This was basically a rehash of basic financial information and tips that you can find for free anywhere on the internet.

This book is really good. It is American in tone but don't let that put you off! The author offers many examples of how to manage your money, and her advice will probably make you change the way you think about money.

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for an advance ARC copy of this book.

The 30-Day Money Cleanse by Ashley Feinstein Gerstley is a four week guide to changing your money habits. Each week has simple steps to gradually adjust how you handle your money. The book does not set out hard and fast rules of things you must do. Rather it gently guides you. The book is best for those starting out on their money journey. Frugal black belts will not find much new information, but this book is a valuable resource for those wanting to begin a change.

This short guide to getting your personal finances on track to be packed full of useful tips and insights. The author's system is explained in easy to understand and implement steps which should prove useful for a wide range of people. In particular, the approach used to separate basic expenses from extras is very powerful.

The 30-Day Money Cleanse by Ashley Feinstein Gerstley is a must have! Whether you are a money saving novice or just need to get back on track, this book will not only illuminate tips to answer the paramount question of how our money is being spent but it also gives practical suggestions for a money mindset, rewarding ourselves, saving funds for future goals, removing financial stress and much more. Great comprehensive read with relevant tips.

I received a review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley for my honest review. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Synopsis from the Publisher/NetGalley.com
Create a healthy money mindset that will eliminate financial stress, form a positive money habit, and align your finances with your values...

Take control of your finances and de-stress your relationship with money! Like food, money is something all of us use but none of us talk about—creating a stressful relationship that most of us suffer from, obsess over, and try to avoid altogether because it feels too impossible to manage. No matter your income, understanding and CONTROLLING your own financial position will allow you to not just exist securely but to be happy and free in your choices.

This book asks one question that I believe is key to achieving the 30 day money cleanse, "where is your money going?"
It offers a practical approach first to what we think and feel about money, having the right mindset, managing our expenses (love the idea of an expense journal) and also knowing when and how to be frugal about spending and treating ourselves. Thanks Netgalley for the eARC. I believe it's best enjoyed when bought in paperback form.

The 30-Day Money Cleanse is best suited for a young audience. I found this book to be oversimplified and while it has a few useful reminders, it didn’t offer anything new or groundbreaking.

The 30-Day Money Cleanse suggests writing down your financial goals then examining the emotional reasoning behind each. I do agree this is a good practice, as it can help people identify the “why” behind their decisions. The book also suggests being as specific as possible, when outlining your goals and financial guidelines. For example, don’t have the goal “Spend less on dining out”. What does this actually mean? Specify how many meals per week you plan to eat out, or how much money you plan to spend on dining out for the whole week. This way you’ll have a realistic assessment of your actual (vs. perceived) expenses.

The 30-Day Money Cleanse is on the shorter side and written in a casual tone. I think young adults who are just getting a handle on their finances and trying to set longer term money goals would get the most benefit out of this book, as a starting point.

This book is a basic step by step guide to approaching your relationship with money in a more mindful way. The author spends some time talking about the emotional aspects of money and uses the metaphor of a cleanse to get you to form better habits - there's plenty of motivational speak with some anecdotal inspiration.

The book is then split up into a week by week list of things you want to think about and do. While this is great for someone looking for an introductory lesson, I felt that the exercises were a bit simplistic and made too many assumptions like the reader has an issue with compulsive spending, shopping or other such extreme attitudes instead of addressing a potential range of people with beginner to advanced knowledge of the subject. With all this, the book also does not quite manage to become a comprehensive resource or transform your relationship with money - despite my interest in the topic, I wasn't quite driven by the author to follow all the instructions step by step. It would have also been more useful to have examples of completed exercises like money journals to help the reader visualize what they aspire to (read Refinery29 Money Diaries: Everything You've Ever Wanted To Know About Your Finances... And Everyone Else's! The book and online series are super interesting and will certainly drive introspection & conversation)

Overall the advice in the book played it a little too safe and didn't leave me wanting to learn more. Some of the terms used like Financial Bliss and Money Parties also did not resonate with me but may be more appealing to someone who wants to make money more fun. Read if you are new to the topic and want a really small step/dip into personal finance.

Very helpful and will keep for future reference. Some really good tips and items to think of going forward

3/5 stars. I was initially interested in this book because I have a bad relationship with money. I’m a saver and crazy about not overspending. I sometimes have a hard time spending $5. I do think that the 30 day cleanse is a good idea. But it did not really go over things that I am not already doing, or haven’t already done. For someone who hasn’t been working on their relationship with money, this may be a good read for them.

