How to Cope with Constant Bad News

Kristen Lee, teaching professor, poses for a portrait on Oct. 2, 2020. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

The past two years have presented what feels to many to be a constant onslaught of heavy news.

“It’s just been one thing after another. We’ve been sitting with challenges that most of us in our lifetime haven’t necessarily seen before. It’s a lot to process, make sense of and adapt to,” says Kristen Lee, teaching professor of behavioral science at Northeastern’s College of Professional Studies.

But, she says “healing is within our reach. We can heal through atrocity.”