The Model Health Show TMHS 419: Pandemic & Protests: How To Heal & Build Healthy Relationships - With Guest Anne Stevenson
This year has been a time for deep reflection, societal shifts, and hard conversations. Between being quarantined at home for months and our society experiencing an awakening of racial disparities, to say it’s a strange time would be an understatement.
While major events in the world might seem out of our control, we each hold so much power in our ability to create meaning, engage in important conversations, and spark change around us. On today’s show, Anne Stevenson is back to share her perspective on navigating relationships through difficult seasons, the power of empathy, and how we can all learn more—and in turn, do better.
You’re going to hear about maintaining bonds when under pressure, the importance of self-care, and why having a willingness to learn is at the root of real change. Anne is sharing tips on strengthening relationships, growing through difficulties, and what it takes to be a true ally. Enjoy!
In this episode you’ll discover:
- How our relationship dynamic was forced to change in early 2020.
- What we can learn from our collective experience in quarantine.
- Why Anne’s perspective on homeschooling recently evolved.
- How to handle stress in relationships during this unique time.
- The importance of creating yearly goals.
- Why now is an opportunity to up-level and strengthen your connections.
- The role that self-care plays in activism.
- Why we all need to examine our own biases.
- How education and a willingness to learn can help our society heal.
- The pervasive problem with deflecting serious issues.
- How compassion empathy can create change.
- Why we’re in the midst of a rising of consciousness.
- The three types of empathy.
- What Black people really need from white allies.
- Why studying is at the foundation of a well-rounded belief.
- How education can strengthen your ability to call out injustices.
- Ways you can encourage diversity within your community.
- The importance of taking action on what resonates with you.
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- Being Productive in Times of Crisis with Amy Porterfield – Episode 409
- We Need to Talk & It’s Going to Get Uncomfortable – Anne on The Chalene Show
- The Most Overlooked Racial Health Disparity in Our World Today – Episode 416
- Emotional Intelligence with Dr. Daniel Goleman – Episode 237
- 13th on Netflix
- When They See Us on Netflix
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