This is not a crisis. In a world that feels like it’s lurching from one emergency to the next, that statement might sound absurd. But what if the very framework of “crisis” is the source of our exhaustion and burnout? In this episode of Resilience in Dark Times, we dismantle the crisis mentality and introduce a more empowering, sustainable framework for navigating today’s challenges. Join us to discover how to protect your well-being, take meaningful action, and start building a better future without getting overwhelmed.

“You might have a crisis for a day... But a crisis doesn’t go on for weeks and months and years. When that’s the situation, the crisis mentality…can be a form of denial.”

— Michael Glavin

In This Episode, You Will Discover:

• How authoritarian regimes weaponize the “crisis mentality” to suspend your rights and manipulate your emotions.

• The classic “marshmallow test” and the simple secret it reveals about your relationship with your future self.

• The hidden reason why delaying gratification isn’t always the right strategy.

• What the marshmallow test can tell us about living in an unstable world.

• The personal health wake-up call that revealed the profound physical dangers of living in a permanent “crisis mode.”

• How to replace the disempowering “crisis” framework with a new framework to foster sustainable, long-term action without burning out.

• What an ancient Talmudic story about a man who sleeps for 70 years can teach us about our responsibility to build a future we may never see.

“All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses, his real conditions of life, and his relations with his kind.”

—Karl Marx

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