- Minimize traditional media exposure while you strengthen your internal and external resources.
- Limit social media and avoid doom scrolling.
- Refresh your self-care list. What is soothing and brings you joy?
- Spend time in nature. The sun, the clouds, the fog and all remain gloriously present.
- Create a web of love, seeking and providing support from/for your closest people.
- Do not engage with inflammatory, antagonistic or invalidating people. Walk away, hang up or log out.
- Look for even the tiniest embers of hope and nurture them.
- Create an uplifting playlist. Music is stress reducing and mood improving.
- Engage in constructive and meaningful action.
- Put good energy out as possible. Someone else likely needs it.
“How can I make sure that, in the maelstrom of my emotions, I stay committed to courage, kindness and caring for others regardless of the choices made by others? Doing the smallest next right thing is hard AF, but sometimes it’s all we’ve got.”
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