Health for a Lifetime

Exercise And Stress

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Participants: Don Mackintosh, Skip MacCarty

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00:47 Hello and welcome to "Health for a Lifetime"
00:49 I'm your host Don Mackintosh
00:51 and we're going to be talking today about stress -
00:53 what can we do about this common plague,
00:56 if you will, in America.
00:58 There are good things that we know about stress;
00:59 there are negative things when we think about stress.
01:02 Here to talk to us about this important subject is
01:05 Dr. Skip MacCarty - Welcome Dr. MacCarty!
01:07 Now you have done extensive research over the last 20 years
01:12 with stress seminars and now you're a fellow of the
01:15 American Institute of Stress.
01:17 You've done some major presentations for that
01:19 organization in December 2000 and whatnot;
01:22 you have a seminar "Stress Beyond Coping"
01:25 that has been endorsed by, among other groups,
01:29 the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
01:31 and we're going to be covering some things today
01:33 that people can get more information by actually
01:35 looking at your seminar, getting it for themselves
01:38 or their community by calling here or that "Health Ministries
01:42 Department" in the General Conference...
01:43 But one of the keys that you've mentioned to me
01:46 that's very important - one of the things to look at
01:48 is exercise as it relates to stress,
01:51 and that's what we want to talk about today.
01:53 Give us just an overview of your whole approach to stress,
01:56 and then look at these keys
01:57 and then we'll hone in on exercise.
01:58 Okay Don, the model that I operate out of is
02:01 called the stress tank and it kind of shows all the
02:05 relationship of the parts to the whole...
02:08 It shows... think of your life as a tank and stressors
02:13 constantly coming into your life every day,
02:15 and if the stress fills to the overflow point,
02:18 then various kinds of harm can result, illnesses,
02:22 relationship breakdowns, strain in relationships,
02:27 accident proneness, etcetera.
02:28 Fortunately, there's a pressure relief valve on this tank,
02:31 and when that pressure relief valve is fully opened,
02:34 with the 7 Keys of stress management,
02:36 it drains the stress tank to safe levels,
02:39 prevents stress from building to the harmful point.
02:42 Things we can do to close that pressure relief valve as well;
02:45 alcohol, tobacco, addictive behavior, shopping -
02:49 you know, overspending addictions and so forth,
02:52 can actually create more stress,
02:55 even though they are short-term to help.
02:57 You feel good when you go shopping,
02:59 you feel bad when you've spent
03:01 more than your husband or wife wants. Right - exactly!
03:04 Well, not just feel bad, but you get debts,
03:06 and it creates serious problems.
03:08 And there are things we can do to create larger tanks
03:10 actually to handle more stress at any one time...
03:13 And those are all things we do in a 12-hour seminar,
03:15 but I want to focus right now on one of the 7 Keys. Okay
03:18 The 7 Keys that open the pressure relief valve...
03:26 And we're going to talk about exercise this time.
03:28 Exercise today - yep
03:29 All right, so tell us about exercise,
03:31 how does it fit into stress management
03:33 or dealing with stress?
03:35 Well in the stress management pyramid that I've developed,
03:37 in which I show how the 7 Keys are arranged hierarchically,
03:42 starting with the lesser important ones at the bottom,
03:44 not that they're not important,
03:45 they are very important, but compared to the ones
03:47 above them, they are less
03:49 important than the ones above them.
03:50 Now the bottom 4 components,
03:52 the eating healthfully, exercise, relaxation,
03:54 time management, organization,
03:56 you can kind of arrange those differently.
03:59 You can put exercise up higher on that,
04:02 but the top 3 are even more important...
04:04 But exercise is one of the foundational elements,
04:07 it is VERY important for stress management, VERY important.
04:10 So it's not something that we should just relegate to the
04:12 dust bin - it's something we should focus on;
04:15 it does have very positive elements when relating to stress
04:18 And it's something you can do immediately.
04:20 Some of the other techniques of stress management
04:22 takes some time to learn them.
04:23 Exercise - you know how to do it and you start immediately,
04:28 and get benefit and results.
04:29 What EXACTLY makes it important?
04:30 Well, in answering that question, Don,
04:35 I'd like to kind of explain the difference between
04:37 the 2 different kinds of stress... Okay
04:40 We've talked before about real stress, which is stress in which
04:46 your body is actually invaded by something or you are
04:50 assaulted in some way and the process of stress is just...
