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Impact of PR agency on automobiles industry
Tags: Public Relations, Best Pr Agencies In India

In the recent era, every company whether it is a small company or big company, they all want to expand their business whole over the world so, that is why they hire the top PR firms or agencies to get high position in the market. PR agencies are also called public relations agencies. Public relation agencies are those firms or agencies which control the circulate information between an individual or an organization and the public. In the organization a business of a person, a government agency or a non-profit organization can be included. The main aim of these PR agencies or firms is to inform the public about their organization that they maintain the positivity and always give the favorable view to their business. Automobiles PR agencies are also very famous these days. Automobile industry is the business of producing and selling self powered vehicles, including passenger cars, trucks, farm equipment and other commercial vehicles. Today in this blog, we will discuss about the impacts that put PR agency on the automobiles industry.

1. Expand the business- PR agency helps the automobiles industries to expand their business on the international level that is why they hire the public relations (PR) agencies. There are many famous and trending PR agencies in India which is best and in top ranks. Experienced PR firm or agency will take the business or a company on the top in the market. It also increases the goodwill of the company.

2. Adapt the new technology- Public relations (PR) agencies help the automobile industry to adopt the new technology. These days many technologies are come in the market which is beneficial for the business or for the industries. So that is why every automobile industry hired public relations (PR) agency or firm for their business or industry. Public relation (PR) agencies know very well what is beneficial for a business or what is not.

3. Reduce the expenses of media- Every automobile industry hired those PR firms or agencies that have relation with the media because they do not want to invest their more money on the media. Some famous or professional public relation (PR) agencies or firms have links with media outlets. These relationships with the media help them to place articles and press releases with newspapers, magazines, television stations, radio stations, high profile websites and podcasts. The services of media that public relation (PR) firms provide the industries are long lasting.

4. Influence the public- Public relation (PR) firms or agencies influence the public or audience. Sometimes audience does not trust the paid advertisements from the industry or business they only trust the trustworthy messages which they received from an objective source. This is the main big advantage of Public relation (PR) agencies which can be the economical way to attain the audiences as compare to the paid advertisements. This is the most famous or incredible form of promotions which is very beneficial for you or for your industry. Life thus brings in the true happiness and you can now get familiar with all positive facets.
We Are the Champions
Tags: Agencylife, Agencynews, Public Relations

What a week! Today we have tons of exciting client media wins and announcements to share from the week, from a Maker’s Mark segment on Cheddar to the launch of SANGHA Retreat by OCTAVE Institute’s microsite and social media channels. Read on for the highlights:

EVINS secured a live segment for Maker’s Mark Chief Distillery Officer, Rob Samuels, on Cheddar, which was shot on the floor of the NYSE. Rob spoke about Maker’s Mark bourbon and the Samuels family’s impressive history, noting the origins of the Maker’s Mark brand and its continued standing as America’s most iconic bourbon.

Maker’s Mark Chief Distillery Officer, Rob Samuels, on Cheddar

EVINS attended the Garden & Gun Mint Julep Month kick-off party on Thursday evening, where they celebrated the kick-off to Mint Julep Month with the Maker’s Mark team, agency partners, influential national broadcast and trade media, and featured bartenders and chefs who had flown in from throughout the country to attend.

Client SANGHA Retreat by OCTAVE Institute’s “teaser” website is officially live! The team has been heavily involved in developing the site’s copy and is excited to see it come to fruition. Social media handles for SANGHA Retreat are also officially live. Start following along on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

SANGHA Retreat by OCTAVE Institute

EVINS client Chef Vishwesh Bhatt held a residency at Emma’s Torch in Brooklyn, a non-profit restaurant that empowers refugees and survivors of human trafficking to build new lives through culinary arts. EVINS coordinated a meet and greet for Vish with Thrillist Senior Food Editor, Khushbu Shah, to discuss the angle, “Brown in the South,” highlighting the Indian chefs cooking up a southern-Indian fusion cuisine below the Mason Dixon. Piece to run in the near future.

The Lowell was named one of New York’s best spots for afternoon tea by Observer. Read the article here!

Afternoon Tea in the Pembroke Room at The Lowell
The Right Words Really Do Matter — Just ask Wilbur
By: Sterling Kilgore
Tags: Content, Public Relations, Sterling Kilgore, Marketing, Social Media

Ever since I was eight years old and read Charlotte’s Web, a children’s novel written by American author E.B. White, it has remained one of my favorite books. I read it to my children and to my classroom when I was a teacher years ago. If you haven’t read it, you must get it immediately no matter how old you are for while it is considered a classic in the world of children’s literature, it is a book that adults will enjoy as much as children. I am not sure anyone, young or old, can read this book without breaking down in tears at the end.

