Shutdowns will mean longer periods of separation, lack of personal contact, & loss of connection in general for human beings & we are neurobiologically wired for connection which means all of us need to start doing the work now to work on our mental health for the coming winter.

This means seriously considering adopting a meditation practice and sticking to it; spending less time on social media and more time consuming long form content that doesn’t try to hack into the amygdala/limbic system in our brains.

The likelihood for extremism ALWAYS increases during periods of great scarcity and we are about to go through another phase of scarcity, both material, psychological, and emotional. It’s time to prepare now.

I wrote a short e-book in March called ‘The Quest’ which may provide some tools. You can check it out here: https://books.apple.com/us/book/quest-or-how-to-make-it-through-global-pandemic-survival/id1509769349

For parents with young kids, here’s a free reader that’ll help you practice healthy social emotional learning tools with your children: https://beacon.by/theory-of-enchantment/the-toe-guide-to-using-disney-to-guide-sel

And as always we offer a comprehensive approach to anti racism and leadership development for businesses that’s rooted in SEL which you can check out here: http://theoryofenchantment.com 

Time to raise our consciousnesses.