Welcome to a curated resource page dedicated to supporting the wellbeing of changemakers in the wake of challenging moments. Here, you’ll find tools, guides, and insights designed to help sustain your holistic wellbeing as we navigate complex, high-stakes environments. Whether you’re an activist, organizer, or community leader, these resources are here to uplift and empower you.

In times of increased pressure, it’s essential to have support systems in place. This collection offers a range of self-care practices, resilience strategies, and community-based resources tailored to help you stay grounded, focused, and connected. Use these tools to care for yourself and your mission, ensuring that you can continue to drive positive change with inner strength and balance.

Articles Articles

One Question, 109 Answers: No Matter Who Wins, _______. | reasons to be cheerful | November 5, 2024

A New Way to Talk to Each Other | Omega | Adyashanti

Healing Systems | Stanford Social Innovation Review | Laura Calderon de la Barca, Katherine Milligan & John Kania | February 12, 2024

Where Do We Go From Here? | Greater Good Science Center | Kayla DeMonte, Mylien Duong, Carol Graham, Kurt Gray, Manu Meel, Eboo Patel, Scott Shigeoka, Linda R. Tropp, Jeremy Adam Smith, Sahar Habib Ghazi, Kira M. Newman | November 6, 2024

Caring for Yourself During Election Season | Indiana University School of Medicine | October 22, 2024

Processing US Election Results | Facing History & Ourselves |  Erica Hodgin | October 25, 2024

The impact of election stress: Is political anxiety harming your health? | American Psychological Association | Zara Adams | October 22, 2024

Recognizing Your Emotions as Data, Not Directives | susandavid.com | Susan David | July 20, 2022

Eight Questions That Can Help You Survive Election Stress | Greater Good Science Center | Jeremy Adam Smith, Jull Suttie | September 19, 2024

Articles for Higher Education

The Morning After – Managing the Day(s) and Week(s) after Election Day – American Association of Colleges & Universities

Managing Election-Related Stress Information – Univeristy of Michigan Counseling and Psychological Services

Teaching in Difficult Times – Georgetown University Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship

One Question, 109 Answers: No Matter Who Wins, _______. | reasons to be cheerful | November 5, 2024

A New Way to Talk to Each Other | Omega | Adyashanti

Healing Systems | Stanford Social Innovation Review | Laura Calderon de la Barca, Katherine Milligan & John Kania | February 12, 2024

Where Do We Go From Here? | Greater Good Science Center | Kayla DeMonte, Mylien Duong, Carol Graham, Kurt Gray, Manu Meel, Eboo Patel, Scott Shigeoka, Linda R. Tropp, Jeremy Adam Smith, Sahar Habib Ghazi, Kira M. Newman | November 6, 2024

Caring for Yourself During Election Season | Indiana University School of Medicine | October 22, 2024

Processing US Election Results | Facing History & Ourselves |  Erica Hodgin | October 25, 2024

The impact of election stress: Is political anxiety harming your health? | American Psychological Association | Zara Adams | October 22, 2024

Recognizing Your Emotions as Data, Not Directives | susandavid.com | Susan David | July 20, 2022

Eight Questions That Can Help You Survive Election Stress | Greater Good Science Center | Jeremy Adam Smith, Jull Suttie | September 19, 2024

Articles for Higher Education

The Morning After – Managing the Day(s) and Week(s) after Election Day – American Association of Colleges & Universities

Managing Election-Related Stress Information – Univeristy of Michigan Counseling and Psychological Services

Teaching in Difficult Times – Georgetown University Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship

Videos & Podcasts Videos & Podcasts

Videos

Self-Regulation Skills in the Face of World Events with Tami Simon & Dr. Jeffrey Rutstein | Sounds True |

Emotional Guidance on Election Eve | Healthy Mind Innovations

Understanding the art of compassion with Barry Kerzin | TED

Living & Loving in Stressful Times | The Wellbeing Project

Podcasts

How do you sit quietly in the middle of a storm? | Search Engine | November 1, 2024

Guided Mindfulness Practices Guided Mindfulness Practices

Envision a Unified Nation: A Meditation | Omega | Brialle Ringer | January 28, 2021

