When individuals take into consideration winter, they usually concentrate on the negatives: the chilly, the darkish, and the seasonal despair the season can carry. However my visitor immediately questions whether or not winter actually must be so depressing and says that by altering our mindset, we are able to truly be taught to get pleasure from and even thrive throughout this season.
Kari Leibowitz is a psychologist and the creator of Methods to Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Chilly, Darkish, or Tough Days. She spent a yr on the northernmost college on the earth in Tromsø, Norway, learning why individuals dwelling within the Arctic, the place the solar doesn’t rise for 2 months, don’t undergo from seasonal despair on the charges you may anticipate. In the present day on the present, Kari explains how our expectations can create a nocebo impact that makes winter really feel worse than it must, why breaking winter into three distinct sub-seasons may help us recognize it extra, how Nordic practices like hygge could make darkness really feel cozy slightly than oppressive, and why getting exterior and staying social — even when it’s chilly and darkish — are keys to thriving throughout the season.
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