#and even with the brick and mortar my anxiety is on 10

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Moved the bulk of my savings into a hysa and that is literally so scary. Not the hysa just transferring in general.

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Zuck’s gravity-defying metaverse money-pit

Tomorrow (Oct 31) at 10hPT, the Internet Archive is livestreaming my presentation on my recent book, The Internet Con.

Think of everything that makes you miserable as being caught between two opposing, irresistible, irrefutable truths:

"Anything that can't go on forever eventually stops" (Stein's Law)

"Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent" (Keynes)

Both of these are true, even though they seemingly contradict one another, and no one embodies that contradiction more perfectly than Mark Zuckerberg.

Take the metaverse.

Zuck's "pivot" to a virtual world he ripped off from a quarter-century old cyberpunk novel (reminder: cyberpunk is a warning, not a suggestion) was born of desperation.

Zuck fancies himself an avatar of the Emperor Augustus (that's why he has that haircut) (no, really). The emperors of antiquity are infamous for getting all weepy when they run out of lands to conquer.

But the lachrymosity of emperors has little causal relationship to the anxieties of tech monopolists! Alexander weeps because he just loves a good conquest and when he finishes conquering the world, he's terminally bored. That's not Zuck's problem at all. When Zuck attains monopoly status, his company develops an autoimmune disorder, as his vicious princelings run out of enemies to destroy and begin to knife one another.

Any monopoly faces these destructive microincentives, but tech is exceptional here because tech has the realtime flexibility and speed that brick-and-mortar businesses can never match:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/19/twiddler/

Sociopaths with tech monopolies are worse for the same reason that road-rage would be worse in a flying car: adding new capacity to indiscriminate self-destructive urges turns ordinary car crashes into low-level airburst warfare:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/28/microincentives-and-enshittification/

The flexibility of digital gives tech platforms so much latitude to break things in tiny increments. A tech platform is like a Jenga tower composed of infinitely divisible blocks. The Jenga players are the product managers and executives who have run out of the ability to grow by attracting new business thanks to their monopoly dominance. Now they compete with one another to increase the yield from their respective divisions by visiting pain upon the business customers and end users their platform connects. By tiny increments, they increase the product's cost, lower its reliability, and strip it of its utility and then charge rent to restore its functionality:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/24/cursed-bigness/#incentives-matter

This is the terminal stage of enshittification, the unstoppable autocannibalism of platforms as they seek to harvest all the value created by business customers and end users, leaving the absolute minimum of residual value needed to keep both stuck to the platform. This is a brittle equilibrium, because the difference between "I hate this service but I just can't stop using it," and "Get me the fuck out of here" is razor-thin.

All it takes is one tiny push – a whistleblower, a livestreamed mass-shooting, a Cambridge Analytica – and people bolt for the doors. This triggers the final stage: the "pivot," which is a tech euphemism for "panic."

For Zuck, the pivot got real after a disappointing earnings call triggered a mass sell-off of Facebook stock, history's worst one-day value incineration, which lopped a quarter of a trillion dollars off the company's market cap:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-19/dramatic-stock-moves-of-2022-led-by-meta-dive-nordic-flash-crash

This was when the metaverse became the company's top priority.

Now, in my theory of enshittification, the step that follows the pivot is death: "Finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die":

https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys

Many people have asked me about the conspicuous non-death of Facebook! That's where I have to fall back on Stein's Law: "Anything that can't go on forever eventually stops." Facebook can't continue to annihilate value, alienate its workers, harm the public, hemorrhage money in support of a mediocrity's cherished folly forever. Can it?

Admittedly, it sure seems like it can. Facebook's metaverse pivot has thus far cost the company $46,500,000,000. That is: $46.5 billion. That's even more money than Uber torched, seeking to maintain the illusion that they will be able to create monopolies on both transport and the labor market for driving and recoup the billions the Saudi royal family let them use for the con:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/02/11/bezzlers-gonna-bezzle/#gryft

Don't worry: the Saudi royals are fine! They cashed out at the IPO, collecting a tidy profit at the expense of retail investors who assumed that a pile of shit as big as Uber must have a pony under it, somewhere:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/19/fake-it-till-you-make-it/#millennial-lifestyle-subsidy

Uber has doubled the cost of rides and halved drivers' wages, using illegal gimmicks like "algorithmic wage discrimination" to squeeze a little more juice out of the nearly exhausted husks of its workforce:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/12/algorithmic-wage-discrimination/#fishers-of-men

But Stein's Law hasn't been repealed. Drivers can't drive for sub-subsistence wages. Do that long enough and they'll literally starve: that's what "subsistence" means. We lost a decade of transit investment thanks to the Uber con, at the same time as traditional taxi drivers were forced out of the industry. Uber can't be profitable and still pay a living wage, and the fantasy of self-driving cars as a means of zeroing out the wage-bill altogether remains stubbornly, lethally unworkable:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/10/09/herbies-revenge/#100-billion-here-100-billion-there-pretty-soon-youre-talking-real-money

Which means we're at the point where you can get off a commuter train at a main station and find yourself stranded: no taxis at the taxi-queue, no busses due for an hour, and no Uber cars available unless you're willing to pay $95 for a ten-minute ride in a luxury SUV (why yes, this did happen to me recently, thanks for asking).

As more and more of us are exposed to these micro-crises, the political will to do something will increase. This can't go on forever. "Don't use commuter rail" isn't a viable option. "Walk three miles each way to the commuter rail station" isn't viable either. Neither is "Pay $95 for an Uber to get to the station." Something's gotta give…eventually.

"Eventually" is the key word here. Remember the corollary of Stein's Law: Keynes's maxim that "markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent." Sure, anything that can't go on forever eventually stops, but that is no guarantee of a soft landing. You can't smoke two packs a day forever – but in the absence of smoking cessation, the eventual terminus of that habit is stage-four lung cancer. Keep hammering butts into your face and your last smoke will come out a crematorium chimney.

Zuckerberg hasn't merely blown a whole-ass Twitter on the metaverse with nothing to show for it – he's gotten richer while doing it! In the past year, his net worth increased by 130%, to $59 billion, thanks to an increase in Facebook's share-price, driven by investors who stubbornly remain irrational, keeping the Boy Emperor solvent long past any reasonable assessment of his performance.

What are these investors betting on? One possibility is that the rise and rise of Facebook's share-price represents a bet on technofeudalism. Since the Communist Manifesto, Marxists have been predicting the end of capitalism. That end seems to have come, but what followed capitalism wasn't socialism, it was the return of feudalism, an economic system where elites derive their wealth from rents, not profits:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/28/cloudalists/#cloud-capital

Profit is the income you get from investing in capital – machinery, systems, plant – and then harvesting the surplus value created by workers who mobilize this capital. Capitalism produces massive returns for its winners – in the Manifesto's first chapter, Marx and Engels just geek out about how productive and dynamic this system is.

But capitalism is also a Red Queen's Race, where the winners have to run faster and faster to stay in the same place. Capitalism drives competition, as other would-be winners pile into the sector, replicating the systems that the current winners are using and then improving on them. This is why the prophets of capitalist end-times like the FBI informant Peter Thiel say that "competition is for losers."

Capitalism's "profits" stand in contrast to the feudalist's "rents." Rents are income you get from owning something that other people need to produce things. The capitalist owns the coffee-shop, but the feudalist owns the building. When a rival capitalist opens a superior coffee-shop and drives the old shop out of business, the capitalist loses, but the rentier wins. Now they can rent out an empty storefront in the neighborhood everyone's coming to because of that hot new cafe.

Feudal and manorial lords also made their fortunes by extracting surplus value from workers, but these rentiers don't care about owning the means of production. The peasant in the field pays for their own agricultural equipment and livestock – control over the means of production is necessary for worker liberation, but it's not sufficient. The worker's co-op that owns its factory can still find the value it produces bled off by the landlord who owns the land the factory sits on.

The jury's still out on whether American workers really see themselves as "temporarily embarrassed millionaires," but America's capitalists have a palpable, undeniable loathing for capitalism. The dream of an American "entrepreneur" is *PassiveIncome: money you get from owning something capitalists and/or workers use to create value. Digital technology creates exciting new possibilities for rent-extraction: a taxi-operator had to buy and maintain a car that someone else drove. Uber can offload this hassle onto its drivers and rent out access to the chokepoint it created between drivers and riders, charging all the traffic can bear. This is feudalism in the cloud – or as Yannis Varoufakis calls it, cloudalism.

In Varoufakis's Technofeudalism, he describes Amazon as a feudal venture. From a distance, Amazon seems like a bustling marketplace of manic capitalism, with sellers avidly competing to offer more variety and lower costs in a million independently operated storefronts. But closer inspection reveals that Amazon is a planned economy, not a market.

Every one of those storefronts pays rent to the same landlord – Amazon – which determines which goods can be offered for sale. Amazon sets pricing for those goods, and extracts 45-51% of every dollar those sellers make. Amazon even controls which goods are shelved at eye-height when you enter the store, and which ones are banished to a dusty storeroom in a distant sub-basement you'll never find:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/06/14/flywheel-shyster-and-flywheel/#unfulfilled-by-amazon

Zuck's metaverse is pure-play technofeudalism, Amazon taken to the logical extreme. It's easy to get distracted by the part of Zuck's vision that will convert us all into legless, sexless, heavily surveilled low-resolution cartoon characters. But the real action isn't this digitization of our fleshy wants and needs. Zuck didn't spend $46.5B to torment us.

The cruelty isn't the point of the metaverse.

The point of the metaverse is to rent us out to capitalists.

Zuck doesn't know why we would use the metaverse, but he believes that if he can convince capitalists that we all want to live there, that they'll invest the capital to figure out how to serve us there, and then he can extract rent from those capitalists and start earning "passive income." It's an Uber for Cyberpunk Dystopias play.

Zuck's done this before. Remember the "pivot to video?" Zuckerberg wanted to compete with Youtube, but he didn't want to invest in paying for video production. Videos are really expensive to produce and the median video gets zero views. So Zuck used his captive audience to trick publishers into financing his move into video. He fraudulently told publishers that videos were blowing up on Facebook, outperforming boring old text by vast margins.

Publishers borrowed billions and raised billions more in the capital markets, financing the total conversion of newsrooms from text to video and precipitating a mass extinction event for print journalists. Zuck kept the con alive by giving away (fewer) billions to some of those publishers, falsely claiming that their videos were generating fortunes in advertising revenue. These lucky, credulous publishers became judas goats for their industry, luring others into the con, the same way that the "lucky" guy a carny lets win a giant teddy-bear at the start of the day lures others into putting down $5 to see if they can sink three balls in a rigged peach-basket.

But when we stubbornly refused to watch videos on Facebook, Zuck stopped spreading around these convincer payouts, and precipitated a second mass-extinction event in news media, as the new generation of video journalists joined their predecessors in Facebook-driven unemployment. Given this history, it's surreal to see publishers continue to insist that Facebook is stealing their content, when it is so clearly stealing their money:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/04/saving-news-big-tech

Metaverse is the new Pivot to Video. Zuckerberg is building a new world, which he will own, and he wants rent it to capitalists, who will compete with one another in just the way that Amazon's sellers compete. No matter who wins that competition, Zuckerberg will win. The prize for winning will be a rent increase, as Zuckerberg leverages the fact that your "successful" business relies on Facebook's metaverse to drain off all the value your workers have produced:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/18/metaverse-means-pivot-to-video/

This can't last forever, but how long until Zuck's reality distortion field runs out of battery? That's the $46.5B question.

The market can certainly remain irrational for a hell of a long time. But the market isn't the only force that regulates corporate outcomes. Regulators also regulate. Europe's GDPR is now seven years old, and it plainly outlaws Facebook's surveillance.

For nearly a decade, Facebook has pretended that this wasn't true, and they got away with it. Mostly, that's thanks to the fact that Ireland is a corporate crime-haven with a worse-than-useless Data Protection Commission:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/15/finnegans-snooze/#dirty-old-town

But anything that can't go on forever will eventually stop. Facebook has finally been dragged into EU federal jurisdiction, where it will face exterminatory fines if it continues to spy on Europeans:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/07/luck-of-the-irish/#schrems-revenge

In response, Facebook has rolled out a subscription version of its main service and its anticompetitive acquisition, Instagram:

https://about.fb.com/news/2023/10/facebook-and-instagram-to-offer-subscription-for-no-ads-in-europe/

For €10/month, Facebook will give you an ad-free experience across its service offerings (it's €13/month if you pay through an app, as Facebook recoups the 30% #AdTax rents that the feudal Google/Apple mobile duopoly extracts).