Try a 5-Minute Self-Compassion Break | mindful.org | Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer | March 3, 2023

Fierce Self-Compassion Break | Greater Good Science Center

A Mindful Practice to Meet Tough Emotions with Curiosity | mindful.org | Judson Brewer | September 1, 2023

5 Minute Guided Morning Meditation for Positive Energy | YouTube | Lavendaire

A Guided Meditation to Label Difficult Emotions | mindful.org | Christopher Germer | January 23, 2019

Feeling Overwhelmed? Try the RAIN Meditation | mindful.org | Tara Brach | February 17, 2023

The S.T.O.P. Practice: Creating Space Around Automatic Reactions | mindful.org | Rhonda Magee | March 23, 2020

Having a Tough Conversation? Try this 12-Minute Meditation to Reset | mindful.org | Shalini Bahl | September 21, 2021

Common Humanity Meditation | Greater Good Science Center

Poetry Poetry

Rise | Hannah Drake

A Post-Election Day Poem | Rebecca Faulkner

Events Events

November 20, 2024 | 1pm ET | We Hear You: A Healthy Minds Program Series”

December 3, 2024 | 1pm ET | The Science Behind Your Emotions (& Your Emotional Style) with Dr. Richie

Additional Resource Hubs Additional Resource Hubs

Cultivating Inner Peace & Calm | Sounds True

Election Resources | Sharon Salzberg

Resources to Grow Inner Strengths for Navigating Political Turmoil | Rick Hanson

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    Dr. Richard J. Davidson

    Founder & Director of the Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Founder & Chief Visionary for Healthy Minds Innovations, Inc.

    William James and Vilas Research Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and Founder & Director of the Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Richard J Davidson is the founder and Chief Visionary for Healthy Minds Innovations, Inc.

    Richard J Davidson received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in Psychology in 1976. Davidson’s research is broadly focused on the neural bases of emotion and emotional style and methods to promote human flourishing including meditation and related contemplative practices. He has published over 440 articles, numerous chapters and reviews and edited 14 books. He is the author (with Sharon Begley) of “The Emotional Life of Your Brain” published in 2012 and co-author with Daniel Goleman of “Altered Traits” published in 2017. He was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine in 2006. He was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2017 and appointed to the Governing Board of UNESCO’s Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) in 2018. In 2014, Davidson founded the non-profit, Healthy Minds Innovations, which translates science into tools to cultivate and measure well-being.

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    Edwin Macharia

    Co-Founder, Axum

    Edwin is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Axum. He leads work with Heads of State, CEOs, Philanthropists, and Investors, supporting them on strategy, program design and capital deployment.

    Prior to starting Axum, Edwin spent 16 years at Dalberg Advisors building the firm’s presence, teams and client work across the world. He left after being elected and serving as the Global Managing Partner of the firm. Before that, he was at the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) and McKinsey & Company.

    Based in Nairobi, Edwin currently sits on a range of global boards that reflect his commitment to transforming lives in Africa and beyond: The Nature Conservancy, Mozilla Foundation, Nabo Capital, The End Fund, Prudential Kenya and The Wellbeing Project. He is a WEF Young Global Leader, Archbishop Desmond Tutu Fellow and was listed by Forbes as one of the 10 Most Powerful Africans in 2015. He holds a degree in biology from Amherst College.

    Jay Coen Gilbert

    Co-founder, B Lab and the B Corp movement; Executive Chair, Imperative 21; Co-founder, White Men for Racial Justice

    Jay Coen Gilbert is Executive Chair of Imperative 21, a global network building narrative power for a just economy. Imperative 21 catalyzes breakthrough narratives that open cultural space for aligned yet hesitant leaders to reimagine and redesign an economic system that cares more about people than profit. The imperatives of that system are to: design for interdependence, invest for justice, and account for all stakeholders. Imperative 21 builds on Jay’s experience as cofounder of B Lab, the nonprofit behind the global B Corporation movement with more than 9,000 companies across 80 countries. Along with his B Lab cofounders, Jay is the recipient of the UMKC Entrepreneur of the Year Award, as well as the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship and the McNulty Prize at the Aspen Institute, where he is a Henry Crown Fellow.

