Invite Mary to speak
A leading authority on overcoming financial anxiety Mary has been featured in The Globe & Mail and The Financial Post and on CTV and CBC Radio. She knows how to run a successful business and as one of a few women to hold a third Dan in Shotokan karate, she also knows how to command a room.

HERE ARE SOME KEY DEMOGRAPHICS THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM Mary:
- Businesses: Studies show that people often put financial anxiety ahead of their career. Invite Mary to speak to your organization and eliminate financial anxiety so that your employees feel empowered and your business thrives.
- Self-Help: Relationships are also deeply affected by financial anxiety. Mary knows how to speak to people during the most stressful financial times in a way that makes sense and evokes confidence and determination.
- Women: Fewer than 25 % of managing directors in Canada’s investment industry are women. Despite the overwhelming domination of men, Mary has served as a role model and mentor to many young women in the early stages of their careers and would be a sought after speaker for women. Mary also builds strong women. One girl at a time, with her volunteer work and martial arts training.
Financial Services
Mary is an award-winning portfolio manager. In her more than 30 years of experience, she has guided thousands of clients and their families along the path to financial freedom. She understands the emotional toll that money can take on people’s lives. That’s why she has dedicated her life to helping alleviate the anxiety that money causes by incorporating mindfulness, wellness, and overall health and prosperity into her client work. She is the perfect balance of sincere and caring while also being strategic and disciplined.
She incorporates the skills and mindfulness that earned her a black belt in karate into her financial offerings- truly kicking butt in the financial sector and daring to be unique in her conversations about money.
Mary’s 4 Guiding Principles When it Comes to Your Investment Strategy
- Happiness is our birthright.
- When it eludes us, we suffer.
- Money plays a key role in attaining and maintaining a happy state.
- There is a recipe for being prosperous and happy. And Mary will show you what that is!

The Black Belt Investor
“I wish that I had read this book 30 years ago. So many lessons I had to learn the hard way. Loved the discipline of karate mirroring the discipline we need in our every day life with finances. Wealthness indeed. Good work…excellent read. Looking forward to the sequel.”
Bill Hemens
The Black Belt Investor is my story about how my many years inside the world of money management combined with my study of martial arts has brought me to a deeper understanding of what it means to be wealthy. This book is my recipe for obtaining a sense of wealth, or “wealthness”, as I like to call it.