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How to stay present when the future feels doomed

My therapist keeps asking me to be present but I can't stop thinking about climate change and whether my kids will have a future.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The tension between mindful presence and legitimate future concern is tearing at your ability to exist peacefully in the now.

Ideas that help explain it
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