04:53 ideas going through out heads that we imagine we're threatened
04:57 or fears that come from just irrational beliefs
05:00 that we have and so forth.
05:02 That's 2 ways to distinguish stress that researchers
05:04 distinguish between real and processive...
05:06 Real or imagined? But there are 2 other ways...
05:07 Yes, 2 other ways and one is called distress... DISTRESS
05:12 Distress is the harmful stress, like DIS-EASE. Okay
05:16 The harmful stress that actually raises your stress hormones
05:22 to a level that's helpful in a short run...
05:27 It helps you in an acute stressor,
05:28 but if it becomes chronic, it actually adverse affects
05:31 your immune system and makes you more irritable,
05:35 and all kinds of things that are harmful to you and in every way.
05:39 Chronic stress is harmful in every way.
05:43 You want to avoid it if at all possible.
05:47 It's where our resources to adapt to whatever situation
05:52 we're in are overloaded.
05:53 Now the other kind of stress is a beneficial stress.
05:56 Stress researchers realized this very early on...
06:00 Eustress - that's a new word for me.
06:02 The little prefix "eu" on the word stress there
06:06 is a Greek prefix that means "good"
06:10 Eulogy means... Good words about somebody.
06:13 Speaking good words about somebody who is deceased,
06:15 and euphoria means... You feel just great - feel good.
06:18 A feeling of well-being, a good feeling.
06:20 And so eustress is a beneficial stress;
06:22 the spice of life - it's working hard toward achieving a goal,
06:26 and you achieve a good goal.
06:28 It's having enough stress and enough challenge.
06:30 If you weren't challenged when you got up during the day...
06:31 if you have absolutely nothing to do when you got up,
06:34 it sounds heavenly but, really, if you were to put an
06:39 active person flat on their back,
06:40 that's very stressful for an active person.
06:45 And now, I've got a chart showing, in the workplace
06:48 what they've worked out - that center column there
06:54 is the optimal amount of stress and that's eustress...
06:57 You're adequately challenged, you have plenty to do,
07:00 and you can even have added to that pressure,
07:03 added work pressure that's a little bit more than you can do
07:06 comfortably and it's a great challenge,
07:09 but still it's acceptable...
07:11 your productivity is acceptable and still good.
07:15 But you get too much work overload and you have distress,
07:20 then it gets dangerous.
07:21 The same works the other way which is very interesting.
07:24 If you have too little to do,
07:26 you can still do okay if it's just a little less than
07:28 you're capable of, but if it gets WAY less,
07:31 if you have nothing to do almost on your job,
07:34 or you get laid off, let's say, and no other job prospects,
07:38 it can be very distressful, HARMFULLY distressful
07:41 to your health and so how exercise fits into this...
07:46 when you exercise, Don, you put your body under stress.
07:50 You actually stress your body,
07:53 but it's a healthy stress, it's EUSTRESS...
07:56 that's the point, it's eustress.
07:58 So the ways that exercise benefits is because it
08:01 kind of gives us a dry run at stress, but it's a positive way.
08:05 Well yes, it actually puts your body under stress.
08:09 You know, there's a number of
08:10 benefits for exercise, numerous benefits.
08:13 What are some of the ways that exercise
08:15 benefits in this way?
08:17 All right, #1- It enables us to react more calmly
08:23 and less drastically to stressful situations -
08:25 it conditions us to do that.
08:27 It helps our body functions return to normal more quickly
08:31 after the stress reaction.
08:32 So it's just like training for a marathon...
08:34 We go out and we run it every day or we walk it at first,
08:36 then we are more and more able
08:38 to handle that stress for the long haul.
08:40 Yes, there's a stress sequence, kind of a stress reaction.
08:45 What exactly do you mean by stress reaction?
08:47 What does that mean? Well, there are 3 stages
08:49 to the stress reaction or the stress response...
08:52 And Dr. Hans Selye, the original
08:55 researcher in the field of stress,
08:57 back in the 30s and the 40s and 50s,
09:00 he created the stress reaction
09:03 that talked about these 3 sequences.
09:05 The first sequence, the first stage, is the "alarm stage"
09:09 This is where you perceive some kind of threat...
09:12 When you go into this, your body actually,
09:18 biochemically, prepares to meet an emergency situation.
09:23 Is that guy causing the stress or is he under stress?
09:28 It could be either right?
