LibraryScenariosWhen equanimity practice meets financial anxiety
Scenario

When equanimity practice meets financial anxiety

I meditate on equanimity every morning but I check my investment portfolio obsessively and lose sleep over market fluctuations.

Patan
Online
The coach is replying

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Contemplative ideals of non-reactivity collide with the survival fears embedded in economic uncertainty and material security.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Experiential learning — Dewey and Kolb?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.