emotional spending

How I Averted an Emotional Spending Binge: My Six-Step Program

Posted July 17, 2009 - 12:50 by Frugal Duchess

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When you're tired or feeling blue it is easy to fall prey to emotional spending. Here's my six-point strategy for avoiding frivolous spending when you are at your most vulnerable.

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Knowing Your Triggers Can Prevent Emotional Spending

Posted July 16, 2008 - 14:57 by Andrea Dickson

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They don't call it "retail therapy" for nothing. Uncontrolled, emotional spending has a lot in common with other addicitons and eating disorders. One of these shared traits is the emotional trigger - something that causes you to react in a way that is self-defeating and/or dangerous. Do you know what your bad-spending trigger is?

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