Author Description

On Your Own Does Not Mean All Alone. In the completely updated and revised edition of this best-selling classic, the authors share the stories of four widows of different ages and circumstances whose road to recovery illustrates how to best achieve emotional and financial well-being. They provide practical tools and knowledge for widows to move forward and emerge stronger-from coping with grief and loss and organizing finances to understanding investments and developing a long-term plan. This book shows how to: - React to your loss - Deal with grief and your emotional needs - Develop psychological and financial support systems - Control your financial future - Protect your investments - Emerge stronger to build a new life The authors firmly believe that there is an essential connection between both financial and psychological well-being. The stories combined with the practical and easy-to-follow advice based on the author's years of experience working with widows, will guide readers step-by-step through this very difficult process. Praise for Previous Editions of On Your Own: "On Your Own can be a valuable guide book for the newly widowed. This book has much excellent information. A gift of this book could be the biggest favor you can do for a newly widowed friend." -Associated Press "For all who have asked 'What do I do now?' or 'Who can help me...?' I recommend On Your Own...the authors lead the reader through important topics often thought to be too intimidating or too confusing for someone wrought with fear and sadness." -Edward Jay Beckwith, Estate Planning Attorney "On Your Own is more than a financial planning guide. It is also a guide for surviving the emotional rite of passage that surviving spouses must endure. On Your Own is a sensitive and practical work about a necessary but painful period in the life of widow. Widowers should read it also." -Bureau of National Affairs "On Your Own con