Money and Happiness: A Guide to Living the Good Life

An inspirational guide to managing money according to values and prioritiesIn Money and Happiness, award-winning print and television journalist Laura Rowley reveals the secret to financial happiness: aligning your money and your values. Rowley, the personal finance columnist for Self magazine gives readers a road map to wealth with practical financial tools and positive strategies for creating "the good life" in a meaningful way. Rowley shows how to identify our highest values and overcome unconscious beliefs and personality traits that frustrate our efforts to manage money in a healthy way. Packed with in-depth insight and advice on earning, spending, saving, investing, and getting out of debt, the book also explores decades of research into behavioral economics-uncovering how to be happy with whatever you have in the bank, while you move toward your long-term goals. At the heart of Money and Happiness are powerful stories of real women, and how they have used money to shape their lives in an authentic way. With an imaginative approach to the art and science of personal finance, Rowley inspires readers to find genuine happiness with money as their partner.