09:29 Well yeah, he's... HE'S CAUSING THE STRESS!
09:32 I have no idea - it just looked like good clip art
09:36 to represent an alarm reaction.
09:39 So that's the first stage, the alarms...
09:40 And your heart rate increases,
09:44 your blood thickens and your vessels constrict
09:48 so your blood pressure rises to get the blood out
09:51 to your extremities because you're going to need to
09:53 get away from this situation or to fight in this situation.
09:57 Your respiration increases, the rate of respiration,
10:01 more oxygen to the brain and to the extremities.
10:03 Stress hormones and adrenalin are pumped into your system.
10:08 You're ready to go - the fight or flight syndrome there.
10:10 That's right... the- -of sugar is pumped into your blood,
10:15 muscle function is keener, but your digestive process
10:18 shuts down.
10:19 And the reason for that is that...
10:21 It's not as important. That's right
10:22 It's more long-term and your body senses it...
10:26 "No long-term projects are allowed right now,
10:29 we got an emergency in front of us,"
10:31 so it prepares to meet that emergency.
10:33 That's the alarm stage.
10:35 Then it goes into the next stage which is the resistant stage.
10:40 Okay, we're prepared for fight and flight in the alarm stage.
10:44 AGAIN, 2 very dangerous guys there, I see...
10:47 with the gun and the Wylie rabbit... Right
10:50 Then we go next to the resistant stage.
10:53 Oh look at these guys where they are sparring here now.
10:56 That's right... They said, "Hey look,
10:58 you can't take over my house. "
10:59 This is where stress becomes chronic.
11:01 This is where it's not dealt with in just a few minutes.
11:04 It's a long flight... It becomes a more lengthy
11:08 engagement and when stress becomes chronic,
11:13 then it gets dangerous because the stress hormones
11:16 are continuing to circulate at high levels in your body,
11:19 and when that happens, eventually...
11:22 and sometimes it's going to happen in a matter of
11:23 just a few days, that your immune system gets
11:26 suppressed to the place where you're now more susceptible
11:31 to colds, to flu, to killer diseases...
11:36 And the longer that stress goes unrelieved,
11:39 the more dangerous it gets.
11:41 And so exercise fits into this - how?
11:43 Well, we're coming to that. Okay
11:46 Because the last stage is returning to normal...
11:49 You either deal with the stress and return to normal
11:52 or you actually exhaust your body resources...
11:56 And when you exhaust your body resources,
11:59 you can get depressed...
12:01 I see the guy in the picture there,
12:04 I can tell which one is kind of exhausted...
12:06 He's in the stocks. You have a clue...
12:09 Maybe his stocks have fallen or something there.
12:11 And the other guy is happy,
12:13 he's got a big grin with his teeth there.
12:14 When you're exhausted and your health breaks down,
12:18 you can go into shock, in fact, or you could even die.
12:24 If it's severe enough and long enough, you could die from it.
12:28 So stress can actually kill.
12:30 So the stress reaction is fight or flight,
12:33 it's the resistance and then it's either return to normal
12:36 or you're over, you're exhausted.
12:38 You just get exhausted, yeah, and some people,
12:40 they just can't go on anymore and get depressed.
12:43 Now what exercise does...
12:44 If you look at the physiological changes
12:46 that take place during exercise...
12:47 Again, heart rate goes up,
12:49 the amount of blood being pumped out of the system increases,
12:53 so the blood can get out to the working muscles,
12:56 blood pressure rises again.
12:58 And, it's interesting, blood thickens when you're in stress
13:01 in case you're wounded... And get those clots out there
13:05 Get those clots going, yep.
13:07 Your breathing is more rapid, just like in a stress response,
13:11 however, it's deeper when you exercise - so it's healthier.
13:16 Because rapid breathing in a stress reaction
13:20 tends to be shallower.
13:21 Tissues take up more oxygen,
13:23 manage for sugar in the blood again,
13:25 just like when you're under a lot of stress,
13:28 and the digestive process tends to shut down
13:30 during the exercise time as well;
13:31 again, to get the blood out to the
13:33 extremities where it's needed.
13:34 Now when you exercise, several things are happening...
13:38 One is you're using the stress chemicals that are produced...
13:43 So if you are in chronic stress and you exercise,
13:46 you're beginning to burn off some of those chemicals
13:50 that you need to be burning off...
13:51 And are already there and you need to get rid of them.
