Staying calm and carrying on during the pandemic

Staying calm and carrying on during the pandemic

Coming out of what has been an unprecedented 2020, it is natural for us to be feeling drained and tapped out of internal resources and coping mechanisms to digest the continuation of this pandemic into the new year. We are simply looking for some relief, hope and that blurry little light at the end of the tunnel.

Although the vaccination campaigns are well underway in most countries, it is safe to say that we have a long way to go before the world is vaccinated and it is safe for us to move about freely.

However, as the pandemic continues, it is no longer feeling as ‘unprecedented' and many of us are all feeling a tad more familiar with the virus and our current situation in regards to the necessary measures and precautions to take in order to protect ourselves and our loved ones.

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These coming months will be challenging as most of us are exhausted of living in uncertainty, but it is important to ground yourself, to stay calm and be present in the moment rather than to spend energy and time getting in an argument with a reality we