LOVED ONES.
>> THE SAME TIME IT CAN BE JUST
A STRESSFUL. ACCORDING TO THE
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL
ASSOCIATION 38% OF PEOPLE SAY
THEIR STRESS INCREASES DURING
THE HOLIDAYS. ADD SEASONAL
DEPRESSION AND NOT TO MENTION
THE ONGOING PANDEMIC PEOPLE CAN
GET
OVERWHELMED FAST. JOINING US
NOW TO DISCUSS IS BORN THIS WAY
FOUNDATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
MAYA SMITH WELCOME TO THE SHOW
MY A UNFORTUNATELY AS YOU WELL
KNOW THE HOLIDAYS AND STRESS OR
TO GO HAND IN HAND HOW CAN
PEOPLE APPROACH THIS TIME OF
THE MORE POSITIVE OUTLOOK WHEN
IT COMES TO THEIR MENTAL
HEALTH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
ME AND YOU'RE BOTH DOING MY
WORK FOR
ME TALKING ABOUT BREAKING THE
STIGMA TALKING ABOUT SEEKING
HELP
TALKING ABOUT RESOURCES SO
EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID IS IS
PART OF HOW TO MANAGE STRESS
DURING THE HOLIDAYS, FIRST UP
ON THIS WITH A NATION WE ALWAYS
REMIND PEOPLE IT'S OKAY TO NOT
BE OK. THE HOLIDAYS ARE
STRESSFUL TIME FOR MANY FOLKS,
ESPECIALLY WOULD BE OVER
I THINK AN ONGOING CRISES THAT
WE'RE DEALING WITH SO
ENCOURAGING
FOLKS TO VALIDATE THEIR
EMOTIONS TO GET HELP TO TAKE
TIME WHEN THEY NEED IT AND I
LOVE MISSIONS AROUND
AFFIRMATIONS GOOGLE SEARCH
HISTORY. I THINK
THAT SHOWS PEOPLE ARE WILLING
TO HELP THEMSELVES AND EACH
OTHER AND THAT'S REALLY ALL THE
MOTIONS RUN
HIGH DURING.
>> THE HOLIDAYS, ESPECIALLY AS
WE RECONNECT WITH FAMILY
MEMBERS WHAT PSYCHOLOGICAL
CONSEQUENCES ARE THERE TO OUR
MENTAL WELL-BEING ESPECIALLY
DURING THIS TIME OF YEAR LIKE I
ALLUDED TO EARLIER STILL IN THE
PANDEMIC.
>> ABSOLUTELY I THINK WE ARE
FEELING SO MANY DIFFERENT
THINGS AND HOW MUCH IS OUT FOR
EACH OF US IS DIFFERENCES
PEOPLE MIGHT BE FEELING
ISOLATED AND RUNNING LOW ON
PATIENTS AND JUST ACTING
DIFFERENT NEED PATTERN AND
CHANGES IN PATTERNS OF
BEHAVIOR,
SOMETHING TOO AND TO LOOK OUT
FOR YOU KNOW YOU HAVE GOT
INCREDIBLE LIST ON THE HONEST
GREEN ALL OF THESE THINGS
MANIFEST DIFFERENTLY IN SOME
PAIN ATTACK. SHE'S WHAT
WE NEED AND THE EMOTIONS AND
THE FEELINGS OF THE FOLKS
AROUND THIS IS ESPECIALLY
IMPORTANT AND TAKING TIME THAT
MIGHT MEAN
FOR SOME PEOPLE PUTTING THEIR
PHONE AWAY MIGHT MEAN TAKING A
KNACK IT MIGHT MEAN GOING FOR
WALKING YOUR BODY IT MIGHT MEAN
TALKING
TO SOME ONE IN AND NOT
CANCELING THAT THERE BE
APPOINTMENT DURING
THE HOLIDAYS. WHATEVER YOU NEED
TO PRIORITIZE YOUR MENTAL
HEALTH IS WHAT WE WANT YOU TO
DIG INTO AND IF YOU OR SOMEONE
YOU KNOW ARE IN CRISIS WE
ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO ONCE
THEY GOT ON THE SHINS ASH GET
HELP NOW FOR IMMEDIATE
RESOURCES.
>> HOW DO WE HELP CURB THESE
NEGATIVE FEELINGS OF STRESS AND
FATIGUE MILE.
>> ONE OF MY FAVORITE IN
STUDENTS KINDNESS AND SO KIND
ACTS REALLY IS
THE LOGIC CALL AND
PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT WE DID AN
INCREDIBLE SURVEY ENTITLED
KINDNESS IS ACTION YOU CAN FIND
THAT THE RESULTS ON
OUR WEBSITE AND IT FOUND THAT
77% OF YOUNG PEOPLE I'M HOPEFUL
AND OPTIMISTIC ABOUT TERROR AND
BILL ATT ACK I MEAN THE WORLD
AND THAT
KIND ACT DIFFERENT SUCH ON A
PERSON'S MENTAL HEALTH. SO
BEING KIND WATCHING KIND ACT
AND IT
KIND ACT WARM FOR YOU IT'S NOT
THIS NICE TO HAVE MUCH SHE
FEELING IT'S ACTUALLY EVIDENCE
BACK SCIENCE AND IT'S ONE OF
THE WAYS WE CAN SURVIVE THIS
HOLIDAY SEASON, MAYBE EVEN
ENJOY IT.
