This is NPR's Life Kit, and I'm TKJutess.

The news can be a lot.

We are continuing to follow the story of today's

violent occupation of the US Capitol building by pro-Trump insurrectionists.

It left five dead in dozens of police officers injured.

How did President Trump supporters manage to break into the US Capitol yesterday?

It has almost been a year since the US registered its first case of the coronavirus.

How will we get everyone vaccinated?

And today the pandemic is as deadly as it has ever been.

It seems like there are two options when faced with all this information.

Either you're oversaturated, totally plugged in,

can't stop thinking about it, and stressed out by it all.

Or you're checked out and completely ignoring it because it's all too much.

Me, I'm a little bit of both.

Yeah, I think we should just find a nice hole and dig ourselves and bury ourselves in the dirt for a while.

That's Dr. Judson Brewer.

He's the director of research and innovation at the Mindfulness Center at Brown University

and the Executive Medical Director of Behavioral Science at Shared Care.

If you can't bury yourself in a hole, don't worry.

He has some mindfulness tips to help you cope with the stress and anxiety of the never-ending

new cycle and civil unrest. This comes down to understanding our mind's work.

This episode of LifeKit, what's actually happening in your brain when you feel overwhelmed?

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