Financial Therapy Texas Blog
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Spending On Your Kids: How to stay on budget and preserve your relationship with your children
Spending too much on children is a quick way to hurt the budget and your relationship. Convert the discussion from a battlefield to a conversation.
Credit Card Debt & Secrets: How to get out of the cycle of shame
The shame around Credit Card debt can be a huge impediment to addressing the problem because it makes us isolate when we most need to be reaching out to trusted others.
Your Cheatin’ Wallet — Financial Infidelity
Infidelity — a breaking of trust — is generally spoken of in terms of the romantic/sexual realm. Financial Infidelity, however, is another way relationships can be harmed (and offers a wonderful opportunity for people to improve!)
Super risks at the Super Bowl: Gambling Addiction on the rise
The tech industry is changing the way we gamble dramatically.
And it is also changing dramatically the way we begin and maintain our gambling problems.
Oniomania - Compulsive Buying AKA Shopping ‘Addiction’
Emotional Spending can represent an avoidance of issues. Learn how to handle life’s stressors in a healthier way and be more intentional about your spending.
Compensatory Buying: An underlying mindset in Shopping Addiction and Overspending
Am I enjoying a splurge or am I using spending to compensate for something?
Shopping Addiction & Covid: Pandemic impact on increase of compulsive buying
Shopping Addiction & Covid: Pandemic impact on increase of compulsive buying
When Luck Runs Out: NORC Diagnostic Screen for Gambling Disorders
Gambling can be a very fun, bonding experience for friends and family to enjoy together. So how does one know if they’re still enjoying one a famous American pastime or if they’ve ventured into dangerous territory?
Day Trading: Prudent investment or gambling-in-diguise?
Another troublesome realm where technology is expanding gambling behavior — The Stock Market.
‘Til Debt Do Us Part: Budgeting together while keeping finances separate
It can be a common assumption that most couples merge their finances.
While that might have been true in the past, it simply is not the case anymore.
Financial Management Role Questionnaire: Sharing money decision making within the household
Financial Management Role Questionnaire: Sharing money decision making within the household
Hustlin’ or Addiction?: The Multidimensional Workaholism Scale
In a world where the Hustle is glorified, it can be easy to work 24-7. How can I tell the difference between a healthy hustle or a problem with Workaholism (AKA Work Addiction)?
What is Workaholism?
In a world that never sleeps, we can literally work 24 hours a day (and there are even some professions where this is literally required).
So, what is the difference between a strong work ethic and a pathological one?
Am I Prone To Lying About Money? — A look at the Financial Infidelity Scale
How can I tell if I have a healthy level of financial freedom in my relationship OR if I am intentionally being secretive with my spending?
The Financial Infidelity Scale might help us to differentiate between the two.