Why Should I Keep Caring About Climate Change?
Information Overload and Burnout Each day, we are faced with another thread of hideous news, each vying to be more insidious than the last. The atrocities of the American empire…
Why Should We Embrace Imperfection? Insights from Hemingway and the Japanese Art of Kintsugi
"Each January, I am overwhelmed by the pressure of New Year’s resolutions. There is such a heavy expectation entwined with these goals; they state a message that says 'Your current…
The Great Turning | Lessons from Joanna Macy on How We Meet this Moment
Another World is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing. - Arundhati Roy Ouroboros (Uroborus) with lamp by Leo Reynolds…
Creating a Sanctuary of Comfort and Care: Integrating Hygge into Your Activist Practice
Early September Ask a Resilient Activist Column A Vision of Slow Living Strega Nona (the name resembling the Italian phrase for "Grandma Witch") communes with her animal friends and magical…
How Can I Embrace Love to Sustain My Activism?
Recognizing the Pull of Despair in Turbulent Times As I sit down to write this in a local coffee shop, I am feeling the heaviness of these tumultuous times. Oh,…
How to Spark Joy and Reduce Stress: Powerful Journal Prompts for Self-Care
Journal Prompts that Will Spark Your Natural Joy Journaling is a powerful, nurturing form of self-care. It allows our minds to release emotions, ideas, stress, dreams, and even anxiety. For…
Taking time for self-care, Briana Anderson sits perched on a stone overhang surrounded by the autumnal mountains of Arkansas. Photo Credit: Briana Anderson
One Activist’s Journey Out of Despair and Into Empowerment
Reckoning with the Ugly Truth: Mass Extinction As Kansas City native Briana Anderson progressed though her Wildlife Biology program in college, she started to realize something was fundamentally wrong: “Every…
Four Steps to a Resilient Life
Reflecting on Grief and Anger Do you ever feel grief-stricken, angry, anxious, or depressed about the state of the environment? This happens to environmentally conscious humans... We put it on…
Environmental Activists Can Be Self-Conscious
Self-conscious emotions are baked into our DNA because they prevent us from breaking social norms that keep people safe. An unfortunate side effect of this is not being loud and proud enough about the climate crisis. By bringing self-conscious emotions out into the open, we can gain traction in the fight against this existential threat.
Climate Activists and Psychological Distress
From Sami Aaron, Founder of The Resilient Activist || Reprinted with permission from Ecopsychepedia What’s a climate activist? A climate activist is: Anyone working to mitigate any aspects of the…