    Since 2016, Jay has been called into antiracism work, prioritizing his own learning and unlearning while co-convening multiracial and white caucus spaces, including White Men for Racial Justice (WMRJ), a BIPOC-accountable peer-led community of practice for White men to develop the literacy, skills, and commitment to dismantle the culture and systems of human hierarchy in ourselves, our organizations, our communities, and our country.

    Prior to co-founding B Lab, Jay co-founded AND1, a $250M global basketball footwear, apparel, and entertainment company, and subject of documentaries on Netflix and ESPN. Jay also worked for McKinsey & Co, as well as organizations in the public and nonprofit sectors. Jay grew up in New York City and while he graduated from Stanford University with a degree in East Asian Studies, his most rewarding educational experience was co-teaching a class for a dozen years about the role of business in society at Westtown School, a 200-year-old Quaker institution. Between AND1 and B Lab, Jay enjoyed a sabbatical in Australia, New Zealand, and Monteverde, Costa Rica with his yogini wife Randi and two children, Dex and Ria, now 26 and 24. Jay and Randi live in Berwyn, PA.

    Satish Kumar

    Editor Emeritus, Resurgence & Ecologist Magazine; Founder, Schumacher College

    Peace-pilgrim, life-long activist and former monk, Satish Kumar has been inspiring global change for over 50 years. Aged 9, Satish renounced the world and became a wandering Jain monk. Inspired by Gandhi, he decided at 18 that he could achieve more back in the world and soon undertook a peace-pilgrimage, walking without money from India to America for the cause of nuclear disarmament. Now in his 80s, Satish has devoted his life to campaigning for ecological regeneration, social justice and spiritual fulfilment.

    An acclaimed author and international speaker, Satish appears regularly on podcasts, radio and television shows. He has been interviewed by Richard Dawkins, Russell Brand and Annie Lennox, appearing as a guest on Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, Thought for the Day and Midweek. Satish presented an episode of BBC2’s Natural World documentary series, which was watched by 3.6 million people. 

    Satish’s autobiography ‘No Destination’ sold over 50,000 copies, inspiring change around the world. Through his writing, teaching and international talks, Satish passionately shares visions of the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible.  Satish co-founded Schumacher College and founded The Resurgence Trust, an educational charity that seeks to inform and inspire a just future for all. He was the Editor of the charity’s change-making magazine, Resurgence & Ecologist, for over 40 years, making him the UK’s longest-serving editor of the same magazine. He continues to serve this publication as Editor Emeritus and by writing for each and every trailblazing issue.  Satish would like to offer you 20% off membership of The Resurgence Trust. When you join, you will receive a range of membership benefits including the hope-inspiring, bi-monthly Resurgence & Ecologist magazine, and support Satish (and the charity he founded) in protecting the future of people and planet.

    Find out more about Satish’s work and this offer: https://www.resurgence.org/membership/satish-offer.html 

    David Simas

    Managing Director, Research and Impact, Emerson Collective

    David Simas is the Managing Director of Research and Impact at Emerson Collective, where he works to develop in-depth research projects and distributes findings and analysis in service of Emerson’s priorities including democracy, immigration, education, and climate.

    A native of Taunton, Massachusetts, David was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff to Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick in 2007. He then joined President Obama’s administration in 2009 as a Deputy Assistant to the President, working with senior advisors David Axelrod and David Plouffe. In 2012, he served as Director of Opinion Research for President Obama’s reelection campaign. Following the reelection, Mr. Simas returned to the White House as Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Political Strategy and Outreach. In 2016, President Obama selected Mr. Simas to serve as Chief Executive Officer of the Obama Foundation. Mr. Simas holds a B.A. in political science from Stonehill College and a J.D. from Boston College Law School. He is the son of two Portuguese immigrants and lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Shauna, and their two daughters.

