"Thanks, Ruth, for getting me unstuck."

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"I just have to tell you that every woman who attended our Circle of Women meeting last week was completely gripped by your talk! We got into our small groups and had discussions over your questions and as we cleaned up hospitality, and we continued to talk about it until we got into our cars and drove home percolating on your very important message: “how am I going to take care of my ‘inner 80 year old’?” It obviously is a topic that we must work out in our lives and I thank you for bringing it to us in your charming and personal style. I’ll warn you that there were suggestions to call you back for more!"

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"As Chair of our new program series, 'Women, Money and Finance,' at the St. Paul Branch AAUW (American Association of University Women), I want to express our thanks to you for being such a wonderful speaker. You gave such a great talk and the question and answer period was exceptional. Everybody I talked to wants more of the same. Now my problem is who do I get for an encore!"

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"The course you taught was simply tremendous--so practical, so essential. I have recommended it to other women whom I know would benefit from your class just as I have. That our childhood experiences affect our existing adult attitudes toward money, and the management of it, is simple yet utterly profound. Why, it makes all the sense in the world, if one takes the time to reflect upon it! And having come to terms with the consequences of our upbringing, the other exercises that you taught us are not quite so overwhelming."

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"I have just read How To Turn Your Money Life Around. Thank you." Lynn--Glasgow, Scotland

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"I came to your class with my Cinderella complex still fully operational. What I discovered first, and shockingly, was that I am in jeopardy--and I must and can change that. Now, I am discovering and cultivating the Prince in me, and I can feel already that the Prince and Cinderella together are exactly adequate. Thank you for helping me to learn these things."

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"Regarding Sunday morning's presentation: I do not mean to sound fatuous, but I have to sincerely tell you that you really touched and reached everyone in that room. Feedback to me has been enormously positive and unanimous in this point--that your manner and personality was so real and warm, while still being extremely informed and professional. Everyone trusted you. This stands in such contrast to our more usual encounters with someone female and 'successful,' their persona often being very brittle and condescending. You have launched many people on a path of new awareness--and we thank you for getting the process started."