The Money Therapist: A Woman's Guide to Creating A Healthy Financial Life [Paperback]

Marcia Brixey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 25, 2008 | ISBN-10: 1580052169 | ISBN-13: 978-1580052160

Have you ever looked at your bank account balance and wanted to cry? Author Marcia Brixey is here to tell you “it’s all right! All your finance woes? They can be fixed!"

The Money Therapist offers women of every financial strata the advice, tips, and solutions they need to get out of debt, create a budget, spend wisely, and save money. Marcia’s empowering, you-can-do-it attitude and helpful tools and resources encourage and inspire women to achieve financial fitness. With information on organizing financial records, getting out of credit card debt, safeguarding against identity theft, and taking advantage of interest through automatic deductions, The Money Therapist is the first step to achieving financial peace of mind.

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: Seal Press (March 25, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580052169
• ISBN-13: 978-1580052160
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #572,939 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

In March 2002 I read a quote "Our purpose in life is find our gift, perfect it and give it back to others". It inspired me to take early retirement from my PR job with the Social Security Administration and follow my passion to educate and empower women on financial issues. I retired on August 3, 2002 and founded Money Wise Women Educational Services, a non-profit organization. Today I host Money Wi$e Women Conferences throughout the Western United States. Since 11/02 more than 5,500 women have attended 55 Money Wi$e Women Conferences. I love it when women tell me how they took the information they learned at our conference and put it into action. My book is another way for me to educate and empower women.
I stepped way outside my comfort zone when I left my job with Social Security following Eleanor Roosevelt's advise "You gain strength, courage & confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.' I encourage the women who read my book and/or attend our conference to do the same thing. Money and finances create a lot of fear in us, but just do it -- one step at time. Small action steps create big changes.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A Real Eye Opener! October 28, 2008

By R. Cash-Smith

Format:Paperback

In my job, I routinely counsel women who operate or wish to open their own businesses. For those who are finance-challenged and lack basic money knowledge, I highly recommend this book. I found The Money Therapist to be an extremely comprehensive, straightforward, reader-friendly, FUN book to read! I literally tore through it and learned a great deal along the way, particularly about the intricacies of social security and the importance of compiling an inventory of my home possessions.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent financial guide for men and women March 14, 2008

By Henry M. Grumbling

Format:Paperback

Marcia's book is exceptional; it is researched thoroughly and is very well organized and written. This kind of information should be a presented in some class before students complete high school. Certainly it is a must for every man and woman before they marry. Drs. Henry and Betty Grumbling, retired instructors, College of the Sequoias, Visalia, California.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The Money Therapist: A Woman's Guide to Creating A Healthy Financial Life April 29, 2009

By Nicole C. Mangina

Format:Paperback

This book was fantastic! It is very well written to make the concepts easy to understand as well as easy to implement. We all know what we are supposed to do with our money, but actually doing it is an entirely different thing. As a result of reading this book my husband and I have decided to put away our credit cards and go all cash. Given that we both work on commission I have always been nervous about this in the past, but now we truly see the impact it will have on our financial future and are ready to make the committment.

Thank you for the courage to do that!