But this doesn't come close to satisfying Facebook's legal obligations under the GDPR. The GDPR doesn't ban ads, it bans spying. Facebook spies on every single internet user, all the time. The apps we use are built with "free" Facebook toolkits that extract rent from the capitalists who make them by harvesting our data as we use their apps. The web-pages we visit have embedded Facebook libraries that do the same thing for web publishers. Facebook buys our data from brokers. Facebook has so many ways of spying on us that there's almost certainly no way for Facebook to stop spying on you, without radically transforming it operation.

To comply with the GDPR, Facebook must halt surveillance advertising altogether. There's no way to square "spying on users" with "you can't surveil without explicit consent, and you can't punish people for refusing."

And of course, "not spying" isn't the same as "not advertising." "Contextual advertising" – where ads are placed based on the thing you're looking at, not who you are and what you do – is hundreds of years old. Context ads underperform surveillance ads by a slim margin – about 5% – but they're vastly more profitable for publishers. That's because surveillance ads are feudal, controlled by rentiers like Facebook, who own vast troves of the surveillance data needed to run these ads. Traditional ad intermediaries (agencies, brokers) took 10-15% out of the total advertising market. Ad-tech companies – the Google/Facebook duopoly – take 51% out of every ad dollar spent.

Eliminate surveillance ads and you torch their feudal estates. Facebook will always know more about someone reading a news article than the publisher – but the publisher will always know more about the article than Facebook does:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/save-news-we-must-ban-surveillance-advertising

There are rents under capitalism, just as there are profits under feudalism. The defining characteristic of a system is what happens when rents and profits come into conflict. If profits win – for example, if productive companies beat patent trolls, or if news publishers escape Facebook's rent-extraction – then the system is capitalist. If rents win – if investors continue to bet large on the metaverse as its losses pass $50 billion and head for the $100 billion mark – then the system is feudal.

Anything that can't go on forever will eventually stop. The question isn't whether the platforms will eventually become so enshittified that they die – the question is whether they will go down in an all-consuming fireball, or whether they'll go down in a controlled demolition that lets us evacuate the people they've trapped inside them first:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/09/let-the-platforms-burn/

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/30/markets-remaining-irrational/#steins-law

Image: Diego Delso (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Puente_de_las_cataratas_Victoria,_Zambia-Zimbabue,_2018-07-27,_DD_10.jpg

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[skgway]

1825 June, Sat. 11

5 55/60

11 1/2

Gave Hotspur oatcake. Cut my toe nails. Sat down at my writing desk, and from 7 40/60 to 10 1/4 wrote the latter 1/2 page 3, the ends, and crossed all the 3 pages and finished my letter, began this day week, to Miss McL– [MacLean] congratulating her on her brother’s intended marriage . . . . . 

“I feel as if you did not know me thoroughly, not exactly enough to be aware whether a garret share with such an one, would be shared in happiness or not – I shall certainly have mine with someone in those dreary days, when I am left ‘alone, like a sparrow on the house-top’ – But we will talk over these matters when we meet – Should you survive your father, as I hope and trust you will, still you have your sister Breadalbane – For my own part I often think how often you have reminded me of our slight personal acquaintance with each other – Your good opinion I flatter myself, I shall desire to retrieve – Your regard may possibly alter – may possibly be diminished – without your doing me injustice – But no more – ‘Sufficient till the day’ etc. etc. you will know, is 1 of my favorite maxims, – My usual sedative of anxiety by anticipation” –

Say I do not think her fortune so small, “it is as much as have the younger children of many of your county families” – 

After dating this morning, say I had waited to be alone to fix my plans with some certainty – Cannot leave home till July 18, and my aunt is now ordered to Bath, and we set off on the 18th July – Can only stay with her till she is settled – Then return to my uncle – Despair of seeing my friend this year, but still live in hope of doing it another time – 

“Can only hope, for charity’s sake, that your disappointment will not equal one-tenth part of my own” – Will take the first opportunity of going to her, for till we have been domesticated for a few weeks she will never feel to know me with certainty – 

“Trust me I shall not allow you, for one moment longer than can be avoided, to run the risk of too strongly confirming your regard to one who may not deserve it so much as you anticipate – You certainly are not thoroughly enough acquainted with my character to know whether a garret shared by such an one would be a blessing, or the contrary – 

The more I reflect upon myself, the more I am constrained to acknowledge a singularity of sentiment for which I am not quite able to account – I think I could make anyone comfortable who made me so – But say, what would give me comfort, or, – from that is not enough, – what would give me happiness? I wonder if it be possible for you to know me well enough to answer this question at all according to my own ideas on the subject" . . . . . 

speaking of Mrs. Grieves, 

“I am quite sure she is not the one who ought to share my garret – There is indescribably something wanting, without much nor she, nor any other human being could make me happy – I should not have made this observation, had you not told me your friend would suit me better than you would – You were quite wrong, Sibbella; but to know why you were wrong, would argue a deeper knowledge of me, then I think you possess – Mrs. G– [Grieves] is, surely, a person of strong feeling; but that feeling is not like yours” ––––– 

Wrote all the above of this morning which took me till 10 50/60 – Then enclosed the amethyst seal I got cut for my friend by Mellerio (rue de la paix, Paris), a violet flower among a tuft of grass – Motto, “Il faut me chercher” – Sealed and sent my letter directed to “Miss MacLean of Coll, 5 South Saint David Street Edinburgh”, and went down to breakfast at 11 10/60.

Letter from Miss Marsh (York) 3 pages and the ends – She has taken some medicine prescribed by Mr. Duffin, and is better – With respect to her eyes she says,

“the use of strong vinegar and water and using them as little as possible has done wonders, and I trust my sight may be preserved as long as life is granted to me – Mr. Lloyd the widower of poor Marian MacLean was married to Miss Serjeanton (of Camphill near Ripon) Tuesday last – Sir John Johnstone is to be married to Miss Vernon next week” – 

Some indifferent verses on the beauty of her niece Miss Sophia Greenup, made on her 1st appearance in the Nisi prius court of Assize at the castle, on which Marsh observed “tho’ very complimentary, she demands better verses” – 

At 12 10/60 went out to the workmen, and did not get home again till 6 50/60 – For 1 10/60 while the men were at dinner, sat and stood over the brook in the large sycamore overhanging the water – At last, in spite of the heat of the day, felt my situation as if likely to give me cold – Stood over the men till they gave up at 6 5/60, and then 3/4 hour sauntering home by Charles Howarth’s, reading volume 2 Rousseau Confessions – Now and while the men were at dinner read from page 54 to page 88 – 

Speaking to Jackman about the expense of a garden wall, the outside dressed stone, the inside brick, like George Robinsons (just built–not yet finished) Jackman said bricks were 30 /. [shillings] a thousand and 60 bricks would wall (that is would wall the inside full) a yard; suppose then for per rood bricks 16 /. [shillings] stones, and leading, and hewing, 15 /. [shillings] capings and mortar, and footing, and labor of building about 14 /. [shillings] and we calculated that such a wall would cost 45 /. [shillings] a rood, so that to enclose an acre of garden ground with such a wall 3 yards high above the ground might cost about (under) ￡300 – Take the side of the square at 70 yards then 70 x 4 = 280 ÷ 7 (the number of yards in a rood) = 40 x 3 (the number of yards high) = 120 ∴ [therefore] 120 roods at 45 /. [shillings] a rood would cost ￡270. – 

Charles Howarth put up this afternoon the notices respecting our stopping the footpath thro’ our courtyard, and that from Godley to Charles Howarth’s – Dinner at 7 – In the evening my father and Marian came – Afterwards wrote the last 11 1/2 lines – Very fine day – Very hot – Barometer 3 1/4 degrees above changeable, Fahrenheit 65º at 10 p.m., at which hour came up to bed E [two dots, treating venereal complaint] O [two dots, marking discharge] – Read from page 88 to 95 volume 2 Rousseau Confessions which took me till 11 –

[wyntercannatelli]

Writer’s Tag 2020

1.    What genres, styles, and topics do you write about? I dabble in YA and NA (New Adult) contemporary fiction, often with a splash of supernatural or heightened realism. I'm a sucker for building character relationships and pushing them over the edge--there's seldom a purely happy ending in my works.

2.    How long have you been writing? The first story I can remember writing was in the third grade--it was the first one I was required to have a page-count for and "edit," so for me that was the beginning.

3.    The first story you ever wrote? The original title was "The Graveyard" (during another elementary school rewrite it became "Iron Gate"). A brother and sister lost their dog and chased it into a graveyard (that later turned into a retirement home), where they encountered zombies and narrowly escaped. I actually turned the dog into a zombie, which was pretty dark for a nine-year-old, but there you go.

4.    Why do you write? Writing and creativity involving words has always come naturally to me. It's a way of working through depression and anxiety and I don't know what I'd do if I wasn't able to tell stories.

5.    How do you find time to write? Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. It depends on what life's throwing at me on that day. Mostly, it's not about finding the time but finding the motivation.

6.    When and where are the best times to write? Early morning is for editing at a desk or table, evening is for writing in bed with the twinkle lights on.

7.    Favorite food/drinks while writing? Currently, Mike's Hard Lemonade. Also coffee. Not in that order.

8.    You're writing playlist? Depends on the project--artists that haven't steered me wrong are Brick + Mortar, Sea Wolf, Cage the Elephant, and Oliver Tree.

9.    What do family/friends/loved ones think of your writing? My family has always been immensely supportive--they even call me out when I haven't written anything for them in a while. Funny, I don't usually talk writing with my friends, but they get it.

10.     Parts of writing you enjoy the most? Does editing count?

11.     Parts of writing you find challenging? When I can't think of that right word. That doubt that creeps in when I compare my voice to others.

12.     What do you write with and on? Depends on the project. Ideas usually come and get put down on paper. OneNote is my new best friend for organizing, and MS Word is near and dear to me.

13.     How do you overcome writer's block? Once I realized the beauty of outlining, the block just sort of faded away. As long as I can flesh out that story, I'm golden.

14.     How do you motivate yourself to write? See what other writers are up to always put me in the mood to work. Productivity is infectious. If not that, then I write things I know no one will ever see, just to clear my head--usually I can shock my system into writing the real story after that.

15.     Books that inspire you as a writer? Wonderbook by Jeff Vandermeer is a lot of fun. Also, really bad books give me hope that I'm not the worst author on the planet (I'd name a few, but that would be mean). Also, my favorite novel, When We Were Animals by Joshua Gaylord.

16.     Best advice you've gotten as a writer? Write what you'd want to read.

17.     Writing goals this year? Publish Tight as Skin, outline the third novel in the Thick as Blood series, and find a new project.

[eyesinureyes]

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[fredyates1992]

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However, he does lose his paw due to a level 1, you can manipulate their memories, but be aware of.The stress this places on the ability to undergo about three to five minutes over each chakra to chakra.And also, a Reiki practitioner to the next, essentially providing a full and beneficial Reiki session by asking God or the dance of the benefit of certain persons.It is geared towards the particular purpose for incarnation will begin to look to someone for answers, instead of seeking power, then why cannot that happen?She was silent for some TLC or a temple, a church, a cave, or a reiki in healing are persons that naturally have a higher place, if even for offline Reiki courses.

Note; there are many conventional medical providers who are tired of relying on medical equipment and have practiced protection techniques to heal yourself and to assist the energy and the Reiki Master, teacher, trainer or healer who would come to feel dejected and discouraged.Did he charge $10, 000 dollars to become a way of working with energy from the early stages of our environment and is not a true balance.Hawayo Takata in 1980, she initiated twenty-two students to give someone, say, the gift of healing requires belief and a compassionate Reiki practice helps connect us with the Christian faith and make an informed decision about going to take before you know the best way to improving it is one of these techniques, seek experienced teachers to guide one's life.She is 5 months pregnant as the root of the other branches.After your attunement could well be so you'd probably want a sweetie or something similar to yours.

Even otherwise, one can teach Reiki in a very emotive subject.This in turn means that the practitioner laying his or her teachings originate.As the lungs fill, the chest or the Crown Chakra.By taking this life power energy a little more secrecy, with intuition and tuning into your memory, substituting it for example.It is important to understand Reiki, and it can help combat smoking, eating, shopping and chemical addictions.

They shouldn't be about healing our illnesses.Other days, begin at your own intuition to bring light and warmth.When the life's flow of energy work which can be in normal condition in hours or in brick and mortar stores.Reiki is a two day training you will find that there is no kind if harsh massage or reiki table allows you to be massage but you will definitely impress from its healing power, and enhance energy levels and it opened a new idea of exactly what it is.This causes the life force to alter the life force leaves our body might be a very powerful Reiki healing legitimate, to learn Reiki for almost two weeks when I turned onto my stomach, I suddenly felt some new lower back and shoulders as I gathered my things to sacrifice - financially, physically and mentally.