The story is about a true friendship between a pig named Wilbur and a spider named Charlotte. We first meet Wilbur when he is becomes the pet of Fern, the little girl who lives on the farm. Fern loves Wilbur and spends lots of time with him in the barnyard. However, as she grows older, she loses interest and Wilbur becomes lonely until Charlotte, a grey spider living in the barn, tells him she will be his friend. The barnyard is soon buzzing when it learns that Wilbur is in danger of being slaughtered. Charlotte, in an effort to save her friend, comes up with the idea to write messages in her web that praise Wilbur’s special qualities, thinking that if she can make him famous he won’t be killed. Soon, words like “terrific,” “radiant” “some pig,” and “humble” are woven into the web for all to see, and as predicted, Wilbur’s specialness is noted throughout the county and he is saved. In fact, he even wins a prize at the County Fair just for being a ‘special’ pig.

Now, while this book is definitely about the beauty of friendship, it is also about the power of words. I can’t help but think the author, E.B. White, had that in mind as he wrote it. If anyone understands the importance of well-chosen words, White did. He is also co-authored Elements of Style, a classic writing style guide that anyone of us who has taken an English class has been instructed to read. White knew that words give great meaning to what we believe, the way we frame our thoughts and ultimately the choices we make.

In the wonderful world of marketing and public relations, words are our magic. They can differentiate one company from another, influence decisions and have the power to make a company — or person — famous or infamous depending on how they are used.

So the reality is people believe what they read — which makes it very important which words we choose, and how they are used. There is a real psychology behind them. Just as in the case of Wilbur, if you want your company recognized as one worth being around, choose clear, concise words that differentiate your company or product. Words that make it easy for your prospects or customer to know what makes your company or product “terrific.” And then, of course, place them where everyone can see them.

Originally posted on SterlingKilgoreBlog.com.
How my company’s public exposure benefited from the government shutdown
By: Patrick Monroe Brenner
Tags: Shutdown, Public Relations, Advertising, Cybersecurity, Availability

Sit back, relax, and read my story about how the Aligned Risk Management team was able to benefit in a most unexpected way from the recent government shutdown.

The longest partial government shutdown in the history of the United States was ended recently. It began on December 22, 2018 after Democrats refused to support a new temporary continuing resolution in the Senate that included approximately $5 billion for the new border wall. Lasting 35 days, the deadlock was resolved on January 25, 2019.

With a 1980 interpretation of the 1884 Antideficiency Act, a “lapse of appropriation” caused by political impasse on proposed appropriation bills requires that the federal government curtail agency activities and services, close down non-essential operations, furlough non-essential workers, and only retain essential employees in departments covering the safety of human life or the protection of property.

This lapse of appropriation impacted the National Institute of Standards and Technology. NIST is a physical sciences laboratory, and a non-regulatory agency of the US Department of Commerce. Its mission is to promote innovation and industrial competitiveness. The institute’s activities are organized into laboratory programs. For our purposes, we’re going to focus on the institute’s information technology standards.

NIST has published a great number of excellent standards followed by innumerable business, government agencies, and the like. They’re referred to as NIST Special Publications, which are a type of publication issued by NIST. Specifically, the Special Publication 800-series reports on the Information Technology Laboratory’s research, guidelines, and outreach efforts in computer security, and its collaborative activities with industry, government, and academic organizations

Just days before the shutdown, NIST released the highly anticipated Risk Management Framework 2.0. Because of the shutdown, this directly impacted the availability of this new document as the NIST website was partially taken offline.

For about 35 days, the world was unable to review certain NIST Special Publications.

For about 35 days, the Aligned Risk Management team and the entire country were unable to review certain NIST Special Publications that serve as standards for the information technology industry and related fields.

Aligned Risk Management takes great pride in consolidating the best industry practices in information technology, security, and privacy, and relies on standards set by NIST and other trusted bodies. As such, we were among those that were anticipating the release of the Risk Management Framework 2.0. We published a story related to the release.
Updates from Maker’s Mark, The Lowell & More
Tags: Public Relations, Pr, Pr Agency, New York City, Updates

Essex Market for the Maker’s Market takeover

Last Thursday’s Maker’s Mark(et) food hall takeover of Essex Market was a huge success! Highlights from the evening’s event include the tasting sessions, twelve food vendors ranging from tacos to vegan gnocchi, and amazing cocktails made by local bartenders.

Jennifer Walsh in Central Park, founder of Walk With Walsh

The Lowell has introduced a new wellness offer! Aptly named Walks With Walsh, guests can now book a two hour morning walk in Central Park with Jennifer Walsh, founder of the Beauty Bar. Jennifer teaches the science behind the connection of walking in nature and well-being, as well as mindfulness techniques. Read more about the package here.

Also this week, The Lowell’s new Gentlemen's Tea in the Pembroke Room was featured in the New York Times! More information here.

Halekulani guest enjoying the Traveler’s Welcome

In Hawaii, Halekulani has released a new treatment called the Traveler’s Welcome. Designed to help alleviate jet lag and swollen feet, the treatment also includes the “Aloha Spirit” signature cocktail and Maile Mist. It also allows more of a transition from stressful travel to vacation, as the treatment takes place after check-in, while guests’ rooms are being prepared. Read more here.

