2020-03-24
2 小时 5 分钟Hey everybody, it's Jonathan.
So we are kind of in the embrace of extreme unease right now.
Levels of fear and uncertainty that for many are leading to the experience of fear, anxiety, panic, and while we may feel like we don't have much control over the circumstances, there may well be valid reasons to feel that way, for concern that we do not want to belittle or dismiss.
The reality is also for most of us, we do have a lot more control over how we experience this moment psychologically and emotionally than most of us realize.
This is why I asked my dear friend, longtime collaborator and good Life project advisor Amelia Zyvatovskaya, who we just call easy for short, because for obvious reasons, I asked her to help us understand the anxiety and fear that so many are experiencing these days, and sometimes to the level of panic, and help really equip you and me and all of us with a number of highly specific tools and techniques to bring yourself back to a place of relative ease and calm, no matter how groundless the world around you may feel at this moment in time.
As always, these tools and techniques can be incredibly useful, but we are not in a position to make specific medical or mental health recommendations for any one individual and always strongly recommend consulting a qualified mental health professional to better understand the most appropriate actions for you to take in your unique circumstance.
Now, about Amelia and why I turned to her as our guide today.
Amelia is the CEO and founder of Something in New York called the Flourishing center.
It is a b corporation or benefit corporation that is dedicated to increasing the flourishing of individuals, organizations and communities worldwide.
She is the creator of the acclaimed certification in applied positive Psychology, which is offered in cities across the US, Canada, online worldwide.
She's trained over 1000 practitioners to date.
She is also the creator of Bounce back Better, which is a really powerful training on resilience.
Creator of the positive psychology coaching certification, the flourishing Skills group, and is the co founder of the Positive Educator certification program where they bring all of these tools and techniques and ideas into the world of education in schools.
Amelia also holds a master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania in positive psychology.
She's currently pursuing her PhD in mind body medicine and is an adjunct faculty member.
Holds a master certified coach credential with ICF as well as over a dozen professional credentials.
That is a long way of saying she really knows what she's talking about and she is somebody who I have known for a very long time now and have come to trust with all sorts of moments that are really hard to figure out how to navigate through, not just because she's deeply wise, deeply studied, but she's also incredibly pragmatic.
She lives in the world where it's not about talking theory, it is about skills, tools and techniques that help us feel better in the world that are proven, vetted and useful.
Last quick note before we jump in, you will no doubt notice the quality of the audio in this conversation is a bit different than our usual studio production values.
Like so many others, we have moved to remote recording for this window in time in order to keep producing high quality conversations that will hopefully serve as a source of wisdom and community, inspiration and peace while letting us and our guests continue to feel safe along the way.