![Rewire for Wealth [Book Review]](https://womenwhomoney.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/green-money-symbol-wired-to-computer-mouse-768x403.jpg)
This review of Barbara Huson’s book, Rewire for Wealth – Three Steps Any Woman Can Take To Program Her Brain For Financial Success – is by Vicki, co-founder of Women Who Money and Women’s Money Talk. Formerly Barabara Stanny, Barbara Huson is a money and…
![Flipping a Switch: A guide for later life [Book Review]](https://womenwhomoney.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/flipping-a-switch-book-review-768x403.jpg)
When you’ve been working a 9-5 for decades, you dream of the freedom you’ll have when you take charge of your retirement days. No more performance reviews, mandatory meetings, checking your work email at home, or dealing with demanding clients. But you’ll also lose the…
![The Mindful Millionaire [Book Review]](https://womenwhomoney.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/the-mindful-millionaire-new-mindset-new-results-1-768x403.jpg)
How you feel about money is often a reflection of how you feel about yourself. If you live paycheck to paycheck or have struggled with your finances in the past, there’s a good chance you’d agree with that quote. When you’re stressing about money and…
![Career Rehab: When and why you need one [Book Review]](https://womenwhomoney.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Time-for-a-new-career-768x403.jpg)
Whether you’ve entered the workforce in the last few years, spent a decade (or two) working for your employer, or planned to retire soon – you may be questioning your career decisions and future. Some people choose a career they love and are lucky enough…
![Napkin Finance: Money for visual learners [Book Review]](https://womenwhomoney.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/napkin-finance-book-review-768x403.jpg)
Are you a “hands-on” or kinesthetic learner who learns by doing? Maybe your preferred way of learning is interacting through text when you read and write. Auditory learners enjoy taking in information by listening to what others share. And if you have a visual learning…
Retirement. Whether you’re 5 years or 35 years away from trading your time for money there’s a lot to consider. How will you spend your days in retirement? Where will you live? And how you will pay for it all? If you’ve not yet considered…
![Attitudes of Gratitude [Book Review]](https://womenwhomoney.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/attitude-of-gratitude-768x403.jpg)
As you celebrate Thanksgiving, you’re probably spending time with people you love and taking time to reflect on and appreciate all that you have. You might even tell yourself you should practice being thankful more often. But if you’re like me, thankfulness takes a back…
![Save Money, Ditch Debt, Build Wealth [Book Review]](https://womenwhomoney.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/clever-girl-finance-book-review-1-768x403.jpg)
When you’ve been reading about personal finance for more than a decade, you might think there isn’t much new you can learn. But I always enjoy reading new perspectives and seeing what I can share with Women Who Money readers. This review of Bola Sokunbi’s…
![The $1K Investor: Guide to start investing [Book Review]](https://womenwhomoney.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Woman-ready-to-start-investing-her-money-768x403.jpg)
You know it’s important to save for your future, but it’s definitely a challenge. As you’re building the foundation of your financial house, getting your emergency fund in place is a great main focus. Having money in the bank protects you from having to take…
![Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk [Book Review]](https://womenwhomoney.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Mom-and-Dad-We-Need-to-Talk-1-768x403.jpg)
Whether you have your financial house in order or you’re still learning to manage your money, you might find yourself in the position of taking charge of your parent’s finances. If you think you and your parents are too young to worry about their financial…
![Women with Money by Jean Chatzky [Book Review]](https://womenwhomoney.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Women-with-Money-book-photo-on-table-in-cafe-1-768x402.jpg)
Whether the headline of the day is about the gender pay gap, the gender investing gap, or the risks to our retirement – there’s no shortage of news about women and money. We already knew women tend to take more time out of the workforce…
![A Look At – The Next Millionaire Next Door [Book Review]](https://womenwhomoney.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/look-next-millionaire-next-door-768x402.jpg)
Sarah Stanley Fallaw knows something about millionaires. After all, she’s surveyed over 4,000 of them. Plus she’s the daughter of the late expert on millionaires, the man who literally wrote the book on millionaires: Thomas J. Stanley. Fallaw is an expert in her own right….
