Participants: Curtis & Paula Eakins
Series Code: AL
Program Code: AL00174A
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00:01 I am not having a good day today.
00:03 I feel sad and I just really feel blue. 00:06 Well, if that's your problem 00:08 then today's program is just for you entitled 00:10 "Beating the Blues "So stay by. 00:41 Hi, welcome to Abundant Living. 00:42 This is Curtis Eakins. 00:44 I'm glad that you're with us today in our living room, 00:45 I'd like to introduce my beautiful bride, 00:48 wonderful Paula Eakins. 00:51 You doing pretty good today? 00:53 Wonderful Paula Eakins, I am doing absolutely wonderful. 00:55 And you are looking mighty good too. 00:57 I am doing wonderful. I was doing wonderful. 00:59 No wait, you have a tissue in your hand honey now. 01:02 And do you know put that tease. 01:03 Was that because of what I just said. 01:05 That tease you almost had me going with it, 01:06 I am so glad that Mitch bought the tissues over here 01:08 because you know, you need to just get it together here 01:10 'cause I know the show was about, 01:13 beating the blues and we certainly need 01:14 to beat the blues on this show. 01:16 Well, I don't think people know who Mitch is 01:17 but I think that's the crew here, but anyway, 01:18 so beating the blues and we need to beat the blues 01:21 now again this is part of our mental wellness series. 01:25 We talk about depression, 01:26 and we talk about seasonal affective disorder. 01:28 Beating the blues is different 01:31 from clinical depression. 01:32 It's a less severe case of that but again 01:36 people are not feeling a 100 percent. 01:37 They feel down, they feel sad, 01:40 they feel like you know they're blue, 01:42 so I don't know where that word comes from, 01:45 there's other colors other than blue. 01:47 That's true, that's true. 01:49 Yeah, but beating the blues, so we're gonna give 01:50 you some strategies of beating the blues 01:53 and if you have your Bibles with you, 01:56 you wanna get your Bibles at hand as well 01:58 because we're gonna look at God's word 02:00 the standard of truth in beating the blues, 02:02 so that's what we're gonna do 02:04 for the next 15 to 20 minutes and so. 02:06 Well, you know, you've done like you say 02:08 before the drugs, talking about drug alternatives 02:09 and we talked about what was going on 02:11 as far as maybe physiology is concerned, 02:14 that's right, and now let's go on the other side 02:17 of this and look at things like exercise, 02:19 now the question is, can exercise 02:22 really help you beat the blues? 02:24 Absolutely, yes it does. Next question. 02:27 Next question. How much exercise? 02:30 Oh! You want me to expand on that? 02:32 How long should I exercise? 02:33 Oh! Okay, well, let me expound on that. 02:35 Okay, exercise does help us. 02:36 What type of exercise? 02:37 Okay, you got that neck going a little bit okay. 02:40 Exercise does help us to beat the blues. 02:43 Now again for the last few weeks we talked about 02:45 Serotonin and not that we're focusing just on that, 02:49 but there's other thing too Dopamine and Epinephrine 02:52 and other things as well but serotonin 02:54 we wanna keep it plain and simple but when we engage 02:57 in exercise that in itself increases serotonin levels. 03:05 So therefore, that's a very powerful mood enhancer 03:09 getting out there in open doors and of course 03:14 we just talked about sunlight 03:15 how that's very healing to the eyes as well. 03:17 So sunlight and exercise both help to increase 03:22 serotonin levels, so increase our mood 03:25 thereby it helps us to beat the blues. 03:29 Now, what we do from a personal standpoint, 03:33 we while we're at home, we also exercise, 03:37 we do a walking program in our neighborhood. 03:39 And let's talk about that for a little bit, 03:41 honey, about our walking program. 03:42 Well you know at first we used to get in a car 03:44 and we used to travel to get to a place to do a walk. 03:47 When gas was, in Huntsville, lower, yeah, 03:50 and that's when, yeah, and then once things 03:51 started changing we said, you know what it is best 03:53 to stay in our neighbor and our neighbor 03:55 is absolutely beautiful as you can see 03:57 and so we get out and we walk in our neighborhood 04:00 and not only that we got a chance to meet 04:02 our neighbors and that's a real good thing. 