It's Time to Talk: A Woman's Guide to Navigating Money Conversations - Hardcover

by Sheila Schroeder (Author)

A step-by-step roadmap to confidence in financial management and money communication for women--written by a woman with decades of personal and professional experience in finance

In It's Time to Talk: A Woman's Guide to Navigating Money Conversations, experienced finance professional Sheila Schroeder delivers an inspiring and practical manual of women's finance and money communication. In 13 easy-to-follow chapters, the book provides essential, relatable guidance on managing your money and navigating tricky financial conversations with the people in your life. It's Time to Talk isn't just here to explain the difference between a 401(k) and an investment account. It empowers women to overcome the stigma and societal training that tells them they should feel uncomfortable or ashamed to talk about money, building confidence and independence along the way.

It's Time to Talk walks you through the steps to transform both your relationship to money and your relationships involving money, guiding you through personal finance decisions, plans for the future, money issues in your love life or family, and more. It combines real-life stories from the author's long and accomplished career with concise explanations of the financial concepts and communication principles you'll need to build financial security and tackle difficult money conversations authentically.

Inside the book:

• Conversational and intelligent advice on building a resilient and prosperous financial future
• Step-by-step guidance and suggested scripts for handling common financial communication challenges, such as asking for a raise at work, working through money tensions with a spouse or significant other, helping your kids understand money, navigating divorce and relationship changes, and assisting elderly parents in late-life and legacy planning.
• Useful checklists, sidebars, tips, techniques, and takeaways you can implement immediately for measurable, positive results

Perfect for all women doing their best to navigate the financial challenges of contemporary life, It's Time to Talk is a must-read roadmap to financial independence, security, resilience, and authentic relationships, written by a woman who has experienced - and conquered - the same obstacles you face every day.

Front Jacket

In It's Time to Talk: A Woman's Guide to Navigating Money Conversations, veteran finance professional Sheila Schroeder delivers a hands-on guide to women's finance and money communication. The book is packed with accurate, reliable guidance on money management and decision-making, walking you through how to navigate the trickiest financial conversations you'll have in your life.

Schroeder provides 13 easy-to-read chapters that discuss solutions to the money and finance problems we're most likely to face. You'll learn how to plan for the future, ask for--and receive--a raise at work, help your kids understand money, navigate relationship changes, separations, and divorces, and assist elderly parents in late-life and legacy planning. You'll also discover useful checklists, sidebars, tips, techniques, and takeaways you can apply immediately in your own life to achieve measurable, positive results.

It's Time to Talk presents conversational and intelligent advice on building a resilient and prosperous financial future. It considers and acknowledges the very real limitations and challenges that exist in the lives of working women and demonstrates how to tackle them head-on with realistic strategies that work in the real world. The book explains how to overcome the stigma that you face when talking about money and how you can build the confidence and independence you need to build financial resilience.

Perfect for every woman doing her best to build a secure and prosperous future for herself and her family, It's Time to Talk is a must-read roadmap to financial independence and authentic relationships, written by a woman who has experienced all the challenges you're facing right now and found ways to overcome them.

Back Jacket

"A must-read for every woman. It's Time to Talk is more than a guide to money. It's a guide to owning our voice, our choices, and our future. Sheila Schroeder writes with the wisdom of experience and the heart of a good friend who knows exactly what she's talking about when it comes to financial wisdom."
--SHARON KEDAR, Co-founder, Northpond Ventures

"Sheila Schroeder's groundbreaking book is a blueprint for women who seek agency over their financial narratives--an essential ingredient for true autonomy. Economic empowerment is inseparable from the ability to make decisions about our own bodies and lives. By opening up the conversation around money, Schroeder's work gives women the tools to claim both financial and personal freedom. This is a powerful resource for anyone committed to advancing women's equality in every sphere."
--NANCY NORTHUP, President and CEO, Center for Reproductive Rights

"An indispensable tool kit which I plan to give to women on the cusp of new beginnings--fresh graduates, new moms and professionals on the rise. This book should come with a multi-colored pack of highlighters."
--SARAH DYER, Co-founder, 100 Women in Finance

"Talking about money is uncomfortable, but avoiding these conversations is ruinous empathy, and is both financially and emotionally disastrous. Schroeder's liberating advice will help you be radically candid about money."
--KIM SCOTT, Author of Radical Candor

"As someone who has had thousands of conversations about wealth with my own clients, I can say It's Time to Talk is a book that can empower any woman to feel confident in starting and being part of any conversation about money. It is perfectly pitched and delivered with compassion and authenticity, which speaks volumes about Sheila's natural ability to connect women to this vital narrative."
-- KRISTEN CUNLIFFE, DipPFS, CeFC, Specialist Financial Educator and Personal Financial Coach in Elite Sport

"Sheila Schroeder changed our lives when she taught our family--including our kids--how to talk to each other about the topic most families avoid: money. Now, in this stunningly fresh book, she shares her bring-down-the-walls strategies in simple, step-by-step lessons that anyone can understand. Even men."
--PHILLIP LERMAN, Bestselling author and former national editor of USA Today

Author Biography

SHEILA SCHROEDER is the Consultant, Regional Head of Business Development for Wealthspire Advisors. She's enjoyed a decades-long career in finance and is passionate about helping women everywhere navigate the financial challenges of contemporary life.