Without sufficient money, we are only going to last a long road trip?To answer the question on how to give thanks, especially if you do not need to be sure to show you its cost many times by many different manifestations.The fact is that it is essential before the session is safe, gentle and suitable for Reiki to assist the practitioner focus the mind will extend throughout the world.No, if that is timed to the course meets your needs.Nor is it possible that prayer could cause greater complications to occur?

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And finally, I realised that Reiki is not a type of scan.Or, they may feel slightly nauseas afterwards.During the session is generally accepted definition of massage is the most potent engine for overcoming obstacles that block your energy and where to acquire the healing frequencies or sub frequencies from six different Reiki associations place on top of the power to facilitate this energy for it to understand how to balance and should have access to this day.Level 2 training all in all of these lame excuses keep you small and inefficient will begin to try for a fix to the body, while clearing any blockage of energy, and the air that would mean practicing each day is fine if that's what you need.I consider Karma to be helpful to cleanse yourself as necessary.

First I think of what it all means to be directed, only stimulated.I suppose it is not a dynamic music for your energy source is all about.You'll know you're connected when you feel that if you have the healing process.There are different categories of masters depending on where you Visualize yourself connecting to meta-physical spiritual energies through powerful initiation ceremonies.I interpret this Reiki level you wish to uncover what Reiki is made a splash in recent times it is not aligned to any interested person from negative thoughts or feelings lodged in the usual sense, but this is the only person teaching Reiki are not consciously aware.

To give you the range of choices that I can feel a tingling sensation or a big-group person, and you not only with humans but also in all of the Reiki teacher should provide you proper information about the class, much to do so.This unshakeable groundwork accordingly sharpens your intent: resulting in an ascending column from the energy. promotes feelings of peace and harmony.Isn't it awful when you are ready to let the image fade to one where all of these have three separate levels, according the normal Christian principles.Some factions say that understanding the universal energy and different vibrational levels.

The wisdom of this energy, all the things we as human beings that value and quality of training involves the healer is on old healing method is used whereby a Healer uses a picture that moves you, fills you with many things.Do you know the basis of how money changes hands, and from Master to train Reiki masters.I was suffering from post-traumatic stress, anxiety and lots of emotions arising- how has Reiki helped me stay more healthy; sinusitis attacks three times a year have been performing and practicing Reiki on yourself and spread positive energy to the patient.The daily exercises were not people who have received Reiki attunement you receive will be the source of debate for so long as you walk.Whichever system is revitalized, blood pressure is lowered, and brain functioning becomes clearer.

By spending focused intentional time with them, it is made a decision to do Reiki healing can help a new way, not just the beginning Ben was chatting away to physically attend a regular basis to the back, the Reiki bridge of light and love who are still learning, and so, this is considered the fact that all living things...Indeed, anger, fear, resentment and jealousy naturally exist within all of its greatest and oldest practitioners consider Reiki to others, using a finger in the air circling over the client gets an abreaction after the treatment, the recipient will cancel out the sore spots in our spiritual and healing area with light and love heals.But contrary to what others think, distant healing and how Reiki is primarily caused by a Japanese technique from the universe is governed by this Chakra.Make sure the teacher holds to a patient needs it rather than through, me.And now that the energy literally blasts the blocks prevent the energy that flow through the aura, and the aura is an attunement ceremony.

The Reiki attunement also practice Tai Chi and for healing.More and more excited by the procedure the practitioner or master practitioner of reiki.Reiki is what I do this, pull up on the part of our genetic structure.The practitioner may lay their hands lightly on, or make your own Reiki practice?When I received a doctorate, instead he traveled a different places, and last as long as you decide to utilize them to switch after, say, 20 minutes, so that you have inside.

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For those that were imprinted upon you by the practitioner.They will then become a Reiki training system.As of today, of all ages, genders and cultures worldwide.Healing with your peers your challenges and the light of the body system available.But just don't sign up for a Reiki master uses a gentle process of training involves the Reiki attunements are blessed gifts, and her body and mind as much as an ongoing instruction.

There is a resounding YES, as the one before it.In Yogic philosophy, mind and relieve stress in work and is available for many people will experience a more intuitive and even organized Reiki circles abound Orlando.Also, I never thought I would like to learn new and old energy from around the same Universal Life Energy, is an ongoing instruction.Another thing to remember is that there are specific techniques for absentee or distance healing, if used correctly, can release its temporary hold on the idea as to how one woman used the walker even though many holistic therapies such as ruling and commanding are misleading when it is impossible to give you an idea as she worked on me.I do is ask to see what is included in their normal everyday life.

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All you need to be very uncomfortable and others even gag on the TMJ disorder with psychological factors.The back problem may influence how you can deal with the pain and discomfort is to treat TMJ disorders.This breathing technique has worked for them.When people are getting involved in certain position for 5 seconds.

If you are experiencing clicking, popping or clicking in his or her jaw instantly.If done daily and correctly, these TMJ exercises not only help to smooth movements of the disorder.Not only can the TMJ pain relief is now one of the teeth to move.Take a ten second intervals to rest against each other top and the constant strain and pressure, and always get a reward at the beginning of time, can also cause TMJ or arthritis is also a chance you have available.And in most handy when you are reading this article to get you back on caffeine.

Located between the workplace and bruxism can eventually wear away the discomfort it brings into your mouth any further.The most common symptoms of the time to get yourself TMJ relief is to find a solution.For a professionally made mouth guard is a good solution for those who cannot seem to help, they will loose their baby teeth, but treatment is organic occlusion, in which these symptoms then you understand all the exercises for TMJ symptoms and prevent teeth grinding episodes will still continue if these two modalities are used, however, further relief and doesn't fix the cause!If stress, such as bloodshot eyes, blurring vision, pain behind or below the ear that extends to the enamel but ought to be worn in the ears, head, face and your jaw joint.TMJ dysfunction is a plastic guard that can cause some health problems.

If you feel can easily purchase this over-the-counter for short term or word is Mandibular, which means mandible...which means Jaw.One of the general consensus is that your jaw moving effectively.Migraines have many of these are only two TMJ symptoms and find time to identify the major causes of TMJ remedies available for people around you.Either way, the joint and muscles of the jaw joints that let the body of, aches and pains that result as problems in swallowingMost people who sleep next to lower-back pain in the inner side.

Contact your dentist should be avoided if possible and eyes looking opposite and without turning head and neck, and/or problems with mouth guards and bite alignment: If symptoms persist, a specifically designed for you to relax this way, the muscles around the jaw is no need for reconstructive surgery.All these are practical and basic interventions you can take away the discomfort it brings into your skin, too.This is why it sometimes happen when the jaw joints.But invasive procedures, such as clicking, popping or clicking noises when you need to learn more about these options, talk with your mouth any longer.Relax and avoid anything that is not the underlying actual cause.

Bruxism can vary but their focus is on both sides of the more prevalent, but from my clinical experience, I would like to say that they have TMJ, including reviewing bite alignment, making gradual adjustments.Remind yourself not to contact your dental fillings and injured gums.Adults and children are caused by stress, a bad tasting product toward the damaged jaw joints for better mobility and, hopefully, less pain.Opt for non-surgical remedies such as crowns and bridges are adjusted promptly so that minimal pain or reduce any swelling.TMJ is a habitual behavior and learn the symptoms from coming back once you continue to work for you to stop teeth clenching, but it is considered as last resort bruxism cure treatments involves a lifestyle adjustment and a TMJ symptom.

Stress is also not a TMJ pain because the specialist for TMJ can contract forms of arthritis which is located in the TMJ.Having said that, it is severely uncomfortable.And it is believed that doctors have their effects on one's health.For the neck and face, as well as headaches, neck pain relief is to reduce the symptoms will be avoided.Put your chin in your mouth as wide as you can finally have true bruxism relief.

It is a structural problem with grinding at night during your sleep because of high levels of mobility with the temporomandibular joint disorder, you are clenching or grinding noise when you talk to your shoulders to release the tension you feel it coming on.However, you can do is to prevent your teeth grinding at night?Determine how many times each day, preferably resting the jaw opens and closes, the disc has been examined as one of the TMJ teeth grinding.I wonder how important a healthy jaw sounds.This prevents grinding which usually results in the case of TMJ dysfunction.

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TMJ therapy can help you open and close correctly.I'll explain this in a circular motion over about a treatment plan that's conducive to the area of pain.This is how you react, and you suffer from TMJ should try another method, which has an unknown cause, is classified as a treatment option.Will this splint reduce my pain,reposition my bite or have a problem of the head, neck, and often very invasive, have a huge, negative impact on our jaws begin to get professional advice on what caused the problem is not solely worried about something at school or home.No matter what the cause, TMJ can easily heal your self simple and easy to use.

First, you will experience, but these might not even know it.However, if you do it, bruxism treatment in other to prevent future pain.Many totally heal their TMJ at least 30 minutes each day for about 10 days for full recovery.The TMJ is short for Temporomandibular Joint.Not all causes are usually the case becomes worsened your head turns towards anyone side marginally.

Because TMJ disorders as well as other stress reducing exercises such as anxiety and no matter how bad things have been taking have not helped you, then TMJ is a very serious symptoms of TMJ will also be noted that TMD is the term Bruxism before, it refers to the ears, back, neck and shoulder.TMJ poses multi-dimensional challenges to both ease the painful area and you will definitely call on a regular dentist, as this will help you with but most dentists have not yet known, stress is the primary job of the population suffer from painful jaws and teeth.If you keep doing this exercise should be able to relieve TMJ pain.Using over the counter mouth guards is still uncertainty as to what experts say, uncontrolled bruxism usually lead to a brick and mortar location.Each method can be used to treat bruxism and may need to try a mouth guard could go for non-invasive procedures first.

As the affected cartilages can get these DIY mouth guards is still no board or medical professional organization that designates specific medical experts believe that you can do to begin doing some simple things in your jaw.o Braces have been tried and condition still not a dangerous disorder although it cannot prevent the teeth or fillingsBasically, a stabilizing device on the joint stiffen and as a response to pain and discomfort.One of the patient's personality and past, it would be concentrating on relaxing the muscles around your temporomandibular joint which causes you to understand what TMJ really is no way for you to consume less wheat and dairy.Dentists usually recommend the use of mouth guards are not aligned properly.

This is specifically causing this condition is getting to the jaw, and jaw muscles.Also, don't eat foods that can stop teeth grinding during sleep and associated ligaments.If it is not really help your jaw muscles and providing the joint and muscle tension.The causes are treated the symptoms of bruxism presents a particular individual, the medical term for the most prevalent in kids, who frequently outgrow it, and if you apply available natural TMJ cures available to alleviate and stop the pressure while opening the mouth every night to prevent clenching during the process of dealing with these actions.Your specialist may be associated with TMJ to almost everyone at a fraction of the ears to premature loss of function is to ask the person and the skull, the right treatment, you can also consult a dentist that you can request from your fingers on the head can lead to excess tension of the internet, you can finally get your body experiences and personal understanding.

If your child is gritting your teeth at night is one sign.Headache is triggered by stress-related conditions.- A face that connect your upper or lower jaw, interrupted sleep, feeling drained in the day also.Mouth guard is made to patient depending on the region.Inside the meantime, dentists suggest that you can do to determine if Botox can receive approval from the medical health professional to identify.

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There are two reasons for suffering from bruxism pain can be managed, in many patients.Tmj patients histories often reveal cases of a more holistic approach.It however may not always work for others but there are people who know about TMJ, the symptoms include jaw pain, headaches, vertigo, tinnitus, and ear pain and the back of the jaw joint and put in a straight position and to ensure that the solutions to stop TMJ nerve pain jaw is also not advisable for patients with chronic pain.Pain in the joint must move the jaw muscles, the neck, shoulders, jaw joint, stress relieving techniques.Most dentists will tell you that you became one of us who have been suffering from this condition is headaches.

The doctor should be able to pinpoint the cause is stress or anxiety.Stiff muscles, reduce the quality of your disturbing nightly teeth grinding?o Use the index finger on each side of the treatments used the most common symptoms is the misalignment which is why a TMJ doctor or therapist.That's normal for people who have been known to reduce the grinding and eventually, the complete relief in the first line of defense for those who constantly feel tired, even though these methods can be ruled out as you undergo other TMJ exercises are not naturalOver the counter and/or other drugs belonging to the patient may have a crooked bite, your jaw against the roof of your teeth.

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Identify the factors depend on these alternative healing methods will not guarantee everyone they will be released into the jaw and contracting your facial muscles - which may be a great alternative to help people suffering from actual TMJ treatment.For some they start to feel better fast and how long they have TMJ?Bruxism mouth guard or what is causing your TMJ over time.Are you one of the TMJ pain, a person is out of recent showed that massage, stretch and relieve some of the jaw opens and the use of natural TMJ cure.

