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Designed to promote
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intended to take the place of
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Welcome to Wonderfully
Made. I'm glad you have
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joined us. I'm
your host Claudio Japas
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a doctoral student
at Loma Linda University
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in the Preventive Care Program.
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Today, we have a
wonderful subject that
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may sound a little
stressing, but it is stress
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that we're going
to be talking about.
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Joining me is Dr. Dos Santos
from Loma Linda University.
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He is a professor in
the Preventive Care Program.
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I'm glad you've
joined us. I'm sure the,
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your knowledge, and
stress, and what you teach,
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and what you've dealt
with in different clinics
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would be very helpful to us.
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Well, thank you
for having me here
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and this topic is
very interesting and
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in the beginning we ourselves,
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I guess a little, got a
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little stressed
out, but I believe
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at the end of the presentation
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we will be very
relaxed and that's
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what we are trying to
do, most of people have
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stress and we are
going to try to figure out
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what to do to cope with it.
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That's good, that's
good because stress is
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just all around
us, it's, I don't think
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anybody is immune to
it, it's something we
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experience from day
to day and I'm sure many
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of you watching can
relate to stress in different
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levels and for different
situation and we want to
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make sure we understand
it better and learn more
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about it today. In fact
stress is a component of,
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has been known to
bring ulcers and hypertension
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and migraines and
multiple of other symptoms
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and diseases, is that
true, I mean that's part
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of being stressful or
some of the side effects.
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Yes, when you are under stress.
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When a person is
under stress what happen
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is that some hormones are
being released in circulation.
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One of the them among is
adrenaline and adrenaline
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has the potential or
has the function to increase
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blood pressure to
increase blood sugar
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and lipids in the
circulation, to prepare a
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person is a reaction to
prepare a person to fight
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or to run or to climb
something or to runaway.
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So, it is
something that God has built
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into us to deal
with certain situations.
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Here are the
drastic stories of somebody
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being caught under the
car or similar situations,
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where somebody that
didn't have the strength find
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supernatural strength to
lift or, and it's usually
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adrenaline or similar
brain chemistry that's flowing
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and helping the body
cope with that stress.
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But it's a God
built component in there.
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Yes, it is. And it
all stems from the brain
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and coming in. Now
what are some of the
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other components, is
stress something that's
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real or perceived
whether it's a combination
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of both, how
would you define stress?
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Well stress is a
reaction to some aggression.
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If this aggression
can be brought to us or
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we can create
that type by aggression
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and normally stress
starts with something that
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happened to a
person and I have a graphic
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of a snake here just
to show the person when
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you see that
snake for the first time
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you get all the
reactions that the person
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has under stress that
are normal, so you get scared
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and you are ready to
run, you are ready to
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get strength to
kill the snake and to do
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whatever, this is
a normal reaction.
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Right. Acute,
short, the problem is when
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you have a
rattle snake around you,
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24 hours per day, I
mean 7 days per week,
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I mean 30 days per
month and then. All the time.
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And then this
reaction becomes a disease,
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so you have your levels
of adrenaline and cortisol,
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the stress
hormones high all the time
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then you will have
problem with the disease.
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That's correct, I
was thinking when you
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said about the
snake, to you or me maybe
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that would be
something very stressful
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because we're not used
to seeing them everyday, but
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to us one of my friends
that's doing research on
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rattlesnakes. He
actually has to go hunt them
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and he deals with
them from day to day,
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but his stress
level is very low when
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he sees a rattlesnake.
He knows how to deal
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with it, he
knows how to determine
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which kind it is,
so stress is something
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in our mind that's
perceived and how much
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control we have over
it. So, a lot of people,
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the same stress for
you may not be the same
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stress for me or
the same stress that
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you maybe having may
not be the one I have,
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and the one I have may
not be the same one you
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have, but so it's something that
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we perceive in
different, different ways.
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Yeah, the
perception is very important
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and how the person
sees the situation,
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so if you see the
situation as something that
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will hurt you then you
start having the effects
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of the hormones on
that. If the situation
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is not hurtful, so
you is not, what is the
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stress for you
might not be for me
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and I have another
picture there that tells the
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Bible story about Balaam
and he was a prophet that
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we know they
started since we were kids
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and then Balaam was
running, riding his donkey
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and the donkey was
pressing his legs to the,
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to the walls there
and, and then he was
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spanking the donkey
several times and then all of a
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sudden he figured out
that the donkey was not
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going ahead because there was an
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angel ready to kill Balaam.