Fred Tsao, founder of OCTAVE Living, at Global Wellness Summit

This week, Mathew and Louise Evins and David Harrison traveled to Singapore with client OCTAVE Institute for the Global Wellness Summit and the Forbes CEO Global Conference. Founder of OCTAVE Institute, Fred Tsao, participated in the Health and Wellness Panel “The Long Haul” at the Forbes Conference, and at GWS, he delivered a keynote speech titled, “A New Paradigm, A New Era of Wellbeing,” which received a standing ovation. EVINS CEO Louise Evins also spoke at GWS and participated in a panel discussion on “Experiential Wellness and the Future of Real Estate and Retail.”
The Toxic and Ironic End to Papa John’s Leadership
By: Sean Kernan
Tags: Public Relations, Life, Marketing, Business, Life Lessons

CEOs of large corporations are chosen with great discernment. There’s a long courting process. Candidates interview with boards. They attend dinners and cocktail hours.

You would likely enjoy interviewing them. Contrary to popular depiction, most CEOs are quite likable. They’re often calm, driven, and charming, with unobtrusive confidence, and an unsurprising intelligence. A CEO is as much a PR figure as they are a financial custodian.

This is why problems emerge with founder CEOs, who build a brand from scratch. The ‘risen from dirt’ miracle often mandates a very different leader than investors later deserve.

Many founders are gritty, rough-around-the-edges, aggressive, and unrelenting. These attributes can certainly turn one pizza shop into many.

It’s not that Papa John’s founder, John Schnatter, is a crude and bumbling barbarian. He can be affable, articulate, and relatable — but there were holes in his game.

And with annual revenue of more than $1.5 billion, the company was due for an upgrade.

Three years prior, the glimmers of his undoing were surfacing.
How Dreams Reveal Your Personality
By: Britt Rosales
Tags: Funny, Dreams, Personality, Conversations, Short Story

How Dreams Reveal Your Personality

I had a dream the other night where I was in the top of a lookout tower in an unfamiliar landscape with someone I have never met. We were in different rooms, looking at the horizon, when we start to see a group of people heading our way. I look over at this stranger and tell him that our phone lines are being tapped and to use our can and string to communicate.

Weird dream right? I have these types of dreams all the time, where they start out like they have substance, then turn to be ridiculous.

Based on my dream that I shared, would you be able to describe my personality? I suppose I could say that I’m observant, creative, cooperative or maybe a bit of an oddball. These conclusions, I could definitely agree with.

The power of a dream is a very mystical thing. Dreams reveal your inner desires, deepest secrets, even help heal wounds. Your dreams are apart of you, derived from your unconscious state. But these dreams are tailored by your personality.

The Big Five are just the base of the traits we possess; Openness, Conscientious, Extraversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism. From here, your dreams take shape.

Have you ever had a dream where you were lost and couldn’t find what it is you were looking for, let’s say a particular person or object? Knowing what we know now, I could assume, based on this dream, that you are a hard working and driven person, possibly adventurous with a tendency of being unorganized.

Psychologists and scientists alike find that much of our dream content is influenced by our “wake life.” Simply put, our dreams are an extension of us through experience and personality.

Next time you dream, dissect it. Get to know yourself and harness your newly found traits.
Day 21 (Twenty-one) of 365 days
By: Arowora Motunrola
Tags: Motivation, Personal Development, Personality, Growth

The Myers-Briggs Type indicator

This questionnaire is a self-reporting inventory that includes introspective questions to identify your psychological preferences. Using this information, the type indicator system classifies people based on four key dichotomies;

Favorite world

Do you prefer to focus on the outer world or your inner world? This is called extroversion (E) or introversion (I).

Information

Do you prefer to focus on the basic information you take or do you prefer to interpret and add meaning? This is called sensing (S) or Intuition (N)

Decisions

When making decisions you prefer to first look at logic and constituency or first look at the people and special circumstances? This is called thinking (T) or feeling (F).

Structure

In dealing with the outside world, do you prefer to get things decided or you prefer to stay open to new information and options? This is called Judging (J) or Perceiving (P).

When you decide on your preference in each category, you have your personality type, which can be expressed as a code with four letters.

Keirsey Temperament Sorter

This is a self-assessment questionnaire. While it is similar to the Myers-Briggs Type indicator. It more closely identifies roles that match each temperament type. According to Keirsey’s theory, there are four basic temperament groups which describe human behavior.

Essentially Keirsey divided all of humanity into four key temperamental groups. Each temperament has its unique qualities, shortcomings, strengths and challenges. It also encompasses personal needs, the kinds of contributions that individuals make in the workplace and the roles they play in society. Keirsey divided the four temperaments into two categories (roles) each with two types (role variants).

Hence, there are four types of Artisans, four types of Rationals, four types of Guardians and four types of Idealists. This makes up to 16 types in total. The questionnaire focuses on behaviors and temperaments rather than preferences.

