When actress Linsey Lohan sought help recently to get over her $1 million-a-year shopping habit, she turned to a hypnotist.  Compulsive shopping is just like any other habit, albeit parhaps more expensive - especially in Lohan's case! .  A habit is a learned behaviour, and as such, whilst we cannot "unlearn" it, we can teach our minds to behave differently.

Like any other habit, there is a trigger point followed by an action.  For compulsive eaters the trigger point can often be a memory, a feeling, or even a sound.  Through hypnosis, we re-train the mind to react to that trigger point differently, and whilst that is undoubtedly good news for Miss Lohan, it is quite bad news for the Hollywood stores where she reportedly spent $100,000 on a recent day-long shopping spree!