Helpful Resources for Covid-19 – Respark Support Group #3 | 4.14.20

By Respark | January 15, 2021

For this week’s support group, we discussed more free resources, some light-hearted stories and videos, and also discussed the topic of toxic positivity. This pandemic is not an easy ride for any of us, and we should avoid being “too positive” as it can aim to erase the struggle we are all enduring. It is simply okay, to not be okay.

🦄 Toxic Positivity —> Check out Dr. Chris Donaghue’s New Article on this subject https://medium.com/@ChrisDonaghue/toxic-positivity-the-shaming-of-true-intimacy-and-how-we-traumatize-feelings-a3960e5cbe8d

🦄 Today’s intro music (lots asked for this song) Mad World by Sergei Baronin

🦄 Fender.com offering free guitar lessons!

🦄 For those struggling with body image/eating disorders during the COVID-19 Pandemic https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/y3mkbg/your-lockdown-fat-jokes-have-hidden-victims?utm_campaign=sharebutton&fbclid=IwAR0rvsYi823k4IEnBk3VAL6u91ay–LGHZ3zecVXQmhA_pnNwD6uVxLJY5Y

🦄 Don’t feel like getting things done? Its okay to not be productive during this pandemic —> https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/

🦄 Consumer-focused Tips and Resources https://www.consumerfinance.gov/coronavirus/

🦄 Free e-book from the Harvard Business Review for Small Business Owners https://store.hbr.org/product/coronavirus-and-business-the-insights-you-need-from- harvard-business-review/10440

🦄 AIA Summary of CARES ACT provisions on Student Loans http://content.aia.org/sites/default/files/2020-04/ADV20_342357_C-19_CARES- Whitepaper_sm_v01.pdf

🦄 YouTube funny Video: Couples in Quarantine: https://youtu.be/FM6F0yUeBL0

🦄Helpful Exercise

“Practice postponing your worry. Worry is insistent – it can make you feel as though you have to engage with it right now. But you can experiment with postponing hypothetical worry, and many people find that this allows them to have a different relationship with their worries.

In practice, this means deliberately setting aside time each day to let yourself worry (e.g. 30 minutes at the end of each day). It can feel like an odd thing to do at first! It also means that for the other 23.5 hours in the day you try to let go of the worry until you get to your ‘worry time’.”

🦄 Guy in New York snags a date with his drone! https://youtu.be/DiZd5ig78cs

🦄 Guide to Living with Worry and Anxiety Amidst Global Uncertainty https://www.psychologytools.com/articles/free-guide-to-living-with-worry-and-anxiety-amidst-global-uncertainty/

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