A Guide to Self Care while Social Distancing

A guide to how to take care of yourself and those you love when your stuck at home as a result of social distancing and self-isolation, and anxiety and coronavirus cabin fever begin to set in!

Social distancing and self-isolation are critically important to controlling the spread of coronavirus. But they can also be extremely stressful and anxiety-inducing as routines are disrupted, the people you live with start to drive you up the wall, and you begin realizing just how important social interactions are in your life.

To help navigate this new world of social distancing and distant socializing, our colleague Michael Bernstein came up with a great guide for self-care in novel corona times, based on his own experiences. We cover many of his suggestions in this video, and the full guide can be downloaded in the links below.

As Michael says, “The weeks and months ahead will be challenging, but that doesn’t mean they have to be miserable. Knowing what social distancing and (voluntary) self-quarantine may entail is a great first step to being prepared and setting yourself up for a (possibly even) personally rewarding response to these trying times”.


CONTRIBUTORS

Michael Bernstein PhD

USEFUL LINKS

Purpose of mitigation strategies




Types of mitigation strategies

Expectations of mitigation strategies

Coping mechanisms

Becoming minimalist: practice resting (shout out to friend for this ref):

Compendia

Google’s Coronavirus page

Resources for parents

Daily news aggregator


RISK BITES

Backing track: The Workshop.

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Professor Andrew Maynard is a scientist, author, and leading expert on risk and the ethical and socially responsible development and use of new technologies. He is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, serves as co-chair of the Institute for the Advancement of Nutrition and Food Science (IAFNS) Board of Trustees, is a member of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research President’s Research Council, has served on a number of National Academies of Sciences committees, and has testified before congressional committees on several occasions.

As well as producing Risk Bites, Andrew’s work has appeared in publications ranging from The Washington Post and Scientific American, to Slate, Salon, and OneZero. He co-hosts the podcasts Mission: Interplanetary and Future Rising, and is the author of the books Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies, and Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow.

Andrew received his PhD in aerosol dynamics from the University of Cambridge in 1993, and is currently a professor in the Arizona State University School for the Future of Innovation in Society, and an Associate Dean in the ASU College of Global Futures.

[dianaayton-shenker]

terrific! Thanks, Michael Bernstein & Andrew Maynard. I'm sharing this with colleagues to share with their organizations, too.

[anxietyrelief-andselfcare]

Very Good...So Many Ways to look after our self and others...and it is a Fantastic time to start up a New Business on the Internet, or make Money from our Hobbies!

[catwithhair]

Hey, lucky you cuz your vid caught my teachers attention, that's why I'm here

[AtomicElectronCo]

We've never needed the internet more than now! Can you imagine the same situation in the 1970's? We'd REALLY be lonely....

[ethellinda]

Very insighting. I can use this video to slove my SOCIAL DISTANCING asignment. Thanks!!!

[purpleviolet]

Thanks for sharing this! This really helps me out alot with this situation that we're all in together!💛🤗🤗💛

[HeartofthePiano]

Thanks, is there any way to get the pdf at the top of the links as apparently access is denied!
Or how to get the info in the LinkedIn link without creating a LinkedIn account? Many thanks!

[robot]

We're all in this alone 😡
Don't pretend otherwise.

[theemthusiastic]

raise your hand if you're here because of class
🙋‍♀️

[blitzone]

jajaja tengo que hacer una tarea sobre esto mucho texto

[tasbehabashir]

It's physical distancing not social distancing