Well, hey there. This is Kim Constable. Welcome to the Strong and Sculpted podcast. The podcast by me,

Kim Constable, about all things strong and of course all things sculpted. Now, today's podcast is definitely going to be more about strength,

but not physical strength, more about emotional strength than getting sculpted. Because

I'm sitting here, it is actually very late in the day to be recording this podcast. It's Wednesday

evening. This podcast normally goes out on a

Thursday. It is Wednesday, the, I don't even know what day it is. I think it's the 18th of March.

And normally I record this podcast, well, I normally record at least a few days in advance. I'm

not recording it this late, but I'm actually quite glad today that I'm not so vigilant with my podcast recordings doing the way in advance

because it means that I can talk about things that are timely and bring you what you need whenever you need it.

And today is in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. And the fear around the

coronavirus has really started to spread. And whereas people before were able to say, well,

it's not really affecting us. And, you know, people didn't really know, you know, much about it. They were still able to go around or go about their daily

lives. But I think that what's happened this week is with the, you know, the isolation and the

government's response and the closing of restaurants and the closing of gyms and all that kind

of stuff. It's not just about something that's, you know, affecting you a little bit anymore.

It's about something that is affecting everybody.

And unfortunately, with the closure of cafes and restaurants and people, you know,

isolating at home and not going out and spending money, it's also massively affecting the economy.

And I thought that I would do a podcast today talking a little bit

about how to cope emotionally, some different strategies that you can use to get through this

and ways that you can just help yourself to feel better. Because I think that, you know,

ultimately, that's what all of us wants. All of us wants just to feel better. We just want peace

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