Before you can truly face your finances, you must first face your fears. Suze Orman, internationally known financial expert, bestselling author, and host of the Suze Orman Show, shows you how in The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom: Practical & Spiritual Steps So You Can Stop Worrying. While explaining the basics of money management from how to gain control of your debt to the ins and outs of retirement plans, Orman sets forth in her signature, straightforward style “the five laws of financial freedom.” You’ll learn from others as Orman shares case studies from her years of experience as a certified financial planner, and from her own humble beginnings. Exercises and questions throughout the book will help you, for example, identify the root of your financial fears, excavate them, and replace them with “new truths.” Understand the laws and implement the nine steps and you’ll be well on your way toward making your financial freedom a reality. In The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom, you’ll learn:

• How to face your fears and what you must do to manage your money, and how to tap into “true wealth.”
• Why investing is so important, and the power of compounding and dollar cost averaging.
• How to identify your beliefs connected to money.
• About the two types of debt and how to get control of it and what you must know about credit cards.
• How to locate “found money.”
• About money market accounts and how to determine the best one for you.
• How to assess the “real” cost of a purchase whether it’s large or small.
• About market fluctuations and how they can impact your investments.
• Why you should maximize your 401(k) contributions.