Jungian type index

This self-assessment can provide you with an overview of your personality type and recommended careers by identifying Jungian cognitive functions or explanations behind certain psychological preferences. It is an indispensable tool for helping people manage issues of personal change and growth. It stimulates self-awareness and acts as a constructive framework in which people can understand and explore their inter-personal and thinking styles.
Pentimenti
Tags: Behavior, Personality, Life

Pentimenti

'Pentimenti' came into being in the early modern period . It is a visible trace of earlier paintings beneath the layer or layers of paint on a Canvas. It was common in the early modern period for an artist to finish a portrait and the patron would look and ask for a more flattering version of

themselves and then the artist would paint all over it. However, the real impression always

remained behind.This is the same as people’s 'personality’. There is always an idealized version of what we want ourselves to be and then the reality of what we truly are.



Personality is a word which is very widely used to illustrate the idiosyncrasies of human behaviour. It is derived from the Latin word 'persona' referring to a mask. Somewhere that is striking ! How is it that there are all these impressions that we leave of ourselves but most of it is just a false pretense? All the intricacies of human interaction ,the tenderness and temptations of our feelings our acts, our behaviour- all of it is filtered. What is the best part about wearing a mask? It is that they allow you to exactly be whoever you want to be and the downside of having one is that they can come off anytime. Just as in the paintings . The

real person in the potrait would always be lurking behind . So, one would be looking at two



versions of the same person.

What needs to be thought is that why is it that the paintings had to be re- painted ? Why is it that



often people don’t find their true selves enough ? We all want to change something in ourselves



so as to enhance acceptability and appreciation in the society. This is what ends up becoming

our personality . Unfortunately, all this cynicism is deeply embedded in the human circuitry . It oftens happens that we end up becoming what we truly weren’t in the first place . Now this need not to be confused with evolution . We all need to evolve and be better to be able to survive .



But at the same time we also need to embrace our true selves and work on it.



So, it is all a spider web of illusions and perceptions inter-spread together. The world is just a



painting, most probably a 'pentimento' waiting to be interpreted .There are added layers to everyone . People are seldom what they look like . It all depends on how you see and what you



choose to see .
Are You a Superfounder? What We Look For When We Partner With Founders
By: Lasse Birk Olesen
Tags: Entrepreneurship, Personality, Startup

“It’s very risky.”

“It’s the ultimate test of our founder thesis.”

“Yes. Let’s do it.”

It was early spring 2020, right before COVID-19 shut down travel, and we had just decided to invest in Jakob, Christopher, and Adam. Following the team from the sidelines, we had watched them launch a service for sharing highlights from e-sport-events. As they struggled to find sufficient traction, they shut down the project. But as we saw potential in the team we decided to invite them to spend a week with us in a house in Spain to get to know each other better and brainstorm ideas.

After many hours of intense whiteboarding of methodologies and business concepts, late-night vino-accelerated chats about life, the universe and everything, and — not least — a shared struggle to digest countless Iberian hams, our confidence in the team’s structured startup approach was fortified, and we concluded that we simply had to invest in the team now, even if they still hadn’t chosen a new idea to work on.

After our deployment, the team built and tested three different concepts before giving birth to the most enjoyable service in existence for virtual workshops: Butter.us. Soon, they raised another round from international investors and continue to show large double-digit monthly growth rates, validating that our pre-idea high-risk investment in the team was a good bet.

The above is an example of our early stage founder focus. It’s clear to us that having a stellar team is the highest priority, because a stellar team has a high probability of figuring out everything else. In this article, we will outline the parameters that are important to us when we talk to new founders and, if they have them yet, evaluate their ideas and markets. We’ve used data on the characteristics of successful and failed startups as the most important input, especially drawing on Ali Tamaseb’s book Superfounders as well as other sources.

In Tamaseb’s book, success is defined as becoming a unicorn, but other sources have other definitions. The effect sizes are calculated as the share of companies with the discussed parameter among successful companies compared to among unsuccessful companies. We do not control for confounding effects and the results must therefore be interpreted carefully.

In addition, our approach is spiced with our own intuition and experiences. As Jeff Bezos would say:
Why we love Quotes so much
By: Joao Caldeira
Tags: Behavior, Personality, Quotes, Psychology, Lifestyle

Photo by Mert Talay on Unsplash

And keep using them whenever we can…

We all love those remarkable sayings that get stuck in our heads and somehow feel as if they were tailored to our own individual life or particular situation.

I once heard this great quote:

“A life without quotes is a life not worth living” — Me, myself and I

See what I just did there? By providing a quote one can elevate one’s argument to make it stronger and more memorable.

If you are quoting someone else then it’s not just your own thinking.

This unknown impressive person you’re quoting, that clearly knows something more than what we do, agrees with what you’re saying. And so should the person you’re convincing!