>> AND MAYBE EVEN ENJOY IT.
>> HOW DO WE HELP LOVED ONES
OUT THERE THIS TIME OF YEAR IF
THEY ARE FEELING A LITTLE
STRESSED AND WE WANT TO KIND OF
JUST EASE VERY YOU KNOW THESE
ARE STRESS AWAY.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY I WAS ON MY
MUSIC ON THIS MORNING THAT
CYNTHIA GERMANOTTA I WAS
FOUNDER AND WE TALK A LOT ABOUT
THE NEED TO SELL IT AND AND IT
FEELS
OVERWHELMING ALL THINGS WE NEED
TO DO THEIRS PRESIDENT'S TOUR
AT BEHIND YOU OVER THERE, BUT
REALLY RIGHT NOW CELEBRATING A
LITTLE BIT TREES OF SURVIVING A
GETTING TOGETHER
AND OF WHATEVER SUCCESS LOOKS
LIKE TINA NOT LET'S BE A LITTLE
KINDER TO HIM CELLS AND TALK A
LOT ABOUT KINDNESS
TO ALL THERE IS SO BE KIND TO
YOURSELF RESET YOUR
EXPECTATIONS AND JUST ENJOY THE
TIME OUTS WITH LOVED WHETHER TO
SEE YOU IN PERSON AND I'M JUST
RESETTING EXPECTATIONS TAKING
CARE OF YOURSELF AND NOTICING
ANY CHANGES THE FOLKS AROUND
YOU CAN PROACTIVELY OFFERING
SUPPORT CONVERSATION
AND REESE.
>> SAYS NO STRESS AROUND THE
HOLIDAYS IS DISPROPORTIONATELY
FELT BY WOMEN WHY IS I HAVE.
>> I HAVE A GREAT QUESTION TO
ASK ME TO FINISH MY FIRST
GRADERS POLAR EXPRESS COM
INTERVIEWED ON ALL OF THESE
OTHER THINGS HAPPENING.
>> WE'RE HOLDING
A LOT ALL OF US YOU'RE ASKING A
MOM ONE OF THEM ARE HAPPY TO
WEEKS OF MY LIFE AND
SO MUCH I AM TAKING SOME TIME
TO GRAB SOME COFFEE I WORKED
OUT THIS
MORNING. SO. WE'RE ALSO BEING
SO MUCH AND I THINK IT TAKES
THESE MOMENTS WHEN THE WORLD
SLOWS DOWN
FOR US. ACTUALLY REALIZE HOW
MUCH REPORTING SO WE ALWAYS
ABOUT THAT YOUR
LOVED NIGHT. HOW DID YOU YOU
MATTER AND THAT THE EXPERIENCES
THAT YOU'RE HAVING ARE.
ARE VALID
EMOTIONS BY ARE HAVING ARE
VALID AND IN KIND ONE SOUTH AND
TO THE WORLD AROUND YOU
I HAVE A HARD TIME PERSONALLY
SOMETIMES BEING KIND TO MYSELF
AND I LIKE TO DIG INTO BEING
KIND TO THOSE FOLKS AROUND
AROUND THIS TIME, HOWEVER
YOU'RE GETTING
THROUGH JUST HE'S KEEP GETTING
THROUGH THE WORLD NEED
TO HEAR.
>> GETTING A FIRM GRIP ON
STRESS IS SO MUCH EASIER SAID
THAN DONE HOW THIS HOLIDAY
STRESS DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER
TIME OF YEAR.
>> I THINK EXPECTATIONS ARE SO
HIGH AGAIN WITH WITH THE MOM IS
RIGHT THIS IS GOING TO
BE NATURAL AND THIS IS YOU KNOW
ONE OF THOSE MEANS OF THIS ONE
OF A
TEEN SON. HOLIDAYS ALL HAVE
WITH MY CHILDREN INTO THE
EXPECTATIONS INTO THE CULTURAL
NARRATIVE AROUND THIS MOMENT IN
PARTICULAR WE HATE EACH BUT I
THINK IF YOU
DIG DOWN WHAT REALLY MATTERS
RIGHT NOW AT THE AM LE IT'S
LOVE IT'S COMMUNITY.
IT'S CELEBRATION. IF WE CAN
KEEP FOCUSED ON THINGS THAT
MATTER MOST IN TAKING CARE
OF OURSELVES AND THE PEOPLE
THAT WE LOVE AND ENSURING THAT
UNMET NEEDS ARE MET IN THE
WORLD THAT EVERYONE AND CAN
CELEBRATE AND BE TOGETHER THIS
YEAR. SAFELY
AND WHENEVER WE ARE ABLE TO DO
IT I THINK THAT'S PARTICULARLY
IMPORTANT AND I THINK THE
HOLIDAY IS
EXACERBATES FOLKS WHO MAY NOT
HAVE SOMEONE TO SPEND TIME
WITH US OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO
HAVE A KYLER ISN'T SITTING
BEHIND THEM. SO IF THERE ARE
WAYS YOU CAN HELP MEET THE
NEEDS OF OTHER PEOPLE MAY BE
STRONGER THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
PLEASE LOOK. WE HAVE AN
INCREDIBLE RESOURCE ON CHANNEL
10 NEWS DOT ORG TO FIND STORIES
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