Feel free to bring a mug for tea afterwards!
Hyatt Regency
1400 Corporetum Drive, Lisle, IL.
Kind Mind Gatherings are presented by Todd Fink (host of the Kind Mind podcast and co-founder of The Giving Tree Band) as a way to bring people with open minds and hearts together around a little music, mindfulness and conversation about the meaning of life.
Cost: $25
Please bring cash, check or Venmo.
OR: attendance is always free for 3rd tier Patreon members (save 5$/cancel anytime). These members also have the exclusive option to join virtually from anywhere and enjoy bonus content including extra podcasts, mindfulness tools and more :
https://www.patreon.com/kindmind
Topic: Wisdom for the Age of Anxiety
We were already in the age of anxiety. Now, during the pandemic and reintegration, studies show that anxiety, depression, addiction and relationship conflict are all on the rise.
While the economy strengthens according to some metrics, the worst and fastest inflation in 30 years has Americans feeling very worried and uncertain even if they have enough savings or wage increases to accommodate seeming arbitrary dramatic leaps in prices for ordinary goods and services thus far.
Disruptions in supply chains and employers difficulty in attracting and retaining staff across all industries may indicate something deeper in the collective conscious beyond just concern about Covid safety or access to other unemployment benefits.
Since the first quarantines and transitions to remote jobs, there has been a fundamental reassessment of what work and value mean. Mass experimentation with how to utilize the non-renewable resource of time and the evolving construct of money will have far-reaching implications.
How do these seismic shifts relate to what we already know about primary themes of anxiety like control, acceptance, expectations and so on?
We will explore strategies and insights for working through these emotionally-charged circumstances and access universal tools for inner calm in outer chaos.