I do tai chi, which helps me focus on breathing, specifically as I move. I find it really calming, which I need.
I haven't been able to even start to think about channeling my rage at the national political situation, because I have to focus on my 96-year-old mother, who is in assisted living, and clearly in her last days. (Last night at 3 am we had a call from the ER, because she'd fallen trying to get out of bed, and she's been in a wheelchair, not trying to walk, for the past three months...)
Sending you love, hugs, and strength for dealing with your mom. We started to dread every time the phone rang in the middle of the night, because it usually meant H's dad was heading back to the ER, or had pulled out his catheter, or something else terrible.
For now my plan is to channel my rage from being informed into pushing harder in my climate work, since that really is going to be a battle for the next 4 years. Also, figuring out how to use my work to throw sand in all their gears.
On several of our dives we saw attempts to rebuild the coral reefs - one staghorn forest that was really successful and has started to regenerate naturally. As I said to Hank when we were above water - "Can we regenerate the reefs faster than humans are destroying them?" Sadly, not under the current science denying administration. Keep up the fight, my friend!
Breathing:
I do tai chi, which helps me focus on breathing, specifically as I move. I find it really calming, which I need.
I haven't been able to even start to think about channeling my rage at the national political situation, because I have to focus on my 96-year-old mother, who is in assisted living, and clearly in her last days. (Last night at 3 am we had a call from the ER, because she'd fallen trying to get out of bed, and she's been in a wheelchair, not trying to walk, for the past three months...)
Sending you love, hugs, and strength for dealing with your mom. We started to dread every time the phone rang in the middle of the night, because it usually meant H's dad was heading back to the ER, or had pulled out his catheter, or something else terrible.
For now my plan is to channel my rage from being informed into pushing harder in my climate work, since that really is going to be a battle for the next 4 years. Also, figuring out how to use my work to throw sand in all their gears.
On several of our dives we saw attempts to rebuild the coral reefs - one staghorn forest that was really successful and has started to regenerate naturally. As I said to Hank when we were above water - "Can we regenerate the reefs faster than humans are destroying them?" Sadly, not under the current science denying administration. Keep up the fight, my friend!