For more than 20 years, Olivia Mellan has helped couples and individuals understand their attitudes and change their behavior toward money. "Overcoming Overspending" is her dynamic, compassionate plan to guide overspenders and those who love them, through the emotional steps necessary to control overspending. Her book has been excerpted or quoted in newspapers and magazines across the country, including Readers Digest, Cosmopolitan, and USA Today. She has shared her tips on overspending with viewers and listeners on television and radio programs from New York to Los Angeles, including twice on Oprah. Now, her important book is available to a wide new audience.

"Never preachy...enormously useful". -- Publishers Weekly

"This is an excellent book that should be read by all couples whether they think they have a problem with over-spending or not". -- Library Journal

"The book is geared toward couples, but will help anyone who recognizes overspending as a problem". -- Chicago Life

"Mellan's book covers a lot of new ground.... What it can do is help money-distressed couples get back on the right path together and preserve their most precious asset each other". -- San Diego Daily Transcript

"An excellent, basic guide". -- The Bookwatch

"The reader is provided with strong tools to refocus and re-center while at the same time learning to be creative and feel better about themselves". -- BookScapes