What Others Are Saying...
"In her practice, seminars and workshops, O'Neill addresses the myths and realities of money... O'Neill's main point is that American society in general is obsessed with money."
-- The Business Journal
Media - What The Media Is Saying About Jessie
"Money can't buy you love--the Beatles made it a song, and the granddaughter of a former General Motors Corp. president now has made it a book."
-- Detroit Free Press
"Jessie O'Neill compassionately and provocatively addresses one of the most overlooked areas of human experience -- how affluence affects our self esteem and relationships. This book not only sheds light on the pain that can imprison us in the Golden Ghetto, it offers us the keys to a journey toward freedom. If you or your family have ever had more then a few dollars or possessions, please read The Golden Ghetto."
-- Lee Jampolsky, Ph.D. and Gerald Jampolsky, M.D.
Authors of Listen to Me:
A Book for Men and Women About Fathers and Sons
"Jessie H. O'Neill has written a book that is long overdue... This book will help the reader find understanding, a sense of balance, and perhaps help him or her make peace with some of the issues of money."
-- Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse,
Therapist and consultant
Author, The Miracle of Recovery: Healing for Addicts, Adult Children and Co-Dependents
"A therapist takes on affluenza... You can be too rich, according to Jessie H. O'Neill. And that mega-wealth can create a host of problems like affluenza."
-- New York Post
"A scholarly, readable argument that wealth--particularly inherited wealth-- is more curse than blessing."
-- Asheville Citizen-Times
"The Golden Ghetto is a touching account of O'Neill's own struggle and a road map to healthy relationships. There's even a questionnaire to determine whether or not you suffer from affluenza. HINT: If you take the quiz while sipping champagne in your private cabana in St. Jean cap-Ferrat, turn to Chapter One."
-- Palm Beach Illustrated
"Yes, there's trouble in paradise. With her book, O'Neill hopes to help crack the myth of the American dream."
-- Pacific Sun
"The Golden Ghetto is new because it is the first look at the American sub-culture of wealth and its wannabes from the inside through a lens of psychology."
-- Milwaukee City Edition
"Jessie O'Neill's story helps give voice to the pain and isolation that wealth can bring, as well as the opportunity for the personal and spiritual growth it can provide."
-- Tian Dayton, Ph.D.,
author of The Quiet Voice of the Soul and
The Soul's Companion
"A compelling account of how O'Neill overcame a turbulent inner life as a child raised in affluence, to become a healer specializing in the psychological afflictions of the rich."
-- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"In her practice, seminars and workshops, O'Neill addresses the myths and realities of money... O'Neill's main point is that American society in general is obsessed with money."
-- The Business Journal
"Money is not the root of all evil; the proper Biblical quotation is that 'love of money is the root of all evil'. The rich, the not-so-rich and the very poor all prove the truth of that adage, Jessie O'Neill writes."
-- Delray Beach Encore