The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Women Food and God maps a path to meeting one of our greatest challenges-how we deal with money.
When Geneen Roth and her husband lost their life savings in the Bernard Madoff debacle, Roth joined the millions of Americans dealing with financial turbulence, uncertainty, and abrupt reversals in their expectations. The resulting shock was the catalyst for her to explore how women's habits and behaviors around money-as with food-can lead to exactly the situations they most want to avoid. Roth identified her own unconscious choices: binge shopping followed by periods of budgetary self-deprivation, "treating" herself in ways that ultimately failed to sustain, and using money as a substitute for love, among others. As she examined the deep sources of these habits, she faced the hard truth about where her "self-protective" financial decisions had led. With irreverent humor and hard-won wisdom, she offers provocative and radical strategies for transforming how we feel and behave about the resources that should, and can, sustain and support our lives.
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"This book is fascinating and insightful. I found myself underlying passages in every chapter. I've developed "unconscious" relationships with both money and food, and this book has helped to lift the veil. "
— Sarah (4 out of 5 stars)
" Wow, this is so GOOD!<br/>I'm listening to the audio version, read by the author. (ISBN: 9780307933621 was not found).<br/> "
— Leah, 5/16/2011" I liked this better than Women, Food and God.<br/> "
— Marilyn, 5/4/2011" Just finished the book now time to pay attention in my life! "
— Aileen, 4/25/2011" Though interesting to read about someone who was caught up in the Madoff scheme, ultimately it felt like I was reading Women, Food, & God again. "
— Elizabeth, 4/20/2011" Much better than her last book where she attempted to link women, God, and food. "
— Susan, 4/10/2011" So far this one is keeping me interested. I really got into her message in this one. This has really got me thinking about how I approach food and money in my life. "
— Robin, 4/2/2011" I expected this book to be more helpful to me than it was, but I gained a few helpful insights from it. "
— Tina, 3/28/2011Geneen Roth is the author of the bestseller When Food is Love and multiple other titles. She has conducted workshops and retreats for over ten years. She is a frequent contributor to many publications including Salon, Huffington Post, and Good Housekeeping and has appeared on numerous national television and radio shows.