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Every book Rachel Cruz recommended on podcasts

Guest on The Ramsey Show · 6 books · 10 episodes across 1 podcast

Rachel Cruz is a financial expert and podcast co-host who frequently appears on The Ramsey Show to offer guidance on personal finance, debt management, and relationships. Throughout her appearances on the podcast, Cruz regularly recommends and gives away books to callers to help them navigate their specific financial and personal challenges. She frequently offers Dave Ramsey's book The Total Money Makeover to callers to walk them through foundational baby steps and help them handle their finances more effectively. To assist a caller with credit scores, she recommended George Kamel's Breaking Free From Broke, highlighting its specific chapters on the subject. Cruz also recommended Gavin De Becker's book The Gift of Fear when discussing how fear can be interpreted constructively with a caller. For callers and listeners interested in personal well-being and life satisfaction, she recommended Dr. Arthur C. Brooks's Build the Life You Want and offered John Delony's Building a Non-Anxious Life to individuals dealing with difficult life circumstances such as a challenging divorce. Through these recommendations, Cruz utilizes various titles from her network's library to provide practical advice and emotional support to her audience.

Books recommended by Rachel Cruz

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  1. The Total Money Makeover

    Dave Ramsey · Recommended · 3 episodes

    Dave Ramsey's The Total Money Makeover is a practical financial guide that outlines a step-by-step method for eliminating debt, building emergency savings, and achieving long-term wealth accumulation.

    Recommended
    “We're going to give you the total money makeover book that'll walk you through the baby steps”
    Where to get it
  2. Building a Non-Anxious Life

    John Delony · Recommended · 2 episodes

    John Delony's Building a Non-Anxious Life provides practical strategies for managing chronic stress, overcoming anxiety, and finding emotional stability in a chaotic world.

    Recommended
    “Austin's going to pick up and I'm going to give you John's new book building a non-anxious life”
    Where to get it
  3. Breaking Free From Broke

    George Kamel · Recommended · 2 episodes

    Breaking Free From Broke by George Kamel is a practical, engaging personal finance guide designed to help millennials and Gen Z readers navigate debt, credit scores, and wealth building with humor and solid research.

    Recommended
    “I'll throw in uh George, I want to give away one of your books. Yes. To Jake. Breaking free from broke because he has a whole chapter or multiple maybe even a whole chapter on credit scores specifically.”
    Where to get it
  4. Build the Life You Want

    Arthur C. Brooks; Oprah Winfrey · Recommended · 1 episode

    Build the Life You Want by Arthur C.

    Recommended
    “so you guys check out his book build the life you want”
    Where to get it
  5. The Gift of Fear

    Gavin De Becker · Recommended · 1 episode

    The Gift of Fear by Gavin De Becker is a bestselling self-help and safety guide that teaches readers how to recognize and trust their innate intuition to protect themselves from violence.

    Recommended
    “There's a great book called Fear is a gift and there was a gift of fear.”
    Where to get it
  6. The Hiding Place

    Elizabeth Sherrill, Corrie Ten Boom, John Sherrill · Discussed · 1 episode

    The Hiding Place by Elizabeth Sherrill, Corrie ten Boom, and John Sherrill is a powerful autobiographical account of the ten Boom family's efforts to hide and rescue Jewish people during the Holocaust in World War II.

    Discussed
    “oh back in the day oh great great book”
    Where to get it

Books Rachel Cruz wrote

Appearances

EpisodePodcastDateBooks
Managing Money Well Matters At Every Income LevelThe Ramsey Show2026-02-271
Early Money Decisions Shape Your Financial FutureThe Ramsey Show2025-12-311
Don’t Go Broke Trying to Keep the PeaceThe Ramsey Show2025-07-041
4 Ways Money Can Make You HappierThe Ramsey Show2024-08-291
Your Financial Situation Is Not HopelessThe Ramsey Show2024-03-071
Learning To Let Go of Your Financial MistakesThe Ramsey Show2023-12-071
Think About the Future When You Make Decisions TodayThe Ramsey Show2023-10-251
If You Want To Win You Have To Go Against the Grain!The Ramsey Show2023-10-051
Don't Let Debt Take A Toll On Your RelationshipsThe Ramsey Show2023-09-081
Are You Ready To Get Out of Your Financial Mess?The Ramsey Show2023-08-241
Other mentions (21: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged The Total Money Makeover
“The Total Money Makeover weekend and it's going to be here in Nashville at the Ramsey Solutions headquarters and it's a brand new event May 10th and 11th”
Plugged Know Yourself, Know Your Money
“Christian I'd love to give her my book know yourself know your money cuz I talk about the childhood classrooms and how much that dictates how you see and handle money today”
Plugged Know Yourself, Know Your Money
“if you hold on Austin will pick up because I want to give you my book know yourself know your money and love your life not theirs”
Plugged Love Your Life Not Theirs
“if you hold on Austin will pick up because I want to give you my book know yourself know your money and love your life not theirs”
Plugged Money is Not a Math Problem
“give her mind too because there oh yes and money is not a math problem Jade's quick read”
Plugged I'm Glad for What I Have
“yes I'm glad for what I have is available for pre-order now that's super exciting”
Plugged Breaking Free From Broke
“Our friend George camel's new book Georgie boy he's got a book right now you guys on pre-sale called Breaking Free from broke so make sure to check it out”
Plugged Money is Not a Math Problem
“and also Jade's quick read that is in the store as well money's not a math problem that's in there too”
Plugged Money is Not a Math Problem
“uh I think you know Jade this is exactly what you wrote about in your quick read that's coming out which is money not a math problem hey got it right here and there it is”
Plugged Money is Not a Math Problem
“so go to Ramy solutions.com store preorder that quick read money's not a math problem”
Plugged I'm Glad for What I Have
“and Thanksgiving is coming up you guys and I wrote a kids book called I'm glad for what I have and so the idea of gratitude and contentment and all of that is is so keute”
Plugged I'm Glad for What I Have
“so I'm glad for what I have my new children book you can check that out at Ramsey solutions.com store”
Plugged The Total Money Makeover
“there's audio gift cards for as low as $8 bestselling books like know yourself know your money my book The and then Dave's book The Total Money Makeover baby STS millionaires own your past change your future by Dr John deloney as low as $10”
Plugged Money is Not a Math Problem
“so go to Ramsey solutions.com store and you can pick up also Jade pre-sale of Jade's new quick read money's not a math problem”
Plugged Breaking Free From Broke
“he has a brand new book coming out in January called Breaking Free from broke so you can pre-order today for only $20”
Plugged Financial Peace Jr.
“and I want to give you Financial Peace Jr because that's our set of teaching young kids how to handle money”
Plugged Smart Money Smart Kids
“and smart money smart kids it's the first book I wrote with my dad was a New York Times bestseller”
Plugged I'm Glad for What I Have
“um and I just announced today actually I'm I have a kids book coming out in November it's called I'm glad for what I have”
Plugged Building a Non-Anxious Life
“and uh these are the parts of your new book how to build anxious life that comes out October 3rd”
Plugged From Paycheck to Purpose
“you can also get our best-selling books like The Total Money Makeover from paycheck to purpose and own your pass change your future for as low as 12”
Plugged Building a Non-Anxious Life
“plus you can pre-order John who's sitting right next to me his brand new book building a non-anxious life and you'll learn the six daily choices to break free from a life spinning out of control”