Your Money is Your Responsibility with Jillian Carr, BFA, CHS Founder of Steady Gait Planning

Jillian Carr is the driving force behind Steady Gait Planning Inc., a financial planning practice offering people in the veterinary community a place to feel educated and empowered by their financial journey.

Jillian has spent the last 16 years in the Financial Services industry, 8 of those years were working with leading financial services companies and the last 8 building Steady Gait Planning.

Building a practice in a male dominated, antiquated world has been challenging. Jillian learned to truly follow her authentic self and ideas. Jillian is no stranger to diversity in life and finances – watching her parents divorce at the age of 19, navigating a mother with mental illness and 15 years later seeing her dad, her career and life advisor, pass away due to complications from a traumatic brain injury all while trying to build her business during the height of the pandemic. Jillian is a designated financial advisor, an active member on the board of the advisor association, and an ally and mental health advocate in the veterinarian community.

Topics covered in our wide-ranging conversation with Jillian include:

• Getting to the root of people's financial fears

• Common money stories veterinarians have

• Why people are scared to have conversations about money, especially with contract negotiations

• Why we're afraid to talk about the money positives

• Shifting your financial plan as your career progresses

• Tactics for better money conversations

• 100% responsibility motto

• Getting actively involved in your finances

• Jillian's Impact Round!

Thank you to Jillian for joining us for a courageous money conversation.

jillian@steadygaitplanning.com

IG: @steadygaitplanninginc

Budgeting tool mentioned in the show:

https://itools-ioutils.fcac-acfc.gc.ca/BP-PB/budget-planner

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