Why facing our feelings is essential for tackling our climate crisis

As we face a global pandemic, tornadoes march across our country, forests burn, waters rise and warm, corals bleach, jungles disappear, floods decimate entire regions, and storms devastate coastlines. More and more people are feeling overwhelmed, anxious and despairing. And here's the thing: we really need to be talking about this. Openly, without judgment, shame, blame, guilt or "emotional policing."