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"They've been taking passengers from San Francisco via Vancouver, then going to Pacific destinations," says Michele Cardella , director of air consulting for the Advito unit of corporate travel-management company BCD Travel.
Air Canada Tries New Approach Caroline Van Hasselt 2011
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When she began to read her mother's notebooks, Cardella felt guided by her mother's basic wisdom.
Marcia G. Yerman: Compulsive Shopping - The Closeted Addiction 2010
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In retrospect, Cardella realizes that she neglected to fully mourn her mother's death.
Marcia G. Yerman: Compulsive Shopping - The Closeted Addiction 2010
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Many of the actions that Cardella describes in detail are classic symptoms of oniomania.
Marcia G. Yerman: Compulsive Shopping - The Closeted Addiction 2010
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Cardella alternately describes her purchasing junkets as her escape, her boyfriend, her release, her therapy, and her drug.
Marcia G. Yerman: Compulsive Shopping - The Closeted Addiction 2010
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At the end of Spent, Cardella recounts the story of how she emptied her closets as she readied for a move to a new apartment, outside of New York City.
Marcia G. Yerman: Compulsive Shopping - The Closeted Addiction 2010
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In her all-consuming addiction, Cardella postponed any serious considerations of purpose until the day she moved into a studio apartment without a man or a steady job.
Splurge a little on 3 books that offer advice on spending, saving 2010
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Raised in a blue-collar working family, Cardella was impacted as a young girl by her mother's distinctive style of dress.
Marcia G. Yerman: Compulsive Shopping - The Closeted Addiction 2010
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Cardella compares shopping to a hit of heroin: Her senses were heightened by an illusion of power and control until the fantasy evaporated.
Splurge a little on 3 books that offer advice on spending, saving 2010
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The underlying cause that Cardella points to early in her narrative, as the catalyst for the obsession that would slowly take over her life, was the trauma of her mother's death.
Marcia G. Yerman: Compulsive Shopping - The Closeted Addiction 2010
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