Articles and Blogs for Overshoppers
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Here's a collection of relevant articles we thought you might find valuable:
- CNNMoney.com (August 9, 2010) (NEW)
Fight the addiction to shop - The New York Times (August 8, 2010) (NEW)
Consumers Find Ways to Spend Less and Find Happiness - The New York Times (August 7, 2010) (NEW)
But Will It Make You Happy? - cbsnews.com (August 5, 2010) (NEW)
Giuliani Daughter Shoplifting Arrest: Is Alleged Theft a Cry for Help? - WowOWow.com (July 29, 2010) (NEW)
Don't Invest on an Empty Stomach - TheNewYorkTimes.com (July 21, 2010) (NEW)
Shoppers on a ‘Diet’ Tame the Urge to Buy - InTheRooms.com (July 16, 2010) (NEW)
Compulsive Online Shoppers Can Use a Web Filter to Control Their Habit - TheDailyTelegraph.com (July 13, 2010) (NEW)
Shopaholics driven by the same disorder as hoarders - GulfNews.com (July 10, 2010) (NEW)
Into the mind of the spender - LadiesHomeJournal-digital.com (July 1, 2010) (NEW)
Why You Spend More Than You Think - Esperanza Magazine (June 30, 2010) (NEW)
Buying Trouble - Women24.com (June 30, 2010) (NEW)
Are you a shopaholic? - DailyWorth.com (June 25, 2010) (NEW)
Help! My Spending is Boiling Over - EzineArticles.com (June 21, 2010) (NEW)
How to Deal With Compulsive Shopping Addiction - SloanMagazine.com (June 18, 2010) (NEW)
Deal Breakers, pg. 30-33 - MiamiHerald.com (June 6, 2010) (NEW)
Review | 'Spent: Memoirs of a Shopping Addict' - KBKWealthConnection.com (May 27, 2010) (NEW)
Is Your Loved One a Compulsive Shopper? - Psychologytoday.com (May 23, 2010) (NEW)
Money Buys Unhappiness - Los Angeles Times (May 10, 2010) (NEW)
Parkinson's meds and compulsive behaviors: a strong link - CBS2.com (May 6, 2010) (NEW)
'Returnaholics' Obsessed With Taking Stuff Back - US News.com (May 6, 2010) (NEW)
7 Questions for Shopaholics - TheNewYorkTimes.com (April 23, 2010) (NEW)
One Man’s Trash . . . - sgvtribune.com (April 17, 2010) (NEW)
Shopping addicts forced to cut back - LearnVest.com (April 15, 2010) (NEW)
Why Do People REALLY Shop? - huffingtonpost.com (April 7, 2010) (NEW)
Big Spender: Avis Cardella Comes Clean - huffingtonpost.com (April 7, 2010) (NEW)
Avis Cardella, Author of Spent Discusses Shopping Addiction - PostConsumers.com (April 5, 2010) (NEW)
April Lane Benson Reviews our Webcourse - amnews.com (April 3, 2010) (NEW)
RealLifeDeals-One woman's compulsion results in blog saving others money - psychologytoday.com (March 24, 2010) (NEW)
DSM5 Suggests Opening The Door To Behavioral Addictions - LearnVestLiving.com (March 22, 2010) (NEW)
How To Make Sure Your “Deal” Is Really A Deal - Lemondrop.com (March 22, 2010) (NEW)
Why Online Shopping Seduces You Into Overspending - ItsYourHealthRadio.org (March 18, 2010) (NEW)
Stopping Overshopping - BehavioralHealthCentral.com (March 11, 2010) (NEW)
Therapy for Shopaholism-the Addiction of Shopping and Spending - FinancialAwakenings.com (March 8, 2010) (NEW)
A Prescription for Financial Health - Beliefnet.com (March 8, 2010) (NEW)
Are You a Shopaholic? - DrugAlcoholNews.com (March 5, 2010) (NEW)
Debtors Anonymous (DA – Compulsive Debt) - The New York Times (March 4, 2010) (NEW)
Skin Deep: One-Touch Shopping, for Members Only - AlterNet.org (March 2, 2010) (NEW)
Rethinking the Shopper's High: New Ways to Get the Rush Without Laying Out the Cashenses Revealed - BetterMoneyAdvice.co.uk (February 22, 2010)
Credit Card Dependence for Daily Expenses Revealed - Ivanhoe.com (February 18, 2010)
Money: Born To Spend - Miami Herald (February 6, 2010)
Mom's buying a world of trouble - Mail Online (February 1, 2010)
How to...give up shopping (or at least cut down) - SavingAdvice.com (January 15, 2010)
Women Hate Shopping, Too - Chicago Tribune (January 3, 2010)
