Making your way in the world today takes everything you’ve got. Taking a break from all your worries sure would help a lot!

While distractions, denial, escapism, and mood-altering substances can provide some relief, what is truly helpful when we’re feeling burdened with worries? When we’re dealing with natural disasters and threats and insults and attacks on our physical, mental, and emotional selves, on our families, on our neighbors and communities, on our environment?

I want to share a visualization technique I've been using and recommending more and more lately for when you need to summon your own inner power and presence, for example when preparing for a challenging situation or an encounter with a difficult person or group, or just when you're feeling depleted and low and need to call up your best self. I think of it as "turning up my volume."