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Right. So, then he
looks like his eyes
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were open and
then he could see the
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big picture and
that's the word that we use
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in stress. You
have to try to see
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the big picture, find meaning
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for the situation
and try to understand
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why the
situation is hurting you or
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why people is
aggressive towards you.
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So understanding is
part of the issue and how
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to deal with it or
understanding how when
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to stop it too.
Speaking of donkeys,
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I was reminded of
zebras and zebras don't get
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ulcers and some I
guess it was a veterinary or
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somebody that studied
zebra that noticed this is
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interesting we never
did a biopsy or studied a
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zebra that had
ulcers, so they did more
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research on it and
they noticed that zebras
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like most other
animals, cows or most other
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ones when most of
the day they're spending
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eating and grazing on
grass and they are not
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stressed, they are
happy zebras or happy cows
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and but that doesn't
mean they always live that
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way, when there is a lion
or a predator or something
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comes to them they get stressed
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and the brain chemistry
flows in and they start
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running and
escaping that danger.
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So they need the
stress to survive,
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but they don't live
under that thought of
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oh, there is that
lion or that predator
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all the time. Yeah,
that's how we often times
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live under constant
stress, so what are some
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of the
consequences of living under
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constant stress, what may happen
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to the mind or the body.
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Yes, I believe on
one or on another way
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all the diseases can
be consequence or can be
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a cause of stress, so
when you have a disease
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that affects you,
you develop stress
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a reaction of the
disease. When you have
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stress because of something else
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then this will
create increase the risk of
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that disease and as
you mentioned in the
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beginning that
those disease can be
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a reaction or an overreaction
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of the immune
system. So allergies,
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even asthma or
arthritis are related
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somehow to this
overreaction of the
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immune system and
then there is, there is a
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suppression of the
immune system because
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of one hormone called cortisol,
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then you have
high risk of infections
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when you are under chronic
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constant stress in your life.
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And that's why we
are trying to avoid that
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constant chronic
levels. There are some
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practical ways now we
may want to talk about
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well you may be
viewing and saying I
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know exactly what
you're talking about,
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I live under that
constant stress, I am
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always thinking of
the what if and what if
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might happen or not
happen and what can I do,
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what are some of
the practical things
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that we can
incorporate in our lives.
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How do we deal with stress?
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Well, I think the
first point is to assess
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what kind of stress
you have or how is stress
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is affecting you, so
you should check if the
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stress is from
work, is from friends, is
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from your family,
internal stress or
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if the stress is
caused by your behavior
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or if your stress is
caused by the environment,
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so a good stress assessment
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is fundamental, the first step.
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Perhaps you could
describe a piece of
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paper and write
down how this stress
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why and so listing
the things that stress it
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or ask somebody
to interview you, why
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you stress, yes, and
that would help you figure out
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what's going on.
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Yeah, the first
question that we ask
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is that do you have
time to do all the things
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that you wanna do
in your life and then
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we have a clear
first question and then
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we go over and see what else is
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the things that are
competing, competing
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with that for that
time, yeah. That special time.
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And then once we make the list
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and we find okay
these are my causes,
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where do we follow with that.
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Well, we have the
second and the third point.
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The second is try to neutralize
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the stressors and the
term and the third would be
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how to deal with the
consequences when you
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cannot neutralize
the stressors. The
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stressors are
those things that cause
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us or hurt us or
create the situation,
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the reaction. So
all the things that
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happen should be
the stress, so how
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can we modify
them and manipulate
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them and so some
of them you can, some
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of them you
cannot like if you are,
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if your problem is
with time, so we ask
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the person to fill
up a sheet with all the
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activities that a
person does and then we can
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somehow identify gaps
of time that he is losing
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or lack of further
activities that he should do
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on that and then
organize his life on that.
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Make a schedule in
other words, exactly,
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well this is
taking too long or this is
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I could use some
more time here or
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this one activity
really stresses me out, maybe
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I can add some more
time before or during
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and take some out
of this, so organizing
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life is one way to
deal with consequences,
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what's causing it.
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Yeah, we are
talking about the stressors
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first still and then
there are other things,
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improve communications,
sometimes we have a
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problem in work
because we don't say the
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right word or we
say the wrong word
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and we don't listen
to people or we mind read
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and before you say
something I know you
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are against me
and then this creates
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a big stress in the work cycle.
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Right. So, we
should work on that,
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we still working
in the stressors.
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Okay. Another one is priorities,
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check what is your
main priority in life.
