Election Advice

Psychology In Seattle Podcast

Kirk Honda

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2020

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Dr. Kirk gives some advice for Election Day.

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0:00.0	Hey deserving listeners, we usually don't have episodes that come out on Tuesday, but today is the election day in the United States,
0:07.5	and I thought that it'd be weird if I didn't talk about it a little bit anyway, just acknowledge that it's happening and I thought I would just
0:13.4	rattle off a few things that I might suggest to people that they can do to take care of themselves.
0:20.0	One is is to vote.
0:21.4	It is a wonderful activity to vote. It makes me feel good when I vote if you can.
0:26.0	Also, stay safe. Monitor your emotions, regulate your emotions, really make sure you check in with yourself throughout the day and really for the rest of your life.
0:35.8	But today in particular on Tuesday, if you're in the United States or if you're anywhere and this situation is important to you and find your safe
0:45.2	people find your people that you feel close to that you trust reach out to them be
0:50.5	with them hang out with them.
0:53.0	Also, no matter what happens, we must stay the course.
0:57.0	We have a lot to do.
0:59.0	We have a lot to do to reduce racism and sexism and ageism and sexism and classism and ableism etc.
1:07.0	There's lots to do no matter who wins so we have to understand that. To put things into context we should learn about history as much as we can and I know a lot of you out there do
1:18.6	We need to learn how we as a society actually change things over time. We do not change our society by just
1:26.7	voting for a president. We need to learn what we've already accomplished as Americans and how we accomplish those things.
1:34.6	We've accomplished so much in the past 50 years and it's important that we learn from those
1:39.5	successes and repeat those. Also speak your mind if you want to. Don't be afraid to
1:45.8	advocate for yourself. If you're being picked on or you feel like your
1:48.6	voice isn't being heard, then you deserve to be heard if you want your voice to be heard. There are consequences
1:54.6	of that that we all need to acknowledge but speak your mind you deserve to be heard.
1:58.6	Also regarding the election don't expect a quick result.
2:03.2	It might take weeks to count all the votes,
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