Welcome to Ghost of a Podcast. I'm your host Jessica Lignato. I'm an astrologer, psychic

medium, and animal communicator, and I'm going to give you your weekly horoscope and no

bullshit mystical advice for living your very best life.

My loves, I hope you are all taking really good care of yourselves in this somewhat harrowing

time. This week I have a question. The question on its own is a really important one for

you all to hear. It goes like this, I am a healthcare provider in New York City and I

could really use your advice about how to support myself and others during this difficult

time. I care very deeply about my patients and I pride myself on being compassionate,

thorough, accessible, and resourceful. But over the last week or so, I found it really

difficult to be empathetic. I feel like I'm having a really hard time calmly supporting

people, particularly those with relatively minor issues in the grand scheme of things,

which is quite a grand scheme these days. People are scared and I certainly understand

that their fears are valid, their problems are valid. But it's as if the advice I give

them is never enough and I lack the resources to do anything more.

Over the last few days, my advice certainly hasn't been enough to get them to change

their behaviors, to think of others, to stay at home, to even cover their mouths when

I cough. People are behaving selfishly and I've had enough. This is troubling, it's depressing,

it's scary, especially since the consequences of their selfish behavior could cause them

or someone else their life. I self included and I'm not even in the worst situation, not

even close. I try to be supportive of my friends who are working in the emergency room, they

have it the worst. I try sending them small gifts, checking in on them every few days,

I don't know what else to do to help them. My friends who work in other fields have been

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