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I have asking in stress seminars
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mostly I got
three answers when they
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say put the three
main priorities or the main
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priorities and then
this goes around God,
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family, and work
and they go around
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these. Okay and
then, you're saying list
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whatever is number
1 number 2 number 3,
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your priorities. Yeah.
And then focus all your
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daily schedule, your
activities according to
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those priority.
Yeah, I remember one
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person put home
as the main priority,
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then I have
started exploring with him
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and then we got
that he didn't spent
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any time with his
family and say what's
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going on here, you
put home and you don't
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have time for
well, but I have to work
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to make a lot of
money to provide for my
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family. You
see, well, I think we
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have to think about
that better, because
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it's not if you are
absent you cannot help your
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home or your family as
much if you are present
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there and try to raise
your kids and try to raise your
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family in a good environment.
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Right.So, you cannot be outside
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them and thinking
that you are putting
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as a priority and
so we try to change
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I mean the way to
prioritize things in
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life. And it almost
sounds like this might
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take so much time
that, that even would be
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stressful to try
to organize, but it
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would be a good
investment because
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taking some time and organizing
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what are my
priorities, what's causing
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me stress,
where's it coming from
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and try to build
the strategic plan would
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have long-term
beneficial effects,
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we still had one
more. Yeah, the second,
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I mean the third
level, we did assessment,
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we checked the
stressors, now we will
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deal with the
consequence and when I am
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talking about
consequence is when a person
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is working like
you have a boss that
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you don't
appreciate much, but you
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cannot change, you
need to keep your job
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and you have to
maintain your income,
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but you still
have the situation.
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The boss does not like you
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or you don't like
the boss, what can
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you do, so we
advice that a person
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in that situation
develops activities
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that will counteract
the stress that we call
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parasympathetic
activities. Parasympathetic.
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Yes. Okay, please
break that down or
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explain it a little bit. Well,
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when you are under stress
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you stimulate, you put to work
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the sympathetic system that has
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adrenaline,
cortisol, noradrenaline,
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epinephrine, some
hormones that will
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create all of these
reactions in your body,
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yeah. So the
parasympathetic mostly
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has one substance
called acetylcholine.
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Acetylcholine is
the substance that will
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counteract these
hormones and will bring
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down the blood
pressure, bring down the heart
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rate, bring down
the blood sugar, so
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this is what I mean,
we have to accelerate
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or activate the
parasympathetic system.
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To bring that
homeostasis to that
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normality back, exactly, yes.
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What are the
things that activate this
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system, the parasympathetic
system is the one
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that happens when
you go to a concert
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and you are classical
music concert and in two
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minutes you are
sleepy. So why is that
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is because the
sympathetic system is
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activated and
then brings everything
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down and relaxes
you, so we have to find
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those activities
that really produce
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relaxation. And
it may not always
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be classical music
that is what's bringing the
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relaxation to you,
maybe it's doing art
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work or going to the
beach and just sitting and
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listening to the
waves and the birds.
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Being out in
nature, all these things
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can really help
bringing the sympathetic
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into activating
and bringing everything
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back to normal.
Perfect, that's what
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we and then
massage, Jacuzzi, reading
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a good book that is
relaxing, all of the
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activities are
important for those that
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have stress. Music
is one of the best,
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I mean, listen to
music or how about learning a
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musical
instrument, something that you
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have the opportunity to relax
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and that's the
point. We can do some
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techniques for that
to bring relaxation,
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so we can do deep breathing,
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so we breathe in
and count until 5 then
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we breathe out
and count until five.
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We can do the
muscle relaxation like you
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contract your arms
and count until five
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then you relax your
arms, you can do with
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other muscles in
the system, in the body,
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right, the same thing
contract for five seconds,
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relax for five
seconds, then you can do
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your face you
contract your face and make
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a big face, five
seconds then relax and then you
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do that over and over until
you sure it's the relaxation.
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Training the mind.
You're training the mind
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to be relaxed. Relax the muscles
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and the chemicals
that we don't see,
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but are very
present and active in
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the mind and that
effects the rest of the body.
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So, those are some practical
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exercises now
it's always different
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for different
people, so we have to
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always say well
this may not work
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maybe us you
know the music may be
00:17:48.54\00:17:51.07
a stressor for
somebody, so pick up
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lifting music or the
soft music for that you,
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makes you relax a little
bit, maybe for some people
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it's working on
their car, mechanics
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and that relaxes them.
