Helpdesk: Seven ways to avoid becoming a misinformation superspreader when the news is shocking

H COLLEEN SINCLAIR, associate research professor of social psychology at Louisiana State University, provides some tips on how to avoid becoming part of the problem in these fraught times…
Books: A personal story walking through the “pain and turmoil that anxiety can bring”

NILS VON KALM reads Alan Fadling’s ‘A Non-Anxious Life’…
Helpdesk: Worried about AI? You might have AI-nxiety – here’s how to cope

In an article first published on The Conversation, SANAE OKOMOTO, a researcher in behavioural science and psychology at United Nations University, looks at how to handle worries about the rise of AI…
This Life: Prayer is our most powerful weapon

US columnist CAROL ROUND looks at the importance of prayer when we confront situations outside of our control…
Freedom – and anxiety

Most of us champion freedom – it’s something we value above most things. But we don’t see the relationship between freedom and anxiety. Anxiety is something we all avoid! With freedom comes responsibility – and anxiety, as Paul Clark learned when he became a camp coordinator. PICTURE: Kevin Erdvig/Unsplash Freedom means becoming responsible. If I am […]
Turkish children play “earthquake” with building blocks as they try to understand

Iskenderun, Turkey Reuters Turkish children left homeless by the massive tremor that struck Turkey and Syria last week have been learning to cope with what happened and their ongoing anxiety over aftershocks by playing ‘earthquake’ with building blocks, a teacher said. “They talk about the earthquake. They build blocks and say…’is this OK for earthquakes?’ […]
Sight-Seeing: In Advent, we hope and wait. Climate change doesn’t lend itself to either

US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE – in an article first published on Religion News Service – writes that Advent is supposed to be a time of anticipation and hope, but the threat of global warming brings me anxiety and fear…
Books: Biblical insights into the issue of anxiety

DAVID ADAMS reads Paul Grimmond’s book addressing the issue of anxiety, ‘When The Noise Won’t Stop’…
This Life: Taking a stand against anxious thoughts

CHARISSA CHEONG writes about how she turned to God during a recent period of anxiety…
Anxiety

How are you? It seems with pandemics, global climate, political divisions, and social media we are living in the era of anxiety. Anxious? PICTURE: Joice Kelly/Unsplash By most measures we are living at perhaps the best time in history. Yet the uncertainty that is amplified through global media sure does pull the rug from under […]