People who work and get a W-2 have filed for unemployment benefits in a tidal wave of website-crashing benefit claims. Through Thursday,...

I'm hearing from people across the spectrum of income and wealth who are now in a financial bind. A woman from Texas relying on social...

The minute California governor, Gavin Newsom, issued his order to stay home on March 19th, a treacherous line of dominoes began lining...

Most of the parents I have worked with who are struggling to set and keep reasonable financial limits with their children are in fairly...

If you were to meet Sarah, you would not mistake her for an executive or someone working in finance. At first sight, it is hard to...

Deprivation is like a world with certain colors missing. Chronic underearning or anorectic spending are adaptive responses to living in a...

Here is an outline of what I recommend if debt is a problem. First, establish a spending plan (see The Spending Plan) that takes care of...

Money is particularly troublesome for people in recovery. Addicts of all stripes often have stubbornly entrenched money problems long...

Excerpt from The Money Trap... Ok, get out a pad and a pen. Let's do your spending plan. Don't worry if the whole idea scares you, don't...

Excerpt from The Money Trap... The problem with psychotherapy for people with chronic money is that it can be uncommonly frustrating-for...

Excerpt from The Money Trap Overspenders Compulsive spending and compulsive debting are a very effective way of keeping unwanted feelings...

Excerpt from The Money Trap... Rebecca's Story: Not everyone who gets into trouble with debt from their overspending has a story as...

Excerpt from The Money Trap... Billy's Story...a pretty stark example of how overspending is not about earning enough. Billy owns a small...