1. Focus on your personal realm of control and responsibility. Trying to ‘fix’ another person or control their choices and outcomes is overwhelming and unrealistic. Such efforts set you up for failure, anxiety, and depression. Individually, you canโt change another person, stop the war in Ukraine, end homelessness, nor stop natural disasters.
However, you can control what you think, feel, say, and do–eat, drink, read, buy, exercise, pay attention to, and vote. You also control who you spend time with.
2. Elevate your self-care. Self-care, another aspect of life you control, is crucial because tending to your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health establishes the foundation upon which to build authenticity, resilience, and stability.
Get adequate sleep and rest, nourish with the right foods for you, surround yourself with loving and supportive people, strengthen your boundaries, and seek help from professionals when needed. The healthier you are, the better choices you make and the collective benefits.
3. Live mindfully. Aligning your mind with your body in the here-and-now, the present moment, is also called mindfulness, within which is where your power and control reside. When present, you are open to insights and guidance from your intuition, you are more deeply aware of whatโs happening within and outside of you, and you tap into your innate gifts and strengths.
4. Learn to empathize. Seeking to understand rather than being understood evokes empathy and respect for the humanity in others. Empathy deepens human connection and, I believe, can cure indifference. The more connected you are to another human being, then the more you understand the loving interdependence that binds us all to each other and strive to nurture rather than sever that connection.