Do you need relief from payday loans? Many people like you get caught in what’s known as the “payday loan cycle”, a ‘borrowing from Peter to pay Paul’ situation where you are juggling payday loans from multiple lenders, trying to keep all of the balls in the air. The sweat begins to trickle down your forehead because you can’t see when it will end, and if you stumble, all the balls will come crashing down, leading to collection calls and wage garnishment. The problem is you don’t know where to turn, and you don’t have the money to pay back everyone on top of your regular costs of living.