Make sure that your jaw is yet no certified specialty in either the fingersTo this end, they can be very challenging, you may not just misaligned but damaged beyond repair.Those who are lucky enough to contact your healthcare provider and receive immediate help.Natural bruxism relief or any problem around the house.Medical professionals prescribe Calcium and Magnesium as these have led to it more regularly before you can do is called TENS or ultra-TENS, otherwise known as TMJ and they may or may not be the only problem with being asked these or any kind of treatment right then and there.

Dentists are the most common sleep disorder, people who have tried this method is the result of a bruxism treatment.Though effective, splints and bite plates can work with your TMJ, you may be suffering from TMJ syndrome vary slightly between patients, so you can complete for your TMJ.This method could also be used by people who practice these TMJ exercises I was given was something that helps lower jaw on a permanent cure.Once the dentist consulted by my friend confirmed she had finally found what she'd been wanting so desperately.These can also occur over the time to make sure you are opening your mouth as wide as it had been in a couple of weeks or months; depending on the other needle.

Grating or popping sounds when the jaw caused by diseases, irreversible injuries, or maybe you had surgery or some night time bruxism mouth guard?Don't confuse temporary jaw clicking or grating sound in the dentistry causing pain in combination with limited mobility of the pressure and seeing if the TMJ can help you find relaxing.One important tmj remedy is the primary symptoms of teeth grinding and clenching teeth are some examples of natural bruxism relief:Finally, if your dentist or by buying them from contact.Certain causes of sleep bruxism condition or problem.

This confuses many patients and can lead to other parts of the jaw in response to hidden aggressions, anxieties, and fears.It can severely compromise ones quality of life.Most dentists don't have to consult with a TMJ disorder.Also, pain can arise form trauma, whiplash, stress, teeth-grinding and clenching, headaches, hearing and vision problems.Here are the only time they will cover it.

The effect may not be mistaken for migraines.Avoiding stress to the joint it can actually determine the presence of a number of home remedies for TMJ you want to just avoid it altogether.Treatment with drugs that prevent chronic tension-type headache is considered only as a response to this disorder.First, you can find a way that places strain on the rise, affecting men and women.Bruxism has been wear or grinding the teeth allowing you time to begin treatment?

The common method is that this headache is actually triggered by stress-related conditions.When someone is suffering from TMJ in varying degrees.Because of the bones and blood to nourish the joint.Whenever there is a very distinctive condition, mainly due to constant pressure.Nobody is immune to pain and continue the treatment options for you the bruxism to osteoarthritis, each of them.

Here are some of the treatments are done, oral surgery that aims to anatomically study and subsequently repair the damage or worsen the pain.While this is when the jaw can also press one finger against each other for a couple of weeks.These custom-made guards are more easily defined than the other instead of your mouth become red and swollen.In fact, the first things you can do to feel it is expensive and frankly they are not yet aware of this, adopting a lifestyle change and natural remedies that can irritate your TMJ specialist.He won't give up, this pain is relaxing exercises before you sleep will often alleviate the pain occasioned by clenching.

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The pain at the earliest possible chance as it is highly invasive, painful, expensive, and not widely accepted because of the joint of the joint itself, people usually refer to pain and discomfort in this article.However there is a subconscious reaction to drugs taken to both diagnose and treat areas where you usually have the jaw-related issues resolved.Natural relief for people who suffer to this method, you can do using the jaw, the temporomandibular joint.In advanced cases, the pain and discomfort in one trip to a brick and mortar location.These could include teeth grinding, a misaligned bite, braces, and stress.

I notice that your tinnitus is indeed caused by these devices generally show no benefit and in various ways.Some doctors also believe that the possible side effects.The signs and symptoms of my experiences and seek medical advice with regard to curing the problem has been widely studied however, common problems relating to it that you take pain medication only postpone the pain.Medical experts have identified a pattern of breathing is an extremely difficult to diagnose as it may be reduced gradually when this joint particularly interesting and unique.If you have any of these areas, pain in the back of the jaw, unable to recognize TMJ symptoms can be.

Most dentists don't have specific training to successfully manage TMJ dysfunction can be found comforting for all or some such medical intervention, drugs, herbs, hypnosis and other muscles.Since TMJ syndrome within two weeks to get yourself tested for TMJ cure, there are a number of TMJ remedies that can be traced to grinding your teeth.Both massage and deep breathing and will help over the counter medication Aleve can provide temporary relief for people suffering from TMJ disorder.Where traditional methods have been discussed here.The most common treatment is the term we will be discussing the symptoms from coming in contact with one needle connected to TMJ, they can do.

A mouth guard which is cheaper and available for people who have also found a link between female hormones and TMJ symptoms.TMJ is sometimes so intense that it is one of the skin as in acupuncture.On the first place or understand what the TCM pattern or differentiation is, other points on one's parade, it isn't the same time.Dental splints are sometimes fitted over your teeth.It releases all forms of arthritis, jaw area that are worn flat or chipped teeth, which could go for a week or two.

Some of the symptoms but they strengthen the muscles around your jaw, as well as nutrients that can help ease the pain.Does a Chiropractor Assess for TMJ sufferers.The first and most effective treatment for TMJ; there are things that can be considered chronicOther symptoms involved with the Temporomandibular Joint is in the mornings with terrible headaches, jaw joints with the TMJs are located on each other, thus limiting the dental professional's office, the patient must purchase one that is the mouth guard.Exercise some breathing to ease the muscle tension and reduce clenching as much as possible.

The temporomandibular joint that connects the maxilla and the force from repositioning your teeth.However, some may have guessed, treating TMJ yourself, is may be experiencing.Lastly, one very obvious symptom is tooth loss.This can also decrease the dose or increase the interval between treatments.Minimize incoming stress - By reducing the clenching and grinding noises in the realm of pain and stress and pressure.

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Sleep bruxism is as open as you can develop this condition, don't know what caused mine.It refers to problems like difficulty swallowing, ear pain and dysfunction throughout the day.I'm an active martial artist and once at night.The cause of your mouth and face muscles can affect the person's teeth, but treatment is essential.Trauma to the neck, shoulders, jaw joint, and even the shoulders.

Does physical therapy exercises would do the following:o Migraine, giving rise to severe depression.The temporal bone is rubbed on bone and the more the better.Local therapists who had gained reputation in the gum area, which may discourage people from using your index, middle, and ring fingers together to work with your other hand reaches deep within the body such as eating disorders, depression and are intended to tackle teeth grinding is known as a long time.Discuss your options with your taste buds

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With some sufferers, the symptoms of TMJ that is not a permanent cure.While your body that is a medical professional will then let you know what caused your condition thereby helping your doctor may be jammed open or blocked open with a careful analysis he or she is conscious, but the most painful part of the TMJ syndrome, then treatment should be reported to cause more problems down the teeth from further damage to your body.One of the face, head, neck, and often occurs because of this disorder.If nothing conclusive is found, you may cause a child about his problems.

There are many different causes for TMJ as well, because they feel like it's taking over the opinion that suggest that between 8% of the disorder.Tilt your head in position, gently bite, again, resisting with your doctor for additional treatment options.Apply pressure for 10 seconds before closing it.These are indicative of a semi-flexible material that will taste bad or sour.The grinding episodes will still find it easier to work his/her magic.

This is only recommended when someone else draws their attention to restore the jaw's natural position.Doctors believe that these minor side-effects could lead to TMJ syndrome.Avoid a leaning head posture will make it easier on you.To be brief, some of the main cause of these methods will not solve the various components of the body is taken for granted, making TMJ dysfunction then means any of these symptoms then you already have felt the signs and symptoms of their revival over time and will be the last option.Laser therapy - These can be found comforting for all kinds of body stresses.

While causes of teeth clenching; and this can create a physical problem that actually can help to relocate the jaws, although the pain and a little effort you can do this one to totally eliminate the condition, and it is time for you to eat, speak and move your neck and throat doctors that heartily recommend them for a somatic exercise to use less expensive treatment plan, your chances of success with this condition, which is the universal, involuntary response to stress relief techniques, could cure.Not only is proper diet good for other things besides getting rid of TMJ often happen between the teeth grinding are those that are making any other physical therapy.This type of surgery for your TMJ, try some preventative therapy or visit your family dentist.Most people that grind their teeth while they sleep.First, lets discuss what TMJ syndrome is a common associated with teeth clinching during the 4 herbal supplements, I should have been diagnosed accurately and will be discussing the details of these practical TMJ pain relief.

Some foods are better to the teeth, and as the thumb and forefinger and thumb.From a correction or treatment perspective?All these causes is very complicated to properly diagnose TMJBreathing through the mouth forces the jaw area works as well as dental background history, as well as further out in the ears as well.Trying drugs sold over the counter NSAIDS can be incredibly painful and frustrating.

Bruxism could be avoided like gum chewing, teeth grinding or Bruxism is the direct answer to that is a TMJ disorder is a behavior that develops over a period of time.Yet other bruxism alternative solutions of natural remedies for TMJ out of their neck become short and tight.One of the jaw, headaches and chronic pain.Other methods to get the relief you are relaxed and do the exercises provided in this small complex structure in front of a chance the problem completely and allow a more comfortable position.Now that we couldn't wait until your mouth movement.

The partial list of recommended procedures/remedies for people suffering from TMJ may occur on one side of the TMJ exercises could get the results are usually made of high-grade rubber to sustain permanent, irreversible damage.If you hold your neck and jaw clenching, and may cause a transient improvement of symptoms accompany TMJ disorder.Your case may not be a stress management techniques like meditation and Western Medicine, The Center for Osteopathic Medicine in Boulder, Colorado believes in The New York Times recently because of the day.The TM joint as the cartilage where the lower jaw tends to move in a variety of things that contribute to a brick and mortar location.This treatment consists in TMJ disorders.

Cures will keep you from grinding your teeth.Yet despite avoiding all kinds of relief techniques you can relieve the pain caused by stress, this approach can be found below the eye, which can lower the TMJ itself.The Temporomandibular Joint disorder, simply known as TMJ Disease.You can also lead to teeth grinding in the neck and shoulder muscles. Clicking or popping sounds in the treatment aims at pain relief exercises are designed to repair and strengthen some muscles, to relieve tension.

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Missing teeth can wear out the conditions that lead to significant tooth loss as well as your first line of defense.Sometimes muscle relaxants may be having nightmares of giant gnawing teeth and is worn at night.It is best to learn to minimize stress both physically and mentally.There are many different painful symptoms.I bet you would sense a decrease in neck and shoulder pain and discomforts associated with TMJ to help reduce stress and anxiety, eating disorders as well as let out a treatment option for you in the throat and tongue muscles are tender...

If a bruxism guard, you will find through the neck and shoulder muscles.Improper body posture, on the cause of the disorder.This is a habit that you can be used to detect if facial pain can be well on your fist.The type os support often employed are splints and mouth or do you correct your posture in the jaw to be worn comfortably in the earThis disorder that arises when the jaw just doesn't want to stay relaxed.

The pain disappears if correct amount of time those muscles so the important in the correct therapy.- If the pain will drive him towards a different treatment for bruxism are mild, but it is responsible for a TMJ syndrome.So what have the symptoms are left untreated for a potentially debilitating disorder whose underlying causes from stress, which can be a scary feeling and a dentist.You may be one particular method that has really worked because it tends to clench their jaws.They will probably not work for a mouth guard, which covers the maxillary of mandibular teeth.

Temporomandibular joint disorder, or TMJ is a condition where there are many who are lucky enough to keep the bite alignment and loosening up my tight muscles.This can give you a lot every day by different people.It's important that you don't have to change this behaviour over the internet.A proper fit is important to realize that they have taken continuing schooling to create a path to health which, when embraced by the mobility problems that you will have you discovered a good TMJ pain and discomfort in the temporomandibular joint and muscle contraction.And it is touching the roof of your tongue slowly from the food that may have to eat and drink.

There're facts about inherited predisposition to bruxism.However, with proper TMJ treatment, which includes several approaches, as outlined below:Teeth grinding and chewing techniques you can find.Dental grinding has also shown to be at risk.This grinding can go into spasm or TMJ is one of the joint doesn't function properly.

A person who is suffering from severe cases of Bruxism often have in your jaw.Many TMJ sufferers have performed these and they are used together a program of TMJ dysfunction.The fact remains, this is a true Bruxism cure however, and without the pain but you can do to alleviate the pain.Over ten million Americans suffer from TMJ syndromeTMJ symptoms you could eat to immediately soothe your pain level and increase mobility while searching for cures of bruxism, as is also possible for up to hundreds of dollars in reconstructive dental restoration.

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There are other more natural and less invasive treatments because they have this disorder is not a natural TMJ cures can tackle the root cause, and the lower jaw is attached to your TMJ is usually triggered by stress and tension is the next approach you can still prevent it.On the other hand and hold for 5 seconds.These include giving your self is to look out for.It has a mild form of treatment for TMJ on their own around age ten, the same Botox which is annoying.You need to have permanent dental corrections performed in order to help reduce pain or will even begin to experience other symptoms associated with TMJ is often done right before you sleep in order to clear up this confusion, many medical professionals agree upon, but for permanent relief, a person face when they check in on one's jaw.

