More Money Podcast - UPDATE What I've been up to these past 6 months

Episode Date: June 17, 2026

It's been 6 months since I started my hiatus...did you miss me? Because I missed you and as the More Money Podcast crosses 11 years since it started (and I celebrate a very special birthday), I wanted to give you an update on what I've been up to during this break and share what the future may hold for this podcast.Follow meInstagram @jessicaimoorhouseThreads @jessicaimoorhouseTikTok @jessicaimoorhouseFacebook @jessicaimoorhouseYouTube @jessicamoorhouseLinkedIn - Jessica MoorhouseFinancial resourcesMy websiteMy bestselling book Everything but MoneyFree resource libraryBudget spreadsheetWealth Building Blueprint for Canadians course Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello, Lulu, and welcome back to the More Money Podcast. I'm your host Jessica Morehouse. And I just wanted to pop on here because it has been, I think, officially six months since I took a break from the show. If you're a long time listener, you know that after 10 years and over 500 episodes at the end of December of 2025, I decided to do something I haven't done since I started the show. in June 2015, which was take a long break. I love being a podcaster. I love this show, but after a decade, I needed to take a minute and step back and see what I wanted to do with it. Now, I'm still figuring that out. We'll continue to figure out this summer, and hopefully I'll have something for you guys in the fall. I'm kind of working on a few different ideas, but I just wanted to pop on here and say, hey, what's been happening with me over the past six months in case you're not following me on all the other platforms where I am still living, such as my YouTube channel, my Instagram, my newsletter, jessicamorehouse.com slash subscribe. I owe you all a

newsletter. And where else do I live? I think those are the main things that I can think of right now. I think that that's kind of where I'm putting my energy in lately. So here's just what I've have been up to the past six months. Well, I ran my wealth-building blueprint for Canadians course as a live cohort for the first time ever in five years in the winter, and I'm going to do that again in the fall. So that was really exciting and successful. I've, you know, had it as an on-demand course, and I can sign up and take at their own pace whenever they want. But then I feel like there's a big shift in the kind of course arena. People aren't so interested in just doing that, because a lot of people sign up for a course and never do it. They want the live aspect to it.

And I actually really had such a great time. So I'm going to do that again in the fall. I will send out an email about that. So that's why I'm like, get on my email list or follow me on Instagram and you'll find out more details about that. Jessicamorehouse.com slash subscribe. But it'll likely run from September to October. I believe it was seven weeks or eight weeks. I can't remember. I have to look back. So it'll probably be maybe mid-September. to mid-November is likely what's going to happen with that. So that was something that I did February, February, March. Also, nothing to do with my job or anything like that. But I've been talking about this on the podcast for, I think, years. I finally went to Italy. You guys,

I finally went to Italy. I was not only in Italy, but I explored all over for three weeks. I haven't taken a three-week vacation, like a condensed three weeks together since I went to Thailand with my husband, who was at that time my fiance, back in January 2013, the year that we got married. So we took that trip to kind of make sure that we wouldn't kill each other if we got married. If you can survive a three-week backpacking trip in Thailand, I think you're going to be okay. And hey, here we are. We celebrated 13 years of marriage.

this year and officially 19 years together. So next year will be 20 years together, which makes me feel old. Speaking of, I also turned 40. June 4th is my birthday. And that's actually around the time I started the podcast. I think I launched it on like June 3rd or something, 2015, which is funny. And this is now officially the podcast has been around for 11 years now because we celebrated 10 years last year. And yeah, turned 40. Did a thing that I actually. Actually, I'm really happy I did. So when I turned 30, me and my husband went to Paris. I was still working my 9 to 5 corporate job.

I'm sure I talked about this on the podcast back in the day. Because I think the podcast existed back then. When did we go? No, I'm trying to. I'm getting my ears mixed up. But anyways, when I turned to 30, I think the podcast existed. Maybe I just started it. And we went to Paris for just a week because that's all the time I had available through my work.

And it was overall a great trip. but, you know, my husband got sick, then I got sick, and then it was the Paris floods. So a lot of fun stuff there. But we still had an incredible time. But I remember turning 30 on the plane ride from Paris to Toronto back home. And I kind of liked that. And so I organized our Italian trip to turn 40 on the flight back home. So that's what I did.