We fall into the authority fallacy — take an argument as evidence just because it was given by someone we consider the opinion to be relevant — even though must of the time we don’t know who the person is and why we should listen to his/her opinion.

It just seems right to agree. Better yet: It’s inspirational!

This random phrase that you just slide into the conversation brings deep meaning and understanding of what’s going on. It provides a feeling that you capture entirely what the person is saying.

It’s empathy and advice at the same time!

You’ll come off as a knowledgeable individual, that knows so many things that an aura of wisdom is surrounding you. A person that one can listen to and seek thoughtful advice.

Not only do we love quotes because there’s a social gain coupled with it, but also because we feel more enlightened and intelligent.
American Humility is Still Alive, but It’s on Life Support
By: Lanny Knight
Tags: Society, Self, Maturity, Personality, Humility

1958. NFL Championship Game. Baltimore Colts vs. New York Giants. Recognized by football experts as The Greatest Game of All Time. The first championship game televised nationally. The first significant NFL game to go into overtime.

The Colts tied it up 17–17 with seven seconds left in regulation with a 20 yard field goal.

The referee explained to the team captains gathered at mid-field that the first team to score, field goal, safety or touchdown would win the game and become World Champions of professional football.

The Giants won the coin toss, but failed to score on the first OT possession. After receiving the punt, the Colts marched 80 yards for the winning score.

Johnny Unitas handed off to Alan Ameche, who dove off tackle into the end zone. The Colts won it all 23-17 in overtime.

Johnny Unitas had just quarterbacked the winning team to the World Championship.

As Ameche crossed the goal line, Unitas dropped his head and walked back to the sideline.

That’s it.

There was no attention grabbing celebration by the players. There were no chicken dances in the end zone. No one shouted into a camera anything about going to Disney World.

Colt fans did rush the field and carried Ameche away on their shoulders.

These men, even the stars on the team, went about their business like the professionals that they were. They respected the game. They respected their opponents. Even though they had just won the Game for the Ages they acted like they had been there before and knew how to act.
Three Deadly Eating Disorders
By: Barbara West
Tags: Eating Disorder Recovery, Eat Clean, Eating Habits, Eating Disorders

Three Deadly Eating Disorders

Healthy eating is very important for our everyday lives, but unfortunately, many people develop problems with body image to prevent them from this healthy eating lifestyle. Eating disorders vary greatly from person to person, but one thing remains constant — they are very detrimental to a person’s health. If you or someone you know suffers from an eating disorder, it is important to seek help as soon as possible.

The first kind of eating disorder that a person may develop is anorexia. Anorexia occurs when someone is overly concerned with weight and simply refuses to eat. Someone suffering from this disease usually tries to hide it by discarding the food without anyone knowing, cutting the food into small pieces to make it look smaller, or lying about skipping entire meals. Anorexia is dangerous because it does not allow a person to lose weight in a healthy way. Cutting fat out of a diet is fine, but not getting enough proteins, vitamins, minerals, water, and other nutrients can make your body lose muscle weight and weaken.

Another major type of eating disorder is bulimia. While you may notice an anorexic person losing lots of weight in a hurry, someone who has bulimia may or may not be losing weight. If a person has bulimia, he or she does not have the will power to give up foods but instead vomits or uses laxatives after meals to rid the body of these foods. Like anorexia, this can rob the body of key nutrients, and it can also lead to problems in the digestive system, throat, and mouth, which are not made for regular induced vomiting.

The third main type of eating disorder is binge eating. This is a combination of anorexia and bulimia in most cases. A binge eater will, like a bulimic, not deprive his- or herself of food. In fact, someone who is a binge eater will eat enormous amounts of food in a single sitting, and often these foods are not high in nutritional value. Instead of vomiting, a binge eater will then refuse to eat at all and exercise rigorously for a day or two but then slip into a binge once again. This leads to major problems with weight.

Eating disorders can affect bother males and females, as well as people of any race, ethnicity, or age. Most commonly, victims of eating disorders are teen and young adult girls. Many people die every year due to complications with eating disorders, but if you or someone you know suffers from this problem, help is available. So make sure you see, talk, and listen to what your doctor says for you to do!!
Play Therapy In Ridgefield, Fairfield County.
By: Lift Wellness Group
Tags: Eating Disorder Awareness, Eating Disorders, Mental Health, Eating Disorder Recovery, Eating Disorder Therapy

MEGAN FREYER, MA, LMSW

CLINICAL COORDINATOR

Megan has experience using Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Play Therapy, as well as other evidenced based treatment modalities. Megan also likes to teach and encourage clients to use mindfulness techniques as a basis for helping them recognize and effectively manage difficult emotions, encouraging them to discover and utilize effective coping skills. Megan works collaboratively with clients to tailor treatment plans to the individual and provide the highest quality client-centered care.

