Excellent book on how to take control of your finances after divorce, death or disaster; in my case disaster was unemployment. I wish I had this guide in 2010 after I was coming out of two years of unemployment. The best advice is proactive planning, once your savings is gone it is difficult to recover from the setback. I also loved the advice on Self-Care, we cannot walk in fear when we are planning our financial future “have some fun”.
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M.A.D. Money: 7 Commitments to Reclaim Your Financial Power After Divorce, Death, or Disaster
10th Anniversary Edition: updated and expanded, for every woman rebuilding her financial life on her own terms.
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Learn, Strategize, Plan:
Your Comeback Is Not a Vanity Project. It's a Blueprint.
Divorce, widowhood, disability, disaster, life doesn't ask permission before it changes everything. What it doesn't have to change is whether you know your numbers, your rights, and your next move.
M.A.D. Money draws on real financial frameworks, real research, and one woman's own comeback story to help you rebuild with clarity instead of chaos, one commitment at a time.
This is your comeback, on your terms.
In This Book, You'll Learn How To
Accept, Get Sage Advice, & Take Ownership of your Future
- Move through the emotional and financial reality of crisis without shame
- Know exactly what to look for (and avoid) in a financial advisor
- Replace financial fear with a clear-eyed plan you can actually follow
Plan, Act, and Build Your Buffer
- A tiered system for building real financial resilience before disaster strikes, not after
- Turn savings goals into repeatable habits that survive setbacks
- Map each financial decision into concrete, manageable next steps
Protect What's Yours, and Pass It On
- Safeguard your income, credit, and assets with clear documentation
- Build a Family Continuity Plan the people you love can actually use
- Pass on access, instructions, and values alongside your wealth
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M.A.D. Money, Money After Divorce, Death or Disaster, is more than a book. It’s a starting point for your financial comeback.
Inside, you’ll work through seven commitments designed to help you move from uncertainty to clarity, from financial survival to intentional rebuilding, and from simply getting through your next chapter to taking ownership of it.
When you get your copy, you’ll also be able to tap into a growing library of downloadable resources created to help you put the lessons into action. Think practical worksheets, planning tools, reflection prompts, checklists, and financial preparedness resources you can return to as your life and priorities evolve.
Upcoming M.A.D. Money Roundtables for Her and Naked & Exposed Workshops will give you opportunities to go deeper into the principles from the book, work through key financial decisions, ask better questions, and build your next chapter alongside other women doing the same.
Whether you’re rebuilding after divorce, loss, an unexpected life change, or simply realizing it’s time to take a more active role in your financial future, you don’t have to figure out everything at once.
Start with one commitment. One decision. One next move.
With M.A.D. Money, you’ll have access to:
- The updated and expanded book, your roadmap for rebuilding with greater clarity and confidence
- Downloadable tools and resources, practical support for applying what you learn
- M.A.D. Money Roundtables for Her, guided conversations designed to deepen the principles from the book
- Naked & Exposed Workshops, focused learning experiences to help you confront, understand, and strengthen key areas of your financial life
- Ongoing financial empowerment content, encouragement, education, and next-step guidance for the journey ahead
Your comeback doesn’t have to happen overnight. It just has to begin.
Get your copy of M.A.D. Money and take the next step toward a financial life built on clarity, confidence, protection, and choice.
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Kemberli delivers keynotes, workshops, and breakout sessions on financial resilience, family preparedness, and rebuilding after crisis, for corporate women's groups, financial literacy programs, and conferences nationwide.
Signature talks include The Family Continuity Blueprint, The 7 Commitments, Know Your Number Know Your Access, Protecting What's Yours, and The Disaster Buffer.