Therapist and writer, Jake Ernst, joins Jess and Brandon to discuss:

Strategies for assembling your support team (AKA quaran-team) during this stressful time
Apps that can help you to manage stress, transition and isolation
How to manage being cooped up with your family, partner or roommates
How to cope with difficult personalities and strained relationships in close proximity
Ways to bring yourself back to the present and support others in doing the same
How to recognize and manage signs of stress

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Your Quaran-Team: How to Manage the Stress of COVID-19

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You're listening to the sacs with Dr Jess podcast sacks and relationship advice you can use tonight Welcome to the sex with Dr. Just podcast I'm your co host Brandon. Wear here with my lovely other half Dr Jess. It's been a little while since we've been together on. The podcast wasn't sure if I was allowed to introduce myself as the CO host. Because you've been M I A. I have a have so much going on right now. I've been on the road all year but I am not on the road. I am in self isolation duo duo isolation right now back in Toronto we have been traveling and upon returning the country. We've been asked to stay in our homes for fourteen days so we are currently on day two of our self isolation my activity count on my apple. Watch is low. Although that's goals for me to keep my steps down mines embarrassingly low. How little I've done my movement. But Hey it's what we need to do. So yeah with this global pandemic. We are staying home. It's pretty disruptive to our schedules Obviously there are a range of stresses that you know we're personally experiencing at this moment so being asked to stay home for fourteen days of course for someone like me who doesn't even want to stay in the same city for fourteen days. I kind of freaked out for a hot second and then I realized that it's very little to ask me. There was a moment I just this fear in your eyes and it passed very quickly when you understood what needed to be done. Why but you were like ISD home. For How long what? Yeah and. It's not warm in Toronto and I try and avoid Toronto for the cool months and very lucky to get to that so I have to say I'm lucky to be home. We live in a fairly small home downtown. Toronto AND MY DAD LIVES WITH US. But because we have been traveling and my dad is high risk. He's seventy seven years old today. Actually we've moved him into a place at the corner and he's also sick so he should be self isolating but he refuses to and that's all other story altogether which is part of why. I'm so stressed today. We'll tell you just from all the things going on exactly. Yeah there's just so much going on. I mean tensions are high in so many different ways and so today. We're bringing on a guest to help us out with some of these tensions to help us figure out how to manage social isolation or what people are calling quarantine and yeah how to get through it with yourself with a partner with loved ones. I have to say obviously like my here with us because I know I ca...