13:53 That's right, you need to lower those chemicals,
13:56 but also, when you exercise, just like you were saying,
13:59 you're conditioning your body.
14:00 It's like running plays over and over again,
14:03 so you just do them instantaneously.
14:16 That's the 3rd thing that it does for us.
14:18 It enables deeper relaxations and sleep.
14:23 Have you ever been so tired at the end of the day,
14:26 that you couldn't sleep?
14:27 Yes - and that means I'm too stressed out?
14:31 Well, a lot of times that comes from a sedentary,
14:35 maybe you haven't had enough exercise during the day,
14:37 so what happens is your mind is exhausted,
14:42 but yet your body is tense...
14:44 Your body is tense.
14:45 Oh I tell you, when I exercise, I feel like staying up
14:47 all night though, that's a problem for me.
14:49 So you can't exercise that late.
14:52 I mean even if I do it in the morning, it's amazing.
14:57 Well, you know what you're saying
14:59 when you say that? No, what am I saying?
15:01 What you're saying is - your body requires less sleep.
15:03 You're body requires less sleep when you exercise, regularly.
15:06 That's right... I find the same thing
15:08 So that's one of the things when people say,
15:09 "I don't have time to exercise. Give me a break,
15:12 I'm already so busy"
15:13 Many people, with their exercise on a regular basis,
15:16 they find they do not need as much sleep.
15:18 Their body actually gets along well without that much sleep.
15:21 They are actually saved nearly as much time
15:24 in the sleep that they need when they exercise aerobically.
15:27 Even earlier in the day, like you say.
15:29 So it doesn't mean you can't sleep,
15:31 it just means you sleep more efficiently, more effectively.
15:34 We're talking with Dr. Skip MacCarty
15:35 We're talking about the benefits
15:36 of exercise as it relates to stress.
15:38 We've talked about how, if we exercise,
15:41 we can run right back and look at the rest of this program.
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16:55 Welcome back, we're talking with Dr. Skip MacCarty
16:57 We're talking about stress.
16:59 We're talking about what we can do to alleviate it or reduce it,
17:03 put it in the right level, I guess
17:04 is a better way to say it.
17:05 And joining us today has been Dr. Skip MacCarty
17:09 We've talked about several different things...
17:10 The fight or flight syndrome.
17:12 We've talked about the resistance that comes
17:16 when we exercise.
17:17 We've talked about returning to normal,
17:19 and all these things exercise helps us with because it
17:22 kind of trains our body, uses up those hormones
17:25 and all these different things
17:26 that you've been talking with us about.
17:28 What are some other benefits of exercise
17:31 that we can appreciate in terms of stress?
17:33 Okay - stress, besides enabling better relaxation and sleep,
17:38 also raises the good cholesterol, the HDL cholesterol
17:42 The "happy" cholesterol as you have referred to it.
17:45 Okay, so it protects against heart disease and all
17:48 those things... Protective cholesterol raises it.
17:50 It's the only recommended thing we can do
17:53 to raise that good cholesterol,
17:55 kind of carries off the bad elements there.
17:58 And it burns off biochemical
18:00 byproducts of the stress reaction.
18:02 So again, when stressful situations prepare us
18:05 for fight or flight, often we don't do either,
18:07 and so exercise helps to burn off some of those chemicals
18:12 that are in our system to be used.
18:14 It also triggers the release of pain-killing substances
18:16 from the brain - endorphins, so that it gives a good-feeling,
18:21 and that's important in stressful times...
18:25 And promotes just general health including
18:27 cardiovascular conditioning.
18:28 I've got a couple of slides from research done by
18:30 Dr. Lester Breslow who was Dean of School,
18:32 Public Health, U.C.L.A.
18:34 This shows 7,000 people studied over a period of 9 years
18:38 shows death rates during that time
18:40 from people who NEVER exercised
18:44 and you see 16.1% there and those who exercised often.
18:51 This was for women now, this particular slide...
18:55 There was a difference of over 2 times the number of people
19:01 from those who exercised often to those who exercised never,
19:04 twice as many people died during that period of time
19:07 in that study that they were studying.
19:09 But notice the biggest difference with just
19:11 if they'd just got out and exercised some,
19:13 and they just tried to get out and exercise some.
19:15 So a little bit is actually helpful for stress
19:18 and for longevity. It is...
