Topic Self-care, Covid-19
Title: Self-care, taking control of our safety
Participants: Carlos LaMadrid, Social Work Professional
Broadcast Air Date: 05/29/2020
Time: 5:15 PM (PST)
Station: KUCR 88.3 FM Riverside, CA
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Discussion Topics:
How do we practice self-care during this moment of concern over Covid-19?
As people are sheltering at home, the pressures of hunger, violence and insecurity become more elevated.
We are in a period of mourning
How has this moment highlighted the different educational and economic disparities?
How has the recovery community served as model of coping?
What are the systems of polarity as response to stress keep us off balance?
How does the moment of sheltering at home create mirrors for self-reflection?
During this Covid-19 moment, many of us have become brave enough to ask for help.
What does it mean to want to “get back to work?”
How did this moment create an accelerated use of “technology” by people that previously never used video conferencing for daily communication?
What new perspectives will we carry forward as we “open up?”
How has our response to Covid-19 shifted the national conversation regarding workers’ rights, housing and economic justice?
What was the impact of having “mom and pop” grocery stores open during the moment of insecurity?
Some people are scared of the future and other people are optimistic of the future being built.
How do we build a society that recognizes that all people are essential?
Why are we denying the observance or the recognition of elements of death as we take inventory of Covid-19?
What happens when we move from not knowing anyone that has died from Covid-19 to knowing someone that died from Covid-19?
What is necessary for our emotional health, psychological health, spiritual health and physical health during this period of mourning?
What is the psychological effect of not being able to care for your deceased loved-ones because of the Covid-19 pandemic?
How do we take control of safety for ourselves?
How do we build hope for the future?
You have to do the best you can, not just for you but for others?
Why do I have to take care of myself first before I can take care of others?