04:04 I think the thing that's so amazing is that 04:07 there are a lot of people in the neighborhood, 04:09 that are very, very friendly we get a chance 04:12 to meet them and talk with them and it is something 04:15 about in the morning when that sun starts up, 04:17 it just draws us outside. 04:20 It really does. It draws us outside. 04:21 And so with that in mind and when we do walk 04:24 in our neighborhood we come back with groceries. 04:26 Now you want to explain that because again and again 04:30 it is so efficacious when we're walking, yeah, 04:33 and then also in the open air with the sunlight 04:37 that's three right there that we can really increase 04:40 our mood but let's talk about the groceries. 04:42 I want to say especially around the spring 04:45 or summer time really that everybody's gardens 04:48 are all blooming and as we get to be friends 04:50 with our neighbors we've got figs from a neighbor 04:54 who have a big fig tree and we've gotten 04:55 plums and peaches and apples and pears, 05:00 I mean I can't believe it, so yes, 05:01 every time we go for a walk 05:03 and we come back with groceries. 05:04 God gives us groceries from outdoors. 05:06 Now in our neighborhood you can see back there 05:09 of course we have a lot of water too though 05:10 but lot of people have a lot of fruit trees 05:14 and so with that in mind people have pear trees, 05:17 apple trees, plum trees, fig trees in their backyard, 05:21 a lot of these individuals don't even eat those fruits. 05:24 No, no, no. But we love fruit and we actually go 05:27 and knock people's door, may we pick your apples, 05:31 may we pick your pears. Oh! No problem, 05:33 and we're there for a long period of time. 05:36 I think the most amazing thing is that 05:37 we have discovered it by being friendly you know 05:40 by to make friends you must be friends us as well, 05:43 and so with that in mind I was being out there, 05:45 making friends with the neighbors and we did, 05:48 we did go knock on the door believe it or not. 05:50 We knocked on someone's door, they had apples 05:52 and pears hanging from the tree and we saw this 05:55 for a couple of weeks and we finally went 05:56 knocked on a door and a woman we said, 05:58 we know she had a lot of apples and pears out there 06:00 she said, are you kidding me, 06:02 I'm trying to give these things away. 06:03 We said, well, never fear, 06:05 we made apple sauce and plum, 06:08 oh we made all kinds of stuff. God is good. 06:11 And our serotonin was increased at the same time. 06:15 Absolutely, absolutely. To beat the blues, 06:16 not that we were blue, yeah, we were just hungry. 06:18 But now God's word says something about exercise 06:21 as well, and let's look at God's word. 06:23 This is Genesis chapter 2 and verse 15, 06:27 and God is talking to the first parents here. 06:30 And the Lord God took the man and the woman 06:34 and put him and her, when make sure everybody 06:37 is happy, we're including everybody, 06:40 in to the garden of Eden to do two things, 06:42 to dress it and to keep it. 06:47 Now when you look at the of course 06:49 Bible was not written in English 06:51 it was written in Hebrew and Greek, and also Aramaic 06:55 but when Bible says to dress it and to keep it, 06:57 it's talking about exercise, physical activity, 07:01 thereby our creator God designed our bodies 07:05 to engage in physical activity. 07:08 So Adam and Eve they were just not sitting 07:10 around in garden of Eden, eating apples and oranges 07:13 and whatever, they will also engaged in work 07:16 not in the manual labor that we think of 07:18 but it was work outside in the open doors 07:21 in the sunlight and also using their bodies as well. 07:24 So therefore, God's word talked about the value 07:28 of physical activity in the Garden of Eden, 07:32 this was before sin, before sin. 07:35 I think we have a graphic too as well 07:38 this is a study that happened and was, 07:40 took place at the Mayo Clinic 07:43 in Rochester, Minnesota about exercise. 07:46 So let's look at the graphic at this time. 07:50 Walk it out. And this is the study done like I said 07:54 before at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota 07:56 and these people actually walked out there depression 08:00 or beating the blues and one thing 08:02 that walking does, is number 1, 08:03 it increases endorphins this is again 08:07 is a mood enhancers so by walking 08:09 you increase your endorphins, excellent for that. 08:13 The next thing it does and like we said before 08:15 it also increase serotonin 08:18 this is also a mood hormone as well, so again 08:22 endorphins and serotonin is both increased. 