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
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