Are you still feeling the lingering effects of the pandemic? We dive back into this topic as we noticed how much our earlier episode about Pandemic Fatigue still brings up for our listeners. We’re still finding our way, going from languishing to lingering.

It may seem like we’re expected to go back to normal, but we can’t. We’re in a different place. It’s like we have dug a tunnel and come out on the other side to a different landscape. On the other side, it’s a different world.

We put a lot of work into solving all kinds of problems, with a tremendous amount of creativity, perseverance and resilience – and perhaps we’re not quite as resilient as we’d like to think we are. We paid a heavy price. We had formative experiences.

Even though the official government bodies have declared the pandemic over, there is still a lot of debris and rubble left to be cleaned up and processed, including invisible emotional debris like grief and loss. And that still takes energy.

Take time to recalibrate and celebrate before rushing into post-crisis reconstruction (which is often not the strongest, most constructive). Acknowledge that you are where you are now.

Notice the landscape here and explore this new space.

What can you create from here?

Referenced:

Pandemic Fatigue, Weathering the Storm (episode from 18 Feb 2022): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peopleimpactpodcast/episodes/Pandemic-Fatigue--Weathering-the-Storm-e1eg8fq?%24

The NY Times article that named languishing as a feeling many people shared: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/well/mind/covid-mental-health-languishing.html

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Lisa Dempsey – https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisakdempsey/ - https://www.leadershiplabs.eu

Marjolijn Vlug – https://www.linkedin.com/in/marjolijnvlug/ - https://www.marjolijnvlug.nl/

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