Managing Your Post-pandemic, Anxiety-Triggered Brain

Learn how your brain changes due to heightened anxiety and how to address it.

Introduction

• Why pandemic anxiety is different
• Disclaimer and what you should know

1. Managing Changes to the Pandemic Brain

• Managing exposure to pandemic talk and news
• Brain fog: The surprising consequences of neuroinflammation
• The consequences of the socially isolated brain

2. Challenges of Returning to the Office

• Managing challenges of hybrid work
• Understanding your workplace's policies to ease your anxiety
• Managing workplace conflict in a post-pandemic environment

3. Thriving in Adversity

• Building an antifragile mindset to flourish
• Employing counterfactual thinking to create new options
• Navigate forward using "what if" thinking

Conclusion

• The trajectory from managing adversity to thriving in it