Bill Brenner

Should You Worry About Another Great Depression?

by Bill Brenner April 29, 2020 Dealing with life

We can try to see the past in our current situation and predict the outcome. Or we can take life one day at a time and hold on to our sanity.

Truth-Based Fears: Helping Us Adapt

by Bill Brenner April 27, 2020 Fear and anxiety

Fears based on facts and truth can help us adapt and overcome.

When Kindness and Reason Break Through Facebook’s Wall of Vitriol

by Bill Brenner April 24, 2020 Political discourse

Facebook is often full of fear and rage. If you look hard, though, you can find reason and kindness.

COVID-19 Gratitude: Live Online Performances

by Bill Brenner April 22, 2020 Music therapy

Music will help us get through this pandemic. Check out my live online performances playlist!

Grinding Beans for Anger Management

by Bill Brenner April 20, 2020 Coping tools

Everyone’s fuse is short lately, mine included. One unexpected gift is helping me get through.

Trolling in the COVID-19 Era

by Bill Brenner April 17, 2020 Coping tools

To those in my orbit who want to troll: Have at it. You may be idiots, but you’re my idiots.

Gripped by COVID-19 Fear? Look to Cancer Survivors’ Coping Tools

by Bill Brenner April 15, 2020 Coping tools

Adapting cancer survivors’ coping tools for COVID-19 quarantining can help us keep our cool.

We Can’t Allow Pandemic Fear to Erode Liberty

by Bill Brenner April 14, 2020 Political discourse

Tech can help us track the movement of COVID-19. But it also erodes civil liberties. Where’s the line?

The Military Has Given Me a New Coping Tool

by Bill Brenner April 13, 2020 Coping tools

Can a military decision-making process help those struggling with mental illness?

3 Chilling Books to Help Us Face COVID-19

by Bill Brenner April 8, 2020 Infosec

To be truly prepared to deal with calamities, we must face some uncomfortable truths.