climateanxiety

Climate change is real and so is climate anxiety. We’ll get into the ways the climate crisis is changing the mental health profession as people turn to therapy for help with handling all the climate doom. And, is there a way to turn climate anxiety into action? Also, former President Donald Trump’s latest indictment is now available to the public. (Seriously, read it.) And, asteroids may be the next frontier for human space exploration. Plus, meows of agreement from Yuki the cat.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

• • “United States of America vs. Donald J. Trump” (PDF) from the U.S. Justice Department

• • “CNN annotated text copy of Trump’s third indictment” from CNN

• • “For hard-core Trump supporters latest indictment doesn’t raise doubts” from NPR

• • “What To Do With Climate Emotions” from The New Yorker

• • “AI improves breast cancer detection rate by 20 percent” from Politico

• • “Prospects for Future Human Space Flight Missions to Near-Earth Asteroids” (PDF) from NASA

• • Yuki the cat’s Instagram account

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Today we are discussing the psychology of climate anxiety especially in light of recent announcements of a code red for humanity due to climate change. I’m joined by Tenaya, our in house expert on all things sustainability, to discuss how climate anxiety manifests, the psychology of climate denial and how to take care of yourself when faced by dread about the future of the planet. References / things talked about: The IPCC report: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/ Tim Hollo’s article on climate doomism being as harmful as climate denial: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7385966/climate-doomism-is-the-new-climate-denial/ Fire Country by Victor Steffensen: https://www.hardiegrant.com/au/publishing/bookfinder/book/fire-country-by-victor-steffensen/9781741177268 Rob Willer on moral reframing in political conversations: https://www.ted.com/talks/robb_willer_how_to_have_better_political_conversations/

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