We can identify and articulate our feelings to ourselves, our diaries, or our loved ones.

• Check on each other. Who has reached out to you? Whom have you reached out to?
• Organize or join a meaningful virtual group to keep you social, active, and accountable. Parents should talk to other parents. Children should talk to other children.

• Pay attention to what you’re paying attention to: news, arguments, and otherwise.
• Get outside as best you can.
• Short term strategies start in your body; breathing and stretching will help you relax and restore.
• Reassure yourself that you are okay right now.

The crisis caused by the new virus has left us with an unprecedented set of unfamiliar emotions.

We have lost so much, and many elements missing from our normal lives are intangible and can hardly be identified. Because it is ambiguous, we find it difficult to know what we are mourning.

We live with the realization that we could lose our loved ones.

• Take the time to look back at the stories in your family and cultures that deal with adversity and triumph.
• This is not the first time we have risen to meet the challenge.
• Some of us find that we’re well-prepared for this moment; for instance, OCD is a good character struc...

Those who always look on the bright side are not the ones who cope the best in crisis. It's those who cultivate an attitude of Tragic Optimism - the ability to maintain hope and find meaning in crisis.