19:19 And the next slide shows, with men, was even more
19:23 pronounced, almost 3 times more men died in that study
19:29 who never exercised than those who exercised
19:32 often and quite vigorously.
19:35 So again, even moderate exercise is better than none at all.
19:39 Absolutely - absolutely! And for stress, very important
19:43 for ALL the reasons we've been talking about.
19:45 Sometimes people will say to me, "I'm going to go jogging
19:47 or this or that," and I kind of tongue-in-cheek
19:49 say, "You know, why don't I
19:52 give you a ride? I mean, if you need to really
19:54 get there that fast, they kind of laugh. Yes
19:55 And then there's that statement, I can't remember who said it...
19:57 It says, "You know, when I had the urge to exercise,
19:59 I just lay down for a while and it passes. "
20:02 W. C. Fields, yeah, he lays down until it goes away.
20:06 There's a cartoon I like, it's a Walnut Cove cartoon
20:09 that has these 2 joggers;
20:10 one is quite heavy-set and the other is slender
20:13 and they're jogging along and... let me get the exact
20:18 way that that goes here...
20:21 One says to the other or the heavy jogger says
20:27 to the trim one, "When I started running my only concern
20:30 was to prevent heart trouble, but now that I have been
20:32 getting up and running at 4:30 in the morning for about
20:34 a month, my perspective is starting to change"
20:36 And the next frame, the trim jogger says,
20:38 "Yes, the thing about running gives you a whole new outlook"
20:41 And in the final frame the 2 joggers drop off in the
20:44 distance and the heavy-set jogger is saying...
20:47 "Yeah, heart disease actually is starting to sound pretty good"
20:52 But it's not really true, actually when you start
20:55 exercising and get exercising regularly,
20:57 you look forward to it and you don't feel as good
21:01 when you're not exercising.
21:02 You've suggested that exercise is really important,
21:06 but people say, "Well look, there are lots of different
21:09 things I can do, what kind of exercise is the best?"
21:11 Well for stress, aerobic exercise is still the best.
21:15 Aerobic exercise where you're getting enough oxygen
21:20 when your heart rate is going up to a...
21:23 ...Considerable amount, a target rate
21:26 that you're supposed to be at. Right
21:27 So what exactly is aerobic exercise...
21:29 it sounds pretty chemical.
21:31 Yes, there are actually 3 components to
21:35 aerobic exercise. All right
21:37 And you can put it in the acronym "F-I-T"
21:40 You have "Frequency" - at least 3 to 6 times a week.
21:46 "Intensity" - I like to just suggest that it's easy for me to
21:50 remember - work up to a sweat,
21:52 and then you want to hold it at that level if you can
21:55 for 20-60 minutes, probably not more than 60 minutes,
21:58 and for most of us, maybe not even close to that,
22:00 but particularly if you're starting...
22:05 So F-I-T... frequency, intensity and time.
22:08 It doesn't count though that we're under these
22:10 television cameras and it makes us sweat, right?
22:12 That's right... That doesn't count
22:14 If was kicking my legs as we're here for 20 minutes...
22:17 And when we talk about aerobic exercise, we always have to add
22:20 the caution "check with your doctor before
22:24 you begin an aerobic exercise program
22:26 if you're not regularly exercising now. "
22:28 So that's just to be safe.
22:30 All right, so in your stress management seminar,
22:33 "Stress Beyond Coping"
22:35 which you've recommended for individuals
22:38 and communities across the country,
22:39 what is it that you recommend for choosing an exercise program
22:43 for your individual stress management program?
22:46 Well, to have some kind of aerobic exercise program
22:49 and whatever works best for people...
22:53 Some kind of aerobic exercise program and that could be
22:58 walking a real brisk rate, or jogging if they like,
23:01 bicycling, whatever works up to a sweat...
23:05 And then secondly, would be to choose some kind of activity
23:10 that's enjoyable because that
23:14 means you're going to get back to it;
23:15 you'll look forward to getting back to it and doing it.
23:18 You'll want to experiment around a bit;
23:20 experiment with even different equipments before you buy one,
23:23 and go down to a gym and try different equipments
23:25 if you're going to buy some equipment,
23:27 but get something that you enjoy doing.
23:30 Now you know, I used to lament the fact that all my exercise
23:34 things I like to do were dependent on other people,
23:37 but in your seminar, one of your other keys was that
23:39 you're supposed to have close relationships,
23:40 and relationships with other people...
