Dr. Patrice Harris the President of the American Medical Association joins Yahoo's Reset Your Mindset at Work special

Dr. Patrice Harris the President of the American Medical Association on how to overcome Covid-19 pandemic

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PATRICE HARRIS: I think overall, we are a resilient country, right? And what we can do is channel that worry, those fears into action. And I always say, individual actions can make collective impact.

So the most important thing I think individually is to make sure we are practicing self-care. Mindy talked about wellness. And so first of all, we have to give ourselves grace to feel the feelings that we're feeling, the fear and the worry. Don't beat ourselves up. We don't have to be perfect parents. You know, we don't have to have these expectations of doing it all because we're all learning as we're growing here. We can make sure we are sleeping as best we can. We can make sure were eating as healthily as we can, although again, give ourselves grace. We can move. We can exercise.

And again, I've said, you know, not everyone has the privilege. We need to make sure we have privileged conversations of going outside even or having a safe neighborhood. But I always say, even in your own home, you can put on your favorite record and dance. And so we can do that individually.

And I'm going to just make one more point about action and channeling that worry into action. There will be a new normal, as people always say, and we will need to make sure that our services and support for mental health needs are ready. And so right now, we need to be preparing and businesses need to be preparing as to what they can do to support their employees when we get-- or as we are getting to the new normal.