Jul 27, 2021
CEO of Fantasy Sugar and hobbyist extraordinaire, Mika McDonald joins us to discuss the philosophical and psychological insights of our 2020 spring of baking, sewing, planting, and returning to our roots. We discuss theories in the current literature on everything from a de-evolutionary backslide to agrarian society to a patriarchal backlash, and everything in between.
For more ideas about hobbies for destressing and building resiliency, check our episode guide on our content page.
To learn more about these theories, you can review the articles we discuss, including "COVID-19 shifts mortality salience, activities, and values in the United States: Big data analysis of online adaptation," which showed how much our interests shifted (as shown below):
To learn more about building your own resiliency and tapping into your gifts to embrace mindfulness, check out our website for more ideas, http://verdantconsulting.net