@lovendures The federal workers are on the front line. It must be an enormous amount of pressure. Please share what you learn from the group. Am willing to expand the tools in the tool chest.
@tesseract. Awe, thank you. I've used it during challenging times before this. It's effective.
The first two weeks of this new regime, I was plugging too much into the news. I felt a lot of anxiety and fear.
This week (especially the last few days), I’ve felt much more energized seeing all the lawsuits that have been filed. My state sided with trans youth, and since we’re purple — I was thrilled.
Other things that have been lighting me up during this time:
- Penzey’s Spices. If you’re not on their list, I highly recommend joining. They are very political, and their last email filled me with such hope, celebration, and joy.
- Iniko. They are a phenomenal singer and songwriter with starseed & New Earth energy and lyrics.
- Robert Reich. His take on the situation is helpful, and he also has weekly cartoons where he selects a crowdsourced caption.
- Doing healing work. I’m currently in a healing program, and it’s helping me clear out patterns and karmic patterns that no longer serve me. Because I had a huge pattern of persecution, it was contributing by to me feeling anxious and agitated during this time. My coach helped me clear the karmic pattern from my field, and I’ve been much more grounded since disconnecting from that past life pain body.
I love Penzey's! They are a great company.
I am appreciating Ben and Jerry's very much right now. They are really trying to keep to their activist roots even when it displeases their parent Company.
@lovendures Yes, I love Ben & Jerry’s too! Their parent company, Unilever, has some issues, but Ben & Jerry’s is great, and I appreciate the model they set for the world.
This is a great reminder for me to get some comfort ice cream from them. 🥰
I am doing a community wellness check in.
A lot has happened within the past 5 weeks to our country and it's affecting us all. Some directly with career or business losses, some with family member and friend job losses. That doesn't even account for other normal life losses and just the feeling of being lost in life right now. The understandable fear of the unknown as well.
We are all dealing grief in one form or another and each day brings more heartache.
So I thought perhaps some of us might like to check-in with a word, sentence or more on how we're doing or how you have been impacted.
Do you have "people" which whom you can share your grief and observations ? Do you have any coping strategies that are working?
Nobody has to respond, but you are welcome to do so in this thread.
I'll respond in a separate post.
I’m very angry about Ukraine being thrown under the bus
How am I doing?
I am grieving as each day brings renewed sorrow and the wrecking ball continues to swing and crush the foundation of our nation and so many lives. So many people I know are starting to be deeply impacted .
I can feel my anxiety. I spiral down and slowly climb back up to a somewhat normal place again and then spiral a bit more again. It depends on what I learn is happening in our country or how people are being affected.
I live near the west coast, on the other side of the country so direct impacts of job losses in our state have been less than those around the D.C. area, so far. But that is beginning to change. Teachers I know are barely making it through the workweek. My sister lives in California, not a MAGA county, and works in a small school district which saw the school board become a majority MAGA board after the election and they just fired their center-left superintendent. They are now are displaying the word DOGE on school district posters. She is beside herself.
There are many in my orbit who rely on grants for their business or their career and they have no idea how this will affect them. Lots of fear from and for friends in the arts and sciences who are educators at colleges , music institutions and museums which rely heavily upon them.
I live near an Air Force Base. Things are NOT good there. I'm hearing some first hand accounts of ... um... stuff.
Through the process of what is evolving into daily (or weekly) "news" and "well-ness" check-in's" with family and friends, I'm discovering I have a and a path forward during this horrific time.
I recently made a point of "checking in " with a young lady I knew whom I feared might be having a difficult time with our world upheaval right now. She is a non- profit human rights lawyer who recently moved here from the east coast to do a lot of good in my state. And she is. I made a point of connecting with her this week and I learned it was the first time anyone had "checked in " with her. It made a huge difference, for both of us.
She messaged me the following day that after our conversation, she left feeling the happiness she had felt all weekend.
I am glad I listened to that little tap on my shoulder to reach out to her.
And so I decided to broaden my "check-in" circle.
I'm checking in with all of you here tonight. I'm not really "ok" but I guess all things considered, I'm... ok. I now fully understand the phrase "one day at a time". In this reality, there is no way to do anything else and stay sane. There isn't one area of our government being targeted that doesn't make be want to cry, or hurl or a million other things.
But right now, I'm checking in.
May you all sleep well tonight. May each of you find some rays of light tomorrow and hold them in our heart.
I've got my votive in my hand and I'm placing it inside a lantern in hopes that anyone who is in need, can see it.
It's for you.
Me too. Totally inexcusable and unacceptable. It is unimaginable. It is worse than just about anything else. I have learned to LOVE Ukraine with all my heart and soul and my country has betrayed them. It is the ultimate betrayal.
@lovendures, you hit on exactly how I've been feeling. I was just thinking the other day that its like we are caught in an endless loop of grief. I feel like I keep going through all the stages of anger, depression, acceptance and so on only to start all over again. Going day by day is about all that seems normal right now. I will take a break from news and feel better and then see a new report and fight spiraling down again. I've been talking with some family and friends and they have talked about worry about getting medicine/prescriptions, or even if they will still be covered by any health insurance in the end of all this. Many in my family depend on various federal programs and income or work for programs/careers that dependent on federal or social funding...so each new tweet, update, and report feels like a blow of instability, uncertainty and anxiety. And the stress...everyone is short tempered, anxious, scared....it almost feels like we are back in the early days of covid. I try to keep positive, doing something joyful and removed from everything just for my own comfort and sanity but its hard to not let fear drive you. I tend to be the one to keep the positive vibe going and emphasize to hold on to faith and light but even for the peacemakers in my family like me, it is a real struggle. I try to fit in something happy each day, spend time with my cat (who is precious for the unconditional love and silly smiles she brings), and try to do things for my family that are treats or stuff to lighten the day (doesn't always work though). It feels like that there is so much anger, fear and frustration that is simmering right now....and seeing some very insensitive politicians celebrate, talk down or make fun of people's fear does not help. I am putting a lot of support toward the ones that are fighting to make a difference and show that compassion is still strong and living. I wish for everyone that they find their moment of daily joy and stress relief...those little moments are truly what is getting me through this rollercoaster of emotions.