Editor’s Note: The following is a guest article from film & television editor Debby Germino (Fargo, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Smallville, Genius) who is also the author of the blog Happiness In Training. She will be providing regular content to help us all become more ‘Mindful Editors.’ Click here if you’d like to submit a question for Debby (or me) to answer in a future Podcast Q&A session.

So…I’m guessing I’m not the only one who feels blindsided from the Mack truck that crashed through life as we know it in the last couple of weeks?

Not even two weeks ago my greatest concern was getting through producer notes editing the latest episode of Fargo.

Then less than a week later I was put into self-quarantine having worked from a potentially contaminated office.

And just like that…I’ve been laid off after production was shut down (along with the rest of Hollywood).

To put it mildly…fear, stress, and anxiety are in the driver’s seat and running rampant in my brain.

Luckily when things in our industry took a turn for the worst, Zack provided us with 5 practical steps to take back control of our mental health.

As NYT bestselling author and ‘Happiness Expert’ Gretchen Rubin says:

“Action is the antidote to anxiety.”

With Zack’s easily laid out steps, I was ready to take action!

Or at least I thought I was….

Listen to the complete article or read here: https://optimizeyourself.me/5-practices-reduce-pandemic-panic/

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