Eve Cantor of Shop Your Closet has a great new video out. If you are in the New York area and need some support around curbing your clothes shopping, then watch this video! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2rtucRnipg[/youtube] Carrie RattleCarrie Rattle is a Principal at BehavioralCents.com, a website for women focused on mind and money behaviors.… Continue reading New York Area: Shop Your Closet – New Video
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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.
Did Dr. B Have a Relapse?
I returned today from a 13-day trip, with my husband and three other couples, to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. It’s an old colonial town northwest of Mexico City that’s attracted thousands of American, Canadian, and European expats for quite some time now. The climate is superb. Wonderful sounds, both instrumental and natural, fill the… Continue reading Did Dr. B Have a Relapse?
If Your Loved One is a Compulsive Buyer
Whether, When, and How to Intervene Is your loved one a compulsive buyer? 1. How strongly would your loved one agree with these statements? My closet has a number of unopened shopping bags in it. Others might consider me a shopaholic. Much of my life revolves around buying things. I consider myself an impulse… Continue reading If Your Loved One is a Compulsive Buyer
Let’s Not Be Too Hasty: Part 2
Decision Fatigue: Tales and Tips on How to Avoid It In the first part of this blog post, we looked at the compelling evidence behind decision fatigue, that previously unrecognized effect that renders us less and less capable of sensible decisions as we make more and more of them. Self control, we noted, turns out… Continue reading Let’s Not Be Too Hasty: Part 2
Let’s Not Be Too Hasty
Decision Fatigue: The more decisions we make, the less sound they are In a fascinating article in The New York Times (Aug 17, 2011), John Tierney examines the solid experimental work behind the emerging concept of “decision fatigue,” a powerful, demonstrable, and previously unrecognized effect that renders us less and less capable of sensible decisions… Continue reading Let’s Not Be Too Hasty
Are Some People Born to Spend?
In a word, yes. And others are born to save. This is the rough conclusion of Savita Iyer-Ahristani in her overview of a careful study of Swedish twins done by Stephan Siegel, at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business, and Henrik Cronkvist, at Claremont McKenna College in California. Specifically, Siegel and Cronkvist conclude… Continue reading Are Some People Born to Spend?
Men are Coming Out of the Shopping Closet!
We are all familiar with the popularized image of the shopaholic. Think Isla Fisher in the 2009 hit movie, “Confessions of a Shopaholic.” But growing research shows that the bag-laden fashionista is not the only one struggling to kick the habit. For many people, the word shopaholic conjures images of a colorfully-dressed, designer bag-laden young… Continue reading Men are Coming Out of the Shopping Closet!
Shiny Objects: Why We Spend Money We Don’t Have in Search of Happiness We Can’t Buy
“Whoever said money can’t buy happiness, just didn’t know where to shop,” my post-it intones. Without shying away from the unpopular truth about overconsumption and happiness being like oil and water, James Roberts encourages us to step back, notice, and yes, even laugh at our obsession with shiny objects. He helps us see how we… Continue reading Shiny Objects: Why We Spend Money We Don’t Have in Search of Happiness We Can’t Buy
12 Keys to Conscious Shopping 1
Your browser does not support iframes. Carrie RattleCarrie 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. Read More
12 Keys to Conscious Shopping
Download Jill Chiver’s free report, here: 12 Keys to Conscious Shopping Enjoy! Carrie RattleCarrie 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. Read More