by Emilio Goldenhersch | Jun 16, 2020 | Life As An Ex-Smoker, Nicotine Addiction
*This entry is the continuation of The Enneagram of Personality & Addictive Patterns (PART 1) The Enneagram symbol is a map of archetypal energies. It describes the various ways these energies manifest, and also how they move and transform. Any observable...
by Noah Gray | Jun 8, 2020 | Nicotine Addiction
The Enneagram symbol is a map of archetypal energies. It describes the various ways these energies manifest, and also how they move and transform. Any observable phenomenon in the world (or the universe for that matter) can be mapped onto the Enneagram symbol. The...
by Emilio Goldenhersch | May 29, 2020 | Life As An Ex-Smoker, Nicotine Addiction
May 31st is the one special day of the year the whole world is talking about smoking and its effects. It’s almost unbelievable that the primary cause of preventable death worldwide has only one day where everyone is promoting awareness of the harmful effects of...
by Emilio Goldenhersch | May 21, 2020 | smoking financials
We don’t usually focus on all of the benefits from quitting, and of course it is not just your health that will benefit — Your finances can improve as well! Here’s a quick and easy way to calculate the money you are spending per week, per month, and per year....
by Emilio Goldenhersch | May 14, 2020 | Nicotine Addiction, Virtual Reality
Virtual Reality (VR) is an artificial environment created with software and presented to the user in such a way that the user suspends disbelief and accepts it as a real environment. These environments can be computer-generated (CGI) or with real people and places,...
by Emilio Goldenhersch | May 7, 2020 | Nicotine Addiction
What is Classical Conditioning?In the world of addictions, the sensation of need or desire to consume a substance is called craving. And cravings are triggered by cues which, at the very beginning, are just neutral, with no real associated reward. But once these cues...
by Emilio Goldenhersch | Apr 29, 2020 | Life As An Ex-Smoker, Mindfulness
In the last twenty years, mindfulness meditation has incorporated more scientific articles in the field of mental health than probably any other technique. It has been proven that the regular practice of mindfulness directly impacts the neuroplasticity of our brains,...
by Emilio Goldenhersch | Apr 20, 2020 | Life As An Ex-Smoker
Everyone talks about ways to quit smoking, but not much is said about what happens once you actually quit. A huge life transformation occurs once cigarettes aren’t part of your daily routine anymore. Many of the activities that once gave a sense of pleasure now...
by Emilio Goldenhersch | Apr 8, 2020 | Anxiety and Smoking
The outbreak of COVID is a global concern. Fear and anxiety about a disease with high contagion rates can be overwhelming and cause strong emotions to arise in everyone. Learning to cope with stress will make you, the people you care about, and your community...
by Emilio Goldenhersch | Mar 27, 2020 | Covid-19
These past many weeks have changed how we perceive our reality, our relationships, and ourselves. The entire world is figuring out how to contain and manage the COVID-19 pandemic, and digital health is having an emerging, key role in it. The World Health Organization...
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