104 – Tips on Handling the Overwhelming News Cycle
We live in an information saturated world. How can we flourish in a world that seems to be constantly getting more bad news? This week on the podcast, Alex and Ashleigh talk about how to cope with today’s overwhelming news cycle and how to maintain mental, emotional, and spiritual health in the midst of it all.
Resources to Dig Deeper
Books on embracing limits: Emotionally Healthy Spirituality or Emotionally Healthy Leadership by Peter Scazzaro https://bit.ly/2VoOIvU
We have lots of books on the spiritual disciplines in the B4 Digital library: https://b4church.overdrive.com/.
Ones you can check out are Sacred Rhythms, The Spirit of the Disciplines, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Get Your Life Back, The Next Right Thing, Try Softer, Unashamed.
FOMO Fear of Missing Out: https://bit.ly/3BZaAhj
If you want to learn more about curating media, there is a chapter on this idea in the book The Common Rule https://amzn.to/3tFeHfn
Boundaries by Cloud and Townsend is another book you might find helpful https://bit.ly/2X10PQv
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