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    Kumi Naidoo

    President, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty; Co-Founder, The Riky Rick Foundation for the Promotion of Artivism

    Kumi Naidoo is a South African human rights and environmental justice activist, who currently is the President of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Payne Distinguished Lecturer at Stanford University. He is the former Secretary-General of Amnesty International (2018-2020) and also the first person from the Global South to lead Greenpeace International (2009-2015). He is an advisor for the Community Arts Network. He serves as a global ambassador for Africans Rising for Justice, Peace and Dignity. His family has started the Riky Rick Foundation for the Promotion of Artivism to build on the positive legacies left by popular South African rapper Rikhado “Riky Rick” Makhado through his music and life’s work. Kumi is the author of award-winning Letters To My Mother: The Makings of a Troublemaker. Kumi is also the host of the podcast Power, People and Planet.

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    IN KUMI’S WORDSIN KUMI’S WORDS

    How do you think individual, collective, and planetary wellbeing are connected?

    Today we live in a world with increasing evidence of climate anxiety and eco-anxiety coupled with growing anxieties that people feel as a result of the rise of fascist sentiment from the United States to Europe and ongoing failures in governance at significant scale corruption corrupted behavior by our leaders. The manifestation of that anxiety of what’s happening with regard to the climate crisis the governance crisis and so on increasingly impacts on people’s individual sense of wellbeing. I am of the view that one of the best antidotes to despair and depression is that participation is the antidote. Public participation in public life is the best antidote to despair and depression. Therefore in my work I am constantly trying to promote creative ways in which people of all classes and backgrounds can be enabled to participate in the communities at the national level and beyond. So I see a fundamental connection between individual, collective, and planetary wellbeing.

    What do you hope the outcomes are from the global Hearth Summit?

    Firstly, I hope that whatever happens at the global Hearth Summit is communicated beyond those that attend the summit itself. I’m hopeful that the organizers will find ways to make what’s going on at the summit accessible to a much broader audience than those of us who would be privileged enough to attend for those of us who attend. I hope it will be as the first Global Summit in Bilbao was a place for deep learning of new wellbeing techniques and capabilities as well as a place for deep connection with like-minded folks from around the world who are seeking to contribute to a just world and while being able to nurture themselves and take care of themselves. 

    I also hope in particular that those who are entering the discourse and engagement around wellbeing as I did in 2022 at the Bilbao summit would be encouraged to leave the summit with a sense of being able to contribute in a substantive way to the challenges of dealing with the world in crisis but maintaining the strength and the capability to be strong while contributing to addressing the polycrisis while taking care of their own wellbeing, so that activists don’t burn them burn themselves out as I have done multiple times in my life.

    WHAT KUMI IS LISTENING TOWHAT KUMI IS LISTENING TO

    “People, Power, Planet” podcast

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    Honorable Justice Martha K. Koome, EGH

    Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya

    Chief Justice Martha K. Koome, EGH, assumed office on 21st May 2021 as the 15th Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya and 3rd President of the Supreme Court of Kenya. She is the first woman to hold the office of Chief Justice since the Judiciary of Kenya was established more than a century ago.

    Chief Justice Koome joined the Judiciary in 2003 as a High Court Judge where she served until 2011. In that period, she engaged in leadership and administrative roles within the High Court.

    She has served as President of the Kenya Magistrates and Judges Association (KMJA) and as an official of the East Africa Magistrates and Judges Association (EAMJA).

    She was involved in the formation of the East African Law Society in 1995 and served as the inaugural Treasurer. While at the East African Law Society, Chief Justice Koome participated in negotiations towards the enactment of the East African Community Treaty.

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    IN THE HON. JUSTICE’S WORDSIIN THE HON. JUSTICE’S WORDS

    How do you think individual, collective, and planetary wellbeing are connected?

    This is an ideal that presupposes the personal, physical, mental and social wellbeing of an individual and the subsequent increased capacity to agitate and contribute to collective wellness and social justice. A just society is keener on the sustainable use and preservation of natural endowments as well as the need to preserve the same for posterity. The wellness of the individual and the safeguarding of personal rights is therefore an important building block in realizing communal health and deliberate ecological awareness. Accessible and equitable justice systems are an integral aspect healing and collective wellbeing.

    What do you hope the outcomes are from the global Hearth Summit?

    To expand the platform to disseminate the message of hope and individual responsibility to be the catalyst for change as well as the collective responsibility in realizing a just and more equitable social system.

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