Hey friends, thanks for tuning into Tory Dealing With where each episode is short, sweet,

and the perfect thing to enjoy in the morning. Just like your coffee. Originally, I was

going to do this episode on climate anxiety and missed all the wildfires in Canada, but as

I was writing the episode, it was actually giving me anxiety in itself. So I realized that

in terms of comforting people, which is what this podcast aims to do, that topic would

have been completely counterproductive. So while I was scrolling on social media, I came

across a post that said, the top five things that people regret before they die, and immediately

I realized how important it was to shift my mindset towards appreciating life. The thing

about climate change or anything else on the news, such as gun violence, economic crisis,

and all the other traumatic things that we see, we're triggering our flight or fight response.

These scenarios can make us feel extremely unsafe externally, which then causes our internal

environments to spiral and feel the same way. We're anxious about our well-being, the well-being

of the planet, and if you dig deep to the root of that fear, it's based in the survival of ourselves

and our species. With climate change being the most pertinent right now, how can we not be living

in a state of fear? But the truth is, we can't operate to the best of our ability when we're in

panic mode. And as much as we do have to look at the facts and do our part to aid the world issues,

we also need to keep our mindsets in a positive place to operate from. So that's why this episode

is important, and I wanted to shine light on a study that was conducted by Bronnie Ware,

Nurse from Australia. Ware worked in palliative care and spent the last 12 weeks with patients

before they passed. While she would sit with them, she would interview them about their lives and

ask them all the same question. What is the biggest regret you have? After asking many patients,

she gathered the top five answers and wrote a powerful blog about their epiphanies. After the

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