✅ Daily Living Skills (ADLs & IADLs) *coming soon
Course overview
Lesson Overview

8.37 – Identifying Emotional Spending at the Grocery Store: Grocery aisles often trigger emotional decisions disguised as hunger. Stress, sadness, or boredom can push you toward unnecessary treats. Recognizing these triggers builds emotional intelligence alongside budgeting skill. Pause before grabbing unplanned items and ask what feeling you’re feeding. Journaling or noting patterns helps connect emotions to purchases. Using coping alternatives—deep breathing, water breaks, or music—redirects impulses. Shopping with a list and purpose creates distance between emotion and action. Over time, mastering emotional spending transforms groceries into mindful choices reflecting values, not moods. Awareness replaces guilt, empowering control through calm presence and self-respect.

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Practical training to help individuals independently manage personal care, household tasks, and community responsibilities, building confidence and self-sufficiency in daily life.

This course includes:
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  • Supportive materials you can download and keep for future use
  • Flexibility to work at your own pace, when it fits your schedule

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