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“I call it the SEAL Team Six targeted shopping strike. It used to be for grumpy old men, but now we’re all doing it. Consumers are stressed and they are filtering out as many random signals as possible,” Dr James Richardson, founder of Premium Growth Solutions told emerging brands on a webinar Friday.And while hoards of people stuck at home glued to phones and laptops present opportunities for creative digital marketers looking to reach us via direct-to-consumer brands (and ‘stress baking’ is now a thing), consumers are in a very different mindset when they go shopping in bricks & mortar stores,…
These are uncertain and anxious times. It’s no surprise that lots of folks are stress eating, binge eating, or using bulimia or restricting as a way to manage the anxiety of living through a global pandemic. This is a scary time and we’re all vulnerable. That’s why I’m so pleased to share this guest post by Dr. Bob Rich, psychologist and author of 18 books. This excerpt from his latest book helps us feel calmer during a time of global anxiety. Using his guided imagery techniques, you’ll soon be feeling more relaxed and less anxious… The following is an excerpt…
By age 23, I’d tried every diet imaginable. I cut carbs for 10 months. I went vegan. I did days-long juice cleanses. To many others, this may have just seemed like dabbling in “healthy eating,” but then, at a routine doctor’s appointment, I was encouraged to see a dietitian. That’s when I learned the term “disordered eating.”According to registered dietitian Sam Tryon, disordered eating describes a set of behaviors aimed at weight control, such as obsessively counting calories, restricting nutrients such as sugar, and skipping meals. While it can be used to cover a spectrum of dieting behaviors and diagnosed…
When looking at experimenting with kratom, one of the big questions will always be about who sells the best kratom, because none of us wants to buy poor quality products for anything, especially if we are experimenting with something which affects our mind and body, and could have great benefits. But how do you define and find the best kratom vendors? In this guide, I’m going to talk you through the traits of high-quality kratom so you can spot them. We will also talk you through how to spot the best places to buy kratom online, signs to watch out…
Do you find yourself rifling through the kitchen lately, looking for something sweet or salty to nibble on while you watch the news? And when you find it, do you end up eating a lot more than you intended?It’s likely emotional eating. With COVID-19 forcing many of us to stay home while worrying about our loved ones, our finances and our future, some of us are turning to food for distraction and comfort.READ MORE: Limit screen time during coronavirus outbreak, experts sayWatch below: Some Global News vidoes about stress related to the coronavirus pandemic. 4:28 Coping strategies to deal with…
For some reason, I’ve found there’s a bit of a fear about using kratom capsules. A lot of people wonder what the kratom capsules dosage first time out should be, and how that compares to dosing kratom powder. It’s simple questions like that which people surprisingly struggle to get answers for. So what I’m going to do here is tell you all about finding the best kratom capsules, the sort of dosage you should be using, and information on storage and even making them yourself. Plus, I’m going to do a brief kratom capsules review of each of the three…
Therapy is magical. Seeing a therapist has been part of my life and my story since I was eight years old. I started in a small office in an old, two-story Victorian style house a few towns away when my parents got divorced. We’d get Wendy’s on the way there right after school. Mostly, my therapist Barbara and I played board games and drew about my feelings. I wrote poems. I talked about not feeling like I belonged at the Catholic school I went to, and the confusion of all of it happening to me at once. In fourth and…
Source: Ryan McGuire/Pixabay As the world attempts to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic, most of us are feeling increasingly stressed. As recently described by the World Health Organization (WHO, 2020), fear, anxiety, and uncertainty about the disease itself is co-occurring with requirements for social distancing and increasingly difficult economic realities with an unknown trajectory. As such, helping people through the coronavirus pandemic is not just about helping them stay safe physically—it is also about helping them maintain mental and emotional health (CDC, 2020). article continues after advertisement When a stressful situation of this magnitude arises, people often experience substantial changes to…
Source: Ryan McGuire/Pixabay As the world attempts to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic, most of us are feeling increasingly stressed. As recently described by the World Health Organization (WHO, 2020), fear, anxiety, and uncertainty about the disease itself is co-occurring with requirements for social distancing and increasingly difficult economic realities with an unknown trajectory. As such, helping people through the coronavirus pandemic is not just about helping them stay safe physically—it is also about helping them maintain mental and emotional health (CDC, 2020). When a stressful situation of this magnitude arises, people often experience substantial changes to their eating behaviors (CDC,…
Source: Ryan McGuire/Pixabay As the world attempts to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic, most of us are feeling increasingly stressed. As recently described by the World Health Organization (WHO, 2020), fear, anxiety, and uncertainty about the disease itself is co-occurring with requirements for social distancing and increasingly difficult economic realities with an unknown trajectory. As such, helping people through the coronavirus pandemic is not just about helping them stay safe physically—it is also about helping them maintain mental and emotional health (CDC, 2020). When a stressful situation of this magnitude arises, people often experience substantial changes to their eating behaviors (CDC,…