I do think that it was a bit basic. And it went over things that are common knowledge for a lot of people, like bringing your own lunch instead of eating out, or getting it from your work cafeteria. I also think that it just skimmed the surface, there could have been more in depth discussion. But again, for someone just starting out, the surface is the best place to start.

I did receive this as an ARC from Netgalley, so before publication on 1JAN2019, things may have changed.

You need just 30 days, for learn how to save money becoming an expert of your budget.
How, and how much you want to spend it, keeping the rest wisely safe.

Come on, it's not a secret: money is becoming the biggest problem of this world, because of lack of work, or less paid work; our latest generations won't never know the richness accumulated by our parents. It's a big problems this one and saving, or trying to keep our financial budget under control is more than necessary in this moment of crisis, uncertainty and misery.

How to do that?

Thanks to the good guidance of in 30 days you will all become money savers.

Her latest work, in fact, The 30-day Money Cleanse Take Control of Your Finances, Manage your Spending, and De-stress your Money for Good opens in fact our eyes about all that expensive voices that can be cut out; parsimony, frugality, another way of living will be the main philosophic voice that readers must adopt for living well and spending less.

Electrifying book this one; starting from real voices of your incomes and outcomes, the author will address you in the right, correct direction and thanks to a journal that you will keep during these 30 days, you will see the progression of your saving. The book is divided in four crucial weeks.

Saving, spending.

Most people don't have at all any kind of notion about this existential sector and what to do with their own money.
If someone know how to save, or how not to spend, it's because of sacrifices that he/she did before, but no one, adds the author, at school introduced any kind of topic for let understand better to the youngest population how to save and manage money.
This one is a problem adds the author, because if substantially all the rest of math, and other abstract subjects studied at school later will remain just... study, a topic like this one would be helpful for all of us all along our existence.

Money is a taboo.
People speak of everything but they try to avoid the voice money. Money remains a status-symbol of this society, maybe the biggest recognizable sign that someone "is arrived" and he/she is a successful person although at the same time money remains precious and spending or not spending makes the difference.

Enjoy this book, and happy life.

Highly recommended.

I thank NetGalley for this ebook.

I've been on the lookout for a guide to get my finances in order and for a proper guide on how to reach my goals.

The book's 4 week plan is alright, though it seems a bit fluffy and doesn't focus enough on the how-to, which is what I am looking for. I am certain that this will work great for others, but I like a step by step guide, something that I can make a list out of and visualize properly.

Thank you to Ashley Feinstein Gerstley, Sourcebooks and Netgalley for the opportunity to take and review this book. All comments are my own, unbiased opinion.

The author gave great advice to assist those of us that struggle with financial decisions! The advice was easy to follow. Highly recommend!

This wasn't a good time for me to start doing the cleanse itself, but will come back to it, as it seemed like great advice and I know I need to do it!

I was lucky enough to receive a free copy by of this book via netgalley! Very informative and useful!

Thank you Netgally and Ashley for this amazingly simple and easy to follow along with plan to building a better relationship with finances and money. I see this book as an important first step to getting on a plan to building solid financial habits and have already started talking to my older two kids about this book. Plan to buy them each copies.

Very interesting and you can learn a lot about money and managing it. I can see it being a huge hit and a great help to many

4/5

This is an interesting book for sure. I haven't tried the step-by-step, but reading it makes me really want to try!

This book opened with how to change your mindset over money. Which, duh, very important. I'm pretty familiar with the stuffs written here so I welcome the suggestion with open arms. I'm glad that this isn't just 'cut your Starbucks' thing as a shortcut. There were plenty journaling/exercises in money spending.

However, I'm skeptical with (example) changing vacation to yoga/take a stroll in the grass. Sometimes we want something so much that we have to get it. By then, the obsession would be over and we're satisfied with it. But maybe, I need to learn to love money more to substitute expensive stuffs with the cheaper stuffs.

Overall, it was a good read and I especially love the design.

Offers practical, step-by-step advice for getting your finances back on track or developing good financial habits. Since personal finance is not often taught in high school these days, many young adults do not have a basic understanding of budgeting, planning, saving, and other important skills to get on solid monetary footing. This book should help.

This book has some practical advice for those of us who just need to rein it in.
30 days is very doable and Ashley’s book has given me some good insights.

Thank you NetGalley for the book.