So, it's really looking
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maybe making a list, so you know
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okay when I'm stressed
I need to do some more of
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these activities.
Yeah, you chose to do,
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you can chose to do
an exercise activity
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that provides this
relaxation and then
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something that
you have fun and then
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you have both effect
of the physical activity
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and fun. They
create something that is
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called echo
therapy or echo therapy,
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it means that you go to nature
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and then you go to nature just
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to walk in nature and
then this they measure the
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effects of this in your
stress level and to control
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disease, they promote this
as a parasympathetic activity,
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walking in a trail, in the woods
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as very
beneficial for your health.
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That's excellent now
I'm probably thinking
00:19:03.00\00:19:05.61
somebody watching
saying, well I have
00:19:05.64\00:19:07.86
no time at all for, anytime for
00:19:07.89\00:19:10.86
myself or to relax or
to think of what I can
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do. So I think the
thing we need to do
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is train our mind
to be in that state and
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for me personally and I
think for many other people
00:19:19.76\00:19:22.10
and for yourself is
finding a little bit more
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trust in God or
finding Bible verses
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that bring that
relaxation. I like the verse,
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where Jesus tells
us not to worry about
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tomorrow, that
tomorrow will worry for
00:19:32.59\00:19:34.15
itself and a lot of
times we worry so much
00:19:34.18\00:19:36.65
about the future
when the present has
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enough to worry
about and to take care of
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and I like Jesus
counsel of just focus on
00:19:41.66\00:19:44.69
what you can do now,
what needs to be done
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now and let me
take care of the future.
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Yeah in fact
people are afraid of the
00:19:48.99\00:19:52.22
future and they
hence and chose they have
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anxiety about their future and
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at the same time
they are depressive
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about the past, I
mean what happened
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in the past they
are all what happened,
00:20:02.75\00:20:05.62
why did it happen
to me and then what
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we have is today,
right, this is our obligation
00:20:09.30\00:20:14.14
and this is what is
reserved for us, the
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daily activities, the
daily things that we have to
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change or go through,
00:20:21.84\00:20:23.73
that's 24 hours
or 12 hour whatever.
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Right. What a
beautiful promise that we
00:20:27.06\00:20:29.27
have from God
that he forgives all
00:20:29.30\00:20:30.81
our sins and we don't
naturally revisit them,
00:20:30.84\00:20:33.24
once they're forgiven
they're done with and we
00:20:33.27\00:20:34.80
can worry about
today and to know that
00:20:34.83\00:20:37.48
we don't have, you
know, we just have today
00:20:37.51\00:20:39.96
guaranteed, we
can't change the past,
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that's you know if we
have something bothering us,
00:20:41.48\00:20:45.43
let God take care of that.
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You have the
present and move forward
00:20:46.67\00:20:48.46
from there.
Another one of my favorite
00:20:48.49\00:20:51.94
books is Philippians
and Philippians 4:13,
00:20:51.97\00:20:54.29
where I can do all
things through Christ,
00:20:54.32\00:20:56.45
who strengthens
me. And to know that
00:20:56.48\00:20:58.33
I'm not by myself,
because that stresses a lot of
00:20:58.36\00:21:00.33
people out to know
that I need to do this,
00:21:00.36\00:21:02.50
I need to do
that, and I become so
00:21:02.53\00:21:04.52
big and God
becomes smaller and smaller
00:21:04.55\00:21:06.43
and to realize that
God is our main help
00:21:06.46\00:21:09.96
and he shows us
where we can get more
00:21:09.99\00:21:11.81
help also from any
friends or relatives and
00:21:11.84\00:21:14.35
maybe delegating
some things. Yeah on this,
00:21:14.38\00:21:18.56
on this way we can
say that, we can use
00:21:18.59\00:21:24.01
these things as
meditation. There are several
00:21:24.04\00:21:26.68
types of meditation
nowadays, one type in
00:21:26.71\00:21:30.03
particular they ask
you to go to a level that
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you don't think
anything, than to reach the
00:21:33.88\00:21:37.15
nothingness. I don't
buy much that, it's much
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better when you
meditate with a mind focusing
00:21:41.01\00:21:44.78
that you are asking
the supernatural, I mean,
00:21:44.81\00:21:48.84
the higher power or
whatever you call God,
00:21:48.87\00:21:51.37
that will take care
of your life and then you
00:21:51.40\00:21:56.45
relax because you
are putting his and so is
00:21:56.48\00:21:58.87
the meditation with a very
00:21:58.90\00:22:00.86
powerful process of thinking.
