Financial First Aid
Essential Tools for Confident, Secure Money Management

A lot of the financial advice books I've come across lately have focused on shutting down negative self-talk around prior money mistakes and going forward with a growth mindset. This book was actually a pretty fun read. I enjoyed the advice on the necessity of having multiple savings accounts, recog......more

This book is a fantastic resource and helped me feel more financially prepared and confident about things like my emergency funds, retirement savings, budget etc. Alyssa is my favourite finance influencer and this book reads like your smart friend is telling you all the things. It's also a very visu......more

Approachable, encouraging and filled with practical tips for making money work YOUR way. Unlike authors of many other financial books I’ve read, the author doesn’t chastise readers for what they don’t know about finance. Instead, she empowers readers to explore areas of curiosity and understand that......more

While I think that some of the suggestions in this book wouldn't work for the very low-income, I thought it was a very nonjudgmental and empathetic view of finances. The author even went as far as to include things like disability, childcare, and abusive relationships and how and why situations like......more

Alyssa does an amazing job of walking the reader through many of life’s emergencies and how to save for them. I love all her real life examples from herself and others and how she shows the readers to be prepared for all life throws at you. This is such an excellent book and should be a must read fo......more