Wow! The sun is shining and it is above the zero mark on the thermometer, a good day to be living in the North Okanagan.
Every day seems to be a good day as we listen to the repeated weather reports happening across more eastern parts of our land. Snow storm after snow storm, followed by ice storms, followed by floods, the nightly news seems to be repetitious and we, safe in our lotus land climate, seem to be on another planet.
It is hard to imagine what it must be like to have to shovel snow every day before going anywhere, just to get out of your driveway. Sometimes twice a day. I can only imagine how it must be for those seniors with physical difficulties who find it hard to get out in normal circumstances, never mind the continuous snow storms. Under the circumstances, depression and anxiety would be a normalresponse to these home-confining conditions. Yet research conducted by health psychologist Kelly McGonigal of Stanford University shows that our attitude and approach to stress can make all the difference.
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