You may remember these two recent blog posts, an overshopper named Lynn. Believe it or Not, It’s True: Nordstrom and I Are Through (Part I) and Believe it or Not, It’s True: Nordstrom and I Are Through (Part II) These posts are what she wrote for the dialogue exercise, a part of our program where you… Continue reading Can Confessions Be Funny? What One Overshopper Has to Say
Category: Retail Psychology
The “Smiled Upon” Addiction: An article from Glamour Magazine
“If someone tells you, you have a problem, cut them off. You don’t need that kind of negativity in your life.” Thus begins Glamour magazine’s recent article, 10 things you only know if you’re addicted to sale shopping. Brashly glamorizing addiction to sale shopping, one subcategory of shopping addiction, this piece ranks a close second… Continue reading The “Smiled Upon” Addiction: An article from Glamour Magazine
Experience Gifts Trump Stuff Every Time: Read What Actor Cheryl Stern Has to Say
We’re delighted to share a guest post to share with you from the wonderful Cheryl Stern. Broadway veteran actress and Jonathan Larson Award-winning writer, Cheryl just received critical acclaim Off-Broadway for her new solo show, Shoes and Baggage, with music by Tom Kochan. Cheryl’s Broadway credits include the 2010 Tony Award Winning revival of La Cage Aux… Continue reading Experience Gifts Trump Stuff Every Time: Read What Actor Cheryl Stern Has to Say
Unbelievable, but it’s true…. Nordstrom and I are through! (Part I)
One of the most revelatory and ultimately powerful tools in the Shopaholicnomore program is the dialogue. The purpose of the dialogue is to gain a deeper awareness of your relationship with something that you are overshopping for or something you use in order to overshop. It might be that 8th pair of black boots,… Continue reading Unbelievable, but it’s true…. Nordstrom and I are through! (Part I)
These Shoes and Baggage Fit Most Shopaholics
Touched, tickled, and terribly impressed, I left last Wednesday’s performance of Cheryl Stern’s Shoes and Baggage feeling buoyed and hopeful that compulsive buying may yet really come out of the closet, and this time for good! As this funny, poignant, and thoughtful one-woman musical odyssey opens, the audience is bombarded with a plethora of advertising… Continue reading These Shoes and Baggage Fit Most Shopaholics
Why Scrap Fasion?
Last Thursday, I spent the afternoon at the Lower East Side Girls Club in New York City and left feeling more inspired than ever to help people explore mindful consumption. In no way does anyone need to scrap fashion for lack of funds. Let me explain. Debra Rapoport, one of the advanced fashionistas I’d written about… Continue reading Why Scrap Fasion?
How Can Advanced Style be a Retreat from Compulsive Buying?
Surrounded at dinner recently by six maverick women, ranging in age from their late 30’s into their 70’s, each dressed in the most creative, non-conformist, ensemble, how could it be that I was writing down the names of thrift stores? Each of these women looked like a million bucks, if not two or three. We… Continue reading How Can Advanced Style be a Retreat from Compulsive Buying?
Are You A $mart Woman?
If you already consider yourself one, The $mart Women podcast series will help you maintain your smarts, and if you’re not, the series will help you become one. Sponsored by Payne Capital Management and hosted by Michelle McKinnon, the series seeks to help women “get smart” with their money and is a great resource. Recently,… Continue reading Are You A $mart Woman?
What Does Your Bank Look Like Naked?
Imagine that your bank took truth serum one morning and when you went in for a loan that afternoon, they told you the real scoop about the massive debt they’re hoping you’ll accrue with no regard whatsoever as to whether you can ever pay it off. You’ve conjured up NakedTruthBank.com. … Continue reading What Does Your Bank Look Like Naked?
A Look at Inside Out: Can Sadness Ultimately Bring Happiness?
Compulsive buying, like so many other self-defeating habits and addictions, is often an attempt to anesthetize negative feelings, diminish their intensity, or suppress them altogether. Pixar’s latest film, Inside Out, trumpets the value of feeling all of our feelings, whether they are Anger, Sadness, Joy, Fear, or Disgust, the five feelings personified as characters in… Continue reading A Look at Inside Out: Can Sadness Ultimately Bring Happiness?