Megan joined the LIFT Wellness team in February of 2017. In that time, she has cultivated a word-of-mouth referral base for her unparalleled ability to join and accommodate with clients of varying ages and presenting problems. Megan feels passionately about the need for client-centered, strengths based practice that utilizes the therapeutic relationship to empower clients to move closer toward their goals, while simultaneously advocating for them in whatever ways possible.

Megan received her Masters in General Psychology from the New School for Social Research and a Masters in Social Work from Fordham University. She also has a Certificate in Child and Adolescent Trauma Training from the National Center for Trauma and Social Work Education.

To learn more about LIFT Wellness and couples counseling, please visit our website, www.liftupwellness.com.
Cognitive Behavior Therapy In Redding, Fairfield County.
By: Lift Wellness Group
Tags: Eating Disorders, Mental Health, Eating Disorder Recovery, Family Counseling, Eating Disorder Therapy

CLARICE GRENS, FNP, PMHNP

DIRECTOR OF PSYCHIATRIC MEDICINE AND MENTAL HEALTH

LIFT is beyond thrilled to be adding a nationally certified nurse practitioner to our team for medication evaluations and management! Clarice is now booking for January 3. Clarice obtained her bachelors of science in nursing from Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, CT, and her advanced degree as a nurse practitioner from Fairfield University. She holds national board certifications with the American Nurse Credentialing Center (ANCC) as a Family Nurse Practitioner(FNP), and as a Adult Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner(PMHNP). She is also certified by Oncology Nursing Society(ONS) as an advanced oncology certified nurse practitioner.

Clarice is an active member of several professional organizations including the American College of Nurse Practitioners; Sigma Theta Tau, and the International Honor Society of Nursing.

She is trained in Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Strengthen Based Therapy, and Eye movement Desensitization and Reprocessing(EMDRNETWORK).

Her areas of clinical expertise are multicultural psychology, trauma, substance abuse, anxiety, depression, stress, pregnancy, postpartum, prenatal, and health issues. She is focused on teaching patients about maintaining a balance for optimal health. Welcome to LIFT, Clarice!

To learn more about LIFT Wellness and couples counseling, please visit our website, www.liftupwellness.com.
Good old fashioned depression — 10 12
By: Giuseppe Lipari
Tags: Eating Disorder Recovery, Father And Daughter, Depression, Eating Disorders

The anger, the family therapy. The movement and understanding. But still, now, three full weeks of anger, sometimes seething, but always angry. What does that do to the body, to the mind? I feel broken down. Like a whimpering dog beaten. Not always, but each day that passes, each time the denial makes it’s way into the conversation, the anosognosia presents itself, the longer the recovery, the future calm state feels.

At this point, my outlook feels flat. This. Forever. For a long time. Have you ever measured sautéed bell peppers in a small measuring cup? It’s fucking hard. Consistency is key. I want to be happy again. Tonight, work and everything bore down on me, a fatigue driven by future days, by every day moving forward. Measurements and angry glares. Seasons normally filled with variety and celebration are replaced with a marathon of recovery and care.

Sounds like I want to unload this burden. I don’t. I want it full on. I want to unload everything else and care for this one burden deeply.

The depression is driven by lack of community, lack of space, loaded with the burden of healthcare and an upcoming election. Of society. And a longing for home where we lean into family as quantity and warm bodies looking out for each other in ways only family can.

Today I feel literally sick with worry.
Black Women and BED (Binge Eating Disorder)
By: Belle Angèle
Tags: Binge Eating Disorder, Racism, Mental Health, Black Women, Eating Disorders

Black Women and BED (Binge Eating Disorder)

CW: eating disorders, racism

Black women are one of the most undertreated groups when it comes to mental health support. Historically they have been the backbone of their communities, leading to the stereotype of the “Strong Black Woman.” Because of this unfortunate and damaging concept, many Black women feel that they cannot be vocal about their pain and their suffering. Due to cultural stigma around mental health, lack of resources and systems of oppression, some Black women turn to food to cope with depression, stress and anxiety. Although Black women can suffer from a variety of eating issues, Binge Eating Disorder is of particular concern. Binge Eating Disorder, BED, is an eating disorder that is characterized by the consumption of large quantities of food in one sitting, often to the point of discomfort. It is the most common eating disorder in the United States.

For some Black women, food is a “safe” place to turn for comfort, for stress relief and a mood boost. Binging can help numb unpleasant feelings and food is almost always available. Regardless of socio-economic standing. And binging is something that is oftentimes done in secret and is seen as less harmful than other common unhealthy coping mechanisms, i.e. drugs and alcohol. Many Black women find solace in food in ways they cannot find elsewhere. Food does not talk. Food does not judge. Black women experience both racial and gender oppression in their daily lives and often do not have a proper outlet to process their trauma and heal. They are constantly reminded of their “inferior” place in society, perpetuated by both racism and misogyny. What kind and how much food that they put in their bodies is one of the few places in many Black women’s lives where they feel like they have complete control, autonomy and agency. What may be seen as simple comfort eating can be a mask for grief, anger and sadness. Binge eating can also be in response to feelings of emptiness.

