Name: Coronavirus: How To Stay Strong & Navigate This Time Together
Uploaded: 2020-04-23T19:44:42.000Z
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Hey, it's Marie Forleo, and welcome to a very special episode of the Marie Forleo podcast.

So as we all know, a lot has happened in these past few weeks, and especially in these past

few days as it relates to the coronavirus epidemic.

So there are five things I want to talk about in today's podcast, and we're going to dig

First and foremost, I hope you and your family are well, I hope you guys are safe.

So I'm actually recording this podcast in my kitchen in Los Angeles, and I'm here with

So on our team, we actually canceled our upcoming Marie TV shoot and any travel that I had my

calendar, for obvious reasons, and personally, we're prepared to hunker down and just stay

put inside for the next four to six weeks or honestly, as long as needed.

I'm prepared to do whatever the heck I can to help flatten this damn curve, and I hope

For the past week, I've been on the phone and doing lives and doing video chats with

my team, with our B-School students and my loved ones, because I want to help put things

My goal as a human always is to help find solutions, but right now, what I want to help

everyone I know do, including myself, is transform any panic into some preparedness, some problem

Here's what I know to be true in my heart.

I'm 100% certain that if we pulled together as a global family, we're going to make it

through this, and look, I wrote a number one New York Times bestseller called Everything

is Figureoutable, and yes, I believe the coronavirus is figureoutable too.

Here's the other thing, I've been talking about this a lot with Josh.

I think that something in this crisis, that there is an opportunity for us to grow stronger

and wiser and more resilient on the other side, but I've got to be honest, based on

the facts, and I'm a person who likes to pay attention to the facts, I do feel strongly

that the most important step that each of us can take right now is to stay home and

So look, if you're listening and you're not one of the heroines or one of the heroes who's

in the medical community or you're not one of the folks, the heroines or the heroes that

are working in our grocery stores or in our pharmacies, or making sure that society can

keep functioning as best as it possibly can right now, please stay home, because here's

The more of us that can stay home and stay healthy, the faster that collectively we're

The other day I was connecting with folks on Instagram, and a woman named Jess, a member

of our community, she's a physician's assistant, she's on the front lines, and here's her comment.

She said, "Please do your part and give us a fighting chance.

Stay home, wash your hands, don't come to the ER unless it's an absolute emergency.

Help us help you, and if you have a friend or family member in medicine right now, send

them a message to tell them you're thinking of them.

It really helps when you've tested your third COVID-19 of the night."

So back to me, this is not her quote anymore.

I personally believe that this is a time for our humanity, our creativity, our connection,

and yes, for us to retain our sense of humor.

So look, we've got folks in our community from everywhere, folks that listen to this

podcast, that watch Marie TV, that read our email, that follow me on Instagram, people

We have folks from every different walk of life, and I know for so many of you, life

was really freaking hard before this pandemic, and my heart honestly is breaking imagining

some of the stress and the fear and anxiety that some folks are feeling right now.

I've gotten notes and emails from single moms losing their jobs, asking me for help.

I've gotten notes from folks who are battling illness, whether that's physical illness or

mental or emotional illness, and understandably a lot of folks are feeling alone and afraid

and I just want to say from my heart to yours, I see you, I am here for you, Team Forleo's

Now the second thing that I want to share with you today is that my team and I just

put up a huge resource guide to support you and it's over at marieforleo.com/blog, or

you can just Google Marie Forleo coronavirus support.

So here's a couple of things that we cover in it.

We talk about how to manage your stress, fear and anxiety, which is so crucial right now

because you need to take care of your immune system.

I've got some funny, inspiring and feel good moments.

I've been paying attention to so many creative things happening on the internet, and I honestly

believe some of it is just, first of all, it's so creative and so hilarious.

We talk about how to work from home and actually get things done.

So you probably know this, but in case you don't, I've been running my company virtually

for 20 years, so we have a lot of insight about how to help people really stay productive

and engaged, especially if you're not used to working from home.

We've got a whole section on how to stay active without going to the gym.

We've a whole big section on how to educate and entertain your kids, especially when they're

all in your house and you did not expect them to be there.

We have so many parents on Team Forleo, and I've got to say, some of the things that they're

sharing in the Slack channels are just hilarious and also super helpful, so we've included

We have how to stay emotionally connected while social distancing.

Just because you might be in isolation doesn't mean you need to be lonely.

Again, this is another thing that I feel like I'm kind of wonderfully suited at this time

to help support people, because frankly, I spend a lot of time indoors, and so many people

that I know and love, some of my closest friends and my family, we don't live geographically

near each other, so I'm constantly staying connected to them using technology.

So we put some of those tips in there as well.

Then for my US citizens, we have some updates on unemployment and mortgage services, and

finally, this is the big one, we talk about four ways to serve your community.

So this is not going to be relevant for everyone listening to this podcast right now.

If you're someone who's having a really hard time, there's going to be resources in here

for you, and if you're someone who's listening to this podcast and you have extra, meaning

you have some extra resources, some time, some money, some energy, some creativity,

and you want it put it to good use, we've got some ways for you to do that over on the

So please go have a look at this resource, share it with your community if you find it

valuable, and then if you've got other ideas for things to add to the list, let me know

Again, you can find our coronavirus support guide by Googling Marie Forleo coronavirus

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