Sometimes the potency of emotions make it hard to stay focused with a simple instruction of paying attention to emotional states. Other times we might only have a general idea of the mix of the emotional strands that is happening at a given time. This talks gives ways of working with moods and emotions, what one can look out for, what one’s relationship is to particular mind states, what one can do to not be overwhelmed.

At times our world feels fresh and beautiful, other times when we take in some of what's happening in the wider world (genocide on our watch, climate breakdown, a fraying of the global rules based order) the outlook appears bleak. The talk touches on the frameworks of collective numbness, moral deterioration and moral injury. It explores helpful ways might we see our actions when the outlook appears bleak.