The Lessons of COVID-19

Rejuvenaging with Dr. Ron Kaiser

Dr. Ron Kaiser

Rejuvenate, Age, Aging, Fitness & Nutrition, Mental, Self-help, Gym, Doctor, Health, Fitness, Emotional Health

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🗓️ 25 May 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

After over a year since the pandemic started, we see many places in the world slowly going back to normalcy. Here in America, kids are going back to school, wearing masks outside is no longer mandatory, businesses are opening, and you can enjoy meals in restaurants again. Hopefully, it won't be long until COVID turns into a bitter memory of human history and stops being part of our present.

People suffered invaluable losses; they lost relatives and loved ones, and they also lost their jobs and significant portions of their income.

In this episode, I've decided to take a step back and look at the things this pandemic has taught us. There's no doubt that the negative effects of the disease have been devastating, but I also believe that it is possible to have a positive outcome.

Tune in to Episode 87 of Rejuvenaging, and let's walk together through the things I believe this pandemic has taught us.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

The importance of keeping our body and our mind healthy and diminishing the chances of getting pre-existent conditions (3:59)
How crucial it is for our professional and personal life to manage self-discipline (5:36)
The role of social connection in our lives, and how vital it is to learn to enjoy our loneliness (7:11)
Reinforcing our trust in science (9:06)
Giving value and being grateful for the good in people and those who made this pandemic easier for those staying at home (10:01)

Useful Rejuvenaging Resources:

Website: https://www.thementalhealthgym.com/
Book: Dr. Ron Kaiser -Rejuvenaging: The Art and Science of Growing Older with Enthusiasm
Email: ron.kaiser@thementalhealthgym.com
TEDx Talk: Aging Enthusiastically to Make the World a Better Place

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0:00.0	Welcome to Rejuvenaging with Dr. Ron Kaiser.
0:23.2	This is the podcast designed to help you lead your life enthusiastically.
0:28.5	I am your host, Ron Kaiser, a positive health psychologist, a keynote and TEDx speaker,
0:40.4	and author of the award winning and bestselling book Rejuvenaging the Art and Science of
0:45.4	Growing Older with Enthusiasm.
0:48.8	While we typically have guests on these podcasts every once in a while, I go solo and this
0:55.0	is one of them. It's a particularly important and interesting time and I wanted to throw
1:01.7	in my two-sense worth about how to deal with and appreciate what we're going through.
1:09.7	The world is returning to normal, more or less, at least in many parts of the world, including
1:16.0	the United States where I live.
1:19.1	Our hearts go out to the people of India and other places where the COVID-19 pandemic
1:25.8	continues to be quite a scourge and not in control.
1:31.3	Fortunately, things are better in the United States and many other places.
1:39.1	Most people have gotten vaccinated.
1:42.9	Here is return to normalcy in many places. People are able to be outside without masks,
1:51.7	be with other people inside if they've been vaccinated without masks.
1:57.3	Kids are returning to school, businesses are opening.
2:01.2	You can enjoy meals and restaurants inside and out and hopefully in the not-too-distant
2:08.7	future, COVID-19 will be with us, but as a memory more than an actual event that impacts
2:19.6	upon our lives.
2:22.2	At least we can hope so. For the present, we look forward with optimism.
2:28.1	And as we do so, I think that it's important to take stock of what happened over the last
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