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Willful Money Blindness & Social Pressures

“Surely, consumers argue, tanning salons wouldn’t be allowed if they were harmful – would they?” This is an example of […]

Carrie Rattle / December 13, 2017

We’ve been fortunate that Kathleen Gemmell, an eclectic author and former compulsive buyer offered us a guest post about her

It might be easier to kick our shopping addictions if the temptations existed only outside our of homes, but with

Carrie Rattle / November 24, 2015

With the holidays fast approaching, overshoppers and overspenders are heading into some very rough waters. There’s temptation everywhere, and mega

So many of us are bombarded by countless stressors; it can be daunting to find a peaceful moment between the

Carrie Rattle / February 24, 2013

It seems like hoarding is getting a lot of media attention recently, with shows like TLC’s Hoarding: Buried Alive and

Carrie Rattle / February 20, 2013

Compulsive shopping is a dire issue which has not been investigated sufficiently. A recent study looked at 18 compulsive buyers compared

Carrie Rattle / February 4, 2013

With a shopping addiction comes an idea that each purchase will improve one’s happiness, creating an artificial “high” that an

Carrie Rattle / February 3, 2013

If there is a compulsive shopper in your life, it can be difficult to understand what is going on in

Carrie Rattle / January 30, 2013

Success in a journey towards weight loss is an incredible feeling. After losing weight, many individuals are eager to head