Born to Spend

by Arenson, Gloria

• ISBN13: 9780962194221
• ISBN10: 0962194220
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-05-01
• Publisher: Brockart Books

Summary

Gloria Arenson, recognized expert in this field, explores the psychology of overspending and debting. She shows that the typical shopaholic abuses money the same way that alcoholics abuse alcohol and overeaters abuse food. Born To Spend provides a complete self-help program to stop spending sprees. Learn the Stop-Look-Listen plan to control compulsions to overspend. Get on the Fast Track and use Meridian Therapy (EFT) to eliminate the urge to splurge in minutes. Experience Mall Therapy. Discover your spending style: Rebel, Status Seeker, Indulger, Needy-Greedy Child, Dummy, Daredevil, Second Hand Rose, Cinderella, or Undeserving Poor.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Compulsive Spending: A Nation In Denial
Spending In Pursuit of Happiness	1	(8)
Who Spends?	9	(12)
Causes of Compulsive Spending and Debting	21	(18)
Shop Till You Drop: The Spending Binge	39	(14)
A Self-Help Program For Change
The Stop---Look---Listen Plan: An Overview	53	(10)
The Fast Track to Success with Meridian Therapy	63	(12)
Stop and Change What You Do	75	(14)
Look at Your Emotional Life	89	(22)
Listen to Your Thoughts	111	(22)
Making It Work	133	(28)
Loose Change
Getting Outside Help	161	(10)
Advice to Family and Friends	171	(14)
Suggested Readings	185