World events & disasters
Coping with news, disasters, conflict and a changing world. 26 guides in 5 groups.
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Disasters & climate
- Natural & climate disastersStorms, fires, floods and quakes can shake the ground under your life. Whatever you’re feeling, it makes sense, and recovery is possible.⏱ 7 min
📝 4› - Wildfires & smoke: stress, evacuation & recoveryFire can take a lot in a short time. Your feelings make sense, you don’t have to face it alone, and recovery happens one step at a time.⏱ 6 min
📝 4› - Extreme heat & your mindFeeling cranky, foggy or low in a heat wave isn’t a personal failing. A cool plan and a few good neighbours protect both body and mind.⏱ 5 min
📝 4› - Floods & hurricanes: before, during & afterWhen the water rises and the wind howls, fear makes sense. Step by step, and together, people find their way back to dry ground.⏱ 7 min
📝 4› - Earthquakes & aftershocks: fear, recovery & readinessWhen the ground itself shakes, it can take a while to feel steady again. Your body is protecting you, and it can learn to settle.⏱ 6 min
📝 4› - Climate anxiety & eco-griefWorrying about the planet shows how much you care. You can hold that care without being crushed by it.⏱ 6 min
📝 5› - Heat, pollution & your mindHot days, smoky skies and worries about the air or water can weigh on your mind. Small steps and good neighbours help.⏱ 6 min
📝 4› - Leaving home because of climate & disastersLosing the place you call home is a real loss. You can grieve it and still build a life where you are now.⏱ 4 min
📝 4› - Famine & food crises: the mental health tollBehind every hunger crisis are people with names, families and strength. Their wellbeing, and yours, matters.⏱ 4 min
📝 4› - After a disaster: what to doThe first days and weeks, one small step at a time. You don’t have to do any of it alone.⏱ 5 min
📝 7› - Being prepared: emotional & practical readinessA little planning now can calm your mind later. Start small, and you’re already more ready than yesterday.⏱ 5 min
📝 5› - Building a first aid & emergency kit (with comfort items for your mind)A kit is a quiet promise to your future self: when things get hard, you won’t be starting from nothing.⏱ 5 min
📝 4› - Psychological first aid: helping people after a crisisYou don’t need to be a counsellor to help. Calm company, a glass of water and a way to reach loved ones can mean the world.⏱ 5 min
📝 4› - Helping after a disaster: volunteering & giving wiselyWanting to help is one of the best things about people. A little know-how makes sure your kindness lands where it’s needed.⏱ 5 min
📝 4› - Rebuilding after big setbacksWhen life knocks everything down, you can rebuild, one brick at a time, and with help.⏱ 4 min
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News & world worry
- Scary news & world events: staying informed without drowningYou can care about the world and still protect your peace. Both can be true at once.⏱ 5 min
📝 4› - Talking with kids and teens about scary newsYou don’t need perfect words. Calm, honest and close is what children remember.⏱ 4 min
📝 4› - Caring about the world without burning outYou can’t carry the whole world, and you don’t have to. Caring that lasts is caring that leaves room for you too.⏱ 4 min
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Pandemics & outbreaks
- Pandemics & outbreaks: the mental health sideAn outbreak touches far more than our bodies. Whatever you carried through it, your feelings make sense, and most people find their way back.⏱ 6 min
📝 4› - Getting through quarantine & isolation at homeDays at home can feel long and strange. A little structure, a lot of connection and some kindness to yourself can carry you through.⏱ 5 min
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Violence, war & conflict
- War, conflict & displacementWar can take your home, your routines and your sense of safety. It cannot take who you are, or the people and traditions that hold you up.⏱ 7 min
📝 4› - Mass violence & crisis eventsWhen violence shakes a community, it can shake each of us. Your reactions make sense, and no one has to heal alone.⏱ 7 min
📝 4› - After a terror attack: fear, grief & finding your footingTerror tries to make the whole world feel unsafe. Your fear makes sense, and step by step, together, people find their footing again.⏱ 5 min
📝 4› - Political violence & community fearWhen the world feels divided and unsafe, your fear makes sense. You can stay informed, stay connected and still protect your peace.⏱ 7 min
📝 4› - Kidnapping & hostage survivorsYou survived something no one should go through. Healing can happen at your own pace, with people who respect your choices.⏱ 5 min
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