Ep. 40: Election Anxiety: How to Cope

<p class="_5RYuEA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body"> <span class="SS_gjA">It's a real thing. Many of us are feeling it.</span></p> <p class="_5RYuEA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body">  </p> <p class="_5RYuEA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body"> <span class="SS_gjA">Here I talk about why this is normal...</span></p> <p class="_5RYuEA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body">  </p> <p class="_5RYuEA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body"> <span class="SS_gjA">...and then what you can do to work with it.</span></p> <p class="_5RYuEA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body">--</p> <p class="_5RYuEA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body"> Journal prompts:</p> <ul> <li><span class="SS_gjA">How do you want to respond to the outcome of the election? (This prompt is not an invitation to vent. Venting isn’t bad - this just isn’t the intention here.)</span></li> <li><span class="SS_gjA">How will you create space for yourself post-election, regardless of outcome?</span></li> <li><span class="SS_gjA">What are you grateful for in your life right now?</span></li> <li><span class="SS_gjA">What makes you feel safe & comforted in your immediate environment? People? Places? Community?</span></li> <li><span class="SS_gjA">Think about a couple of years from now. Where will you be? What positive changes will have occurred by then?</span></li> <li><span class="SS_gjA">How does it feel to be in nature or doing anything else that allows you to feel calm in your body? Can you accomplish that at your will? How?</span></li> <li><span class="SS_gjA">Make a list of everything that makes you feel calm and grounded. What things enable you to unplug from the noise, frustration, fear, and overwhelm?</span></li> </ul> <p class="_5RYuEA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body">  </p>