Practicing self-care

- I think one of the things that's really important … for leaders to consider is your own self care. … Because you need to be calm to support others, … and so how are you going to do that? … Trust me I've gone down the rabbit hole on social media … and find myself breathing more shallowly … and getting more stressed. … So a couple things, one is remember social media is designed … to always feed up the next thing to click on, … and so it's very easy to keep reading, … and to the amygdala the part of your brain that fires off … fight, flight, freeze response. … Each news story is more to panic about. … So what I encourage all of us to do, myself included. … Is pick one or two news sources that you really trust. … I think the World Health Organization … and the CDC are go-to sources. … And then limit how often you check in, … I would maybe check in once in the morning … and maybe once in evening and set a timer. … 15 minutes don't let yourself get pulled into it … because what will happen is you will stress yourself out. …