Frugality for all: Blogs offer ways to save money, be happy - channelnewsasia.com (December 29, 2009)
A time to shop, a time to stop - Divine Caroline (December 20, 2009)
Consumer Reports: Four Different Shopping Personalities - Middletown Journal (December 19, 2009)
Shoppers sticking to budgets - nj.com (December 16, 2009)
Compulsive shopping is a real problem - Chicago Tribune (December 13, 2009)
Holiday budgets: How to shop smart for gifts - LF Press (December 12, 2009)
How to teach kids not to be greedy - Newser.com (December 6, 2009)
Alongside Marital Counseling, Couples Get Money Advice in the New Field of Financial Therapy - Marie Claire (December 1, 2009)
Buy, But Beware - TransWorldNews (November 30, 2009)
C.A.R.E Helps Battle Shopping Addictions This Holiday Season - MansfieldNewsJournal.com (November 28, 2009)
Be Inspired with Raquel: Christmas merrier when you stick to budget - CNBC.com (November 24, 2009)
Why the American Consumer Will Keep Buying No Matter What - Northern News (November 20, 2009)
Is there a method to the packaging madness? - Metropolitan Organizing (November 18, 2009)
Interview with Stopping Overshopping Expert - Press of Atlantic City (November 18, 2009)
Holiday season a dangerous time for those with addictions - EmaxHealth (November 16, 2009)
Black Friday Sales Fuel Shopaholics - The Daily Beast (November 11, 2009)
7 Signs You're a Shopaholic - The Daily Beast (November 3, 2009)
Nicolas Cage, Compulsive Spender - Parade.com (October 25, 2009)
Why Shopping Is Good Again - WomensForum.com (October 21, 2009)
Compulsive Buying Disorder - Newschannel5.com (October 13, 2009)
Do You Have A Shopping Addiction? - Oprah.com (October 9, 2009)
A Hoarder’s Reality - ABCNews (October 2, 2009)
Shopaholic Describes Childhood Trauma, Need to Buy - ABCNews (October 1, 2009)
Can Therapy Stop Shopaholic from Spending? - Thaindian News (September 24, 2009)
6 out of 10 Brit women say shopping gives them a buzz - Richmond Times-Dispatch (September 20, 2009)
Compulsive buyers drawn to Internet, survey finds - NewsTribune (September 17, 2009)
The Bottom Line - Tales of a shopaholic - Minding Your Matters (September 18, 2009)
R U a Buyer, part 2 - Minding Your Matters (September 16, 2009)
R U a Buyer, part 1 - The Arizona Republic (September 14, 2009)
Recession makes consumers more cautious - DeseretNews.com (September 13, 2009)
Cheap thrills come at a real price - Examiner.com (August 23, 2009)
How to Resist Compulsive Shopping - Mercedsunstar.com (August 20, 2009)
Help Me Rhonda! I have huge credit card debt my husband doesn't know about - AOL, Canada (August 11, 2009)
10 Questions About Shopping to Fill An Emotional Void - FinancialAwakenings.com (August 17, 2009)
Unintended Side Effects of Tighter Credit - Springfair.com (August 10, 2009)
Male Shoppers Dominate Cyberspace - Thaindian News (August 7, 2009)
Women’s shopping guilt not long-lasting - DivineCaroline.com (August, 2009)
Why Do Some People Have Addictive Personalities? - ReadersDigest.com (August, 2009)
How to Make Better Money Decisions - ABCnews.com (July 30, 2009)
Addicted to Spending? Financial Experts Take your Questions - TheAge.com.au (July 12, 2009)
Swap Till Your Fashion Footprint Drops - pressemeldungen.at (July, 2009)
Credit Cards: Do You Suffer From Credit Card Addiction? - Canada.com (July, 2009)
Learning to Live Within Your Means - MSN, Money Central
5 ways to stop the urge to shop - Times Online (June 21, 2009)
War artist Peter Howson can’t fight cash urge - The Washing Post (June 20, 2009)
- Suppressing The Urge To Splurge
- DailyWorth.com (June 19, 2009)
Stop Overshopping: 3 Proven Strategies - ABCNews.com (June 17, 2009)
Last-Minute Splurges: Why You Can't Resist - The Toronto Star (June 11, 2009)
Prodigal father-in-law needs a tough spending diet - Standard Freeholder (May 31, 2009):