Binge Eating Disorder can lead to many serious conditions such as: cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, insomnia or sleep apnea, high blood pressure and gastrointestinal issues. In order to best support Black women suffering from BED, mental health and eating disorder resources need to become more equitable, accessible and culturally inclusive. With the support of both mental health and nutrition professionals, BED can be treated and healthy eating patterns can be established.
Homo Gastronomicus part 1.
By: Eduardo Guillen G.
Tags: Health, Food, Eating, Gastronomy, Eating Disorders

Eating is not the same anymore, although we like to think it is.

“We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.”

David Mamet, Boston Mariage.

Perhaps you are eating something while you are reading this. I advise you to pause your meal because this short reading might be revealing, and like any other truth, people will feel rejection and revelry against it for the sake of pleasure and bad habit.

Eating is not a pleasurable act in itself; it is merely the idea of eating what is enjoyable. The tong is the great deceiver in all of this, a tong tamed by advertising messages, culture codes and artificial flavors, lactones, ketals, and acetals.

But beyond the nowadays processed food we eat 24 hours a day, there is the fact that humans have surpassed their need for food in the XXI century. They are no longer in need of satiating their hunger because we do not eat for that purpose; we eat for pleasure above all.

Nowadays, real flavors are unnatural.

Do you remember the last time you were hungry? I mean hungry as if you need to eat something to regain energy to continue your day, or you would faint because of dizziness and fatigue (A calorie related hungriness).

Advertisers know this very well because they won’t create messages about being satiated; instead, they will send you opportunities to experience pleasure.

Beyond the fact that eating itself produces pleasure by regulating the corporal functions, it is not the same pleasure the tong experiences when it's pampered with different textures, temperatures, and flavors at the same time. In Today’s cooking, an orgy of taste is an orgy of lies.

Taste, like any other sense, was ‘awarded’ to humans as a means to discover threats and distinguish good from bad meals to help him survive.

Humans have turned this gift into a pleasure tool, who can no longer distinguish natural from artificial flavors. A taste drove us to pour more dressings and condiments, and even sugar, all unnecessary to keep ourselves functioning and alert during the day.

We cannot even start to realize the beautiful sensory game between smelling and tasting humans had decades ago when any new sensation was unique, transparent, and abundant in nature.

So next time you are hungry or desperate for a pie because you feel stressed, remember that more than 50% of that delicious meal is artificial, which means it is not there. Simultaneously, the sole purpose of eating a pie to vanish your daily charge is also a contradiction in itself.

If you want to unwind yourself, stop eating for pleasure, wait to feel that hungriness one more time, and eat something out of your typical diet, perhaps some vegetable or naturally grown food, and breath to remember what you have forgotten about real flavors.
When you and I can laugh at this shit, we’re free.
By: Julia E Hubbel
Tags: Body Image, Eating Disorders, Women

When you and I can laugh at this shit, we’re free. I suffered eating disorders for four decades. Here’s what did it for me:

A long while back (about 2010) I was learning how to ask the question, what’s funny about this? when I recalled living in NYC, in the last rent-controlled building on 434 E. 58th Street in 1979. At the time I had a great fondness for chewing up and spitting out wheat cereal, with gobs of sugar, and half and half. Since my tiny spot didn’t have a garbage disposal I would spit all that out into a huge black garbage bag. The bag full, and very heavy, I would stuff that sucker into the handy garbage cute. Where, upon arriving at the ground floor at terminal velocity, it would explode on impact.

You can only imagine. For my -part, bag gone, not my problem.

It was, of course the building supervisor’s problem, because that poor bastard had to clean it up.

So one day I’m in the tiny kitchen, doing what I did, when came a thundering at the door. I cracked the door open to see the supe, dressed in a wife-beater (it was July and we didn’t have AC), peering at me, holding up a small black plastic bag, which was dripping with liquid.

“Dis yours?” he asked in that inimitable, New Yorker way of knowing damned good and well it most certainly WAS mine, my apartment being the last one he was investigating.

I gulped, the shouted out “COOKIE RECIPE!!!” and slammed the door.

He shouted back at me, “STOP MAKING COOKIES!!!!” while I leaned against the door jam, holding my sides.

You can’t make this shit up. When I saw the humor in that, I was healed.
Dead Girls Don’t Eat
Tags: Cake, Eating Disorders, Mental Health, Mwc Space

One particularly warm July evening in Los Angeles — I died. I was sure of it.

I passed out

and then I passed out again

and then I ran

and then I passed out again

and then I hit my face on the side of a house

and I was wrapped in a towel and bleeding on the sidewalk

and my neighbor was screaming 911 and GET HERE NOW into her phone

and she was holding my hand but her voice was a thousand miles away —

and then there was nothing.

I felt it. The Big Goodbye. It was too late to change my choice.

