Showing posts with label April Lane Benson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label April Lane Benson. Show all posts

Wednesday, 14 April 2010

Stop The Shopping Insanity Programme

April's a month of new life and fresh starts, so what better way to make a change than with the help of another April - April Lane Benson.

She's recently launched her "Stop the Shopping Insanity' programme and I've copied the details and links below for those of us who need a little assistance and encouragement away from the shops.

Trust me, it's a lot less embarrassing than having your mother follow you around shouting "Put that back on the shelf immediately!"

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Stop the Shopping Insanity Program Now Available

New program provides overspenders with tips, companionship, and hope

NEW YORK, NY., March 24, 2010 – April Lane Benson, Ph.D., an expert in helping people with addictive spending issues, has released an audio program that helps people who are struggling to get their overspending habits under control.

The program, Stop the Shopping Insanity, consists of three 1-hour interviews with women who had serious issues with overspending, conquered those issues, and went on to write a book about their recovery journey. The three, Alexis Hall, Avis Cardella, and Neradine Tisaj, all share openly the fear, humiliation, and struggle they endured when their spending was out of control.

Dr. Benson, author of To Buy or Not to Buy: Why We Overshop and How to Stop and editor of I Shop, Therefore I Am: Compulsive Buying and the Search for Self, has now given us, in convenient, audio format, an up-front and personal series where real people reveal their intimate journeys—from facing the horror of enormous debt, threatened relationships, and harassment by creditors to a path of self-discovery, true fulfillment, and the relief of low-balance living.

“These conversations,” says Benson, “can be healing companions for those who are ready to face their own compulsive spending issues. In listening to these generous women share their stories of recovery, overspenders will acquire practical strategies from people who actually used them successfully. They’ll realize that they’re not alone, and that there’s solid reason for hope.”

To learn more about the Stopping the Shopping Insanity program, go to (http://stoppingovershopping.com/secrets/), email info@stoppingovershopping.com, or call 212-799-3793.

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How Alexis got out of debt–Her 3 simple rules...

Are you up to your eyeballs in debt?

Afraid you'll never get it under control?
Alexis had extreme debt and a lot of fear.
Her monthly minimums were so high that she
felt she had to do something drastic.

Push had come to shove. She feared losing her beloved Kevin.

So she set 3 simple rules for herself,

Took 1 step at a time,

And it WORKED!

In the first four months,
she paid off $3000,

The incentive of claiming her life back from her creditors kept her going.
Yes: $3000 of debt...gone in four months!

Come see this short video.
Hear Alexis talk about how she did it.

http://www.stoppingovershopping.com/secrets

Saturday, 16 May 2009

Live From New York - For One Night Only!


There aren't many things I'm prepared to stay up until the early hours of the morning for, but a live online interview with April Lane Benson, Ph.D (pictured right) is definitely one of them.

April is one of America's top psychologists specialising in the treatment of compulsive buying disorder and is the author of two books on the subject. What she doesn't know isn't worth knowing, so I was thrilled when she asked me to take part in the hour long programme.

With April based in New York, we were clearly going to be working across different time zones, so on Friday 15th May at half past one in the morning with me pyjama clad and tucked up under a cashmere blanket with my terrier, Hobbs, we set about tackling the serious subject of shopping.

Having gone an entire year without shopping, it was fascinating to talk to other people about it, to hear their stories, how they tackled their compulsive behaviour and to take questions from those listening online about my previous 'excess all areas' lifestyle. I think the most important thing we all agreed on was that support was the key to success, either from your own network of friends and family, or through a specially organised group.

I'd advise anyone - shopaholic or otherwise - to have a look at April's site (www.stoppingovershopping.com) and to read her books - after you've read mine, of course!