And I think I'm going to keep doing that every single decade because it was what way to spend it? Because sometimes I get sad on my birthdays because it means like the end of something. instead of a start of something and then you just get reminded of your age. And so I had a great birthday because I just came back from an amazing trip. I got to go home and I was getting a little, you know, after three weeks, going around everywhere, get a little homesick. And so that was actually a really special thing. And so now I have entered my 40s and this is a new adventure for me. And I'm so like really it's a new adventure because I'm trying to figure out, and I guess I will, full disclosure since the beginning of this year, been going through a little bit of a midlife

crisis, which I hate that term because that means, wait, midlife, there's no way. I'm a still baby, but apparently I'm midlife now. It just doesn't feel real. It does not clock in my head. And I was just trying to figure out, what am I doing with my life? My 30s were great. I accomplished pretty much all the big goals that I had. I started a business. Business still exists. I still have a job. I wrote a book that became a bestseller, everything but money. Thank you all for buying it and supporting me. Please continue to buy it and support it. Still have an outer into my advance. So your book sales are important for me. And did a bunch of other exciting, cool things along the way. So you get to a point where you're like,

okay, now what do I do? And also, I think I kind of burnt myself out. Last year was it a lot. Yeah, I think I did too much last year. I tried. try to just put everything together, you know, the book tour. I did a lot of travel. I did, I worked a lot. I mean, last year, not to really, you know, talk about numbers, but I'll mention it. I earned the most in my business I ever have last year. And then I look at my like little spreadsheet of like, well, what did you do? What were all the things that you did? Oh, yeah, that's why. I just worked myself, I think, a little too hard. And so had a bit of a, okay, I'm not motivated to, I guess that's what we're in is.

Like, you feel like exhausted and no motivation and you don't want to work anymore. And I feel good because when I was in Italy the whole time, I'm like, oh yeah, I never want to work again. I just want to live in Italy and have spritses all day. That's the new dream. How can we figure this out financially? But now it's been a few weeks since I've been back and I'm feeling a little bit more excited and invigorated to just, yeah, see what this next chapter looks like. obviously I wanted to continue figuring out what do we want to do with this podcast. How can we freshen it up? Honestly, I feel like I'm going to move away from guest interviews. I've interviewed

hundreds of people and I think I need a different format. That's maybe a little bit more either me or talking to real people about their money issues and stuff like that. So that's something I'm playing around with. Also starting to write book number two. Looking back, I had a really great experience working on book number one. The hardest part was just getting it done. So I, yeah, I haven't written anything down, but I've got some ideas for book number two. And that's all I'll kind of say. But I'm hopeful that I'll have a proposal and maybe even one or two chapters that are, you know, ready to submit to my publisher to see if they want it. So we'll see. So that's That's something I'm probably working on.

And yeah, honestly, this year really is more focused, I think, on doing things I haven't allowed myself to do for many of my years in my 30s. My 30s really were about working and side hustling or not side hustling, just hustling. Just like a little, I think I hustled too hard a little bit. And I did a lot. And this year really is like, wow, a lot of. things in my calendar are social things, social items, which is really exciting. You know, I fell in love with reading fiction again, starting last year, entering a second book club. I've read 24 books so

far. I feel pretty proud of myself for doing that. And yeah, going on some trips. You know, went to Italy, obviously. I'm going to visit my friend in Montreal soon. I am going to go back to Vancouver and also Victoria to visit a friend, going to Mexico with some friends. the fall. I've got some other little mini trips as well. So yeah, honestly, and I'm having a birthday barbecue soon. I'm just like, yeah, this year is kind of like a little bit less work, a little bit more fun. And I think I'm going to allow myself to do that so I can recover from the past decade and feel excited about what's to come. So why I, if you're wondering, I'm just rambling. I didn't have any notes. I'm just like, you know what? I've got 20 minutes between

meetings. So I'm just going to do a little solo episode and just kind of give you what's going on. Also, while I'm recording, I think the power went out in my house because, yeah, oh, there's a little beep of the smoke alarm. Yeah, there we go. So I'm recording this in the dark right now. I'm in the dark with my laptop, but I'm not going to hit pause because I don't want to edit this. I'm just going to like upload it. Yeah. So let's see. I think maybe I've covered most of the bases, but I just wanted to, yeah, I give you a little heads up, hey, still alive, just been living my life a little bit on different platforms and figuring out what we want to do in this new decade of life. So that's really what's going on. I hope to be able to relaunch the show in some sort of way in the fall.

So we'll see what happens there. But until then, you know, you still have hundreds. If you're a new listener, you've got hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of episodes. to listen to until I come back. So thank you so much for your continued support of the More Money Podcast and myself, you know, make sure to follow me where I'm living right now on Instagram at Jessica I. Morehouse on my newsletter, Jessica, morehouse.com slash subscribe. Also, I've been thinking, should I start a substack? Because I've been thinking about it. So we'll see that if I start a substack, you'll find out if you follow me elsewhere.

and also my YouTube channel, which, you know, putting out more videos with the hope that I'll get that 100,000 subscriber plaque that I could put in my office. So yeah, that's really it for me. I hope you're having a great start of your summer. And I'll see you, hopefully, in the fall.