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Category: Money Behaviors

Determining Self-Worth Through Your Job

Are you addicted to work? According to professionals, work addiction can result from childhood trauma or current concerns. Working late, taking on unreasonable demands, focusing on work over family or a social life, as well as isolation and broken relationships are signs for concern. Work addiction may happen due to fear of failure, a loss… Continue reading Determining Self-Worth Through Your Job

Addiction to Shopping — When Spending Spirals Out of Control

Can a person be addicted to shopping? Many mental health professionals would say, “yes;” comparing compulsive shopping to kleptomania, gambling and extreme internet usage. Sometimes shopping is used to make one feel better, and it usually works, until the crash of guilt and anxiety follow. The withdrawal feelings experienced when a shopaholic tries to quit… Continue reading Addiction to Shopping — When Spending Spirals Out of Control

Q&A with Charles Duhigg: diagnosing, restructuring bad money habits

Charles Duhigg, author of “The Power of Habit” was interviewed recently about how habits affect personal finance. He notes that not all habits are negative, but that we need to “diagnose the cue and reward,” in order to change the bad ones. Duhigg believes habits are resistant to change because of the rewards we receive,… Continue reading Q&A with Charles Duhigg: diagnosing, restructuring bad money habits

How do money and trust know each other?

Financial therapist, coach, and “mommypreneur” Bari Tessler Linden believes in the power of trust, especially as it relates to your monetary journey. Consulting the Merriam Webster Dictionary, the author says, “Trust is confidence. It’s hope. The expectation that things will be okay, and right.” She suggests that trust is important in our relationship to money… Continue reading How do money and trust know each other?

Can a Spending Splurge Help You Reach Savings Success?

Ever splurged while on a diet? A recent study showed that dieters who enjoyed a controlled dose of dessert lost more weight than those who abstained. Jean Chatzky and Jim Prochaska suggest that spending money may work the same way. The key is control, and they offer the following caveats. A splurge doesn’t have to… Continue reading Can a Spending Splurge Help You Reach Savings Success?

Save Money by Leaving These Six Things off Your Weekly Grocery List

Marlene Alexander believes we’ve been brainwashed by advertisers, and she suggests we can save money and in some cases, help the environment, by making better choices in cleaning products. Alexander singles out pre-moistened cleaning cloths, (spray cleaner on your own) toilet cleaner (use powdered cleaners instead), Swiffer wet mops (one-use only), J-cloths ($1 microfiber cloths… Continue reading Save Money by Leaving These Six Things off Your Weekly Grocery List

Becoming Minimalist: Ashley’s Story

Ashley loves the “American Dream”: life with health, a home, family, and the pursuit of happiness.  She feels, however, that the dream has developed into a Jekyll and Hyde situation. People seem more interested in the pursuit of wealth than anything else and happiness doesn’t necessarily follow.  She feels a need for balance and a… Continue reading Becoming Minimalist: Ashley’s Story