I Now Pronounce You Financially Fit

This unique book explores an overlooked but pivotal truth: Divorce is a financial planning issue. All too often, people willingly enter into marriage without even discussing our investments, obligations, income, budget, or the impact a divorce might have on our financial futures. Why would we taint our special day by talking about money when there are caterers to hire and dicey family dynamics to manage? Both men and women think marriage is supposed to be about trust, love, and romance. And it is. But we are ignoring an important reality. The current divorce rate is about fifty percent. In I Now Pronounce You Financially Fit, Pam Friedman talks about this financial elephant in the room. In marriage, as Friedman explains, it is never too late to protect our money from the financial devastation of divorce. And if divorce is unavoidable, her advice can help us through that too. Pam Friedman uses her twenty-plus years of experience in financial planning and investing to advise us about how to address our finances as couples. By being sensible, informed, and realistic, we can prevent many of the financial problems that cause divorce—or that divorce can cause. ​Read this book and let Pam Friedman help you discover your happily ever after.

After accomplishing her own successful weight loss journey, financial planner Shannon McLay realized that while there are a number of resources available to people who want to become physically fit, there are far fewer for those looking to become financially fit. Many personal finance books tend to put the cart before the horse when it comes to financial planning, prompting McLay to ask, “How can you discuss retirement or investment options, when you don’t have any money to begin with?" Most people don’t even know what financial fitness looks like, let alone how to achieve it. We can measure and weigh ourselves to quantify physical health, but how do we evaluate our financial health? McLay, an advisor who works with individuals everyday on their financial health, has created an innovative quiz to help you learn whether you’re “financially skinny,” financially fat,” or “financially fit.” From there, she provides exercises and advice to help you achieve, or sustain, a financially fit lifestyle. As with physical health and fitness, financial fitness is a goal that anyone can achieve. The journey is very similar: you need a plan and the right tools to accomplish your goals. This book will give you the resources you need along your journey to financial fitness, all you have to do is follow it just like any other training.

Based on extensive nationwide research conducted by the author and the Institute for Socio-Financial Studies about what people need to learn and do to become financially savvy, You and Your Money gives you the skills you need to be financially competent and self-sufficient...so you can make the right decisions about money–today, tomorrow, always! You don’t need to know everything about personal finance. You do need to know three things: where you stand today, what you can do now, and how to become more financially secure for the rest of your life. This book helps you answer those three questions. It’s easy, readable, practical, and quick. It gives you simple, common-sense tools for achieving financial success...tools you can use in every part of your life, not just finance! It brings together real stories from real people. People like you. People who know what they want, and just need to know how to get there. CREATE YOUR OWN PERSONAL LIFE VALUES PROFILE: The book helps you develop your unique personal profile so you can better assess your own goals and know how to achieve them GET SAVVY, AND FEEL MUCH MORE IN CONTROL: Easy, quick ways to take charge of your financial well-being GROW YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT SYSTEM, STEP-BY-STEP: Learn to communicate about money–and find objective, honest help when you need it PLAN YOUR FINANCES AROUND THE CHANGES IN YOUR LIFE: Plan for life transitions, prepare for disasters, and learn how to recover from financial setbacks

Financial fitness is a critical building block to achieve overall wellbeing. If you perceive finances to be tedious or complicated, this book will change your perception. Financially Fit and Wealthy will take you on a step-by-step journey towards improving your financial fitness. No matter where you are on your own financial journey, you will obtain guidance to help you build a more secure financial future for yourself and your family. This book explains financial concepts by way of linking them to concepts and processes you would follow to achieve physical fitness and health, which makes it unique, more fun to read and easy to understand and apply in your personal situation. Financially Fit and Wealthy is a must-read for every individual, regardless of age or gender, who would like to become financially fit and ultimately create wealth. About the authorRonel Jooste is a Chartered Accountant by profession. She spent more than a decade in the corporate financial services industry, where she gained valuable experience in the banking, investments and insurance fields. In 2015 she left the corporate world to pursue her passion of helping individuals and businesses to become financially fit for life through consulting and training. She has developed online financial courses and offers financial wellness programmes. Ronel is a contributor of financial articles for various publications including the Finesse and Accountancy SA magazines. She presented her own financial talk show on radio and often acts as speaker at events. She is a Margaret Hirsch Woman in Business Achiever 2018 finalist, the Mrs. Pretoria-Tshwane 2019 1st princess and has been nominated as a DMI Top 100 SA Difference Maker. The aim of Ronel's foundation, Ronel Jooste Dream Foundation, is to empower and educate individuals about finances and entrepreneurship. Ronel's other passion is fitness and she is a qualified personal trainer.

When it comes to personal finances, many of us have been led to believe that the best path to impressive bank accounts is by way of hot tips from renowned investment gurus or other similar strokes of fortune. What most people don't realize is that the most effective way to ensure financial security is simply by creating a sound and sustainable written plan. Now seasoned financial planner Wesley Forster presents a step-by-step resource that will enable anyone to establish the kind of plan that will result in the most valuable asset of all: ongoing peace of mind. Know You Can: No More Excuses-How to Become Financially Fit in 90 Days can take you from confused to confident in three transformative months. Drawing on the author's expertise in the finance field as well as his passion as an accomplished pilot, this definitive guide compares making good financial decisions to the fundamentals of flying. In short, it's all about getting from Point A to Point B, and doing so safely. To that end, Forster shares information and insight that he has garnered in his role as the founder of the company HSI Financial Group Inc., which has helped thousands of people retire with renewed confidence. By mapping out a well-considered plan, these individuals know they have the means to meet the next chapter of their lives with sufficient resources. Forster was inspired to write his guide after twenty-eight years of observing the disappointment and frustration of many prospective clients who walk through the door of his company. He quickly learned that many people are not even positive what their financial goals are. Given this lack of forward-thinking, people often look back on five, ten, or even twenty years earlier in their lives and wonder why they never get ahead. However, they remain uncertain how to change the situation or even what needs to be changed. All of this Forster attributes to the same issue: the lack of a plan. Know You Can covers the creation of a solid plan, including tax planning and estate planning; ways of ensuring you have a good plan; investing; insurance; business planning; creating financial harmony in the home; and more. If there is a place you want to get to in your future, this book has been written for you. It ties the entire process together with a step-by-step, actionable approach that is straightforward, methodical, and easy to read. The bottom line is simple: with the right financial plan, anyone can rest easy in the years ahead.

Steve Down's Financially Fit for Life is the cutting edge of financial education and fitness. The Seven Steps contains 33 exercises that can treat every financial disease. Any single exercise can make an immediate impact on your financial health. Combined, they may accelerate you to a state of top financial fitness.Immediately improve your cash flow.Pay off every debt in five years or less.Be totally financially free within ten years.Feel, think and act differently about money.

PARTNERS IN PARENTHOOD… A wedding was the last thing Powell Greer would have planned for his reunion with Lydia Farnsworth. But he and his college sweetheart had just become guardians for two oprhaned godchildren. Now for the sake of the children, he'd give this ready-made family a shot. AND MARRIAGE? For the adorable children Lydia would do anything—but marry Powell? Still, once the wedding vows were exchanged, the real test would come between bedtime stories and early morning cuddles…. THAT'S MY BABY!