We’re smack dab in the middle of Chanukah and there’s less than a week until Christmas, still plenty of time to limit holiday overspending and bring more meaning and merriment into your life. I’ve written a piece, published yesterday in the Huffington Post that just might help you have a good, not a goods holiday–and… Continue reading Are You Giving Your Seasonal Shopaholic Credit Card Blanche?
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[Replay] Keys To Making The Holiday Overshopping Stop
Keys To Making The Holiday Overshopping Stop
The Holidays are Coming! Happiness? You’ll have MORE if you Don’t Go to the Store!
The holidays are coming. Not only do we begin brainstorming gifts for friends and family, we also think about our own wish list. Before you spend a whole lot of time, energy, and money in this pursuit, listen up. Research keeps showing us that the best and most satisfying presents don’t come in Santa’s big… Continue reading The Holidays are Coming! Happiness? You’ll have MORE if you Don’t Go to the Store!
Costs of Online Shopping
Costs of Online Shopping
Debbie’s Online Shopping Tips
Click here to listen to Debbie Roes’ tips on online shopping. Online Shopping Tips
Are You Raising a Shopaholic? The Story of Four Kids Glorified for Overshopping
Thanks to google alerts, I stumbled upon 12-Year Old Shopaholic and Other Big Spending Kids, an eye-opening and shudder-worthy British documentary, that aired this past June. Glorifying over-the-top spending, this 3-part series profiles four kids, ages 9 to 15 and their well-meaning, but confused and overindulgent parents whose own unresolved issues result in massive overspending, their financial… Continue reading Are You Raising a Shopaholic? The Story of Four Kids Glorified for Overshopping
Suggestions To Cut Down On Online Shopping
Click this link to hear April Benson speak about cutting down on online shopping. Suggestions To Cut Down On Online Shopping
How to Prevent Buyer’s Remorse
It is great that you have reached out! Click the link below to hear Christina Salerno, project coordinator, helping you prevent buyer’s remorse. How to Prevent Buyer’s Remorse
Shopaholic Recovery Stories
At Stopping Overshopping, LLC, we’re very interested in hearing recovery stories and reading about them. There is no one-size-fits-all method for taking control of your shopping and spending. In fact, recovery stories come in all shapes and sizes and recovery can begin anytime, anyplace! We recently discovered three inspirational recovery stories—one overshopper is a writer… Continue reading Shopaholic Recovery Stories
Let’s Stop Smiling at the Smiled-Upon Addiction
A piece for Paradigm magazine by April Lane Benson. Click here to access the complete issue online. Whoever said that money can’t buy happiness didn’t know where to shop. Shopping makes for easy jokes. This post-it version hints at shopping as panacea, a magical elixir that promises more than it could ever deliver. Retailers seize… Continue reading Let’s Stop Smiling at the Smiled-Upon Addiction