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Mental Health Reminders for Coronavirus Times

3/22/2020

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Pro-tips for socializing in isolation:

  • Visually seeing your friends by video chatting through apps like Skype and Marco Polo feels a lot better than texts and phone calls.
  • If your social needs aren't being met, try meeting people worldwide through any number of pen pal websites.
  • You still need shared activities so try a collaborative project or video game. You can also watch shows together with apps like Netflix Party or just call your friend via Google or Skype and start the show at the same time.
  • Use Zoom or Skype for group hangouts.

Hope this helps. Take care of yourselves, and humanity!

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Free reading! Surviving Climate Change And Other Disasters

3/19/2020

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Hi everyone, today I am releasing a PDF of the first half of Surviving Climate Change And Other Disasters. This includes survival tips, being an effective change-maker and activist, ideas for how to push society forward in this difficult time, and much more.

Check it out and let me know what you think! If you want the full version, please grab a copy over on Amazon or get a signed copy directly from me at www.etsy.com/listing/567615954/
You can also grab the digital version at www.etsy.com/listing/773643172/
Surviving Climate Change And Other Disasters by Sage Liskey - First Half PDF
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The Happiest Choice - Chapters 1-4

3/18/2020

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Hi everyone!
In these difficult times I want to make more resources available to help people. Over the next several weeks I'll be releasing content from a number of my books, starting with The Happiest Choice! This book covers foods to eat, thoughts to think, activities to do, habit reformation techniques, and much more for handling depressive episodes.

If you want to support this work - my book sales are going to take a major hit this year with Coronavirus and I'm still not sure how I'll make up that income. You can purchase a physical copy on Amazon or directly from me on my Etsy page www.etsy.com/shop/radcatpress You can also sign up for my Patreon at www.patreon.com/sageliskey for various perks including access to my complete collection of books and zines.



The Happiest Choice

Essential Tools for Everyone's Brain Feelings


By Sage Liskey


Cultivating Happiness Checklist

Deal with any situation causing your depressed feelings. Constructively communicate anything that needs to be said. If that is not possible, or more time is needed:
  • Schedule for the day and week ahead (Section 5.5).
  • Eat a nutritious meal with anti-inflammatory foods (Section 7.1).
  • Get outside to nature or someplace you haven't been for awhile (Section 9.2).
  • Get enough sleep or take a break from work (Section 7.4).
  • Avoid triggering foods and substances, especially inflammatory ones (Section 7.3).
  • Take some time for yourself and enjoy one of your hobbies (Chapter 6).
  • Go socialize or put yourself in a social environment (Section 6.14).
  • No direct sun exposure? Take vitamin D daily (Section 7.2).
  • Seek out a calming environment (Section 9.2).
  • See a therapist (Section 9.5).
  • Breathe deeply, meditate, and live in the present moment without thoughts of judgment (Section 6.1).


If You Have a Depressive Episode

Read the list of triggers in Chapter 4 to help figure out what the trigger was. Focus on addressing that trigger if possible and constructively communicating with any necessary parties. Here are some other options depending on how you feel:

  • Remove yourself from overstimulating environments.
  • Create a safe environment by cleaning your room, putting on music, etc.
  • Seek out help from someone such as a friend, therapist, or doctor. Everything is easier with reassurance and support from others.
  • Write. Process the thoughts in your head, recall the best moments of your life, or figure out where you want to be and how to get there.
  • Meditate and practice mindfulness. Don't allow repetitive negative thoughts to take over. Find contentment and goodness in the present moment.
  • Trust that the negative thoughts your brain creates are untrue and disconnected from your rationality. Trust that feelings of anxiety, paranoia, distrust, and disconnection will pass if you take care of yourself.
  • Go to sleep.
  • Play a game, read a book, or watch something that will occupy your mental energy.
  • Admit yourself into a psychiatric ward and put yourself into the full care of medical professionals until you get better.
  • Call a support line like the National Suicide Hotline at 1-800-273-8255.

