The 7 stages of COVID-19 - a podcast by Dr. Niki Saxena and Dr. Eileen Chan

from 2020-03-16T13:00

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How to move past unproductive and stressful stages into acceptance and creative re-imagining? 

    • Go over 7 stages of grief
    • Acknowledge fear and panic and grief
  • This is an amazing opportunity to reconnect with the "real" world if you look at it that way 
    • Re-connect 
    • Re-define 
    • Re-imagine 
    • You can do that by 
      • Recognize
      • Resourceful
      • Reliance
  • News blackout: 
    • Turn off TV/radio 
    • Sign up for alerts, set times to check information for critical updates 
    • Balance what you are watching 
    • See episode 1 notes for some trusted sources 
    • Harness compassion for other people rather than feeling sorry for yourself 
      • Be grateful 
        • Keep a journal [video, pictures, written] 
        • Offer to help someone that is less able/more vulnerable 
          • Needs a meal 
          • Needs meds or errands run that can't do that themselves 
    • Social distancing doesn't mean social isolation 
      • Check in with friends 
        • Call 
        • Write letters 
        • Video chats 
    • This is an amazing opportunity to reconnect with the "real" world if you look at it that way 
      • Re-connect with what is important
      • Re-define what "normal" looks like
      • Re-imagine the possibilities
    • You can do that by 
      • Recognize what is happening
      • be Resourceful
      • cultivate self-Reliance

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