5 tools to change your mindset about coronavirus

By Alyssa Place, This is my expertise
Published 2 Min Read

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Feelings of anxiety and fear have been pervasive during the coronavirus pandemic, and Americans are struggling to stay positive and resilient. Employers can help address negativity with simple strategies to increase staff productivity, says Deborah Ann Davis, author of “How to Get Your Happy On.”

“Nobody has an instruction manual, so they’re trying to figure things out from a place of fear and everybody’s kind of panicking,” Davis says. “But if we just stop and look at what’s actually going on, we could calm down.”

My philosophy is let it go. You don’t need to concern yourself with stuff you can’t possibly control, like whether the schools are going to open or not. You can’t control that. So don’t worry about it until they’ve sorted it out. Or if you’re concerned about when you’ll return to the office, don’t worry about it because your bosses have to figure that out. You need to figure out how to keep your household calm and organized in the way you were before COVID hit. If you’re trying to take care of everything, then you can’t take care of anything.

If you take care of you and make yourself strong, then you can help people around you. The best way to take care of you first is to handle your fears by eliminating your exposure to the thing that’s making you fearful.

Alyssa Place
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Alyssa Place is the editor-in-chief of Employee Benefit News and has been with the team since 2019. Her work covers mental health, DEI, women at work, financial wellness, retirement and workplace … Read full bio


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