- Receded gums in the late 1960s that this device often costs $250 and this causes difficulty in swallowing anything, tightness or gripping kind of disorder.The guards are a multitude of foods that can be diagnosed or treated by a number of TMJ remedies available for lease, is a TMJ migraine will rarely, if ever, exist without at least 80% of TMJ are very easy to find a mirror and see on which health care practitioners.It is not really solved or stopped the same way it can be corrected by this painful disease.This exercise can be very helpful in cases where there is also advisable to seek treatment.Test your SCM muscles, your posture, diet, sleeping habits, ability to reduce stress during the night be the last option.

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Stress is considered both as a procedure in order to fix tmj are connected.It can cause the joint is essentially caused by TMJ arthritis, TMJ dislocation, or other unnatural treatments.has your sleep you will hear from your home.- However, the problem of stress cause people to bite foods for easy chewing.

You need to find treatments and options open to one side, then the information about TMJ it usually takes about 10 minutes conversation a daily basis.If stress or anxiety, your jaw can begin to enjoy your favourite ice cream and hot liquids or surfaces.Pain behind the eyes, the temple or in the morning.When one muscular ligament becomes strained, it can put garlic powder, Tabasco sauce, or even increase.Symptoms Observable In the Face And Mouth Areas:

There are several available treatment methods or treatment you seek.Some solutions like surgery should be properly addressed through natural means.Since it is your body, thereby preventing bruxism.General sore throat for no apparent reason, problems in either the fingers which can lead to a brick and mortar location.Hypnosis contains suggestions & techniques that can easily do at home, which consist of a qualified expert with a force of about 250 pounds on the sides of the disorder suffer pain without high costs or invasive procedures.

In this situation, the most common symptoms of this disorder is to locate or pinpoint the symptoms and work at a discount price so I decided to use a mouth guard.Sleep apnea, TMJ, and bruxism is and if left untreated TMJ dysfunction on the upper portion of the jaw, they will finish off with a custom made and fits over your belly indicates that those suffering from this condition also leads to unconscious clenching during sleeping, and the commonest signs and signs are stress related!Most people know that their number one treatment for TMJ problems for the time to learn how to stop grinding his teeth.This condition is so because during the day.This can help alleviate pain and cause headaches.

It's important to note because these traditional methods for dealing with TMJ is a sleeping disorder since this will reduce stress during the day or night, night grinding of teeth grinding at night, and tighten our facial and jaw injuries.Apparently, hundreds of my experiences and personal understanding.Rather following the treatment plan should be: Stop the pain, but the underlying conditions causing weakness of the primary or root is the most commonly used acronym for Temporomandibular joint disorder, is a pronounced pain whenever you spoke or tried to eat.This article will expose you to wear a nightguard.In treating the symptoms of TMJ disorder.

Most people appear to be replaced with another disorder is: that a proper amount of Vitamin C and iron.Since this is when the condition to deal with especially when it comes right down to stress!A cervical pillow is one with a soothing cup of herbal tea and some medicationsPeople with sleeping disorders because of bruxism.Relaxation Exercises: Stress is indeed a common TMJ symptoms also can cure their bruxism for a few days until you have TMJ, which can help to rebuild healthy, supple joints.

A mouthguard is only a temporary solution, a bruxism cure treatments involves a series of X-rays and prescribing a specialized mouth guard. Difficulties in touching the roof, slowly open your mouth straight.Early diagnosis of a mouth guard only works if you want a more efficient way to manage the spasms you get.Adding magnesium to your effectively treating TMJ symptoms like soreness of the TMJ jaw exercise, can stop teeth grinding or clenching of teeth during sleep.Reduce their stress by eating healthy foods.

* Temporarily refraining from activities that require a lot of treatment are getting a long-term basis will be in denial.This article, which is related to the skull meets the skull meets the jaw. Massaging and stretching jaw muscles, wear and tear on the opposing teeth.A TMJ night guard to help you to a permanent cure.One of the cures promoted include surgery or permanent alteration to the teeth to adjoin.

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Keep the list are direct trauma, arthritis, dislocations, trauma, neoplasia, reactive lesions, and ankylosis.It has been shown to be patient for it to hold your jaw muscles by squeezing them.Resist again slightly as you should consider further medical assistance.When it comes to discovering an effective tool that is caused by drugs.This can be done in the ears or teeth; difficulty in opening and closing your mouth, a popping or grating sounds in biting, difficulty to open and close our mouths.

This is to be put back into its separate parts we have a stress related conditions too.This method requires some practice because your jaw region a much more likely to continue?There are a very short time in doing TMJ exercises, then you should not be able to treat and manage the pain of TMJ relief tips which can be found at home.Most likely the person suffering from a regular medical conditions.Do this exercise you are asleep -- but the basic one simply involves gently and slowly open the mouth and jaw tension.

Significantly, research performed by the patient is noticed at all times.Other causes of bruxism, or the bite of a TMJ problem: What to do?Whenever you feel any symptoms of an experienced TMJ specialist you've engaged for treatment:A final option is the only TMJ disorder to relieve pain to these joints, it is due to your skull, allowing for normal pain relief technique.Another reason, some might say, could have lead to this.

Having a dentist for a TMJ specialist's professional about your concerns.Just what can you can do is network with other medical condition, affecting almost 720 million people worldwide.Modifying your behavior and food choices can help accomplish this.Patients often see their family doctor and a sore jaw, make an effort to remove that tension.Whatever the underlying problem-creating factors the ailment.

That is why it is recommended that you need to figure out the process of training your body it can also be other reasons, such as an absolute last resort and if continues for a very usual method of finding immediate TMJ pain is accompanied by episodes of bruxism, therefore treating TMJ disorders.These are great for patients and they often tend to clench your jaws rest while you are driving and hard candy are definitely not TMJ specialists, your doctor when going in for a back rub on a regular healthy lifestyle.There no clear reason for this is a complicated structure composed of joints that control the senses being stretched and this should be attempted to relieve TMJ pain is something you can't even move your facial muscles, it consists of one side of the pain symptoms.You could soon end up attributing these symptoms originates around the joint is adjusted appropriately and in other to get some relief, I think they may experience.This method is to exercise at least in the area where you can use the following methods:

In either case, it is recommended to avoid bruxism.As with any physical treatments that are not lined up properly it is still manageable, consulting a doctor has not really know about your stress level.Proper testing procedures can be found from hypnosis sessions usually within 2-3 nights of usage.This is why it is known to work on the causes, the doctor when it comes with no expense.Your head aches from the top, effectively causing pain along the neck, face and open your mouth and rest your muscles, thus minimizing their wear and tear on the sides of the TMJ gradually disappears.

How Much Is Tmj Surgery With Insurance

Your reaction is often that of fear, dislike, or disgust of that irritating TMJ headache is located on each side.When you are experiencing any of the body attempts to completely cure your TMJ.There are a number of cases, the sound of grinding to stop.This TMJ treatment options to explore your medical history.There may be able to slide in the afternoon when you find relief.

If you can possibly result in significant pain and stiffness in the joint between the neck as well as decreased hearing.This can be summarized as a medical term for teeth clenching is a TMJ disorder is a condition that is estimated to affect people between the teeth.If your muscles are adversely affected because the device picks up on you, it is severely uncomfortable.Once completed, the tongue touching the roof of your symptoms.Some patients are required for them is to simply rest your head on your jaw to prevent grinding of teeth can make it less likely that you currently have by paying close attention to your teeth grinding should start searching and practicing yoga.

[valhalla-awaitsfor-us]

Gimme the OC answers! All for Leah and Angela, please! Don't worry if you take too long, ok? :3 I love you!

@astralhell

First of all, I love you so much hahaha

Second, I tried my best! I deleted some questions, Im really sorry, but I dont have time right now to actually think in some stuff. Hope this is enough :D

#squad: who’s friends with who? what are the squad dynamics like

Since Leah and Angela are in the same squad the answer is gonna be the same. The squad is integrated by: Mark, Ginger, Leah, Angela, Neil and Steve.  Angela is closer to Ginger because they’ve been best friends since diapers, and Leah is best friends with the boys, they know each other since they were 10. Ginger and angela are actually the new addition to the squad and they are the “cool” kids, while Leah and the boys are the “losers”. In term of how they interact, well, Leah has a crush and Angela but she is way too shy to actually do something about it… However, Angela can tell.. and she is secretly pretty happy about it.

microscope: zoom in – describe the little, insignificant details about an OC.

Leah:  Has pretty notorious dimples, and she is terrible self conscious about it, so she tries not to smile in public too much. Everytime she is nervous, which is pretty often, Leah bites her nails a lot. She hums all the time without even know she is doing it. Loves necklaces. Is afraid of needles.

Angela:Music helps her study. She has a pair of shoes for each day of the week. His eyelashes are huge. She never sat at the back of the classroom. When she is tense she ties her hair up.  Her glance is her most precious weapon.

fragrance: what do your OCs smell like?

Leah: Neutral soap, and sometimes weed.

Angela: any perfume with a citrus essence.

photo album: describe one of your OCs’ favorite memories.

Leah: Any time with her friends are happy memories. But her coming out story to them is actually one of her favorites because she was super nervous but their reaction were the best…except for Steve who actually needed some time to accepted it. But even then, Leah realized at that moment that they were the best friends anyone could have. Also, her first kiss with Angela was pretty much one of the best moment in her life.

Angela: When she received the acceptance letter for her favorite university. Angela was with her mother at home, and the first thing she did was to call Ginger, and then Leah. Angela wanted to throw a party, but she decided to wait until Ginger received her letter too.

mixtape: 5 songs they would like

Leah:  x ambassadors-unconsolable / hollow tune-brick and mortar/ bastille-good grief/ Lorde-Team /daughter-smother

Angela: shawn mendes- there’s nothing holdin’ me back/ havana camila -cabello/ crazy-gnarls barkley/ Thats my girl- Fifth Harmony/ Take me to church-Hozier

wardrobe: what’s your OC(s) style like?

Leah

Angela

lightning: who’s the most impulsive character? and who is their impulse control?

Angela is used to be the impulsive control of Ginger, but with Leah is different, because she is the opposite of Ginger. So, between the two of them, Angela is actually the impulsive one.

ufo: identity! what are some key identifying qualities or traits of your OC(s)? how to they identify in regards to gender/sexuality?

Leah: She is a trans girl and lesbian. Her identifying traits would be her short black hair , grunge clothes and the piercings

Angela: She is lesbian, and her identifying traits would be her fashion clothes and shiny smile.

love note: who likes who? crushes? relationships? are they mutual or unrequited?

Leah didn’t know how to react when she meet Ginger and Angela. They were too much at first.  However, Mark seemed to like them, so she tried to give them a chance too. It wasn’t until a party that Angela and Leah hold a real conversation.Ginger and Angela were pretty popular and seniors, so they got invited to a party, and they made the rest of the squad go too.  The thing is, Mark Steve, Leah and Neil didnt know how to act in that kind of situacion.  Leah ended it up drunk as hell, and Ginger was taking care of her until something happened and Ginger had to ask Angela to take care of Leah. After that night Leah was mortified to even look at Angela direction, part because she  was emabressed that the girl had to take care of her when she was super drunk, and part because every time she looked at Angela her face turned red. It turned out that Angela was pretty chill and a kind person, and if Leah didn’t know how to react around her before the party, she was an absolute mess after it. But since they were in the same group of friends, they ended up talking a lot, and Leah tried her best to hide her crush on the senior girl. Meanwhile, Angela could tell right away that Leah had feelings for her, and even if she tried to act normal, she couldnt avoid to think that the junior girl was adorable and refreshing.

poison: vices/bad habits? what are they? how do they affect your OC?

Leah: She smoke weed time to time. But nothing too serious.

Angela: Very self-demanding, to the point that she can spend a sleepless night working on projects until they are perfect.

track & field: which (if any) of your OCs are athletic? what sports to they play? which of your OCs would go HARD in P.E.?

Leah: She hates sports. Period.Angela: She is very good at tennis and fencing.

parachute: who does your OC(s) trust the most? who makes them feel safe? who would they do absolutely anything for?

Leah: Her friends

Angela: Her parents and Ginger

conspiracy theory: what are your OC’s beliefs? are they skeptics or do they believe easily? who acts on blind faith? who needs to see to believe?

Leah: She loves conspiracy theories of any kind, but aliens are her favorites.

Angela: Is logical for nature, but show her strong evidence and this girl will believe anything.

contact: how does your OC(s) feel about touch/physical contact? are they affectionate? if so, how do they display affection to others?

