Podcasts about katykicker

On episode 93 of the Mr MoneyJar Show we are joined by Katykicker who speaks to us about how to make your money go further! Katy shares her tips around grocery shopping, meal prep and batch cooking, and the small things her and her husband do to run their busy family of four. To round out the episode we also spoke about how to live well and be happy - the simple things in life! You can find out more about Katykicker at her website: katykicker.com

Katy is an allergy mum (and money blogger on katykicker.com) to a toddler who they discovered has FPIES. In today’s episode, Katy tells me all about the reality of living with FPIES on a day to day basis, the lack of information GPs hold, and how they often assume that when your child is just unwell.  We also talk about managing your anxieties around your child’s allergy, when they are justified and perhaps when they are just you being a parent.  Katy also talks about the symptoms her daughter has when she is reacting and how they can vary. We talk about educating family, friends and extended family too.  What is FPIES? FPIES stands for Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome. It is a type of food allergy that affects the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. What are the symptoms of FPIES? Symptoms include but are not limited to vomiting, diarrhoea, dehydration which leads to lethargy. Children can often look pale or blue. Other symptoms can include low blood pressure, and blood tests that mimic infection which can look like sepsis or lead to sepsis like shock. All children are different and can have different symptoms. For more information, please visit: http://fpiesfoundation.org Top 3 Tips Parents Dealing with FPIES Be kind to yourself - you have not caused your child’s allergies With time, it will get better - but you can do it! Empower yourself with information Resources Listen to when I interviewed my parents on our journey living with allergies in episode 12, 13, 14 & 15. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher Radio (android). My new recipe book "Chocolate Treats: Decadent delights free from the top 14 allergens" is on Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Leave a Review Thank you to all of you who have sent me feedback! I love hearing your ideas and requests for new episodes or to share your story! If you have 2 minutes spare, please would you leave a review on iTunes? It helps other allergy parents and allergy sufferers find it because it boosts its search ability in the iTunes directory. Click here to go to iTunes>> Ask Your Questions If you have a question about your own allergy journey or from the episode, leave a comment below or if you would like some 1-on-1 help you might be interesting in having some coaching. If so, please send me an email for more information.

Today on the show we’re talking energy bills; it’s Big Energy Saving Week 2018 with a number of organisations helping people cut their fuel bills and get all the financial support they are entitled to. There’s also a roundup of the latest personal finance news, and an update on what we’re doing here at Informed Choice at the moment.

This week on the show, we're talking about how to declutter your personal finances. Katy and I chat about why it's so important to declutter when it comes to your personal finances, before sharing a few of our own tips for decluttering. Katy Stevens Katy Stevens is a money blogger known online as Katykicker. Katy started Katykicker because she was making money online and people wanted to know how. She’s happy knowing that she is able to share money making and saving websites and tips with her readers. Katy also loves to share product reviews, frugal recipes, the odd craft and much more. You can follow Katy on Twitter @katykicker. Personal finance news -Monarch Airlines has gone out of business, leading to the cancellation of 300,000 flight booking. The Civil Aviation Authority says around 110,000 customers of the airline are currently stranded overseas, in need of repatriation on UK government charter flights. -The latest Markit/Cips UK manufacturing PMI index shows signs of a slowdown in manufacturing sector growth. Despite a boost for exporters from a weak pound, higher production costs and Brexit uncertainty is hampering growth prospects. -Prime Minister Theresa May has promised an additional £10bn of funding for the Help to Buy Scheme. The money will help another 135,000 people buy their first home. -Bank of England governor Mark Carney believes interest rates could rise in the "relatively near term". Speaking to the BBC, Carney suggested that it was time for the bank to "ease its foot off the accelerator". -Lack of financial protection among women is leaving families in a precarious situation. According to new research from Scottish Widows, despite saying that their households could only pay the bills for seven months should they not be able to work or pass away, only three in ten women have life insurance.

In this episode of Informed Choice Radio, what are the real world maths skills we should be teaching in schools? I'm joined by Katykicker to chat about new research that has found that more than three in five millennials in the UK have never used GCSE maths skills in everyday life, things such as algebra and trigonometry.  There's also a roundup of the latest personal finance news and the aftershow segment too. Introducing Katy Stevens Katy Stevens is a money blogger known online as Katykicker. Katy started Katykicker because she was making money online and people wanted to know how.  She's happy knowing that she is able to share money making and saving websites and tips with her readers. Katy also loves to share product reviews, frugal recipes, the odd craft and much more. You can follow Katy on Twitter @katykicker. Want to join the Informed Choice Radio squad and co-host a future episode? Find out more here. Personal finance news -Companies are returning the new one pound coin by mistake, hampering efforts to phase out use of the old one pound coin. The old £1 coin stops being legal tender on 15th October and Treasury officials estimate around one billion of them have already been removed from circulation. -British and German trade bodies have urged Brexit negotiators to put shared economic interests first. The British Chambers of Commerce and the Association of German Chambers of Commerce have warned that uncertainty over "business critical" Brexit issues - including workers' rights, tax and customs arrangements - must be tackled as a matter of priority. -Homeowners ready to take their second step up the property ladder say it’s harder than getting on it in the first place. This is according to the latest Lloyds Bank Second Steppers report, which tracks the ongoing plight of home owners looking to sell their first property whilst buying their second. -Most of the five million people who have rights in a salary-related pension from a former employer are not receiving timely information and advice about the many choices that they have to shape their pension in a way that works best for them. This is the key finding of a new policy paper jointly produced by pensions consultants LCP and mutual insurer Royal London. -Weeks without windows, sinking patios and waste water pouring down walls are just some of the home improvement disasters people are reporting to Citizens Advice. The Citizens Advice consumer service helped people with 40,000 problems related to home maintenance and improvements last year, two thirds of which were about substandard services, such as jobs being completed late or poor workmanship. Real world maths skills Last Thursday was GCSE results day. New data released by free-for-life credit reporting service, Noddle, has found that more than three in five millennials in the UK have never used GCSE maths skills in everyday life, things such as algebra and trigonometry. When asked what would have been more useful to learn, nearly half (46%) would have liked budgeting, over a third (37%) would have wanted to learn more about mortgages and more than a quarter (27%) would have benefited from extra knowledge about taxes. Respondents believed these would have helped with key financial milestones, especially those that they suggest signify adulthood such as paying taxes (59%) and getting a mortgage (54%).

This week on the podcast Andy explains how you can beat Virgin and British Gas price hikes, and he's then joined by my guest Katy Stevens from KatyKicker.com to discuss topping up National Insurance, finding out when you'll reach State Pension age and finally how allotments can save you money. Further information and links can be found in the show notes at https://becleverwithyourcash.com/podcast/