People are comparing their experience of lockdown as an endless repetition of Goundhog Day, the 1993 Bill Murray movie about a man trapped in the same day over and over again.
What I recall about that movie was, once Bill Murray’s character makes peace with his situation, he uses it to better himself.
Piano. Ice sculpture. French. And lots of other skills and interests
In a world full of conspiracy theories, how can we know what to believe?
We can’t.
But we can choose to adopt worldviews based on whether they empower us to help ourselves, others, and the world.
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In these challenging times, we may think we have a lot of decisions to make. And we can agonize over those decisions and feel tremendous regret if they don’t work out the way we hoped they would.
But it’s almost impossible to make rational decisions when the future is so unpredictable. Past experience doesn’t provide a road map anymore.
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I’m very very constrained these days.
And those same constraints also are providing opportunities for me to shake up my routines, innovate, and come out of this with a better, more integrated life.
How can you benefit from the constraints that are currently imposed on you?
Many of us are bored right now, in lockdown or sheltering in place.
We can paper over our boredom with mindless consumption, or we can use it to begin a process of profound healing.
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Glenn Murphy returns to the podcast in the nick of time, to help understand, manage, and overcome stress reactions and symptoms in this time of fear, lockdown, and uncertainty.
He shares an evolutionary perspective on why this pandemic produces stress responses unlike other typical stressors, and offers exercises, solutions, and mindsets to help us get through and build our resilience along the way.
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It’s easy for me (and I guess, a lot of us) to focus on the negative these days. I’m reminding myself daily to look for things to be grateful for – and finding them!
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In these strange times, we have an opportunity to remember what is essential, and what is fluff. Who are we really, and how can we carry that realization forward once we attain a new equilibrium?
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In a world in which we have virtually no control, how do we assert control in a useful way?
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Those of us who have survived difficult times – physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual – have a gift for the rest of society: the knowledge that we can handle what seems unmanageable, and grow from what seems diabolical.
Let’s share those gifts now, to counter all the fear and panic and despair out there.
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