Positivity Exercises

  • Create an 'abundance mentality' by thinking about positive things as well as the possibilities of positive things in your life. Write a list of good things that happened today, this week, or month (Section 9.8).
  • Express gratitude toward someone you appreciate, or volunteer for a cause (Section 6.2).
  • Repeat one or two positive mantras for 5-20 minutes, one for an in breath, and one for an out breath (Section 6.1).
  • Pray for, or mentally forgive people who have wronged you.(Section 6.1).
  • Resolve conflicts, preferably with nonviolent communication (Section 10.4).
  • Smile and laugh (Section 6.9).
  • Breathe deeply and live in the present moment (Section 6.1).
  • Accept what you fear the most and sprout happiness there (Section 9.11).


Copyright © 2015 by Sage Liskey

Published and distributed by Sage Liskey 2015.

All rights reserved.

Printed in the United States of America

1st Edition

Edited by:
Sam Bennington, Jared Swanson, Julia Whisenant, Emma Banks, B.S., Alisha Kinlaw, Mitra Sticklen (activism
chapter), Emily N Myers (activism chapter), Sonny Fisher, Larisa Varela, Elaine Russel, India Chilton, and Edmond Stansberry


Illustrated by:
Kerrida Hall: Molecules in Section 7.2 and 7.3.

Janine Hesse: All other illustrations.

Front Cover Illustration:
Janine Hesse, Sage Liskey

Cover Design:

Moth, Sage Liskey

Inside Design:
Sage Liskey


E-mail correspondence may be sent to:
sage.liskey@gmail.com

www.sageliskey.com
facebook.com/author.sage.liskey
ISBN-13: 978-0-9862461-0-4
ISBN-10:
0-9862461-0-7


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Subscribe and get some sweet goodies!

7/3/2019

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For as little as a dollar a month you can subscribe to the Rad Cat Press and get some great goodies! Your support will help me finish upcoming projects like Surviving Climate Change and Other Disasters, You Are A Great And Powerful Wizard, as well as workshops and events that help uplift lives and change society into a healthier place. Check it out over at www.patreon.com/sageliskey

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How To Convince People To Change

6/8/2019

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Many activist campaigns struggle because the framing of their mission is not in line with what potential supporters want or need. People are especially interested in saving money, saving time, and more strongly meeting their basic needs and desires.

Money: Does this product cost less than another? Will this lower taxes?

Time: Is this activity convenient and easy to sign up for? Does the location of this business help people access XYZ thing faster?

Care: Does this line up with a person's basic needs and beliefs about the world? Does it give them better access to food or make them healthier? Does it speak to their religious, spiritual, moral, or ethical views?

If you can center your message around at least two of these, then it makes your campaign relatable to a wider audience - people don't care about what you're saying unless it directly impacts them in some way.



Many activist campaigns struggle because the framing of their mission is not in line with what potential supporters want or need. People are especially interested in saving money, saving time, and more strongly meeting their basic needs and desires.

Money: Does this product cost less than another? Will this lower taxes?

Time: Is this activity convenient and easy to sign up for? Does the location of this business help people access XYZ thing faster?

Care: Does this line up with a person's basic needs and beliefs about the world? Does it give them better access to food or make them healthier? Does it speak to their religious, spiritual, moral, or ethical views?

If you can center your message around at least two of these, then it makes your campaign relatable to a wider audience - people don't care about what you're saying unless it directly impacts them in some way.

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Thinking is optional

4/17/2019

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There is a profound idea that I was introduced to when I first began to meditate - we have the option of thinking, or not thinking, anytime we want to. Emotional suffering may start with an incident, but grows exponentially with our thoughts. Focus on your surroundings, your breathing, or different thoughts and visuals. Better yet, deal with whatever incident caused the thoughts in the first place. Mental control is a skill, and becomes easier with practice. Study meditation or yoga - learn methods of bringing yourself back to what is really happening right now in your direct vicinity.
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Where to find beauty and happiness.

4/16/2019

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Go explore the world. Even if it is scary sometimes, the rewards are bountiful and a deep part of the human experience.
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We believe in you!

4/15/2019

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Just some positivity beaming in from your intergalactic neighbors
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Hope!

4/14/2019

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We've seen things work out before, it very well might do so again. Hope!
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We are in this together.

4/13/2019

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We are social creatures. All work done by even the most highly revered individuals relies on countless people supporting them. No one is thriving without the help of others, we are all connected in this together.
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