Understanding eco-anxiety - #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek bonus episode
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What is eco-anxiety and how does it affect us? How can we learn to cope? And can mindfulness help us to effect positive social change? In this bonus episode for Mental Health Awareness Week, Aayushi speaks to University of East Anglia student Stephen Kirk and Dr Kate Russell from UEA's School of Education and Lifelong learning to find out how eco-anxiety has affected them, their peers - and what they’re doing about it. The episode coincides with the launch of a one-of-a-kind partnership between UEA, the mental health charity Mind and the Climate Psychology Alliance delivering wellbeing activities to support students with eco-anxiety. Find out more https://www.uea.ac.uk/climate-of-change/eco-anxiety
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