This Financial Self-Defense Education Dojo (FSD) is completely separate from my licensed financial services business. While my experiences helping individuals, families, business owners, and professionals over the past decade have certainly influenced the lessons and discussions you'll find here, the opinions and educational content shared within this community are my own and are provided for educational purposes. My goal is simple: 👉 Help people better understand money. 👉 Help people ask better questions. 👉 Help people become more confident making financial decisions. 👉 Help people build a stronger future through education. 🎯 A Dream Years in the Making For many years I've hosted free webinars, workshops, and educational sessions because I genuinely believe financial knowledge should be more accessible.Creating a dedicated educational Dojo like this has been something I've wanted to do for a very long time. As you'll quickly discover, I have a tendency to be a bit of a perfectionist. 😅 That means I'm constantly looking for ways to improve the experience, organize information better, and create resources that provide real value. While the Dojo is still evolving, I'm excited about where it's heading and grateful to have you along for the journey. 🤝Commitment? This Dojo is being built around a few simple principles: 🥋 Respect for all members 📚 Lifelong learning 💡 Open-minded discussion 🛡️ Financial empowerment through education 🌱 Progress over perfection Whether you're just beginning your financial journey or already have years of experience, you are welcome here. 🙃 A Little About Me If we haven't met yet, I'm Crystal. I'm a martial arts instructor, financial educator, lifelong learner, and occasionally a little quirky (possibly more than a little, depending on who you ask 😉). I believe education should be practical, respectful, and as much fun as possible. Most importantly, I believe everyone deserves the opportunity to understand the financial systems that affect their lives.

I made it through my crazy time, crazier than ever before in my real life agency business AND my real life in general. I am so excited to get back to upgrading this space for you all. Thank you for bearing with me.

Hi Everyone, I believe, fingers crossed I have things set up now for people to register for the webinars on the calendar. Would one of you be willing to test out the process so I can be sure it is working correctly? The registration component will be mandatory for a while because I am very busy and want to make sure that I am not sitting waiting for folks if not interested (it is also a way of tracking interest). There is also a second layer of reminders built in to this registration, which I may end up taking off, but would like feedback on. As always Any feedback from you guys are always welcome. You will also notice that I have changed some courses to be only open to level 1, that is to encourage some interaction in the community. It does not take much to get to level 1... just comment, like... interact inside here. Thanks everyone! For my Canadian clients, Remember only 11 Days left to get your $$ into RRSP's LOWER your 2024 Taxes AND save for retirement at the same time! NOT Sure how this works? Check out this link: https://youtu.be/bIXt9aKw1ZY?si=2JrKakOt1Rr4iI6a

I have been working on connecting with experts in related fields like accounting and how money stress can be handled etc. I am excited that this outreach is starting to fall into place. Will be doing up bios and announcing soon. I also have finished up a little starter guide to help women but really could be anyone, with what can seem like a mountain to tackle... full item will be posted soon in the budgeting area but I here is the cover page to give you an idea of what I am almost done.

You may or may not know I am a HUGE proponent of having multiple income streams. I currently run multiple businesses, this one as a Digital Educational Platform, in parallel to my financial education and licensed professional in Canada (and leader of other Business Partners in this field). I also own and live on a rental property with 3 different rental types on it, residential, storage and commercial. I now have also been blessed to have the opportunity to bring rent out another building and space to another business. As such I am looking for help as an Admin for this community, more for engagement, growth and helping me with restructuring and uploading information etc.... do you know of anyone well suited and who might be interested? Please tag them here or have them email me directly...crystal@crystaljohnsonfsd.com