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Suleika Jaouad: Transforming Isolation into Creative Resilience
"According to a recent poll from the American Psychological Association, nearly
half of U.S. adults said the pandemic has made planning for their future feel
impossible. It makes sense. We can't go back to the lives we had before the
coronavirus pandemic, but what lies ahead is murky. Many of us feel frozen,
caught in a holding pattern -- in the liminal space between what was and what
will be. Suleika Jaouad is a journalist, author and the founder of The Isolation
Journals community, and she's all too familiar with the "in-between" space. At
22, shortly after graduating college, she was diagnosed with leukemia. All of
her big plans were put on indefinite hold."
More in this NPR piece.
