BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Boise X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Boise BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2723460:Event:31836 DTSTAMP:20260520T141750Z SUMMARY:How to Stay Sane as the World Goes Crazy: Economic Hard Times, Climate Change and the Messy Issues of Oil DESCRIPTION:A Transition Whatcom Heart & Soul Event!\n\nKathy McMahon, aka 'The Peak Shrink' is coming to Bellingham! In her words:\n\nAs we ’re bombarded with alarming headlines on a daily basis, how do we fi nd the sane space between Doom and Denial? Is there a place for wit wh en we examine the major challenges of our lifetime: economic depressio n, environmental degradation, and energy depletion? Is blind optimism itself, a diagnosable mental disorder?\nWith humor and insight clinica l psychologist Kathy McMahon addresses a few of the major challenges o f our time and discusses why “all or nothing” thinking is cutting short a more serious conversation about what we value, how our values dictate our behavior, and what we need to do to prepare for a future t hat may be very different from what’s been predicted.\nShe’ll intr oduce Panglossian Disorder with subtypes such as:\n• Rhett-Butlerism – (“Peak Oil? Planetary and economic collapse? Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn…”)\n• Scarlet O’Hara-ism- (“I’ll jus t have to think about that tomorrow…”) and\n• Frank Zappa-ism: ( “As soon as things get really bad, they’ll come up with something - a belief that necessity is the mother of invention.)\nAll of these are popular but ineffective psychological strategies for handling bad news. What we face aren’t simple problems with clear cut solutions, but rather complicated dilemmas that require good humor, mature think ing and the ability to tolerate both unpleasant emotions and joy in th e unexpected. Come join us as we search for a space where we can all b e more human than otherwise.\n\nKathy McMahon Bio: Since 2006, Kathy M cMahon, “The Peak Shrink,” has been offering clinical wisdom, comm on sense, and good humor to an international readership, who've shared their stories and sought her advice about managing in these hard time s. Her research project, www.PeakOilBlues.com is a collection of these narratives, investigating the emotional impact on ordinary people, li ving through dramatic economic, energy, and environmental upheavals.\n \nCHILDCARE WILL BE AVAILABLE BY 'THE DYNAMIC DUO'... and they are won derful!\n\nDONATIONS FOR THE EVENT WILL BE ACCEPTED AT THE DOOR\n\nFor more information visit https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/events/how- to-stay-sane-as-the-world DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20101022T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20101022T210000 CATEGORIES:heart, and, soul, speaking, engagement LOCATION:Bellingham Co-Housing Commons at 2614 Donovan WEBSITE: URL: CONTACT:360-319-9092 ORGANIZER;CN="Cindi Landreth":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profi le/CindiLandreth ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/2270109187?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Tom Ande rson":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/TomAnderson ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Peter Dr ewes":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/PeterDrewes ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Nick Was lenko":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/NickWaslenko ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Lisa A S ilverman":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/LisaASilverman ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="brooks a nderson":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/brooksanderson ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Ro Donel son":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/RowenaMarieDonelson ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Chris Wo lf":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/ChrisWolf ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Lesley R igg":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/LesleyRigg ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN=Aspensong :https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/Aspensong ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Judith C ulver":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/JudithCulver ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Laura J Sellens":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/LauraJSellens ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Alicia W ills":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/AliciaWills ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Angela M ercy":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/AngelaMercy ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Kathryn J. 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