08:25 The next one is, it decreases 08:28 one of the stress hormones called Cortisol, 08:31 this produced by the adrenal glands 08:33 and so therefore by with that in mind it's also 08:36 going to enhance ones mood as well, okay, 08:40 and then lastly it also releases the tension 08:44 primarily in the muscles when you walk, 08:47 so therefore, by those individuals who did that 08:50 and we're look at about 20 to 30 minutes per day 08:55 and those who walk more at least 3 to 5 times 08:58 a week have a significant increase in beating 09:02 those blues just by walking alone. 09:05 They're powerful and very efficacious. 09:07 We've got a friend Barbara in our neighborhood, 09:10 yeah, that's true, and every time 09:11 we walk in the morning, early in the morning 09:13 she is always out there, yeah, 09:14 and the thing is so amazing is that she is a widow 09:16 and everyday she is out there walking 09:20 and when we see her, that's right, 09:21 she is always happy, she always talks about how 09:23 the being out in nature really 09:25 helps her a lot as well. And so I guess you want 09:28 to know then we talk about that air out there walking, 09:30 we're talking about the sun and everything. 09:31 How does the air help soothe our nerves? 09:35 Okay, well, it does, let's go, before we go to our 09:38 next graphic let me first qualify this author. 09:42 We mentioned this author before in previous programs, 09:45 the author has been translated more than any 09:48 other author in United States according 09:50 to the Library of congress in Washington DC, 09:53 The most second translator author in the world. 09:57 This author makes a profound statement 09:59 as far as air is concerned. 10:03 Let's go to our next graphic 10:04 and let's see what this author says, 10:06 The boon of heaven, this is from the 10:09 book ministry of healing, it this says 10:11 "A good respiration of fresh air soothes the nerves 10:19 and induces sound refreshing sleep." 10:25 I should get a good amen on that one. 10:27 Amen, amen. That's true. 10:28 Okay, well, I guess you're the only one 10:30 and I guess people can't say that but, 10:31 so again and we're talking about fresh air 10:33 in previous program on Abundant Living 10:35 as far as mental wellness is concerned, 10:38 I think weeks ago we talked about those who 10:40 tend to have their doors closed and room closed, 10:44 not having any fresh coming into their 10:46 sleeping quarters in particular, 10:48 it also leads to depression in the mind becomes 10:52 depressed, so just to reverse having that fresh air 10:56 coming in particularly in the winter time 10:59 with the little crack window and thereby with that 11:02 in mind our mood will enhance, increases 11:06 our circulation and also it quickens 11:08 our mind as well, so fresh air is wonderful, 11:11 so if we do the fresh air while walking outside 11:15 with the sunlight now you have three things 11:18 working for you, so it's really wonderful 11:20 as far as the fresh air is concerned. 11:22 Now we do this in our bedroom as well 11:25 and our window of course at the side on the bed 11:27 and so in the winter time our windows are open 11:30 what I say about what 2 inches or so 11:32 and it's very good for that. 11:34 Now I know, I know surely you are saying yourself 11:37 I am not opening up my window at night time 11:40 while I sleep because you don't know my neighborhood. 11:42 Well, let me just say this one of best things to do 11:45 is to actually get that fresh air inside as well as 11:48 when we go outdoors and the reason for that is that 11:50 there are so much chemicals and things 11:51 inside the house we're breathing continuously. 11:54 We got the drapes closed. 11:55 We got the windows closed so when 11:57 we have the ability to actually open up now I say, 11:59 if you're afraid to have the windows open at night 12:02 then during the daytime open your windows up 12:05 and I even say if you have a bathroom adjacent or, 12:08 to the bedroom you can actually open up the house 12:10 in the daytime let the fresh air come through, 12:12 in the evening you can crack the window 12:14 a little bit unless you're a ranch level home, 12:16 then of course you might have problem 12:18 with that as well. But I want you to know 12:20 that we always say that when we are letting that 12:25 fresh air come in it does something to the psyche, 12:28 it really does, it makes you feel good, going outside 12:31 having air outside and the air inside as well. 12:33 Beating those blues, beating the blues 12:35 is the name of the game, the name of the game, 12:36 and I gonna tell you, my next one, the question 12:39 I have here is so apropo because I want to talk about 12:42 how does laughter help reduce stress? 