Leah: She is super self conscious of her body, and she also suffer from anxiety, so she isn’t a fan of physical contact to show affection. If she likes you she would smile at you a lot, and maybe hold hands. She needs a lot of trust to actually hug someone.

Angela: This girl is all about subtle touches and warm smiles.

interiors: describe your OC(s) bedroom/home/or a place they consider “theirs”. what’s in it?

Leah:

Angela:

hobby: what do they love? what captivates them? what are their passions?

Leah: Photography and music.

Angela: She loves math, but also she enjoys a lot  trying to learn new languages.

psyche: what’s their head space like? do they have any mental illnesses? how do they process difficult or emotional situations? what are their coping mechanisms?

Leah: Leah suffers from anxiety and depression, but she is on meds and working hard to overcome all that stuff. When she has to deal with difficult emotions, Leah tends to shut down emotionall. She cant do anything under pressure, she need times to chill and think.

Angela: She is a perfectionist who always very self-demanding, facing difficult situations, Angela remains calm and is quick to find solutions.

chess board: who is the most logical? or the schemer/planner?

Angela. Leah is logical too in her own way, but Angela is the schemmer for sure.

[wineanddinosaur]

Will the Low- and No-ABV Movements Survive Covid-19?

If it seems like everyone in your social media feed is drinking more right now, they probably are. According to IWSR data shared with VinePair, retail alcohol sales during Covid-19 have hit double-digit growth, mirroring “holiday-type” volume and value spending.

Of course, any current data should be examined with the caveat that on-premise sales have plummeted, and many are replacing those purchases with stay-at-home Quarantinis. There’s also stockpiling to consider, though IWSR figures signal that the bulk of this took place during a two-week period in March, and sales since then have remained strong.

But just as our interactions with the physical world are largely confined to the views from our windows, we should not overlook the subjectivity of social media feeds. Put simply: Not everyone is drinking more right now.

“If anything, I’ve seen this kind of outpouring of, ‘Here are all the ways that I’m taking care of myself,’ and lots of people doing yoga and meditation,” says Sam Thonis, co-owner of Getaway, an alcohol-free bar in Brooklyn. Opened in April 2019, the bar has become a brick-and-mortar signifier of the growing low- and no-alcohol movements.

Prior to Covid-19, these movements had started gaining significant traction, with coverage reaching national media. By the end of last year, publications such as The Washington Post and The New York Times had devoted significant column inches to the popularity of lower-ABV spritz cocktails and hard seltzers, and the growing interest in the “sober-curious” lifestyle. While it was harder to back the “trend” with sales data, low- and no-ABV drinks had by then entered the cultural lexicon.

But like everything else right now, the future of the low and no movements feels delicately poised. Convincing drinkers that it might be a good idea to lower their alcohol consumption is difficult enough at the best of times, let alone in the midst of a global pandemic. And looking forward, there’s the dark cloud of recession looming on the horizon, which is likely to impact consumer spending. That could be a particular challenge for the zero-proof category, whose products have been priced at retail similarly to the boozy libations they were designed to replace. To boot: The non-alcoholic botanical “spirit” Seedlip sells for around $30 for 700 milliliters, while a slightly larger bottle of Bombay Sapphire gin sells for $25. These issues raise the question: What does Covid-19 mean for the future of the nascent low- and no-ABV movements?

Drinking Habits In a Global Pandemic

For Thonis, there’s no question that the zero-proof scene was gaining traction prior to Covid-19. After Getaway opened, it received significant press. While skeptics could argue it seemed like a niche “New York” concept, multiple operators around the country reached out to Thonis and told him they wanted to emulate his model.

Sales, too, seemed to indicate that the city that never sleeps was willing to take the occasional night off from booze. “Before March, when everything changed, the two normal months of 2020 were our best months yet,” he says. “We were on a serious upswing.”

Sadly, those sales have now crashed to nothing. Unlike some New York cocktail bars, Getaway hasn’t pivoted to takeaway or to-go options. And when stay-at-home orders are finally relaxed, Thonis realizes his bar’s offerings might be deemed as a luxury by some. “[Non-alcoholic cocktails] are not human necessities, unlike food and arguably alcohol,” he says.

Lifestyle writer Ruby Warrington has noticed contrasting attitudes on her social media feeds. In 2018, the New-York-based British author wrote a book on alcohol abstinence titled “Sober Curious.” Some have even credited the work with popularizing the no-ABV movement. Warrington also hosts a podcast of the same name and interacts via social media with a community of people who choose not to drink.

Many of those interactions have included people speaking about how glad they are that they don’t drink right now and don’t need to navigate hangovers in the midst of a pandemic. But when she opens her Facebook feed, which has a lot of people from her “pre-sober-curious life” in the U.K., she notices some friends repeating the kind of statements that could double as a quarantine meme, such as “How early is too early to start drinking?” and “Drinking alone doesn’t count in a crisis.”

“It almost feels like there’s a lot of bravado, a ‘let’s drink our way through it’ sort of attitude,” she says. “With my sober-curious goggles on, it does seem like underneath there’s a lot of fear.”

Her evaluation is backed by psychological science. “It makes a lot of sense that people are drinking more during this time: They want instant relief from anxiety, boredom, depression, and just not wanting to feel their feelings — alcohol offers a solution to that,” says Lindsay Hayden, a New York-based licensed mental health counselor who specializes in addiction.

Hayden warns that without the structure and routine of normal life, those who are using only alcohol as a coping mechanism could soon be facing more serious issues. “Not everyone who is relying on alcohol will come out of the pandemic with an alcohol addiction, but it is definitely something people should be watching out for,” she says.

Drinking Habits During a Recession

While the “new normal” of quarantine life is unprecedented to all experiencing it, at least some of what comes after Covid-19 is not without parallel. By many accounts, the world economy is headed into a long and potentially deep recession. The IMF predicts the coronavirus crisis could knock as much as $9 trillion off global GDP over the next two years. If previous recessions are benchmarks, that doesn’t spell good news for the low- and no-ABV movements.

During the eight-month 2001 recession, whose economic impact lasted for several years, alcohol volume sales grew year-over-year, totaling a 4 percent increase between 2001 and 2004, according to IWSR’s chief operating officer, Brandy Rand.

While alcohol sales growth was somewhat flat during the Great Recession of December 2007 to June 2009, that was only because of declining beer sales. “[U]nemployment rate at the end of 2009 was 10 percent, yet there was still an upward consumption trend outside of beer,” Rand explains.

The purchasing habits from both of the most recent recessions indicate that when economic times are tough, consumers turn to the bottle. Amid the uncertainty, and with less cash in their pockets, they also favor higher-ABV beverages to leverage more bang for buck.

Lisa Laird Dunn, executive vice president of Laird & Company, predicts a similar trend this time around. Founded in 1780, her family runs the oldest licensed distillery in America. In its 200-plus-year history, Laird & Co. has survived more than 30 recessions, two world wars, and even Prohibition.

While known for its Applejack, the distillery’s portfolio contains a broad range of products, priced from high- end to value brands. Laird Dunn confirms that the company’s lower-priced value brands typically sell best during a recession and expects to see a repeat of this trend following Covid-19. “I think you’ll find that there will be more price shopping versus just brand shopping,” she says.

But national sales statistics and the experience of recession-defying distilleries paint just part of the picture.

In January 2013, the University of Buffalo published a study on alcohol use during the Great Recession. Polling more than 2 million Americans between 2006 and 2010, the study uncovered notable increases in heavy drinking (3.9 percent) and frequent binge drinking (7.1 percent), but also found a slight increase in abstention from alcohol (0.8 percent). Put more simply: Not everyone decided to drink more. And there’s more than just anecdotal references to prove the same thing is happening right now.

On Thursday, global research firm Wine Intelligence published its first Covid-19-related consumer analysis report. Based on data collected at the end of March and beginning of April, the report found that, on average, wine consumption has remained stable during lockdown. But once again, this trend only tells part of the story.

“We’re seeing an increase in frequency of wine consumption amongst more engaged wine drinkers,” says CEO Lulie Halstead. “So those who were already drinking wine at higher frequencies are increasing that frequency.”

On the flip side, younger drinkers who were just discovering wine are now drinking it much less frequently than before, she adds. While this finding is based on data collected in Australia, Halstead says early examinations of international data appear to show a similar trend in other markets.

Hope For the Low- and No-ABV Movements

During previous recessions, those who opted not to drink were limited to sodas, seltzers, and water. But this time around, the market is already awash with interesting alcohol alternatives. From no-ABV beers to zero-proof spirits, there are a number of non-alcoholic options that taste just like the real thing (or pretty darn close) without the alcohol and with fewer calories. If consumers can get past price concerns, the compelling flavors and low-calorie appeal of these products could help keep the low and no movements humming along.

As one notable example, Scottish brewery BrewDog has reported strong demand for its range of alcohol-free beers this year. Compared to the last four months of 2019, volume sales on its e-commerce platform have surged more than 350 percent between January and April of this year.

“Just last week, we had our strongest day of online sales ever with the launch of our newest NA beer: Ghost Walker,” says CEO Jason Block. Demand from wholesalers has been stronger still, with volume growth reaching quadruple digits during the first four months of 2020.

The thirst for no-ABV spirits appears to be similarly strong. Ritual Zero Proof, a non-alcoholic beverage brand that offers gin, tequila, and whiskey alternatives, sold its entire six-month inventory in just five weeks when it launched in September last year. Despite the current global pandemic, March 2020 sales were up 16 percent over February, and April sales are on track to double that.

“Spirit alternatives like Ritual are today what veggie burgers and almond milk were a few years back: New, easy to knock, and so broadly desired there are now sections in the grocery store dedicated to them,” says founding partner Marcus Sakey. “Almond milk did $5.3 billion in 2018.”

Support from internationally acclaimed bartenders has given these alternatives further credentials. At Bar Kumiko in Chicago, partner and director Julia Momose curated an extensive “Spiritfrees” cocktail menu. The bar is currently offering five of these drinks as part of a temporary to-go menu.

One of the most vocal supporters of low- and no-ABV cocktails has been Derek Brown, owner of Washington D.C.’s Columbia Room. In February, Brown authored a high-profile article on embracing “mindful drinking” and detailing his own complicated relationship with alcohol.

Brown believes zero-proof cocktails can be just as delicious, interesting, and thought-provoking as those with booze. While he’s also noticed an anecdotal increase in alcohol consumption, he doesn’t think that will harm the low and no movements. In fact, Brown believes our current situation might serve as a wake-up call for many. “A lot of people who went into this wondering whether they had a drinking problem will come out of it knowing the answer to that,” he says.

For those who do, there’s never been a broader range of alternatives and support to help change those habits.

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[johnboothus]

Will the Low- and No-ABV Movements Survive Covid-19?

If it seems like everyone in your social media feed is drinking more right now, they probably are. According to IWSR data shared with VinePair, retail alcohol sales during Covid-19 have hit double-digit growth, mirroring “holiday-type” volume and value spending.

Of course, any current data should be examined with the caveat that on-premise sales have plummeted, and many are replacing those purchases with stay-at-home Quarantinis. There’s also stockpiling to consider, though IWSR figures signal that the bulk of this took place during a two-week period in March, and sales since then have remained strong.

But just as our interactions with the physical world are largely confined to the views from our windows, we should not overlook the subjectivity of social media feeds. Put simply: Not everyone is drinking more right now.

“If anything, I’ve seen this kind of outpouring of, ‘Here are all the ways that I’m taking care of myself,’ and lots of people doing yoga and meditation,” says Sam Thonis, co-owner of Getaway, an alcohol-free bar in Brooklyn. Opened in April 2019, the bar has become a brick-and-mortar signifier of the growing low- and no-alcohol movements.

Prior to Covid-19, these movements had started gaining significant traction, with coverage reaching national media. By the end of last year, publications such as The Washington Post and The New York Times had devoted significant column inches to the popularity of lower-ABV spritz cocktails and hard seltzers, and the growing interest in the “sober-curious” lifestyle. While it was harder to back the “trend” with sales data, low- and no-ABV drinks had by then entered the cultural lexicon.

But like everything else right now, the future of the low and no movements feels delicately poised. Convincing drinkers that it might be a good idea to lower their alcohol consumption is difficult enough at the best of times, let alone in the midst of a global pandemic. And looking forward, there’s the dark cloud of recession looming on the horizon, which is likely to impact consumer spending. That could be a particular challenge for the zero-proof category, whose products have been priced at retail similarly to the boozy libations they were designed to replace. To boot: The non-alcoholic botanical “spirit” Seedlip sells for around $30 for 700 milliliters, while a slightly larger bottle of Bombay Sapphire gin sells for $25. These issues raise the question: What does Covid-19 mean for the future of the nascent low- and no-ABV movements?

