I'm Stephanie Safarian and this is episode 87.

You are listening to the Sustainable Minimalist Podcast, a show about living simply and sustainably with your family.

Here's your host, Stephanie Safarian.

Hello there and thank you for joining me.

It's no surprise that direct experience with a natural disaster is found to cause sudden and severe

consequences to mental health. After Hurricane Katrina, for example, residents

reported elevated rates of post-traumatic stress disorder, much higher than the normal population.

No surprise there.

But what about the less severe but long, slow burn of being aware of climate change, but feeling

powerless to change its course. Is that long, slow burn even a thing?

Psychologists say, yes, it is a thing,

and they've even coined a term to describe it.

Now eco-anxiety manifests itself in feelings of anger, fear, powerlessness, or exhaustion, and

due to the fact that it's chronic by nature, it can have lasting impacts on mental health.

My guest this week is Laura Durrenberger.

Laura is a fellow blogger who has been on the show quite a few times,

so maybe you recognize her name. She's here today to call

attention to eco-anxiety as well as offer up some strategies for managing it that are rooted in both

research as well as her unique personal experience.

Now you can find this week's show notes at mama minimalist.com

forward slash 0.87 that's mamamamamamamaminalist. dot com.

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