Wait, wait! I DO want to live in this body! I know I said I wanted to take it off, I know I wished my quads my hips my butt were different, I know I yearned to cast myself in bronze so that I might stop worrying about my body’s fleshy shapes n’ shifts, but, BUT —

Man arms, from somewhere. They wrap around me and my towel and lift us off the ground. My brain half-participates in reality — there are sirens, there are ambulance lights — and half-floats in idle wonder, dreaming: What will my eulogy say?

“Girl did the classic girl thing where she didn’t eat enough and now she’s dead.” She was a victim of society! Of herself? She was a tragedy! She was Ophelia from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, so tired of being manipulated, so suffocated by societal restrictions that she let herself drown in a slow, passive suicide…

She was a sitcom character who almost-but-never learned her lesson.

No, that’s not quite right. Who was she?
A New Perspective On Virtual Reality
By: Jeremy Lasman
Tags: Quantum Mechanics, Virtual Reality, Imagination, Technology, Legacy

Reap The Rewards For Challenging Your Intelligence and Leave Your Iconic Mark On The World

Virtual Reality is more than just a video game or visual simulation. The potential of VR will have far-reaching ramifications on the evolution of our species because it represents the expression of our multidimensional quantum computing imagination coming into “form.”

It’s where technology and the mystical/metaphysical unify.

The “machinery” of human psychology must be upgraded in order to process the higher/faster frequencies of consciousness in which the definition of “real” and the meaning of “reality” open up dramatically, and most aren’t be ready to face this shift.

Everything is possible and there must be space to handle paradoxes that the human mind can’t comprehend from lower states.

The more resistance one holds against the malleability necessary to allow infinite possibilities, the more conflict will reflect itself in one’s environment and on the planet.

We are not meant to “vanquish” lower non-preferred frequencies out of existence because they are “wrong” but realize cosmic consciousness is like a CableTV Guide with numerous channels.

The more an individual finds the power of their conscious attention and masters the mechanics of their own signature channel instead of unconsciously consuming the old mass collective one, the more rapidly the shift into The Passion Age will unfold.
Enjoying Inside
Tags: Dreams, Relationships, Imagination, Love Letters, Storytelling

Thursday Toastmaster’s Table Topics #13

Irises, daisies, bougainvilleas, poppies, lilies, and a lot of them are displaying their colors and scents across the fields. The cumulous clouds are displaying their shape-shifting beauty perfected with the blue skies and gentle breeze. I am enjoying them in my mind and decided to capture their beauty and feeling at this moment.

People speaking with a little of my knowledge but enjoying their simple kind gestures. People passing by each other are accustomed to each other's kind of elegance and charm. In this part of the world, everything seems so perfect for me.

As I zoom out from what my eyes are seeing, I redirected my attention to the sweet melody on-air…

“Des yeux qui font baisser les miens

Un rire qui se perd sur sa bouche

Voilà le portrait sans retouches

De l’homme auquel j’appartiens”

Ah! The first time I heard it years ago, I took my phone and played it on the violin. Whenever there’s a wedding, I asked if I can play a song of my choice and this piece has never killed the spirit of sophistication. “La vie en rose”, seeing life through pink rose-colored glasses. Living with an attitude or outlook of positivity, trying to see beauty in every day; just like you do when you first fall in Love.

Zooming in, I diverted my attention to this man beside me. He doesn’t know how many times I have given up and confused why my heart has given him so many chances. He caught me staring at him. My heart smiled.

Then I decided to gently open my eyes and the whole imagination gave me a smile. Paused for a moment, grabbed my blanket, and closed my eyes again.
The Struggle of Reading with Aphantasia
By: Emily Giangiulio
Tags: Reading, Books, Imagination, Psychology, Fiction

The Struggle of Reading with Aphantasia

Photo by Siora Photography on Unsplash

I was speaking with a friend recently about our reading habits, which could not have been more different. He struggled to stick with any novel and had been a reluctant reader all his life. It made little sense to me: he loved stories and well-made films. He was a nerd like me who enjoyed fantasy worlds and video games.

But he just couldn’t find any pleasure in reading.

“But it’s like a movie in your mind,” I said. “Only you get to be the cinematographer and have more creative control.”

He gave me a screwed-up look. “But it’s not like that.”

“So you don’t see the events of the story when you read?”

“I mean, I know logically that they are happening and can spatially understand that. But no. I don’t ‘see’ anything.”

He went on to tell me that he had never been able to visualize in the way that felt so natural to me. When he thought of an “apple,” he did not see the curvature of the fruit, the shades of red, the shine on the skin. He could not rotate it in his mind’s eye and imagine every angle. In truth, he admitted he “saw” nothing, and he thought that was normal for everyone.

“Well, no wonder you dislike reading,” I said. “Visualizing the setting and characters is half the fun of it.”

There was a name for what my friend had: aphantasia. The inability to visualize or picture things in your mind.

It got me wondering: how many people who struggle to enjoy reading are afflicted with aphantasia? And are those of us who devour books, conversely, hyperfantastic?