The Sudden Impact of COVID-19: Human Trauma-The Earth Breathes A Sigh

When you take a look at aerial pictures of Beijing, China...with the thick smog BEFORE and the clear pure air AFTER... one has to wonder... what larger lessons are emerging?

Dr. Allen O'Barr, Psychiatrist & Director of Counseling Service for The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill discusses the sudden traumatic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. He discusses:

*Normal Human Reactions to Trauma

*Our NEW Normal(s) *Routines at Home

*The Multiple Perspectives Humans are experiencing (Privilege & Desperation)

*Coming Together As a Humanity - The Lessons We MAY learn from how we HAD been divided politically & by class

*The Big Picture Perspectives...The Need for Humans to Slow Down

*The Impact COVID-19 is having on our Earth.

We further discussed some direct coping methods for staying at home including giving oneself permission to have a melt down (but recovering from it with respect as needed) and compartmentalizing the MANY levels of CHANGE happening to all humans with regard to the many aspects of our lives:  personal, work, community, social, and even buying patterns.

Dr. O'Barr ended with a recommendation for an excellent book to read: A NEW REALITY: Human Evolution for A Sustainable Future (2018) by Dr. Jonas Salt (scientist who discovered the vaccine for the Polio Virus) with his son Jonathan Salk.

https://www.amazon.com/New-Reality-Evolution-Sustainable-Future/dp/1947951041