I’m ashamed to say that the first time I read the phrase Financial Health I actually read it as Financial Wealth. That’s what 30 years of conditioning will do – train you to default to the same nomenclature and assumptions we toss around daily. In my mind, Financial Health as a target is so superior… Continue reading Financial Health or Financial Wealth?
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4 Things to Honestly Talk About Before You Buy a Home Together
“No surprises” is the mantra I highly recommend for any two people wanting to buy a home together. It may be your next home after outgrowing the one you’re in. It might be your first home now that you’re newly married. Maybe you’re just trying out this couple thing and are willing to share an… Continue reading 4 Things to Honestly Talk About Before You Buy a Home Together
Do you have an overshopper or overspender in your life? Unique holiday gift idea!
Have you been watching a loved one struggle with overshopping or overspending for some time? Do you feel helpless and wish you could help them change this behavior for the better? Are you concerned about his or her behavior affecting your own financial health? Perhaps your loved one has looked into coaching or psychotherapy before, but hasn’t been… Continue reading Do you have an overshopper or overspender in your life? Unique holiday gift idea!
Journal of Financial Therapy
Journal_of_Financial_Therapy_Vol_5_Issue_2_Part_II 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
Costs of Online Shopping
Costs of Online Shopping 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
Debbie’s Online Shopping Tips
Click here to listen to Debbie Roes’ tips on online shopping. Online Shopping Tips 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.… Continue reading Debbie’s Online Shopping Tips
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
Free Report
Free Report: 3 Assessment Tools for Therapists Does Your Client Buy Compulsively? No? Are You Sure? Our clients come to therapy for all sorts of reasons. Their presenting issues may be depression, anxiety, or relationship struggles. But just as most couples don’t offer sex as a focus area in marriage counseling until they’re asked,… Continue reading Free Report
Related Blogs / Articles / 2013
2013 Media Coverage of Compulsive Buying CBS News (December 15th, 2013) How a great sale affects your brain CNBC (December 6th, 2013) Shop Under the Influence at Clothing Store Bars Huffington Post (December 2nd, 2013) 15 Signs You are Hopelessly Addicted to Online Shopping Reader’s Digest (November 23rd, 2013) Top Psychology Tricks to Spend Less… Continue reading Related Blogs / Articles / 2013
Free Teleseminar: Have You Tried To Stop Overshopping, But Failed, Over and Over Again?
You’re cordially invited to a free teleseminar that Marcela Torres, LCSW, Clinical Coordinator of Stopping Overshopping, LLC, Jeannie Elder, LMHC, NCC, and I will be giving on March 2, 2017 at 9 p.m., Eastern/6 p.m. Pacific. During this free teleseminar, we will discuss: 1. How to determine if you really have a shopping problem. 2.… Continue reading Free Teleseminar: Have You Tried To Stop Overshopping, But Failed, Over and Over Again?