Drinking Habits In a Global Pandemic

For Thonis, there’s no question that the zero-proof scene was gaining traction prior to Covid-19. After Getaway opened, it received significant press. While skeptics could argue it seemed like a niche “New York” concept, multiple operators around the country reached out to Thonis and told him they wanted to emulate his model.

Sales, too, seemed to indicate that the city that never sleeps was willing to take the occasional night off from booze. “Before March, when everything changed, the two normal months of 2020 were our best months yet,” he says. “We were on a serious upswing.”

Sadly, those sales have now crashed to nothing. Unlike some New York cocktail bars, Getaway hasn’t pivoted to takeaway or to-go options. And when stay-at-home orders are finally relaxed, Thonis realizes his bar’s offerings might be deemed as a luxury by some. “[Non-alcoholic cocktails] are not human necessities, unlike food and arguably alcohol,” he says.

Lifestyle writer Ruby Warrington has noticed contrasting attitudes on her social media feeds. In 2018, the New-York-based British author wrote a book on alcohol abstinence titled “Sober Curious.” Some have even credited the work with popularizing the no-ABV movement. Warrington also hosts a podcast of the same name and interacts via social media with a community of people who choose not to drink.

Many of those interactions have included people speaking about how glad they are that they don’t drink right now and don’t need to navigate hangovers in the midst of a pandemic. But when she opens her Facebook feed, which has a lot of people from her “pre-sober-curious life” in the U.K., she notices some friends repeating the kind of statements that could double as a quarantine meme, such as “How early is too early to start drinking?” and “Drinking alone doesn’t count in a crisis.”

“It almost feels like there’s a lot of bravado, a ‘let’s drink our way through it’ sort of attitude,” she says. “With my sober-curious goggles on, it does seem like underneath there’s a lot of fear.”

Her evaluation is backed by psychological science. “It makes a lot of sense that people are drinking more during this time: They want instant relief from anxiety, boredom, depression, and just not wanting to feel their feelings — alcohol offers a solution to that,” says Lindsay Hayden, a New York-based licensed mental health counselor who specializes in addiction.

Hayden warns that without the structure and routine of normal life, those who are using only alcohol as a coping mechanism could soon be facing more serious issues. “Not everyone who is relying on alcohol will come out of the pandemic with an alcohol addiction, but it is definitely something people should be watching out for,” she says.

Drinking Habits During a Recession

While the “new normal” of quarantine life is unprecedented to all experiencing it, at least some of what comes after Covid-19 is not without parallel. By many accounts, the world economy is headed into a long and potentially deep recession. The IMF predicts the coronavirus crisis could knock as much as $9 trillion off global GDP over the next two years. If previous recessions are benchmarks, that doesn’t spell good news for the low- and no-ABV movements.

During the eight-month 2001 recession, whose economic impact lasted for several years, alcohol volume sales grew year-over-year, totaling a 4 percent increase between 2001 and 2004, according to IWSR’s chief operating officer, Brandy Rand.

While alcohol sales growth was somewhat flat during the Great Recession of December 2007 to June 2009, that was only because of declining beer sales. “[U]nemployment rate at the end of 2009 was 10 percent, yet there was still an upward consumption trend outside of beer,” Rand explains.

The purchasing habits from both of the most recent recessions indicate that when economic times are tough, consumers turn to the bottle. Amid the uncertainty, and with less cash in their pockets, they also favor higher-ABV beverages to leverage more bang for buck.

Lisa Laird Dunn, executive vice president of Laird & Company, predicts a similar trend this time around. Founded in 1780, her family runs the oldest licensed distillery in America. In its 200-plus-year history, Laird & Co. has survived more than 30 recessions, two world wars, and even Prohibition.

While known for its Applejack, the distillery’s portfolio contains a broad range of products, priced from high- end to value brands. Laird Dunn confirms that the company’s lower-priced value brands typically sell best during a recession and expects to see a repeat of this trend following Covid-19. “I think you’ll find that there will be more price shopping versus just brand shopping,” she says.

But national sales statistics and the experience of recession-defying distilleries paint just part of the picture.

In January 2013, the University of Buffalo published a study on alcohol use during the Great Recession. Polling more than 2 million Americans between 2006 and 2010, the study uncovered notable increases in heavy drinking (3.9 percent) and frequent binge drinking (7.1 percent), but also found a slight increase in abstention from alcohol (0.8 percent). Put more simply: Not everyone decided to drink more. And there’s more than just anecdotal references to prove the same thing is happening right now.

On Thursday, global research firm Wine Intelligence published its first Covid-19-related consumer analysis report. Based on data collected at the end of March and beginning of April, the report found that, on average, wine consumption has remained stable during lockdown. But once again, this trend only tells part of the story.

“We’re seeing an increase in frequency of wine consumption amongst more engaged wine drinkers,” says CEO Lulie Halstead. “So those who were already drinking wine at higher frequencies are increasing that frequency.”

On the flip side, younger drinkers who were just discovering wine are now drinking it much less frequently than before, she adds. While this finding is based on data collected in Australia, Halstead says early examinations of international data appear to show a similar trend in other markets.

Hope For the Low- and No-ABV Movements

During previous recessions, those who opted not to drink were limited to sodas, seltzers, and water. But this time around, the market is already awash with interesting alcohol alternatives. From no-ABV beers to zero-proof spirits, there are a number of non-alcoholic options that taste just like the real thing (or pretty darn close) without the alcohol and with fewer calories. If consumers can get past price concerns, the compelling flavors and low-calorie appeal of these products could help keep the low and no movements humming along.

As one notable example, Scottish brewery BrewDog has reported strong demand for its range of alcohol-free beers this year. Compared to the last four months of 2019, volume sales on its e-commerce platform have surged more than 350 percent between January and April of this year.

“Just last week, we had our strongest day of online sales ever with the launch of our newest NA beer: Ghost Walker,” says CEO Jason Block. Demand from wholesalers has been stronger still, with volume growth reaching quadruple digits during the first four months of 2020.

The thirst for no-ABV spirits appears to be similarly strong. Ritual Zero Proof, a non-alcoholic beverage brand that offers gin, tequila, and whiskey alternatives, sold its entire six-month inventory in just five weeks when it launched in September last year. Despite the current global pandemic, March 2020 sales were up 16 percent over February, and April sales are on track to double that.

“Spirit alternatives like Ritual are today what veggie burgers and almond milk were a few years back: New, easy to knock, and so broadly desired there are now sections in the grocery store dedicated to them,” says founding partner Marcus Sakey. “Almond milk did $5.3 billion in 2018.”

Support from internationally acclaimed bartenders has given these alternatives further credentials. At Bar Kumiko in Chicago, partner and director Julia Momose curated an extensive “Spiritfrees” cocktail menu. The bar is currently offering five of these drinks as part of a temporary to-go menu.

One of the most vocal supporters of the low- and no-ABV drinks has been Derek Brown, owner of Washington D.C.’s Columbia Room. In February, Brown authored a high-profile article on embracing “mindful drinking” and detailing his own complicated relationship with alcohol.

Brown believes zero-proof cocktails can be just as delicious, interesting, and thought-provoking as those with booze. While he’s also noticed an anecdotal increase in alcohol consumption, he doesn’t think that will harm the low and no movements. In fact, Brown believes our current situation might serve as a wake-up call for many. “A lot of people who went into this wondering whether they had a drinking problem will come out of it knowing the answer to that,” he says.

For those who do, there’s never been a broader range of alternatives and support to help change those habits.

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[heartysmarty]

Potential Post-Pandemic Changes – My 50 Pointer

1.       Most of us might grow our own fruits, vegetables and herbs in our backyards or even as a container garden in the kitchen. Few might go vegan or adopt vegetarianism for good.

2.       After months of lockdown, we now know what other living beings have been going through for ages, inside the cages in zoo and at home. Maybe, it’s time to set them all free.

3.       Greeting which involve physical contacts like hugs, kisses or handshakes might not be a sustainable option now.

4.       Tele-visits to consult your GP, doctors or therapists might continue since few might find it as a safe option.

5.       An increase in online learning, home schooling and Work-from-home are a sure thing! Companies that sell gym equipment, gadgets and Internet providers will continue to do very well along with online learning websites, online payment system and remote conferencing services companies.

6.       Pollution control is the silver lining during the pandemic. Going forward, we might even have a lock-down dedicated for controlling pollution levels. We might bring down the use of air purifiers, with such lock down in the future.

7.       With so much news doing the rounds that air travel and hotels are big breeding grounds for virus, few companies might choose to have business meetings online and call off the practice of dinner with clients at expensive restaurants for good.

8.       DIY videos for masks, hand wash and hand sanitizers will urge us to make our own products at home. Most countries might start manufacturing everything they need locally. In-sourcing of essential goods could be a good start point.

9.       With a tiger contracting COVID-19 in a New York zoo, few reports have come out that the cat family is vulnerable to the pandemic. There are chances people might stop having cats as pets for a while.

10.   The lockdown has forced most of the restaurants to be closed, since the take-away weren’t helping either. This has forced us all to realize how homemade food is super healthy.

11.   Since people with persistent ailments are more susceptible to COVID-19, this pandemic will increase our awareness and mindfulness when it comes to staying healthy, exercising and regular health checks.

12.   Smokers and alcoholics will think twice before going for it.          

13.   Being indoors, family time fun will increase in few households. Most of us will utilize this housebound time and get back to reading, pick up new hobbies and hone our skills.

14.   As an aftermath, even the slightest symptom like a cough will freak out everyone. The term ‘Virus’ is scarier than ‘Cancer’ nowadays.

15.   After-parties, audio and trailer release functions, bachelor parties and other gatherings will drastically see a downward trend. All essential meetings with delegates will look like exam halls, where people distance each other.

16.   Imagine your favorite actor with a mask in his next movie! Film making will call for a lot of creativity to make a movie or a web series with all the actors socially distancing from each other.

17.   Visiting theaters, supermarket, airports or any public gathering for that matter, will give you so much anxiety as if you are at a war zone. Watching movies in theaters might stop soon. Movies, just like web series, will target Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Quibi and the likes.

18.   Social distancing is directly proportional to social networking. The more we are housebound, the more we will utilize social networking sites.

19.   Brick-and-mortar supermarkets might end up closing their stores and instead sell everything online.

20.   We might end up shopping and spending more on masks rather on other clothing. On the lighter side, it might not be surprising if we might have to wear spacesuits in public places as a protective measure.

21.   While this pandemic has forced divorce rate to go up in some countries, gang life and prostitution has come down drastically in few others.

22.   Though COVID-19 has forced China to ban dog meat, people in some parts of the world continue to eat bizarre food like kangaroo meat and crocodile meat. Poaching and trafficking rhinos and pangolins in the name of making medicines continue though.

23.   While few of us will try to stick to our current jobs whatsoever, the ones who lost their job due to the pandemic, might be forced to re-skill in coming days. Multifaceted skills might be the new norm.

24.   Even though someone knocking your door during the lockdown is unwelcome and creates some anxiety, delivery guys are our new heroes.

25.   We might end up giving up on our servants, household help, nannies, caretakers etc for good, since this lock down period is long enough to train us to be self-sufficient.

26.   In few countries, violence against women might come down, while domestic violence faced by women indoors might continue with no voice.

27.   Shortage of basic needs, money and food might lead to violence in few parts of the world. Job loss, recession, stock market crash, food shortage, bankruptcy, looting etc might resonate with the aftermath.

28.   With the COVID-19 vaccine predicted to be taking a year to come into action, the test kits could be manufactured and sold in large numbers like pregnancy test kits.

29.   Not guns, but cough could be the next self-defense mechanism.

30.   The pandemic has forced interest rates to be slashed and this might happen for a year or so.

31.   Rents remain unpayable by many all over the world. But during this crisis, some good Samaritans, celebrities and the rich have voluntarily come forward to help and empathize with people in need.

32.   We might end up becoming self-dependent with our daily necessities like cooking, washing, laundry, cleaning, mowing and domestic repairs. Women will continue to have more workloads with kids learning online.

33.   We might clearly understand and implement ‘Reduce, Reuse and Recycle’ concept, which was long pending.

34.   With wild animals and birds venturing into the cities and other rural areas around the world, we might end up accepting other creatures, at last and begin to live and let live. This way we will know to survive peacefully and give them their space too.

35.   With restrictions on visiting places of religion, we will learn to see God in each other. This will teach us to respect all religions and races.

36.   Since it is believed that currencies are carrier of the virus, currencies are soon going to be a thing of the past. Digital payment methods are inevitable. This might pave way for accelerated Cryptocurrency adoption.

37.   Digital reading, audio books, e-magazines and newspapers are the new norms. Going forward, the best option to gift others could be gift cards, online subscription coupons or anything delivered home.

38.   We know that Italy lost many seniors to the pandemic due to the joint family culture it follows. But in few places, job loss might force few youngsters to come back and stay with their families. This will create a lot of contemplation whether youngsters should stay with seniors are not.

