How to Turn Your Money Life Around: The Money Book for Women [Paperback]

Ruth Hayden (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1992

For many woman, "How's your money life?" is as important a question as "How's your love life?" -- but harder to answer. Many women were never taught appropriate, useful money beliefs, attitudes, and skills. In fact, they learned that handling money was the exclusive province of men. As the social fabric of life changes, women who are not comfortable dealing with money find themselves at a distinct disadvantage. This book helps women identify attitudes of fear and shame about money, develop useful self-management skills, and learn how to change their money behavior. With deep understanding of the difficulties women face, Ruth Hayden teaches easy, concrete money skills any woman can master.

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About the Author

RUTH L. HAYDEN is a nationally recognized educator and author based out of St. Paul, Minnesota. For the past sixteen years, she has been president of Ruth L. Hayden and Associates, her own successful consulting business, and is a member of the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education. Her 1993 Minnesota Book-award-nominated book How to Turn Your Money Life Around is based on "Women and Money," a series of well-known classes which she has taught for twelve years. She has been quoted in numerous national periodicals including Money, Reader's Digest, Mademoiselle, Working Woman, Marriage Magazine, New York Newsday, Woman's Day, Ladies' Home Journal and Time. In addition to numerous radio guest appearances nationwide, she is a frequent commentator on Public Radio International's "Sound Money." She is also one of the experts for the new PBS series Right on the Money.

Product Details

• Paperback: 126 pages
• Publisher: HCI (July 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558742255
• ISBN-13: 978-1558742253
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,122,863 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, a chance to get a grip!, April 26, 2000

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Mary Beth Redmond (Saint Paul, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Turn Your Money Life Around: The Money Book for Women (Paperback)

This book is a great tutorial for anyone, but is especially wonderful for women. Ms. Hayden helps examine the money lessons and money attitudes women have grown up with so that taking control of finances comes from the inside and is about more than just money. She then makes the money very basic and understandable and puts the work easily into your hands. This book gives terrific no-nonsense lessons with a lot of support and compassion.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Using her system for the last 7 years...., July 25, 2003

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This review is from: How to Turn Your Money Life Around: The Money Book for Women (Paperback)

This book was recommended to me years ago when I found my financial life changed from a divorce. I implemented Ruth's system and have been following it ever since. It was a little difficult at first (her theory goes that you spend only what you have, therefore you're not hedging your bets on money coming in), she makes you save for what you want...if you see a new pair of shoes and don't have enough money in your "shoes/clothes" account that week, you'll have to wait until you do! It gets to be kind of fun in a way because you're working towards goals. At any rate, I've used this for over the past seven years and my financial situation has stabilized; I'm not sure it would have without the guidance found in this book.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Gets to the source of your money problems., July 31, 2003

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This review is from: How to Turn Your Money Life Around: The Money Book for Women (Paperback)

Clearly written, easily understood, and loaded with practical, do-able suggestions, this book goes right to the source of most women's money problems.

It may come as a surprise to some readers of the book, but the source of our money problems is --ourselves!

This book helps readers to face that fact, and then goes on to help them implement solutions to their problems.

An encouraging book, chock full of good advice.