How to Manage Your Eco-Anxiety: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Positive Change

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An essential mental-health handbook for the next generation' - Vanessa Nakate HOW DOES CLIMATE CHANGE MAKE YOU FEEL? SAD? AFRAID? POWERLESS? GUILTY? YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE FEELING THIS WAY. Drawing on years of experience as a psychoanalyst, Anouchka Grose shares cutting-edge insights on how to manage your eco-anxiety. You'll find out how to validate your emotions. You'll learn how to build your resilience. You'll discover the comfort that can be found in your community. Ten accessible steps will help you understand your eco-anxiety, and the toolkit at the end of each step will allow you to grow with the knowledge and learn how your are part of the solution. You'll finish this book feeling equipped with the solutions and practical action needed to make a real difference to the planet, to others, and to yourself.

ANOUCHKA GROSE is a British-Australian psychoanalyst and writer. She is passionately concerned about the effect of the climate crisis on our mental health. She is a member of The Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research, where she lectures, and she has appeared on BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour and Beyond Belief. Lauriane Bohemier is an artist and graphic designer from Quebec, Canada. Inspired by nature, Lauriane creates art that feels good for the soul. Her art expresses the beauty of self, the gifts of nature and the pleasure in taking care of ourselves and others. She believes that when we follow our life's purpose, all will flow.

'A timely, empowering toolkit for young people everywhere' - Mya-Rose Craig 'An essential mental-health handbook for the next generation' - Vanessa Nakate 'An invaluable resource' - Tori Tsui 'This book is brilliant!' - Dominique Palmer