Avoiding Doomerism

If you’re anxious or worried about climate and environmental crises, those are perfectly normal, healthy responses because they mean you’re paying attention. Congratulations! How can we continue to have hope when news headlines are so disturbing? On today's show therapist and author Ariella Cook-Shonkoff offers tangible ways to avoid the doomerist mindset. Here's a preview: [8:30] Doomers by definition have lost all hope. But doomerism is a rigid and dangerous response to tumultuous times [11:00] Finding the sweet spot between burying your head in the sand on one end and becoming a hopeless doomer on the other [16:00] Creating a crisis-resilient home is one of the best things we can do or our children. Here's how [25:00] How to build your 21st century anti-doomer toolkit Resources mentioned: Raising Anti-Doomers: How to Bring Up Resilient Kids Through Climate Change and Tumultuous Times Dr. Dan Siegal's Window Of Tolerance Ariella on LinkedIn Ariella's Psychology Today blog The Kid Question (by Jade Sasser) Book Club i Aug. 25! Here's the email that went out to subscribers if you missed it This show is listener-supported. Thank you for supporting! Join our (free!) Facebook community here. Find your tribe. Sustainable Minimalists are on Facebook, Instagram + Youtube @sustainableminimalists Say hello! MamaMinimalistBoston@gmail.com.