This month's self-care capsule comes out of a real, lived week — five days of wildfire smoke from the Northern Ontario fires reaching southwestern Ontario, and a crash course in AQI and climate anxiety Erin didn't see coming. She shares a hope-forward book pack, a three-part mental reframe for climate anxiety, and a playful "treehouse mindset" for reducing consumption without falling into restriction or scarcity thinking.
What's covered:
Living through the wildfire smoke from the Northern Ontario fires (including the community of Collins) and what it revealed about her own, previously unrecognized, climate anxiety
Why climate fiction wasn't the right read for this particular week, and choosing hope-forward books instead
The August book pack: Becky Chambers' Monk & Robot series, Ursula K. Le Guin's speculative fiction, and a new nonfiction release
A three-part mental reframe for climate anxiety: reduce consumption playfully in the next 24 hours, connect outward with community, care inward for your body in the next hour
The "Treehouse Mindset" play prompt — reframing reduced consumption as an imaginative game rather than restriction
The 100 Days of Gratitude challenge on Instagram (Day 28) and a call to support wildfire-affected communities
Key framework: "Well-regulated, well-rested, well-fed, well-supported communities are what save the world — not individual hypervigilance."
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