How To Survive the News. CNN’s Bill Weir on Moving From Anger and Despair to Optimism and Resiliency.

A node of sanity in these challenging times. Bill Weir is America’s leading climate reporter. His new book is a celebration of our planet and human brilliance. It is a hopeful plea for communities to rally around nature, new ideas and each other, to create the kind of resilience that lasts generations. In this episode we talk about: • How a hotter earth is increasingly changing our lives • Why some experts say the climate issue is half physics, half psychology • How to work with feelings like rage and despair • Why so many of us look away from the climate crisis • Why acceptance is not surrender • And the utility of class psychological frameworks, including Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’ Five Stages of Grief Related Episodes: What to do About Eco-Anxiety | Jay Michaelson Follow Dan on social: Instagram, TikTok Subscribe to our YouTube Channel Our favorite playlists on: Anxiety, Sleep, Relationships, Most Popular Episodes Additional Resources: • Order Life as We Know It (Can Be)