covid-19

"The Infinite Now"

Below is a great article written by my dear friend, Bryan Yates. It explores Bryan’s personal journey with addiction, recovery, and mindset.

“An endurance mindset is about agency. It’s about being actively and thoughtfully engaged to build mindful stamina, focus, and perseverance. We often think of flexibility, mobility, agility and adaptability as athletic traits — but they can also be applied to how we relate to internal and external forces. It turns out that all these “grit credits” are bankable. And when we harness them to navigate something like the current crisis, those credits can alchemize our vulnerability and uncertainty into calm acceptance.” Bryan Yates

An Endurance Mindset for Chaotic Times

And here is a great song about the construct of “home”. For many of us missing the familiar, this may resonate…

COVID-19 Podcast for Kids

As any of you know, I am a disciple and adoring fan of Dr. Peter Attia! in the following podcast, his daughter, Olivia, interviews her dad. It is fantastic and worth sharing.

#104 – COVID-19 for kids with Olivia Attia

"The underlying theme to how we got here is we didn't really do the things we needed to do before it was too late." — Peter Attia

We discuss:

  • What is a virus? [1:45];

  • How did this version of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) start? [4:30];

  • How does COVID-19 compare to SARS and MERS (previous coronaviruses)? [6:00];

  • Will COVID-19 come back again after we resolve the current issue? [7:15];

  • When will kids go back to school? [7:45];

  • How has the US surpassed China in total cases, and how could we have been better prepared for this? [8:30];

  • Should have we started to quarantine sooner than we actually did? [11:45];

  • What about herd immunity? Would it be easier if we all just got the virus so we could be immune? [13:45];

  • Which age groups are the least and most at risk for getting a deadly version of the virus? [15:00];

  • Why do we have to wipe down packages that are delivered to our homes? [16:30];

  • How a lack of preparation and discipline led to this troubling situation [18:45];

  • Is China to blame for all of this? [24:15];

  • What did Olivia think when her parents pulled her out of school before it was mandated? [26:30];

  • What’s been the hardest part of this for Olivia? [27:50];

  • What does Olivia appreciate now that she probably didn’t appreciate in the past? [28:50];

  • How are Olivia’s zone 2 workouts going? [30:00]; and

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Joy Box

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Many of my clients build Joy Boxes. They decorate and fill a container with an assortment of paper scraps. Each scrap lists a small activity, sensation, or experience that brings joy, comfort, solace, etc.

For many, food and drink are default joy sources, but like anything, too much of something is never a good thing. Training your brain to reach for other comfort sources is an integral part of changing behavior. So here is my current “Quarantine Joy Box”. Hopefully something inspires you!

  • Play with watercolors

  • Sketch yourself

Create a magazine collage

Create a magazine collage

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