--- title: "Heartmanity Blog | Guest Blogger: Eric Van Buskirk" description: Eric is the editor of DopaSolution, a website about mental health. He's also an evangelist for website WC3 (World Wide Web Consortium) accessibility standards. 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Practice Mindfulness to Calm Your Emotions](https://blog.heartmanity.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Young-man-pruning-japanese-bonsai-tree-1071872300_Compressed.jpeg?width=600&name=Young-man-pruning-japanese-bonsai-tree-1071872300_Compressed.jpeg)](https://blog.heartmanity.com/feeling-anxious-practice-mindfulness-to-calm-your-emotions) The year 2020 has set a record level of anxiety among Americans, due largely to the COVID-19 pandemic and an election season charged with unprecedented political polarity. According to [a recent study](https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/covid19/pulse/mental-health.htm) conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the US Census Bureau, 41 percent of Americans report symptoms of anxiety or depression — an increase of [30 percent over last year](https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhis/earlyrelease/ERmentalhealth-508.pdf). With fears of disease, climate change, and a global economic recession at an all-time high, there’s never been a better time to brush up on methods of self-care. Feelings of anxiety exhaust the \[...\] [Read More](https://blog.heartmanity.com/feeling-anxious-practice-mindfulness-to-calm-your-emotions) Posted in [Brain Fitness, Mindfulness and Perspective](https://blog.heartmanity.com/topic/brain-fitness-mindfulness-and-perspective) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google+ LinkedIn ### Free Newsletter! 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