{"product_id":"women-empowering-themselves-book-antoinette-babek-9781598589818","title":"Women Empowering Themselves","description":"Women Empowering Themselves: A Financial Survival Guide will take you through the basic steps to calculate your financial worth, identify your financial needs and gain control of your financial destiny. Inside are simple exercises and tools to help you understand what you own and what you owe and to show you how to manage your budget and debt, whether you're in a relationship or alone. Keep this guide with you as a reference, a financial record keeper and a resource; you will become more financially aware and independent. It will be like having a credit counselor in your purse \u003cbr\u003e Inside this guide you will find: \u003cbr\u003e Definitions of financial terms and concepts\u003cbr\u003e Tips for organizing your financial information\u003cbr\u003e Marital and personal net worth charts\u003cbr\u003e Personal income calculators\u003cbr\u003e Household expense analysis\u003cbr\u003e Budgeting and problem-solving tools\u003cbr\u003e Debt and credit report explanations\u003cbr\u003e Warnings of potential financial pitfalls\u003cbr\u003e Housing and major expense evaluations\u003cbr\u003e Financial considerations for divorce negotiations\u003cbr\u003e Savings tips and financial goal setting\u003cbr\u003e Resource directory for information and assistance \u003cbr\u003e ANTOINETTE BABEK is an Accredited Financial Counselor and Certified Personal Finance Counselor for a nonprofit credit counseling agency. For the past three years she has counseled thousands of clients throughout the United States. She is involved with several outreach programs, volunteering at a local hospital and food bank, and is leading the Making Strides incentive to promote breast cancer awareness. In addition, Antoinette is certified by the National Guild of Hypnotists. She gives hypnosis consulting for advanced weight loss, smoking, stress management and other addictions.\u003cbr\u003e Antoinette was a managing partner of her own industrial company for over twenty five years, in charge of marketing, business strategy and finance. After her marriage ended, she moved to South Jersey to be closer to her family. She immediately became involved in community volunteer programs, raising money for Harbor House and Contact Through Extended Arms. Antoinette has two passions in life: traveling and cooking. Both hobbies have led to an ever-expaning circle of friends from many countries. Entertaining her family and friends, and helping others are her most rewarding endeavors.\u003cbr\u003e HOLLIS COLQUHOUN is currently a Financial Advisor for Waddell and Reed Financial Advisors, and has over twenty years of experience in the financial industry. Starting out as an institutional trader and salesperson for a Wall Street brokerage firm, she later became one of its first female partners. Hollis worked in the Corporate Bond Departments of several New York firms then moved into the distressed securities market where she helped set up a new brokerage operation for one of Wall Street s masters of value investing. Three years later, Hollis stopped working to devote more time and attention to raising her three daughters. She also became very involved in local community projects and a nonprofit education foundation.\u003cbr\u003e Two years ago, Hollis was hired by a nonprofit credit counseling agency and received certification as an Accredited Financial Counselor and as a Certified Personal Finance Counselor. Over a two-year period, Hollis counseled thousands of clients who were drowning in debt and in need of financial guidance. She also conducted workshops on budgeting and credit for local community organizations and New Jersey State welfare to- work programs. Hollis lives near the Jersey Shore, and when not working with local nonprofit organizations or promoting financial education for women, she pursues her interest in martial arts. She has a black belt in both karate and taekwondo.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50394071630097,"sku":"CIN1598589814G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1598589814.jpg?v=1751024028","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/women-empowering-themselves-book-antoinette-babek-9781598589818","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}