It seems like we can talk of little else these days: Coronavirus/COVID-19 has created a public health crisis, creating a sense of fear, uncertainty, and stress in our world. Now that many of us are largely home-bound for the next few weeks, how are we to go about our daily lives? With the public health crisis of COVID-19 looming like a dark cloud in our consciousness, we are feeling ungrounded and worried, unsure of what is coming next. My blog post yesterday spoke about how we can help our nervous systems regulate during times of stress; check it out if you haven’t yet.
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Yesterday, for many of us in the United States, life as we know it changed with the temporary shutdown of many workplaces, schools, and organizations. Coronavirus, a.k.a. COVID-19, has taken our world by storm, sparking reactions ranging from indifference, to panic-buying of household staples, to high levels of anxiety and fear. For many of us, especially those prone to anxiety, this is a deeply challenging time.
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