Making needed change at a personal level to help drive the much-needed and more significant change at a collective level feels like too much pressure sometimes when it’s your day-to-day job, and all we know is time is running out. What advice would you give about finding community and

I graduated college this spring with majors in Environmental Studies and English, and I’m struggling with burnout and disillusionment with the job search. There’s the stress of finding/applying to jobs, the stress of not being/feeling qualified (where does one get the first years of experience if

Very curious about navigating dating during such a time of social distancing and apprehension in social spaces~ I've been avoiding answering this question (I say this with love). Only because the topic of dating, itself, is sure to prompt certain strong feelings in anyone (me), depending on your life experiences.

How do I prepare my child for climate collapse? It feels that our current systems are not acknowledging the real life challenges young kids will be facing when they become adults. We talk about climate change at home but it's so hard to truly be honest about how starkly different

Dear Readers, I connected with Caroline (@spacecrone) on Twitter a few months ago. The world of trauma-and-climate-informed activists and social workers feels small, and yet both Caroline and I fall into this category and found one another. From the last few Warmly Zaria posts, it's become clear that we are

How does a person go about signing up for therapy? Let alone finding a climate aware therapist who is taking new clients? I, first and foremost, feel the urge to congratulate you for making the decision to explore therapy. Therapy, albeit inaccessible for many, is a wonderful tool for helping

Most of my climate activism work is meeting with people through a screen or via email. There are some climate friends I've never seen in person. I have close relationships with some of them, but I miss the hugs and direct connections. Sometimes I linger at the end of a

Friends, It's been a long few weeks — have you felt it? Myself, along with many people I know, are feeling drained, in need of oasis and retreat (how is it November already?). Maybe it's the anxiety of this year coming to a close, or the anticipation as we await a

Do you feel like there is still hope for a viable future? Recent headlines made me lose hope. The short answer is yes. As a Black person growing up and existing within America, I have learned a thing or two about community resilience. There have been several moments in our

Hi Zaria! Thank you so much for creating this. Writing from Spain. I guess my first question, although I hope not too generic, would be how do you specifically cope with this climate emergency, especially when you see so much inaction from our political leaders? Furthermore, in my case, I'm

Hi Zaria, I’m struggling with the career path I accidentally fell into. I would describe myself as a socialist, climate activist, and a writer, but at 21 I took a job at a Credit Union to escape retail, and have worked in the financial industry for the last decade.

I am a grandfather. My children – parents themselves in their mid 40's – know that climate chaos is upon us, but are too scared by it to take functional and adaptive action now. I'd like to find a way to help them get past their understandable reluctance to face the reality,

I am struggling so much with depression caused by climate change and political inaction around me and I have even felt suicidal lately. I don't know who to turn to for support. I feel so alone with those struggles, even though I know I'm not. How can I find help

0:00/1× Hi family, I'm so happy you're here. Like, you, specifically. I know we've all been yearning for something, a virtual space, like this for a while, and I'm gonna do my best to make sure our community is supportive, nurturing and change-making all at once. Warmly Zaria