12:45 Well, it really does and it really helps 12:48 beating the blues, I am gonna go to God's word 12:49 on this one of course I can cite this verbatim 12:53 but Proverbs chapter 17, I believe and verse 22, yes, 12:58 it says, here A merry, happy, joyful heart 13:03 I'm adding those words doeth good like 13:06 a medicine but a broken spirit, 13:09 a depressed spirit drieth the bones. 13:12 A lot we can say about that but though again 13:15 when we're happy, when we're joyful, 13:17 it increases our white blood cells. 13:19 Our white blood cells are manufactured in our bones. 13:23 White blood cells contain a lot of fluid 13:25 thereby when we are depressed 13:28 our White blood cell count is low therefore, 13:31 there is less fluid and our bones actually are dryer. 13:35 So this text is physiologically sound, 13:39 it maybe hard do good like a medicine 13:42 but a broken spirit drieth the bones. 13:45 So laughter is really like a shot of morphine 13:48 it really is, and I think we have a graphic on this. 13:51 Let's go to our next graph 13:52 and let's see what laughter can do. 13:55 I will call that "Humor Intervention" 13:57 This is what it says, laughter reduces 13:59 the levels of stress hormones 14:01 and at the same time increases natural killer 14:06 cell function lasting honey up to 12 hours, 14:11 the power of laughter. 14:14 Again if we have to checkout some Candid Camera videos 14:19 or something but in our home of course 14:21 there is a lot of laughter and my wife, 14:23 she's so precious she laughed at all of my jokes 14:25 whether they are funny or not, 14:26 and sometimes she cried so much like 14:28 she is doing right now but laughter is a boost 14:31 of a shot of morphine is what I call it. 14:33 So it's one way of beating blues, 14:35 laughter is really good. 14:37 Well, you know, in our home we don't need 14:39 to have any laughter videos or DVDs. 14:41 For those of who have not this is might 14:44 be your first time watching Abundant Living 14:46 I want you to know that Curtis keeps me in stitches, 14:48 alright, he is always funny, he's always saying things 14:50 and so with that in mind I sure 14:52 that I go way beyond 12 hours of having 14:55 my system boosted up alright. 14:58 With do 24x7. 24x7 is like that you know 15:01 and it's a blessing I am truly blessed, 15:03 I am grateful and thankful to the Lord 15:05 that He is in my life and he has a lot to say 15:07 and of course he does keep me laughing 15:10 and I always say if someone were to come 15:12 by our home as our windows are up. 15:14 They would say what in the world 15:16 is going on with the Eakins because 15:18 he is always making me laugh. Praise Him. 15:21 Well, I think, the Lord, and we don't have 15:23 to be comedians but I think the Lord just wants us 15:26 to be humorous and God has a sense of humor too 15:30 as one person said, you know God has a sense of humor 15:32 just look in the mirror, so but anyway 15:35 throw it out there let's move to our last question. 15:37 Okay, okay, last question. Alright. 15:39 Alright, music. Okay. 15:42 What about music, how can that help? 15:44 Okay, music can beat the blues folks 15:47 and let me tell you we're probably gonna expand 15:48 a little bit more into the kitchen 15:50 but let me just lay the foundation here. 15:51 God's word is the standard of truth. 15:54 When Saul was troubled, Saul, the King in the Bible, 15:58 David played on his harp and Saul was refreshed. 16:02 Ephesians 5:19, says, singing and making melody 16:09 in your heart, spiritual, psalms 16:11 and hymns very good for that. 16:14 The children of Israel while they would journey 16:16 through the wilderness, they'd cheer their way 16:19 with music of sacred song. 16:21 So music is a weapon, we can always use 16:26 against discouragement, lets put a pen in that one. 16:29 Let's go into in the kitchen. 16:31 We're gonna put a pen in that way 16:32 and we wanna make sure that the music is good music, 16:34 spiritual music as you just got finished saying, 16:36 and speaking of music we have a recipe 16:40 and this recipe is a mock sausage quiche, 16:44 get your paper and your pencil 16:45 and meet us in the kitchen. |
Revised 2014-12-17