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Cultivating ResilienceResilience / ResilienciaPuede encontrar una transcripción en español de este episodio AQUÍCultivating Resilience—it’s our title, and the goal for this podcast: to help our listeners develop mental resilience. But what is resilience? And how do you get it?Over the course of this season, we’ve covered specific stressors and the skills that can help you manage and overcome them. But for our final episode, we’re zooming out and addressing resilience generally. Because strong people aren’t born, they’re made—which means you can learn and build resilience if you know what to prac...2022-07-2741 min
Cultivating ResilienceWarning Signs + How to Help / Señales de advertencia + Cómo ayudarPuede encontrar una transcripción en español de este episodio AQUÍContent Warning: Discussions of suicide and violenceIf you are experiencing a mental health crisis, emotional distress, or suicidal ideation there is help available. In the US, you can talk to someone free and confidentially, 24/7 at the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by calling 1-800-273-TALK(8255) or by dialing 988. You can initiate a free, confidential online chat with a crisis counselor via this link, or text the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741-741. Sometimes, stress can be overwhelming. It can f...2022-07-1329 min
Cultivating ResilienceSuccession + Legacy / Sucesión + LegadoPuede encontrar una transcripción en español de este episodio AQUÍSuccession isn’t just about passing down the farm. Because whether you realize it or not, your successors will inherit more than the land you give them. They’re getting the legacy you left behind, and if they’re your children, a lifetime of the values you’ve imparted to them. Which is why any discussion of succession starts well before you’re ready to retire.Of course, many farms are passed down within family, which presents its own challenges. Farming with family blurs...2022-06-2929 min
Cultivating ResilienceCommunity + Belonging / Comunidad + PertenenciaPuede encontrar una transcripción en español de este episodio AQUÍFarming can be lonely. Rural areas are spread out and sparsely populated. You can be out in the field all day and never see anyone. Some farmers love this solitude, but that doesn’t mean they don’t need community. If anything, it shows that farmers need to be intentional about building community, because there's no built-in block parties or office water coolers in rural life. The benefits of having a community are massive. Communities provide access to shared knowledge and resources, not to menti...2022-06-1525 min
Cultivating ResilienceClimate Anxiety + Specialty Crops / Ansiedad climática + Cultivos especializadosPuede encontrar una transcripción en español de este episodio AQUÍThe consequences of global warming affect farmers more than almost any other profession. A warming climate means increased droughts, heavy rain, unpredictable storms, and a fluctuating growing season, all of which can threaten a farmer’s bottom line. But climate change also poses big, existential questions: What kind of world am I leaving behind? Can we respond fast enough as a society? Am I doing enough?These connected worries all fall under the umbrella of “climate anxiety.” And it’s the combination of practica...2022-06-0130 min
Cultivating ResilienceFarm Finances / Finanzas agrícolasPuede encontrar una transcripción en español de este episodio AQUÍNot many people get into farming for the money. But that doesn’t mean money isn’t important on a farm. Finances are the root cause of a lot of farmer stress. From high up-front costs to fluctuating commodity prices and declining farm income, the worries are real. But there are also plenty of funds and fundamentals that can help you gain control of your money and alleviate the mental burden of financial anxiety.In this episode, we talk to Valerie Woodhouse, social...2022-05-1833 min