Conquering Compulsive Shopping: A Conversation with Carrie Rattle

For today’s podcast we welcome Carrie Rattle. Carrie is a 30-year veteran executive of the financial industry. She holds an MBA, is a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA) and an Accredited Financial Counselor (AFC), the only financial coaching designation recognized by FINRA. Carrie trained with Psychotherapist & Founder of MoneyHarmony Olivia Mellan. Olivia is a money psychology pioneer who has been hosted on Oprah, the Today Show, and ABC’s 20/20. 

Today we will discuss compulsive shopping behavior by at least one partner in a relationship, and how you can work together to conquer the challenge.

Enjoy the show.

Carrie Rattle
00:00 Introduction
01:48 This is a pretty specialized topic. How did you get into this work Carrie?
02:42 What is compulsive buying and how is it different from impulsive buying?
06:06 Why is it such a big deal? (and how can it affect couples/families)
10:48 Compulsive buying /shopping addiction seems to be covered in the media regularly, but there are few of you in the country who specialize in this area. Why is that?
13:56 When clients come to you, how do they feel? And if they mention partners, do they share how they also feel?
16:30: Should compulsive shoppers work with their spouses to have an allowance system in their relationship?
20:38 What can a partner do to help them? What shouldn’t they do?
26:33 What support is available to overshoppers/compulsive shoppers/shopping addicts?
28:32 Where can our listeners go to learn more about you?
29:16 What is one piece of simple and actionable advice you want to leave our listeners with?

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Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 1:48 This is a pretty specialized topic. How did you get into this work Carrie?
• 2:42 What is compulsive buying and how is it different from impulsive buying?
• 6:06 Why is it such a big deal? (and how can it affect couples/families
• 10:48 Compulsive buying /shopping addiction seems to be covered in the media regularly, but there are few of you in the country who specialize in this area. Why is that?
• 13:56 When clients come to you, how do they feel? And if they mention partners, do they share how they also feel?
• 16:30 Should compulsive shoppers work with their spouses to have an allowance system in their relationship?
• 20:38 What can a partner do to help them? What shouldn’t they do?
• 26:33 What support is available to overshoppers/compulsive shoppers/shopping addicts?
• 28:32 Where can our listeners go to learn more about you?
• 29:16 What is one piece of simple and actionable advice you want to leave our listeners with?