Feeling our way through the Climate Crisis
Climate Emotions
How do you feel about Climate Change?
It’s understandable to feel overwhelmed, afraid, numb, or grief-stricken in response to what’s happening in the world. Climate change isn’t just an external crisis — it impacts our inner worlds too.
Whether you're experiencing anxiety, hopelessness, emotional shutdown, rage, or confusion about how to live in alignment with your values… These are human responses that show you are paying attention and care deeply about what’s happening to our home.
What can we do?
If you're experiencing difficult to manage feelings like anxiety, grief, numbness, guilt, or a growing sense of disorientation in response to the climate crisis, you're not alone, and you're not flawed.
I offer space to explore the emotional and psychological impact of living through these difficult times. Whether you're feeling paralysed, burnt out, deeply sad, or caught between hope and despair, our work together can help you process what you're holding and find a way to feel safely, find steadiness, meaning, and nervous system support in the midst of it all.
This work may include:
Gentle, creative reflection on your feelings
Embodied practices to regulate your nervous system
Exploring values-based living and ethical tension
Making space for feelings like anger, grief, joy and everything in between
You don’t need to “fix” how you feel, but you can learn to be with your feelings in a way that softens the inner noise and strengthens your sense of rootedness, hopefully allowing you to find a way to bring your fullest self to face these difficult truths with care and compassion.
who this is for?
You don’t need to be an activist or climate scientist to feel this way.
This work is for anyone who:
Feels frozen, anxious, or numb about the future
Is grieving the loss of ecosystems, species, or their sense of a predictable future
Is trying to live ethically but feels isolated, judged, or overwhelmed
Has moments of despair, fatigue, or spiritual disconnection
Wants to feel more emotionally and physically rooted in the face of uncertainty.
Resources
Here are a few thoughtful places to begin if you're looking to understand and navigate your emotional responses to the climate crisis more deeply.
WEBSITES:
Climate Psychology Alliance (CPA)
A network of psychologists and therapists exploring emotional responses to the climate crisis. Includes articles, reading lists, and events grounded in psychological insight.
The Work That Reconnects – Joanna Macy
A powerful body of practices and community tools for transforming eco-anxiety, despair, and grief into meaningful action.
Unthinkable
A creative hub for those grappling with climate and ecological realities. Offers soulful writing, conversation, and community.
Good Grief Network
A nonprofit offering a 10-step program to help individuals process eco-anxiety, build resilience, and turn grief into meaningful action, inspired by 12-step recovery models.
BOOKS:
Generation Dread – Britt Wray
A compassionate look at the mental health impact of climate change, weaving together science, storytelling, and personal reflection. Wray explores how we can stay emotionally grounded while facing ecological collapse.
All We Can Save – Edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson & Katharine K. Wilkinson
A powerful anthology of essays, poetry, and stories by women at the forefront of the climate movement. This collection centres courage, creativity, and connection over despair, offering a deeply human response to the climate crisis.
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
-Dr Jane Goodall