How To Be Well in an Unwell World

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REDUCE STRESS AND TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF

We’re living in anxious times. Many people are concerned and frightened about what’s happening in our world; it feels like so much of what we once relied on has been turned upside down. The safety and order of our world seem to be disappearing, replaced by chaos, confusion, and distressing decisions that ripple into our lives. With all this uncertainty swirling around, it’s no wonder that some of us feel like worry has become a constant companion and anxiety our resting (or non-resting) state. 

It’s easy to get caught in thought loops what-iffing and catastrophizing about the unknown, to continue reminding ourselves of, imagining, and playing out disaster scenarios in our head. In a strange way, we do this in an effort to be prepared (if and when) the worst happens. That way, if we’ve rehearsed it enough times, we’ll have a plan and be combat-ready. So too, we assume and play out the worst-case scenarios because it’s better to be certain about a disastrous future than it is to live with the uncertainty and unknown truth. It’s oddly more comfortable to know it will be terrible (whatever it is) than to not know what it will be. 

But the truth is, we don’t have to live in a state of anxiety or un-wellness just because our world is topsy turvy. We can create a state of internal and reliable calm, a solid grounded-ness, no matter what the contents of our life might be or how the ground around us might be shifting. This is real power and freedom, to be in charge of our internal state, no matter what.

In this workshop, you will experience:

• Strategies for reducing stress and taking care of yourself when the world feels chaotic and scary—to find steadiness in an unsteady world.
• How to work with your thoughts in times of fear, to refrain from “what iffing,” “catastrophizing,” and "future tripping.”
• Placing these changing times in a larger context that feels meaningful.
• Embodiment: using the body to stay present.
• Cultivating gratitude even in dark times: giving yourself permission to experience what’s good in the midst of the bad.  
• Allowing for the “both and” nature of reality—getting OK with not OK, and comfortable with what feels uncomfortable.
• Guided and silent meditations.
• Group exploration, discussion, and time for questions.

NOTE: You will have access to the video recording(s) for 30 days after the program ends. All recordings will be available within 72 hours of the end of each session.