Hi, I'm Alyssa Molano, and this is Sorry Not Sorry.

We are so focused on our physical health right now, but we are a social species, and our emotional and spiritual health is suffering in isolation.

There are increased calls to suicide hotlines and people around the nation and world are struggling.

So I've invited my dear friends James Bottoms and Camille Lofton to my show to talk about how we can care for ourselves emotionally and spiritually during these difficult days.

Camille brings movement therapy, yoga, and meditation to marginalized and unhoused communities as well as to those suffering from PTSD and those recovering from physical injury.

She works extensively with adults with developmental disabilities, creating movement therapy programs to help cultivate strong interpersonal connections as well as personal growth, and development among participants.

James Bottoms is a licensed marriage and family therapist with extensive background helping individuals and couples navigate the difficulties of relationships and sexuality as well as helping many individuals and families with depression, anxiety, and addictive compulsive behaviors.

During this time, when there's so much focus on our physical health, it's important not to forget about our mental health. With all the changes happening as we overcome this pandemic, it's easy to feel overwhelmed, anxious, and stressed.

It's a basic, truly primal instinct, proof, the way most of us feel right now. And it, too, is contakes.

One of Washington State's leading experts on suicide prevention warns of a perfect storm of suicides as coronavirus disrupts lives and people take drastic steps to stop the virus from spreading.

There have been substantial increase in the number of causes this is a prevention life.

Hand washing, not touching our faces, social distancing. These are all helping to protect us from the coronavirus. But how can we boost our mental health right now?

Hi, my name is James Bottoms and I'm a therapist bringing healing to the world.

Hi, my name is Camilla Lofton. I am a movement specialist and I am working to take some capitalism and patriarchy one mindfulness practice at a time.

Sorry, not sorry.

Thank you both for being a part of sorry, not sorry. I wanted to have you on because people are struggling right now and I don't think we're talking enough about the mental health ramifications of this collective pain that we're experiencing.

So I really want to start with the question of just what is the psychological toll that this is having on us and especially what about those on the front line that doctors, the nurses, the first responders.

I think with those people that they actually have training to deal with this, I think that they have a purpose and they're working with what's in front of them.

I think with people with doctors, what's there in front line people, how they're going to suffer is it's energetically an immense toll on them to be constantly taking care of other people and it's just delused that they can't solve.

I think that's going to be very difficult for them. I think the greater crisis for people is going to be that the people in the population, the general population, we move through trauma by finding purpose.

People don't know the way in which trauma has a long term and I mean sometimes decades long term affect on things like relationships and to the scene work all facets of what we would consider people's normal lives.

My fear is that especially with all of the messaging that there's not a succinct message on how we're supposed to move through this and my fear is that people aren't going to find purpose.

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