If you find yourself using shopping and spending as a way to deal with deeper emotional issues while feeling like you are spiraling out of control, it is time to seek help. Shopping addiction is a very real disorder with a massive impact on more than just your wallet. Furthermore, dealing with those deep-seated issues… Continue reading Breaking Your Shopping Addiction
Author: Carrie Rattle
Carrie Rattle is a Principal at BehavioralCents.com, a website for women focused on mind and money behaviors. She has worked in the financial services industry for 20+ years and hopes to inspire women to better prepare themselves for financial independence.
Shopping Addiction and Trains: Brakeman Choo-Chooses a New Route
A few weeks ago, I was a guest on the Diane Rehm show about shopping addiction, along with a 25 year veteran of Debtors Anonymous and the President of the Financial Therapy Association. I figured we’d be reaching a typical audience of female compulsive buyers that were overspending on clothing, shoes, jewelry, accessories, and personal services and… Continue reading Shopping Addiction and Trains: Brakeman Choo-Chooses a New Route
Become a Debt Destroyer!
If your New Year’s Resolution this year is to finally get a hold on your debt, you can make this your year of living a balanced financial life. Find all your bills, everything documenting what you owe, and get it all in one place. List your debts and minimum payments, and set your sights on… Continue reading Become a Debt Destroyer!
How to Cure Your Shopping Addiction
When you’re dealing with a shopping addiction, the experience of shopping is entirely different than just going to the store for groceries or other necessary items. Shopping addicts participate in recreational shopping, spending money just because it feels good or passes time. But like any other bad habit there are ways to break free. Start… Continue reading How to Cure Your Shopping Addiction
The Saver’s Credit Can Lower Your Taxes
Tax season is on the horizon, and it’s always good to look for more ways to save on your taxes. The Saver’s Credit, also known as the Retirement Savings Contributions Credit, is one way to help low- and moderate-income workers start putting money aside towards retirement. This credit helps reduce or offset the first $2,000… Continue reading The Saver’s Credit Can Lower Your Taxes
How to Eliminate Holiday Debt Quickly
Now that the holidays are over, the financial debt that follows may be leaving a sour taste in your mouth, but with a few quick steps you can wipe out this debt before it gets out of hand. First, you have to face it head on and assess the damage. Figure out how much you… Continue reading How to Eliminate Holiday Debt Quickly
Don’t Just Declutter, De-own
For many Americans, a major New Year’s Resolution is to organize, de-clutter, and simplify their lives. But by organizing, we create only a temporary solution for the real problem at hand. When you simply have too much stuff, you will have to organize time and time again. By embracing minimalism and starting to thin out… Continue reading Don’t Just Declutter, De-own
Related Blogs / Articles / 2012
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The Other Person is Never the Problem
Throughout daily life, you’ll encounter frustrating people: People who cut you off in traffic, people who are rude to you, and people who just don’t do things the right way. These are the folks you like to blame for your frustrations every time you feel slighted. But you know what? Those people are never the problem,… Continue reading The Other Person is Never the Problem
Handling a Shopping Addiction During the Holidays
Even if the holidays are coming to a close, the season of shopping and spending continues. For serious shopaholics who are looking forward to the end of this time and mindset, this can mean serious trouble. But a shopping addiction is nothing to be laughed at and can have a very real impact on finances… Continue reading Handling a Shopping Addiction During the Holidays