Drinks With Your Shrink (Episode 01)

Hello folks! Welcome to Episode 01 of my blog series, "Drinks With Your Shrink." The series incorporates exactly those two elements: a shrink and a drink, or more accurately, a shrink with a drink. The concept is simple: I'll be exploring some of the most fascinating topics that can be found at the intersection of food and psychology. Each episode will also be paired with an after dinner beverage (wine, whiskey, or coffee). Think of it as a psychological digestif or sobremesa of sorts. The adults are letting us sit at the grownup table, past our bedtime... rejoice! Episode: 01 Shrink: Michelle Wang, PsyD Drink: Suntori Yamazaki 18-year-old / Japanese Single Malt Whiskey Topic: How To Declutter The Mind Through "Psychological Mise-en Place." We are a culture of consumers. The rise in disposable income among Americans directly correlates to more access to disposable products. Because space is a coveted commodity, we carve out more space to accommodate our hoarding lifestyle, and when these auxiliary spaces are tightly packed, things begin to overflow into storage space and our parent's garage. There's a reason why the Wall Street Journal calls the self-storage industry "recession resistant." As a result, Americans end up spending $10 billion a year on self-help and personal organizational products according to Marketdata Enterprises, and I only recently learned The National Association of Professional Organizers is actually a thing and has steadily grown into a $1 billion...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news