Shopaholic looking to kick expensive habit - Northern Territory News (May 31, 2009):
Shopaholic keeps partner in the dark - The Jakarta Post (May 30, 2009):
Life's little luxuries for the lads - Thaindian News (May 23, 2009):
Depression prompts women to shop more - The Sun.co.uk (May 22, 2009):
Confessions of a male shopaholic - The New York Times (May 18, 2009):
Message in What We Buy, But Nobody's Listening - Thanhnien News (May 17, 2009):
Addicted to Shopping - Belfast Telegraph (May 8, 2009):
Being Single and Huge Debts Weigh Me Down - Denver Post (May 7, 2009):
Overcoming My Shopping Addiction - Metro International (May 5th):
When you shop a little too much - wcbstv.com (May 1, 2009):
Consumer Watch: Beware Leather Jacket Scams - The Age.com.au (April 29, 2009):
Your Turn: To Buy or Not to Buy - The Gleaner (April 25, 2009):
What turns women into spending-spree monsters? Shopzilla - Reining in buying binges - Times Online (April 19, 2009):
Why it's Good to Indulge the Urge to Splurge - Click Liverpool (April 15, 2009):
Emily Tinne...The Original Fashion Shopaholic - Telegraph.co.uk (April 15, 2009):
Doctor's wife the original 'shopaholic' - Business Times (April 15, 2009):
Spendaholic Anonymous - Newswise.com (April 8, 2009):
Managing Money by Managing Materialism in Kids - Business Daily (April 7, 2009):
How to Avoid Bad Spending Habits - The Times (April 4, 2009):
Take a photo to remind you of things you never use - TheAge.com (April 1, 2009):
Trouble in Store - BBC News (March 30, 2009):
Shopping Sprees LInked to Periods - Softpedia.com (March 30, 2009):
Women's Compulsive Shopping LInked to PMS - ABCNews (March 26, 2009): (NEW)
Confessions of a Real Shopaholic - Tnjn.com (March 24, 2009):
Shopping Hides Bad Memories - CNN.com (March 19, 2009):
Breaking the taboo: Talking money with your family - News.bbc.co.uk (March 18, 2009):
Nursery theft for shopping spree - Dailymail.co.uk (March 17, 2009):
Charity boss stole 53,000 pounds in donations...to fund clothes-buying addiction - Inquirer.net (March 15, 2009):
Confessions of a (Reformed) Shopaholic - DailyWorth.com (March 13, 2009):
To Buy or Not To Buy - Thisismoney.co.uk (March 11, 2009):
How can I escape my wife's debts? - Thestandard.com.hk (March 10, 2009):
Shopaholic who stole 6million for spree jailed - Psychotherapy Finances (March, 2009)
Reaching Out to Clients with Debt and Money Troubles - Psychotherapynetworker.org, (March/April 2009):
To Buy or Not to Buy - Utne Reader, p. 15, (March/April 2009):
Selling Out the Brain (not available online) - WW - p.129, (March 2009):
How I Gave Up Shopping - Barnard Magazine - p.17, (March 2009):
Dig Deeper Into Yourself, Not Your Wallet
- The Sydney Morning Herald , (February 21-22, 2009):
Can't buy me love - Belfast Telegraph (February 21, 2009):
Confession to Being a Shopping Addict Can Be No Laughing Matter - ExpressNightOut.com (February 17, 2009):
Trouble Stopping Shopping: Compulsive Buying Disorder - Forbes.com (February 12, 2009):
Buy, buy, buy: Shopaholics find deals too sweet - New York Daily News (February 12, 2009):
Thanks, recession! Tough Times Help Shopaholics - Kansascity.com (February 11, 2009):
Our stuff, our selves; We all want things. But does getting them really make us happy? - Associated Content (February 11, 2009):
Oniomaniac Movie Just in Time for Valentine's Day - News.com - Courier Mail (February 9, 2009):
Neradine Tisaj offers tips for fighting shopping urge - Los Angeles Times (February 8, 2009):
Real-life shopaholics in a world of hurt - The Royal Gazette, Bermuda (February 8, 2009):
There's a cure for compulsive shopping... - Boston.com (February 5, 2009):
Shopaholics will be shopaholics - The Spectator (February 5, 2009):
Are Shopaholics Really Ill? - The Windsor Star (February 2, 2009):
