New ways to cope with the unpredictability of life
I wish I could write that a global pandemic was our only problem at the moment. While the U.S. approaches the sad milestone of one million citizens dead from COVID-19, a devastating land war in Europe is displacing millions, and a rapidly warming planet has caused another Antarctic glacier collapse. Bad news seems to dominate headlines and Twitter feeds. As reporter Francine Russo writes in this issue, the uncertainty of our times has hit some individuals particularly hard .
Even as COVID cases ease in many U.S. states, some people are at risk of withdrawing further into isolation rather than rejoining social events and interactions, as medical experts Carol W. Berman and Xi Chen explain . But small pleasurable routines can work wonders in an unpredictable world; a mere two hours a week in nature has been shown to improve psychological well-being.
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