Regain control in an unpredictable world | Checking In with Susan David

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🗓️ 15 April 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Many of us are feeling stuck right now, forced to adapt to a world that we have little control over. But if we focus too much on these uncontrollable aspects of our lives, we greatly increase our suffering. Learn why our routines and habits are so important to our wellbeing -- and how there are ways we can exercise control even when every day feels unpredictable. (Audio only)

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0:00.0	Hi, TED Talks Daily listeners.
0:05.8	We've got something a little different today.
0:07.7	We just launched a podcast with psychologist Susan David,
0:10.7	whose TED Talk you've heard before on this show.
0:13.4	The new podcast is called Checking In with Susan David.
0:16.4	Each week, she's going to give strategies that can help people cope with this global pandemic.
0:21.3	And we hope it'll be useful long after this extremely difficult moment passes.
0:26.2	So today we have an episode of checking in that we thought you'd enjoy.
0:29.7	And afterwards, if you want to hear more, subscribe to checking in with Susan David on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen.
0:37.5	New episodes will drop every Monday.
0:41.9	Hi, everyone.
0:43.4	Well, when we spoke last week, I mentioned how my husband and I had gone from exchanging
0:47.6	post-it notes of what groceries need to be collected into now exchanging emergency
0:51.9	contact information.
0:53.7	In these coronavirus times, as you all know, a lot can happen in a week.
0:58.7	My husband's now packing his bag, ready to sleep in his laboratory for the next month,
1:03.1	as he goes and sees patients at the MGH, and we have the recognition that he likely won't be able to come home
1:08.4	for fear of infecting me and the children.
1:11.9	As might be expected, this has thrown a lot of my routines and my expectations into disarray.
1:18.2	The virus pandemic has disrupted lives and routines around the world, often leading us to feel
1:23.3	that we are stuck in a new normal, one that is not of our choosing and one that we have no control over.
1:30.8	So how do we regain our foothold when it feels like everything is up in the air?
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