How Our Brains Can Find Peace in a Crisis

Becoming more resilient can transform our capacity to face hardship—and grow

Meditation has a measurable and sustained impact on our neurobiology that can help us cultivate more wisdom and equanimity. fizkes/Shutterstock

During this stressful time, it can be hard to manage the emotional challenges of sheltering in place and facing an uncertain future.

We can’t rely on some of our usual ways of coping, like going out on the town with friends or getting hugs from a sibling. That means many of us are falling back on the (healthy or not-so-healthy) mental habits that we’ve been building up for years.