Climate Anxiety and Eco-grief:

Climate anxiety and eco-grief are increasingly common, especially for people who feel the stakes clearly and care deeply. This session validates the emotional landscape while offering practical, psychologically grounded ways to reduce paralysis, prevent burnout, and build individual and collective resilience.

This session is designed to explore:

• The mental health impacts of climate disruption: anxiety, grief, anger, numbness

• Why despair can lead to shutdown—and how to interrupt that cycle

• The role of connection, meaning, and agency in long-term resilience

• Supporting youth, activists, and helpers who carry high emotional load

Participants will be introduced to:

• Tools for nervous system regulation and emotional tolerance

• Practices for grief-integration that reduce avoidance and overwhelm

• Community-based approaches that protect against isolation and burnout

• Action pathways that are sustainable (not fueled by panic or guilt)

This session is ideal for:

• Mental health professionals and wellness practitioners

• Environmental organizations, activists, and community leaders

• Educators and youth-serving organizations

• Faith communities and nonprofit teams responding to climate distress

• Anyone feeling overwhelmed by climate anxiety or ecological loss