In order to create lasting security you must learn to stand in your truth.

If you are worried about job security and do not have an adequate emergency fund (ideally eight months' worth of living expenses stashed away in a federally insured bank or credit union), you need to focus more on saving money than paying down the balance on your credit cards.

I'm probably the only bestselling author you know who's written more books than she's read.

If you have a 50 percent match and you get in trouble financially, you can either withdraw money as a loan, or withdraw the 50 percent match. If you take it out, you have to pay taxes on it, but you still come out ahead.

Many people are in the dark when it comes to money, and I'm going to turn on the lights.

We never had it as rough as the kids have it today. Look at the price of a gallon of gas or a piece of real estate or a college education.

When you start really respecting yourself, those you love, and your money, the result is that you start having control over your money. What follows from that is control over your life.