The Recovering Spender

By: Lauren Greutman

Narrated by: Lauren Greutman

Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins

Publisher's Summary

After learning how to curb her spending habits, Lauren Greutman shares her hard-earned knowledge on how to get out of debt and live without the financial pressures that many people face today.

Millions of Americans today are near financial disaster - spending more money than they are bringing in and losing control of their money. Lauren Greutman knows how that feels. For years she struggled with too many bills to pay and not enough money to pay them. When Lauren found herself drowning in debt, she finally faced her extreme spending habits and took action.

In The Recovering Spender, Lauren shares her story and offers advice that is based on the many strategies she developed to change her own life and bring her family budget back to black. Lauren shows her listeners, step by step, how to get rid of bad money habits, pay down debt, and stay within a budget.

Some of the action chapters in the book are:

• Take an inventory of your spending
• Declutter your finances
• Do an expense audit
• Curb your spending and define your values

Lauren exchanged the overrated, stressed-out American dream for a new one - a happier life filled with family, friends, and financial freedom - and now you can do the same!

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

©2016 Lauren Greutman (P)2016 Hachette Audio

Not for me...

It seems others got something out of it, but I didn't care for it. I understood that her money issues came from investing into ponzi schemes and lying to her husband.

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

loved it

Great read, lots of helpful information. Gives me the sense that I can and will get financially back on track.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Excellent book for everyone

This is a great book for anyone. Even if you are not in debt up to your eyeballs, this book helps you to refocus your spending on what's important. No one wants to just spend money frivolously. Let this book help you regain focus for your spending. Budgets aren't evil.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Religious Affiliation

It always bothers me when a book thats supposed to be about an unrelated topic starts preaching. She reads bible verses and talks about God.

12 of 19 people found this review helpful

This is a sales pitch

Would you try another book from Lauren Greutman and/or Lauren Greutman?

I might look at her blog, but this book was an unneeded purchase. Her back story is widely available. He course is excellent, I'm sure. She does at one point relate a testimonial of a woman who buys her course on credit, which is okay, according to Gruetman, because the purchase will pay for itself in days!

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

It's a great story of overcoming both debts and habits. Not a lot of specifics. Her Christian testimony, followed by a skillful salespitch.

5 of 8 people found this review helpful

,Amazing

Absolutely LOVE the book. Really helpful, intruiging. From chronic spender to troubled guy like me struggling to learn to save money this book is a MUST BUY!

some parallel lines

I enjoyed the book and the author's success. The one point to re-acknowledge is that the author had a strong support system. there might be more challenges for a single parent, etc. There are many great tips to take throughout though.

Great, thanks!

Entertaining, interesting and helpful. Worth a listen. There is a lot of useful information including references to other useful books