Zoom in, zoom out
Zoom in: this problem is not insurmountable. You have solved so many other problems in the past. You will find a solution to this one, too. How can you break this problem into pieces? Where are there insights that could lead to solutions? What information might you be overlooking?
Zoom out: this problem is not your whole world. You, and your life, are not defined by what is happening to you right now. Look at your strengths and capacities and gifts, your loved ones, your experiences, your hopes and dreams, your joys, and the beauty of the bigger world. There is far more beyond this problem, and that perspective can sustain and nurture you as you work to solve it.
