Holistic Wealth (Expanded and Updated): 36 Life Lessons to Help You Recover from Disruption, Find Your Life Purpose, and Achieve Financial Freedom

By Keisha Blair and Kelly Rutherford

"We love your work on Holistic Wealth!" —Oprah Daily Editors

WINNER of the 2023 Best Books Award (American Book Fest) in the Self-Help: Motivational category

A Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper Recommended Book, December 2022

Imagine a life where you are financially savvy and independent, living with purpose and generosity while inspiring others. 

“In this terrific read, Keisha Blair gives us all the tools to thrive, no matter the obstacles we face. She defines prosperity as something beyond monetary figures. Holistic wealth is financial, physical, and emotional stability combined—and she shows us how to get there.” —Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper

Imagine facing life’s disruption with confidence, knowing how to regain your balance in times of uncertainty. By expanding on the teachings shared in the highly acclaimed first edition of her book and in her viral article, “My Husband Died at Age 34—Here Are 40 Life Lessons I Learned from It,” viewed by more than fifty million people globally, author Keisha Blair presents even more revolutionary strategies—curated for the challenges of today’s world—that will help you find balance and success. 

This updated edition of the classic book is fully revised throughout, and includes: 

• A new foreword by iconic actress and activist Kelly Rutherford, star of Gossip Girl, Melrose Place, and Dynasty
• Additional chapters on pandemic-related disruptions and how to face them 
• More than 50 practical tips and case studies from trailblazers, luminaries, and readers (including Certified Holistic Wealth Consultants™ trained by Keisha Blair) who have increased their income, overcome disruption and setbacks, and reinvented themselves using the original book as a guide. 
• New interviews from the Holistic Wealth Podcast with Keisha Blair 
• A Holistic Wealth framework broken down into four easy parts to enable you to assess and build wealth in all areas of your life 

From financial stability and physical health to your emotional and spiritual connections with others, prosperity is more than just a number—it’s a way of living, and it’s yours for the taking.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Girl Friday Books
• Release date: Mar 22, 2022
• ISBN: 9781954854376

Keisha Blair

Keisha Blair is the award-winning, bestselling author of Holistic Wealth: 32 Life Lessons to Help You Find Purpose, Prosperity, and Happiness and the Holistic Wealth Personal Workbook. She is a trained economist with extensive experience in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors. She is the founder of the Keisha Blair Institute on Holistic Wealth and is a graduate of the Executive Leadership Program at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Blair has been featured in the New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Essence Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Real Simple, and many other publications. The first edition of Holistic Wealth has won multiple awards, including Finalist in the 2020 Best Book Awards and Finalist in the 2020 International Book Awards (self-help categories). Blair is the host of the Holistic Wealth segment on the nationally syndicated DailyFlashTV show, reaching more than seventy-five million people. Her work has touched the lives of millions around the globe.    

Book preview

Part I

1

Life, Well Lived

Life, if well lived, is long enough.

—Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Ihave never seen a tumor so big in a person so young in all my medical practice," the investigative coroner said to me over the phone.

Dr. Gordon Watt had been assigned to my husband’s case; they had just completed the autopsy, but it was still inconclusive. They knew it was a tumor and they knew it was the size of a grapefruit, but they didn’t know what type or the origin. This became a medical investigation, and they had to send it to the United States for testing. A regional and international team of doctors and pathologists had to be assembled to examine the case. It took one year for those autopsy results. My husband, Garfield, had a disease that only one in a million people get each year. The disease is so rare that most doctors will never see it in their lifetime—they can only read about it in textbooks. As Dr. Watt told me years later, "It’s one of those illnesses you get taught in medical school—but most doctors never encounter

Reviews for Holistic Wealth (Expanded and Updated)

[Paige Brettle · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A critical element of your financial plan includes a discussion focused on your “Financial Independence Portfolio” - one of the key teachings in Holistic Wealth.

This conversation includes:

- Longevity
- Legacy (what do you want to be known for?)
- The discovery and nurturance of YOUR personal financial identity
- The value of investing for the long-term
- The importance of a diversified portfolio
- Maintaining low levels of debt
- Designing a plan for risk management

These aspects of financial health are best monitored on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual regimen as they are the cornerstones of financial success and financial independence.

As a dual-licensed financial adviser, I have experienced that financial health and monetary wealth are often the happy (albeit uncertain) upshot of entrepreneurial and professional success; often, it comes with strings attached. I have also observed that financial independence and dignity are directly correlated.

Holistic Wealth offers a framework for dignity and confidence within which we can recover quickly from disruptive events. With these lessons in mind, we can move beyond feeling anxious, confused, or even trapped, and become more resilient.

No matter the challenges, hardships, or pain we endure in our lives, we have the capacity for growth, rebirth, and abundance. The latest edition of Holistic Wealth is a guide for a new generation of women — those who are ready to embrace disruption with a richness of spirit. It is up to us to forge a new path in the face of uncertainty and chaos and ask the following questions:

“Am I financially resilient enough to take chances with my money?”
“Is what I am hoping to achieve possible?”
“What does success — and what does ‘enough’ — look like to me?”
“If I take a chance, will I be okay?”

Are you looking for actionable strategies to support you in making well-reasoned choices? Are you hoping that your choices will lead to sustainable personal decisions in ALL areas of your life?

THIS book is the perfect place to start!!