Ron Gallen
Artists and Self-Employed Covid-19 Benefits
People who work and get a W-2 have filed for unemployment benefits in a tidal wave of website-crashing benefit claims. Through Thursday,...
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Ron Gallen
- Apr 17, 2020
- 3 min
How to Redo Your Budget During Quarantine
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...
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Ron Gallen
- Apr 8, 2020
- 3 min
We Need a National Rent Moratorium
The minute California governor, Gavin Newsom, issued his order to stay home on March 19th, a treacherous line of dominoes began lining...
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Ron Gallen
- Apr 7, 2020
- 3 min
Parents: Setting and Keeping Financial Boundaries
Most of the parents I have worked with who are struggling to set and keep reasonable financial limits with their children are in fairly...
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Ron Gallen
- Apr 6, 2020
- 2 min
Underearners (artist department): Sarah's Story
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...
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Ron Gallen
- Apr 6, 2020
- 2 min
Underearning in Brief
Deprivation is like a world with certain colors missing. Chronic underearning or anorectic spending are adaptive responses to living in a...
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Ron Gallen
- Apr 5, 2020
- 3 min
Dealing With Creditors
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...
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Ron Gallen
- Apr 5, 2020
- 3 min
Money and the Recovering Addict
Money is particularly troublesome for people in recovery. Addicts of all stripes often have stubbornly entrenched money problems long...
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Ron Gallen
- Apr 4, 2020
- 3 min
Creating a Spending Plan
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...
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Ron Gallen
- Apr 4, 2020
- 3 min
Money, Therapy, and Depression
Excerpt from The Money Trap... The problem with psychotherapy for people with chronic money is that it can be uncommonly frustrating-for...
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Ron Gallen
- Mar 2, 2020
- 1 min
Are You an Overspender? Part I
Excerpt from The Money Trap Overspenders Compulsive spending and compulsive debting are a very effective way of keeping unwanted feelings...
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Ron Gallen
- Mar 2, 2020
- 2 min
Overspenders: Rebecca's Story
Excerpt from The Money Trap... Rebecca's Story: Not everyone who gets into trouble with debt from their overspending has a story as...
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Ron Gallen
- Mar 2, 2020
- 2 min
Overspenders: Billy's Story
Excerpt from The Money Trap... Billy's Story...a pretty stark example of how overspending is not about earning enough. Billy owns a small...
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