23:41 so that's really not a negative, it's a positive.
23:44 That's right, in fact, when you exercise with someone else,
23:48 it also is an accountability factor built in.
23:52 I've got a walking partner myself and we call each other,
23:56 and maybe one of us wasn't planning to go that day,
23:59 but just you know, it really.. They put the clamps on you.
24:01 That's right... It probably works into the
24:04 time management key too that you talk about
24:06 in your seminar where you say, "Hey, I'm going to be with
24:09 the "greens" - all 18 of them - or whatever, right?
24:13 So you kind of work those all together,
24:16 it kinds of works together.
24:17 So exercise is important to work it in. Yeah
24:20 Anything else? And then we suggest
24:22 exercising in fresh air if you possibly can...
24:25 And even in the wintertime, if you're dressed properly,
24:28 you can exercise in fresh air.
24:30 And if you buy equipment, put your fresh air by
24:33 an open window or something.
24:34 Put your equipment by the open window...
24:36 Yeah, by an open window... You said put the fresh air
24:38 by the open window. Did I?
24:39 That would be a real exercise program!
24:43 Okay, so fresh air and with a friend...
24:46 What were the 3 things?
24:49 Regular - get maybe accountability
24:51 on all those different things. Yeah
24:52 And then finally, if someone can't exercise aerobically,
24:56 let's say they're just not able to do that,
24:58 Maybe they've been injured;
25:00 maybe they're in a situation
25:01 where they just can't do that right now. Right
25:03 Then we suggest just anything you can do to raise your level
25:07 of activity - whatever will raise your general
25:09 level of activity to do that.
25:12 As an example - I try to have as a policy,
25:16 never to take an elevator if I can take the stairs.
25:22 Even at O'Hare Airport, I'm quite frequently
25:26 at O'Hare Airport - they have a lot of stairs
25:29 you go up and down or escalator,
25:32 and I always try, if I can, my bags aren't too big,
25:35 and if my wife wants to take the escalator, I'll go with her
25:37 because people are more important
25:39 than something like this... Your exercise program... Yes
25:42 But just having that as a general rule,
25:45 when I go to the hospital and make hospital visits,
25:47 I'm an associate pastor, then I'll try to take stairs
25:51 going from different floors instead of the elevator,
25:53 that type of thing.
25:54 Or walk to the hospital...
25:56 Yes - well not exactly that far.
26:02 So, I get the principle...
26:03 Yeah, and we recommend... you can do house chores
26:07 aerobically- there are many different ways
26:10 you can raise your general level of activity.
26:14 Some people will drive around a parking lot a couple of,
26:18 2 or 3 times looking for a little closer spot,
26:21 when they ought to just, by principle,
26:23 park farther away and walk in.
26:25 Just even that little bit extra.
26:26 I don't want you to miss the last point
26:28 we talked about making and so let's go to that
26:31 because putting this...
26:32 We talked about stress, we've talked about its
26:34 importance, we talked about all that,
26:35 but put it in perspective for us now.
26:38 I put to put exercise in perspective,
26:40 along with food and all the other elements.
26:42 This Scripture... 1 Timothy 4:8, physical training,
26:46 I'm going to translate it into exercise, okay?
26:49 Exercise is of some value - Well we now it has a great value
26:53 We talked about all the different values it has.
26:55 But in perspective, exercise is of some value,
26:59 but godliness has value for all things,
27:01 holding promise for both the
27:02 present life and the life to come.
27:05 In perspective, that's why when you look at the
27:09 stress management pyramid, exercise is toward the
27:12 bottom of the illustration, as important as it is,
27:14 toward the bottom; the spiritual component
27:16 integrating spiritually into our lives,
27:18 godliness comes at the very top.
27:20 That is the single most important resource
27:24 in stress management.
27:26 We've been talking with Dr. Skip MacCarty
27:28 We've been talking about STRESS and how we can cope with it.
27:32 There is a seminar that has been produced by
27:34 Dr. MacCarty that's available for communities and individuals.
27:37 It's called "Stress Beyond Coping"
27:40 and you can get more information about this and the other
27:43 7 Keys in dealing with stress and managing it in your life.
27:47 We hope that you can take advantage of that resource.
27:50 We're glad you have watched us today,
27:52 and we hope that as a result of today's program
27:54 you'll have health and happiness that lasts for a lifetime.


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