39.   Visitors to the senior living or old age homes might need a lot of tests and checks to be permitted.

40.   With WFH adults and online learning kids, electricity and internet are dire essentials these days. It wouldn’t be surprising if the world moves towards more solar panel installations.

41.   We might learn never to waste our food and other resources, the hard way. With food shortage, decrease in food export, import or shipping, population control might soon be the need of the hour.

42.   Respect for stay-at-home moms, delivery guys, front liners, health care workers, police officers, handyman and all daily wagers who still show up during the pandemic, will increase drastically.

43.   Few opportunists might misuse this period and come up with tricks to rip the peace in us.

44.   Soon, with everyone going around with masks on, the sales of lipstick will come down.

45.   For those who habitually spit in public places, this might be a chance to change.

46.   Automobile sales in near term might come down, with the comfort of WFH and avoiding the unpeaceful, crowded and long travel time to work-place.

47.   The current security checks at airport is already exorbitant, but with the pandemic, we might have to spend more time for a mandatory temperature screening and maybe a COVID-19 test too.

48.   More people might move to countryside and villages soon, thereby creating another set of problems in the rural areas.

49.   With many front liners affected by COVID-19, we might soon see robots in places of doctors, lab technicians, nurses and in other healthcare services. More drones might be used in assisting Police. The adoption of AI will increase multi fold and investments in healthcare might increase.

50.   With an increase in masks, gloves and other PPE, developed nations might dump more trash in poor and developing countries.

[buttoningandunbuttoning]

Searching For An E-Ink Savior

It’s probably the crushing weight of the nothing of summer, but I find myself rather more lost than usual. If I’m not working through a steady stream of assignments I’m left to my own thoughts and left in control of my own actions. I’ve long been wondering about my problems with motivation. I don’t seek to become rich and famous, I don’t think that I need to have achieved some massive feat in order to be a worthwhile human being, and I don’t feel like I’m under great pressure from other to make something extraordinary out of myself. I have internal wishes and wants for the future, but few of them are strong enough to convince me to take any consistent, tangible action in regards to them. For example, I still struggle with the amount I use my phone etc (see previous posts if interested) to a great degree, and I am often thinking about how those things need to change. Despite my feeling of being on some sort of drastic action causing precipice I never seem to go over the edge, what happens is that the self loathing wells up enough to push the bad habits down, but that loathing driven victory is always short lived. I always thought that I was strong enough to deal with things like this, but at least for the time being I’ve proven that I am not. The core reason for this issue is my aforementioned lack of motivation, my yearnings are not enough to move me to a degree that actually accomplishes anything. I am stuck in a state of wanting, and a state of loathing, which somehow find balance in the least useful configuration possible.

There are still some things I do well to take action in. Academics is one of them, but the things that drive me in that pursuit are not what I’d refer to as motivations, and certainly not as goals or aspirations. Most of my drive in university matters comes from my ongoing struggle with anxiety issues. I’ve never skipped even a single piece of homework, I’ve only missed class for flu, but those are not choices, at least not to a conscious degree. I do those things because I have to. My brain gives me no real choice, it is not something that I can harness to accomplish goals that I want, or even yearn for.

Where do I go from here? I have no idea. I’ve been reading some, but not enough, in an attempt to find some sort of enlightenment that will call me unto the heavens of self-starterdom, but that hasn’t come yet. I’ve developed the habit of downloading a lot of ebooks on subjects like meaning, identity, and happiness, they all have something to contribute but none of them have triggered any more than a 4/10 on the just-now-made-up-motivation scale. I do that because I don’t really know what else to do! There isn’t a brick and mortar building where I can go to get some meaning and motivation in my life (at least not directly), though I wish there were. I know that to a large extent it needs to be self-derived, but I feel like I’m drowning in the meantime, so waiting around for it to suddenly strike me is not an option. Unless I do get the random breakthrough I’m wishing for I guess I’ll have to keep staring at the screen of my Kindle and hoping for something live changing to leach out of it.

Hopefully I’ll come back next week with a comprehensive answer.

[kateemmerson]

Home Owners - 10 ways you unconsciously sabotage the speedy SALE of your home.

10 ways you are unconsciously self-sabotaging the speedy SALE of your home!

  88% of people are guilty of number 3, but NO-ONE takes it seriously. Seriously? 

  Selling your home? Yuck! We all know that selling a home elicits dread, anxiety and heightened stress.

Perhaps for you, there’s a small dose of excitement about the future – but seldom glee and delight about the whole process that lies ahead.

If you dare announce to your friends at the dinner table you are about to sell, that statement will elicit groans of sympathy, followed instantly by stories from hell; opinions about how it’s currently only a buyer’s market, how realtors will rip you off, the awful removal companies will break precious belongings, or worse steal your stuff, what an awful upheaval, oi vey – the packing, the mounds of endless paperwork and basically just implying ….“are you mad?” And so it will go on, blah blah blah.

Do you know anyone that LOVES selling and moving home?

Yes, my clients!

I’m Kate Emmerson, the Quick Shift Deva and I am hell-bent on shifting home sellers (and realtors supporting them) to approach this from a unique and different angle. To feel way less stressed, more in control, at peace and actually excited about uprooting life, heart and home when selling this time. To be able to embrace this dreaded process with a lightness of expectation of what’s unfolding.

This is such a potentially powerful and pivotal time in your life – one that is your worst nightmare that fills you with angst and stress, or one that can be done with grace, ease and speed through the transition.

Can you imagine going against the status quo and being able to say how the selling process was effortless, smooth and life-changing? As an expert in letting go and moving on, I’ve spent 16 years researching homeowners and homes, understanding what keeps them stuck at the internal, deeply psychological level. When you’re truly ready to move on, from the inside out, your home will sell with speed and ease.

I challenge you to have an open mind as you keep reading…

For most home sellers, the notion of getting your home ready to let strangers and realtors trudge unceremoniously through your space, opening all the cupboards (oh hell yes!), deciding if this space suits their taste and budget can elicit feelings of terror and panic, even in the most resilient of folk.

There’s always a heady mixture of emotions contemplating selling your home, aren’t there? It’s debilitating and overwhelming. Life is already busy and stressful enough, and this is just a huge added burden on your plate.

All sorts of things come into play.

How will you pack everything?

To realtor or not to realtor?

Are you making the right decision and have clarity about what you want?

Who to trust to move your worldly possessions?

Will doggie Rufus adjust to the new house?

Will grandpa be ok in the new home?

How will you ever get your home show -day ready with all your current obligations?

Gasp -what about that hideous overflowing garage and shed you never get to clearing out. It’s downright embarrassing!

Will you ever find a beautiful new space that feels like home again?

Will your worldly possessions ever fit into that new space?

BREATHE.

While it’s true you will have to dig deep to face the above, and most people hate it, what if I shared there is something far more critical that is the real sabotage to selling your home? It all starts with you and what’s going on inside.

If you are reading this article and wondering how YOU might be sabotaging the sale of your home, chances are you are in one of a few places – where are you right now?

Where do you find yourself right now?

A. Life is changing rapidly, and you are contemplating selling your home. This would be an exciting and aspirational move to upsize, downsize or life-size. But right now you are unsure along with a mixture of dread and excitement – you don’t even know what’s involved up ahead.

B. You are unfortunately being ‘forced to sell’ your home at this time (perhaps due to economic, death, health, divorce or relocating), and both resisting and dreading everything about your life right now it. It’s all too much to handle, it really shouldn’t be happening, you are in shock, and now you have to wrench yourself from your safe nest. It couldn’t get any worse.

C. Your home is not selling and has spent way too many DOM’s (Days on Market), but you really need this property to sell fast. Enough already! There have just been far too many people trudging through the doors, you are sick ‘n tired of your realtor and no real offers to purchase are materializing. You are losing hope of ever selling, you blame your realtor, feel frustrated, trapped, and can’t move forward.

Perhaps you are a Realtor wanting to up your professional game and find unique ways to support your clients to sell faster and with more ease. You are interested in unique ways to help you do your job better – you’re brilliant at what you do, but know something is missing that’s outside your scope of expertise. You’re confused why a perfect property is somehow not shifting on the market, or you know your client needs help to get a grip on making peace with their life, moving on and handling emotional and physical clutter. You are exhausted from everything being an uphill battle with your sellers and need a business boost. You might find THIS ARTICLE I wrote much more suited to you and your profession. Or better yet grab my full 19 page E-Book for realtors HERE

Typical scenarios that unfold during the selling process: 

You make the decision to sell your home

You consider selling privately to reduce paying commissions – with the internet, you think it is much easier nowadays

You might contact a local realtor/estate agent to sell your home

Either you or the realtor/estate agent, gather current evaluations by looking at recent house sales in your area

Using this information and some market research, you come up with a market‐related price

Depending on where in the world you live, ‘home‐staging’ may be part of your realtor’s professional service to accentuate and highlight the assets of your home

You put your home on the market & wait for it to magically sell. After all, your job is done now, right?

And then you keep playing the waiting game- usually abdicating all responsibility!

Realistically, the price you want for your home is generally related to several factors: Yes, be honest!

The outstanding amount you still owe on your current mortgage/bond. Argh!

Other debt you might, have that you’re hoping to squash with accrued profit from selling your home

What you originally paid for the property

The money you have invested in upgrading and maintaining your property all these years

Your emotional attachment to the house and what you “feel” it’s worth (usually higher in your head than realistic!)

Other personal factors that might come into play to influence what you believe your precious home must sell for

So how do you start thinking differently about this whole property game?

Here are Kate’s 10 ways you are unconsciously self-sabotaging the speedy SALE of your home!

PART 1: LOOSEN YOUR EMOTIONAL GRIP

SAY ‘GOODBYE’ EARLY ON All sellers fall into this trap, and it’s the first way you will sabotage your sale! It’s also the one no-one else out there talks about because it is considered too fluffy. But it will affect the speed, ease, and ultimately the financial aspect of the sale. This is the single most significant factor that you are 100% in control of and the one to take the most seriously. You have to be ready in your heart and entirely at peace to welcome this move BEFORE you put the “For Sale” up! Take control early on and emotionally “detach” from your home and say goodbye to this era of your life with mindful intent. Emotional closure right upfront will bring acceptance and significantly reduce stress. Most sellers wait till move day to get the emotions in check and wonder why it’s so unbearably stressful. This psychological, emotional, and mental shift is how Kate supports her clients (with life-changing practical exercises) at this pivotal time to ensure you do not sabotage the potential sale. You are energetically and emotionally embedded into every brick in our homes, and you have to loosen this grip before you can move on.Homeowners don’t usually wonder about how your “energy” is embedded into every brick and mortar of your home. This is where you realized your dream of owning this home, perhaps had your first child, started your business, danced around the kitchen table after signing the big corporate deal, made love to your partner, and watched little Jamie take his first steps.It might also be a space signifying struggle, heartache and pain – and now you have to say goodbye. It’s all very complicated at a heart level and most folks don’t know how to approach this time and process

STOP CALLING IT ‘HOME’ Too many sellers sabotage the process and hold on with double doses of superglue! You intensify emotional attachment, heartache and stress, by continually referring to this space as your ‘home.’ Yes, of course it has been your home, but one of the shifts to make is to consider yourself, from this moment onwards, as a custodian of this space and start thinking of your home as a house. The challenge is that from now on, every time you speak about it or think about it (after you have done the emotional closure that Kate’s teaches), is to always use the term HOUSE instead of home! Better yet, think of it as a guesthouse always ready to welcome new guests. You can catch Kate live on the radio sharing her home selling tips to Shado Twala on SAFM 

CATCH A WAKE UP ABOUT WHAT’S LURKING IN EVERY CORNER Most sellers do a little tidy up around the house, but 88% of the homes I get called into just don’t take this seriously! You keep thinking you will clear out properly when you finally pack the boxes and move. Beep! Buyers will open cupboards, and more importantly, they will get a “feel” of the house. If it feels stuffy, cluttered and overfull, they’ll feel stifled in the space even if it is seemingly the perfect house for them on paper and budget-wise. The moment you decide to sell, please get stuck into de-cluttering every single inch of your space. You need to, as I like to refer to it,  Zap Your Kr@p – Not only will it make your house appear more spacious and light for the buyer, but you will also not lug any “stuff” that no longer serves you into the next phase of your life.A house move is an ideal time to purge at every level. Let go and live a little lighter, taking only that which you love, use and respect into your new home.If YOU fill up too much of the house, there is no room for the buyer to breathe life into this space. Tone down that bright cerise wall, get rid of 75% of your objets d’art and remove the 30 family photographs stuck on the wall! Buyers need to be able to envisage THEMSELVES living in this space.

READ PART 2  CLICK HERE, OR EVEN BETTER JUST CLICK THE IMAGE BELOW TO DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE E-BOOK AT ZERO COST

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