Summary: How do we stay calm? With all the panic going on with the COVID-19 outbreak, and the social distancing, and store shelves being raided bare, how does one handle the torrential rainfall of emotion involved? Benjamin dives right in, in this episode.

Questions: [email protected] Coronavirus COVID-19 in the US: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

In this episode:

* Coronavirus panic* How do we stay calm?* Managing emotions* Emotions vs logic* Prefrontal cortex and the Limbic brain* Revealing emotion* Let-Go Techniques 1- Write and burn 2- Walk and talk 3- Vocal Expression 4- Deep Breathing* Psychology behind destroying pages of negative journaling* Upgrading our story of events* We are very good at making up stories* This too shall pass* Why breath control works* Steps 1- Identify the emotion 2- Calm yourself down 3- Upgrade your story and read it aloud

“Managing emotions is how we stay calm.”

“This too shall pass”