Edit Your Life Ep. 86: Managing Political Stress

It’s been 7 months since the presidential election and, yup, everything is still super-stressful. In Episode 86 of Edit Your Life, Christine and I share our perspectives on the ups and downs of activism and offer ideas for how to manage the intense, persistent stress of the current political climate.

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Resources mentioned in this episode

Minimalist Parenting
Parent Hacks
Edit Your Life Episode 62: A Post-Election Action Plan
Edit Your Life Episode 82: Mother’s Day Reflections
Brave New World Designs (Etsy shop) + Instagram account (where you can see lots of great customer photos)
A recent sewer-level heading that triggered Christine into a spiral (via Forbes)
Dan Rather’s Facebook page (and also News and Guts)
R. Eric Thomas of ELLE (whose Maxine Waters article inspired Christine’s Maxine Waters design…and also see this Justin Trudeau/Barack Obama article)
Christine’s photo of the Zakim Bridge
The flowers Asha sent (that made Christine cry like a baby)
Edit Your Life Episode 38: Prioritizing “Me” Time
Resistbot (activism made crazy easy)
Capitol Switchboard phone number: 202-224-3121

Question Of The Week

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