![Budgeting 101: Better money management [Book Review]](https://womenwhomoney.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/budgeting-101-book-review-1-768x402.jpg)
You’ve undoubtedly heard a budget is essential for managing your money. Perhaps you’ve even created one a time or two. But then you stopped using it after only a few months out of boredom or frustration. To get the most out of a budget, it…
![Save Yourself: And Your Retirement [Book Review]](https://womenwhomoney.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/save-yourself-financially-secure-retirement-1a-768x403.jpg)
Breaking the paycheck to paycheck cycle, paying down debt, building an emergency fund, and investing for the future is challenging. No matter what financial goal you’re working on, it’s vital to have reliable information readily available. While you can learn from others and connect to…
![Work Optional: Retire Early, Live Your Best Life [Review]](https://womenwhomoney.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/work-optional-1-768x402.jpg)
If you’ve spent any time reading about personal finance lately, you’ve likely heard about the “FIRE” movement. FIRE means Financial Independence – Retire Early. Suze Orman got headlines by announcing she hated the FIRE movement (but she changed her position a few weeks later.) While…
![Every Woman Should Know Her Options [Book Review]](https://womenwhomoney.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/book-review-every-woman-should-know-her-options-1-768x402.jpg)
As someone who believes in lifelong learning, I know I can always find new takeaways when I read a book – especially a book about investing. I also know I struggle to learn from books written with difficult to understand terms and those that make…
![Get Your Worth: Salary negotiation [Book Review]](https://womenwhomoney.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/book-review-know-your-worth-salary-negotiation-women-1-768x402.jpg)
While it’s disheartening to read women still earn $.80 in the workplace for each $1 earned by a man, women are not powerless to change their own earning situation. Olivia Jaras, who wrote Know Your Worth, Get Your Worth: Salary Negotiation For Women is a…
While it may not be a new concept to you, now’s a great time of year to revisit Carol Dweck’s book – Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. Published in 2006, the book was updated in 2016 to address common misunderstandings and add new research….
![The Feminist Financial Handbook [Book Review]](https://womenwhomoney.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/feminist-financial-handbook-review-1-768x402.jpg)
Brynne Conroy has written a personal finance book like no other. The Feminist Financial Handbook doesn’t tell you how to get rich quick or put you down for your money choices. Her handbook provides valuable information, action steps, and resources to help you make changes…
I’ve been reading personal finance books, articles, and blog posts for the last ten years. Even though some of the information and advice are repetitive, I usually learn something new! Emily Guy Birken got my attention in the introduction of her book, End Financial Stress…
Negotiating is in the news. Here are just a few of the articles that show up in a search of the words – women and negotiating. 4 Key Strategies Women Need to Negotiate a Higher Salary– Forbes Why Women Must Ask the Right Way –…
![Simple Path to Wealth: And a great retirement [Review]](https://womenwhomoney.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/rocky-road-to-retirement-simple-path-to-wealth-1-768x402.jpg)
I’ve been an avid reader of Jim (JL) Collins since the early days of his blog (jlcollinsnh.com). With two teenagers of my own, I connected with Jim’s mission to help his daughter make smarter (and easier) investment decisions. All while they’re charting a smooth path…
Life is full of uncertainty and risks, and every day we expose ourselves emotionally, financially, and physically to potential danger. In a word, we are vulnerable. And sometimes that stops us from taking chances. Today though, we are taking a chance and sharing a book…
Kristin Wong doesn’t pull any punches in her newly released book, Get Money. She claims that most of us actually suck with money, even if we understand the “math” behind our finances. Are you nodding in agreement? We thought so. There are plenty of people…
In choosing books to review for Women Who Money, it made sense that our first review honor a pillar in the personal finance community. We’re happy to share our thoughts on two books by Donna Freedman – Your Playbook For Tough Times: Living Large On…