The Woman's Book of Money and Spiritual Vision: Putting Your Financial Values Into Financial Practice

by Rosemary Williams

Book Overview

Money triggers powerful emotions and conflicting messages, especially for women. But for those who want to look at their finances in new and freeing ways, this "workshop in a book" -- complete with worksheets, journaling exercises, and meditations -- strips away misconceptions about money and shows women how they can create a secure future and shape a better world. It walks readers through a six-stage process encouraging them to explore feelings about...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1880913674
• ISBN13: 9781880913673
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: New World Library
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Women Fear Money

I think it's fabulous when women can learn to use spiritual practice to overcome any 'fear of money' or eroneous belief they are worth less. Equating finance and spirituality is finally getting the attention it deserves. Nice job. I'd also recommend this free article on the subject for women business owners[.........]

Great New Perspective!

Not only does this wonderful book offer worksheets and practical instruction for using our money, it delves into the motivations behind our financial behavior. It is incredibly eye-opening and at the same time really useful in generating an entirely new attitude about money. I particularly enjoyed the exercises in connecting your financial situation with your spiritual beliefs. This book very much helped me to change my once-negative attitude towards money and finances, and further motivated me to financially support my dreams I once thought I could not afford to. This is a great book for any woman interested in expanding or exploring their relationship to money.

Eye-opener

Among other things, the Money-History timeline as presented in William's book was amazing in showing my my spiritual connection to money throughout my life. I would have never considered putting the two together, nor weaving them together on purpose as she so suggests. This book was very instrumental in changing my perspective on the relationship of finance to spirituality. More importantly, it showed me how to do this. A very interesting read!

A Most Valuable Tool

I highly recommend this book. In my work as a psychotherapist, I meet many women who have not yet come to terms with with their personal financial demons. A Woman's Book of Money & Spiritual Vision has provided me with a wonderful tool with which I can help them begin. The book is written in a personal style. The author shares her own story as she presents questions and worksheets to help the reader explore the dynamic of money in her history and in her day-to-day life. It can be used alone or with a group to help uncover the myths and facts behind one's financial attitudes and behaviors.

Women and Money: Despite Rumors, Made for Each Other

Rosemary Williams looks at money--crazy-making, delicious, necessary money--from every angle. She does the same with women's belief systems. Money is simple; it's our baroque beliefs that keep us from it. "Money is never neutral," she says. "It triggers powerful emotions and conflicting messages--especially for women. The 'money messages' we were taught can pop up at any moment, in decisions large and small."This is "a workshop in a book" because that's how the author does her research. Her experience during years of leading women through the thorny underbrush of our misconceptions and false information could save the rest of us years of struggle and want. A former banker and financial planner, Williams has constructed her book like a diary. This is one book meant to be written in, the pages covered in notes. I found that a relief ; somehow breaking that "rule" of my father's gave me the idea that other childhood "rules" were also about to be replaced by grownup liberations. It also called to mind the writing we do in school workbooks in the act of learning. Something that may come as a surprise, says Williams, is that money and spirituality are not at odds.There are prayers and quotes scattered through this book. Somehow beginning this work by saying "Holy One, Sustainer of all things, give me the courage to look at my financial life with clear sight...." is a wonderfully centering process. With "Women and Money" women can lessen their fear through dispelling ignorance, which is surely the root of all evil.