If we think back a few centuries, the word Need had pretty specific connotations. People needed a cow for milk. Farmers needed a good growth season to survive. And kids needed a bath once a week. They didn’t need matching dishes, or anything beyond a dirt floor. Wow have we changed. As a society, we… Continue reading The New Definition of Need
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What Stage of Change Are You In?
Despite what you see when you look at your credit card bills or what you hear when a creditor calls, or what you see when you try to open your closet and stuff falls on you, do you still think that your shopping is under control? Have you begun to see the costs, financial and… Continue reading What Stage of Change Are You In?
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 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… Continue reading How to Prevent Buyer’s Remorse
Listen To This Clip
Alexis Hall was 31,637.84 pounds in debt. That’s over $57,000 in American money! You’ll hear how she used her fear to kickstart her healing journey and…how you can do the same. Listen to this Part of Our Conversation These three 1-hour conversations I had with three different women, who each wrote a book about her… Continue reading Listen To This Clip
Hard-Wired for Giving?
Classical economic theory and the Darwinian principle of “survival of the fittest” both suggest that self-centeredness is the way to succeed. Edging out the competition, selfish people take the best mates and the best resources, goes the theory. However, new scientific studies suggest that instead, humans are actually hard-wired to be altruistic. Why? One school of… Continue reading Hard-Wired for Giving?
Retail Therapy is a Ruse
There is an interesting phenomenon going on in our American culture these days, centered around shopping. This is the idea of “retail therapy,” a popular notion that when you’re feeling blue, shopping is a great pick-me-up. In fact, the term oversimplifies and minimizes the serious problem of a shopping addiction. Additionally, it suggests that shopping actually… Continue reading Retail Therapy is a Ruse
The Power of Fear
Fear is a deep human emotion that affects everyone in many different ways. For those struggling with a shopping addiction and compulsive shopping habits, fear manifests more uniquely. There is a fear that even a brief pause from shopping means missing out on a great deal or a hot new fashion or trend. There is… Continue reading The Power of Fear
More Than One-in-Ten U.S. Adults Consider Themselves to be Shopaholics, Reveals New CouponCabin.com Survey
The results from a CouponCabin.com survey of over 2000 adults, aged 18 and over, suggest that 11 percent of U.S. adults consider themselves to be “shopaholics,” (i.e. addicted to shopping and never missing an opportunity to buy something). Additionally, 15% of U.S. adults report that their shopping habits have put them in debt, and 63% of U.S.… Continue reading More Than One-in-Ten U.S. Adults Consider Themselves to be Shopaholics, Reveals New CouponCabin.com Survey
Shopping Addiction, Not Just for Women
Loving shopping is one of the most common female stereotypes. And while data from the Official Journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) reports that out of the estimated 18 million Americans who are affected by shopping addiction, eighty percent are women, that still leaves a significant number of male shopaholics. Most people, regardless of… Continue reading Shopping Addiction, Not Just for Women
Things to Know About Compulsive Hoarding
Compulsive hoarding is an anxiety disorder that affects nearly 1.4 million Americans. That number demands more research. There’s a lot to know about hoarding that could help you or a loved one. It is only linked to OCD in some cases. The OCD Collaborative Genetics Study reported that there is a different genetic link between… Continue reading Things to Know About Compulsive Hoarding