Making Bread:
The Ultimate Financial Guide for Women Who Need Dough

By Gail Harlow with Elizabeth. Lewin Running Press; April 2005; 0-7624-2201-7. $16.95
This book is inspired by Gail Harlow’s digital financial magazine and companion website, www.makingbreadmagazine.com.

“As a group, women live longer, earn less, and save half as much as men for their retirement,” writes Harlow. Making Bread focuses on the financial issues that are unique to women such as taking time off to have children, not earning the same as their male colleagues, and not always knowing what to do with the money they earn. In addition to the authors’ expert advice, Making Bread features collected stories and strategies from other real-life women who have financial know-how.

The book is broken down into two sections. Part One: Female Finance Time Line offers financial advice for women along every stage of their lives. From Smart Money Moves for Single Women to How to Afford Kids to Securing Enough Money to Enjoy Your Golden Years are among the chapter topics offered. In Part Two: Success & Savings Guide, practical hints for every woman to build a substantial savings account are provided with chapters on Escaping the Wage Gap Trap to Cash Dieting Tips & Financial Makeovers to Women & Investing: Tips for Making Your Bread Rise.

Making Bread can help women banish credit card debt, raise a family affordably, invest intelligently, save for retirement and make their own money grow. Gail Harlow is founding editor of the digital publication Making Bread: The Magazine for Women Who Need Dough. Elizabeth Lewin is a financial planner and contributing editor to the magazine.

The #1 Bestselling “7 Habits” author Stephen Covey now offers a trio of programs for you, your family and your career.

Called a “Coach in a box”, the three distinct boxes of cds offer three areas of interest:

• For You: “Living the 7 Habits: Inspiring Stories, Applications and Insights” (www.GildanMedia.com; $29.98; 9 CDs/ approx. 9 hrs.): Covey personally selected the moving testimonials from men and women who have employed the “7 Habits” principles and achieved dramatic and positive changes in their lives. These stories range from resolving family conflicts to balancing work and family; from confronting loss to meeting the demands of today’s workplace. Covey draws on the experiences of real people to illustrate how anyone can create the life they want by bringing the powerful wisdom of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People into their lives.

• For Your Family: “The 7 Habits Family Collection: Leadership Where It Matters Most” (www.GildanMedia.com; $29.98; 9 CDs/approx. 10 hrs.) contains three audio programs in one: “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families,” “How To Develop A Family Mission Statement,” and “Balancing Work and Family.”
In this audio collection, Dr. Covey turns his attention to resolving family issues and strengthening the familial bond. He describes: how parents must maintain control while also giving children the freedom to develop; how to build a high-trust, loving marriage despite an environment of distrust and cynicism; how to create a family mission statement; how to develop patience, problem-solving abilities and have fun; how to balance the needs of the workplace with the needs of one’s family; and how to strengthen individual family members and the whole family unit in a chaotic world.

• For Your Career: In “Principle-Centered Leadership” (www.GildanMedia.com; $19.98; 6 CDs/approx. 5 hrs.) the #1 bestselling author presents a paradigm for dealing with individuals, organizations and society at large and demonstrates how centering our lives on correct principles empowers us to become more balanced, unified and organized in all aspects of our lives. He addresses how people and organizations can thrive despite great change and huge pressures, and how to achieve the highly desirable balance between work and home life.

Recognizing the principle-centered core of ourselves and the organizations we work in, we can: Unleash creativity, talent and energy; Create harmony amidst change and external pressures; Build a culture that embraces change while maintaining stability and security; Align others with our goals and strategies; Cultivate an atmosphere of
mutual respect; Realize professional goals and personal dreams; and Balance personal and professional demands.

By Dr. James W. Hicks, M.D.
Publisher: Yale University Press
(March 11, 2005) ISBN: 0300106572

This new guide to understanding mental health presents a clear account of a wide range of psychiatric symptoms and their treatment. The recent student massacre in Red Lake, Minnesota, has people everywhere talking about the early warning signs that were missed. 16 year-old shooter Jeff Weise was a ticking time bomb, yet no one realized just how serious his psychiatric symptoms were, until it was too late. Knowing what signs to look for and what sort of treatment is available for mental illness can make all the difference. Hicks is a highly regarded forensic psychiatrist with extensive clinical experience.

A user-friendly, alphabetical guide to psychiatric symptoms and what you should know about them. The book introduces a wide range of psychiatric symptoms and their treatments. Written for anyone concerned about his or her own mental health or about symptoms observed in family members or close friends, the book is packed with useful and reassuring information. It is both easy to read and difficult to put down.

The volume presents 50 signs that may—or may not—signal mental illness. Arranged alphabetically, the signs include everything from anger to sexual preoccupations, from cravings to obsessions. Hicks begins each topic with a vignette to illustrate the symptom. He explains how a specific sign can be caused by several different illnesses and may even be a normal response to stress. And he outlines available treatments as well as strategies for coping with each symptom. Nearly one in three individuals experiences psychiatric symptoms each year. This book clarifies the significance of such signs and guides its readers toward appropriate treatment choices.