Necessary Journeys: Letting Ourselves Learn from Life

by Nancy L. Snyderman

Book Overview

For years, Nancy Snyderman has been a familiar and trusted presence in the lives of women all over the country, both as a medical correspondent and an author. Now she turns her attention to those continuing journeys of self-discovery and fulfillment that are part of every womans life. Filled with her own heartfelt and revealing stories, Necessary Journeys, now available in paperback, illuminates the joys and challenges of womens everyday lives, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786884320
• ISBN13: 9780786884322
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Hyperion Books
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Humiliation, Divorce and Money

I wish this book had been around when I was going through my own devastating divorce. I felt so alone, humiliated and like a failure. The worst part was I was letting down kids and my parents and I didn't know where to turn for help or how to take back control of my life. Soon after my husband left us the creditors started calling. He had charged up a storm and then filed for bankruptcy, leaving me responsible for all of his bills. I've been struggling for years to pay off his debts. A few months ago I started reading the book, SIMPLE MONEY SOLUTIONS: 10 WAYS YOU CAN STOP FEELING OVERWHELMED BY MONEY AND START MAKING IT WORK FOR YOU," that I also saw on GOOD MORNING AMERICA. The author, Nancy Lloyd, has shown me what I should have known about money. Every woman needs to take responsibility for her finances -- and to teach our children how money and credit work before they leave home -- because at some point most of us are without a man around the house. Both books are lifesavers!

For love or money

Dr. Snyderman is right on target. Like so many women before us, we often make an unconscious choice of putting love before everything else. How else could you explain our inability to see what our spouses are doing behind our backs (but really in front of our noses)? It took me and Dr. Snyderman years to realize that if we didn't take responsibility for things we could never control our destinies. I too had money issues until I followed "Margaret's" book recommendation. "SIMPLE MONEY SOLUTIONS: 10 Ways You Can Stop Feeling Overwhelmed By Money and Start Making It Work For You," really did work for me. I didn't even know what I didn't know about money. This book has shown me the way to financial freedom. Coupled with "NECESSARY JOURNEYS," I feel like I am finally getting a chance to take charge of my destiny and lead the life I was placed on this earth for.

I've Admired Her For Years, My Admiration Grows

I have admired this lovely, intelligent, talented and humorous woman on television for a number of years. She has always seemed to be someone you could know, would like to know.She has such an easy, gentle manner about her on tv and her book is so easy to read that it seems like she is talking to you on the phone or face to face. She bears her soul and shows that good can come out of painful events. I admire her all the more for the courage she has shown in sharing the painful and difficult times of her life, and how she has learned from them. I think this book can teach other women a great deal about life, its ups and downs and give women hope that they, too, can overcome adversity.

What we do for love!

Reading this book was like reliving the best and worst moments of my life. I too had a cheating husband. He "dated" other women while we were married and when I filed for divorce I found he was also stealing my money. Nancy triumphed and I hope to follow her example.I am rebuilding my life and doing something else Nancy recommends--taking control of my finances. After watching GOOD MORNING AMERICA a few months ago I bought a copy of a book called, SIMPLE MONEY SOLUTIONS, by another woman named Nancy I saw on GMA. It has taught me everything my own mother never knew about money. Both books are blessings and well worth reading.

Necessary Journeys: Letting Ourselves Learn From Life

Honest, frank and heartfelt. Dr. Snyderman shares her own hard-learned lessons so that we all may grow. A gutsy book! Very full of wisdom.