Guilty pleasures revised - STV.tv (January 29, 2009):
Shopaholic tells of 32,000 pound debt - The New York Times (January 28, 2009):
Attention, Shopaholics: Your Weakness May Be a Proper Disease - USA Weekend.com (January 4, 2009):
Terrific Tights: A Bright Look to Warm You - iDiva.com (January 6, 2009):
The Shopaholicman - nePsy.com (December 2008):
Compulsive shopping: disorder or disease? - NOW Magazine (December 29, 2008):
http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/story.cfm?content=166605 - Economist.com (December 18, 2008):
The way the brain buys - Newsweek.com (December 18, 2008):
Shopaholics' Dilemma - Divorce360 (December 15, 2008):
Married to a Shopaholic? Holidays Can Be Tough for your Marriage - Wall St. Journal (December 14, 2008):
This Year, More Than Ever, It's Tough to Be a Compulsive Shopper. - Adbusters Magazine December 4, 2008:
http://www.adbusters.org/features/what_would_buddha_buy.html - Washington Post (December 3, 2008):
Attention Shoppers, Where's Your Humanity? - Shopaholics: Once buried in debt these shopping addicts are digging themselves out (December 2008)
- Compulsive Shopping: Disorder or disease? (December 2008)
- Toronto Sun (November 2008): To Buy or Not to Buy - Overshopping can be an extremely dangerous coping mechanism
- Calgary Sun, Winnipeg Sun, (November 2008): To Buy or Not to Buy - Overshopping can be an extremely dangerous coping mechanism
- Edmonton Sun (November 2008): To Buy or Not to Buy - Overshopping can be an extremely dangerous coping mechanism
- NY Times (October 29, 2008): Consumers Feel the Next Crisis: Credit Cards
- Washington Times (October 20, 2008): Identify Buying Addicts
- Oprah.com (October 9, 2008): Declutter Your Finances (NEW)
- Business Week (October 2008): When it's more than a spree
- MSNBC (October 2008): Curb the Cravings of Shopping Addiction
- Body and Soul (September 2008): Closet Case
- CNN.com (September 29, 2008): Gotta Have it -- No Matter What
- U.S. News & World Report (September 22, 2008): New Test Shows if You Are a Shopaholic
- CreditFYI.com (September 10, 2008): Why TV Shopping Can Wreck Your Personal Finances
- The Motley Fool (August 26, 2008): Lessons From A Shopaholic
- Worthwhile Economics Read by Brad DeLong (August 23, 2008): Tanta: Duelling Discourses of Debt
- New York Times (July 22, 2008): Op-Ed Columnist: The Culture of Debt
- Los Angeles Times (July 21, 2008): Compulsive Shopping: Is It A Disorder?
- New York Times (July 20, 2008): Given a Shovel, Americans Dig Deeper Into Debt
- New York Daily News (July 17, 2008): New TV Special Looks at Compulsive Spenders Who Risk All For a Retail Fix
- New York Times (July 5, 2008): Shortcuts: 'Two for One'... 'Free Delivery'... Hooked Yet?
- Washington Post (June 29, 2008): All-Consuming Problem
- Wall Street Journal (June 10, 2008): Hi, My Name Is Fred, And I'm Addicted to Credit Cards
- The Simple Living Network (May 2008): Wake Up & Smell the Rebate
- My Money Scripts (May 22, 2008): Financial Enabling
- MSNBC (March 3, 2008): Why We Buy: The Truth About Shopaholics
- Live Science (March 3, 2008): The Truth About Shopaholics
- MSN Money (February 14, 2008): When Bargain Hunting is an Addiction
- WJLA-TV (February 8, 2008): Sadness May Encourage More Extravagance
- Credit.com (February 8, 2008): Why Resolutions to Get Out of Debt Fail - And How You Can Turn Them Around
- Kaua'i Business Report (January 2008):
When Shopping Is Out of Control - Monitor on Psychology (January 2008):
Money Talks - MSNBC (January 17, 2008): Holidays are over; it’s time to pay for it all
- MSNBC (January 14, 2008): Putting a price on happiness
- Newsweek (October 14, 2007): Why Money Doesn't Buy Happiness
- Oprah.com (May 25, 2007): Shopping and Clutter (NEW)
