The panel in our May 6, 2021 Life Interrupted webinar (clockwise from upper left): HONOLULU Magazine’s Robbie Dingeman, Kathleen Rhoads Merriam, Allana Coffee, Mestisa Gass, Dan Chun, Dr. Josephine Horita.
Dr. Josephine Horita, psychiatrist at the Kāhala Clinic for Children & Family, reminds her patients that we’ve learned a lot about living through upheaval and most of us now have a tool kit for surviving what’s ahead. “To help reduce anxiety is to reflect as a family, as a community to say what works, and let’s have that as a manual.”
First Presbyterian Church of Honolulu Pastor Dan Chun says he’s seeing a wide range of reactions from introverts who coped well in the beginning to folks losing hope. His message: “Never give up. And I would just put a footnote to that, reach out to at least one person to communicate how you’re doing.”