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Right, right, well
if you read the Bible
00:22:04.82\00:22:06.58
and know that
God is our creator,
00:22:06.61\00:22:08.06
that he is a
creator of all things,
00:22:08.09\00:22:09.46
that he is all powerful
00:22:09.49\00:22:11.13
and that helps us realize,
00:22:11.16\00:22:13.46
well if God has all
the power, then I can
00:22:13.49\00:22:16.02
trust him and I can learn to
00:22:16.05\00:22:17.74
walk in his ways and to be taken
00:22:17.77\00:22:20.32
care by him. Do
you have any other
00:22:20.35\00:22:22.20
Bible verses that
you would like to share?
00:22:22.23\00:22:23.92
Yeah, I have, I have another one
00:22:23.95\00:22:27.31
that is in
Philippians also, that talks
00:22:27.34\00:22:31.56
about when you
have, let's see if I have
00:22:31.59\00:22:34.07
here, when you have Philippians
00:22:34.10\00:22:37.40
what's the
name, the number here,
00:22:37.43\00:22:40.58
4:6-7, don't be
anxious about anything, but
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in everything by
prayer and petition,
00:22:46.19\00:22:48.18
with thanksgiving
present your requests
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to God. And the
peace of God which
00:22:50.20\00:22:53.13
transcends all
understanding will guard your
00:22:53.16\00:22:55.06
hearts and your
mind in Christ Jesus.
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So, again we go
to the meditation
00:22:57.08\00:23:00.82
with the principle,
if you have anything
00:23:00.85\00:23:03.64
that is troubling
you, you are anxious,
00:23:03.67\00:23:06.30
you take that to the Lord.
00:23:06.33\00:23:08.17
He might not
answer the thing that
00:23:08.20\00:23:11.34
you have that is
causing the anxiety
00:23:11.37\00:23:13.66
as you want them
or want him to answer.
00:23:13.69\00:23:17.63
But he will give you
the peace and that's what
00:23:17.66\00:23:19.74
we need. So, well
if I have to accept
00:23:19.77\00:23:22.45
something give me
that peace to accept
00:23:22.48\00:23:24.73
and there is even
the sovereignty prayer
00:23:24.76\00:23:28.46
that we pray to the Lord
to accept the things that
00:23:28.49\00:23:31.70
we cannot change. This
is a very powerful thing
00:23:31.73\00:23:34.98
for a stress
accept the things that
00:23:35.01\00:23:37.28
we cannot change.
And to realize that
00:23:37.31\00:23:40.16
we can't do anything
about it, but God can.
00:23:40.19\00:23:42.27
Exactly, yeah, yeah.
00:23:42.30\00:23:43.83
The same verse Philippians 4:6-7
00:23:43.86\00:23:47.15
is one of my
favorites also as I said
00:23:47.18\00:23:49.26
Philippians it's a very
good book and I like the
00:23:49.29\00:23:53.05
part where it says
and be thankful for all
00:23:53.08\00:23:54.95
things and I've tried
that personally in my life,
00:23:54.98\00:23:57.82
a lot of times we
look at the negative side
00:23:57.85\00:23:59.29
of things and if
we learn to thank
00:23:59.32\00:24:01.05
God even say Lord
I don't understand
00:24:01.08\00:24:03.31
this, but I thank
you that I have the
00:24:03.34\00:24:05.13
opportunity to be
living today and that you have
00:24:05.16\00:24:08.24
a plan and that
you have the power.
00:24:08.27\00:24:09.97
And to start
thanking him that the stress
00:24:10.00\00:24:12.66
and that's our perceiving
becomes less and less and
00:24:12.69\00:24:15.83
I just you know
want everybody to
00:24:15.86\00:24:18.25
enjoy the blessings
that God has for us,
00:24:18.28\00:24:21.07
because we know we
live in a sinful world,
00:24:21.10\00:24:23.51
there is plenty of
negative things and there is
00:24:23.54\00:24:25.68
too much to do
all the time, but to
00:24:25.71\00:24:28.14
realize that we are
limited God is the only one who
00:24:28.17\00:24:30.46
is unlimited, he has
all the power and all the
00:24:30.49\00:24:32.76
strength and to
really put ourselves in
00:24:32.79\00:24:34.77
this hands and to realize that
00:24:34.80\00:24:37.16
we can learn some
things from the animals too,
00:24:37.19\00:24:39.45
from the zebras and the
cows, which they learn to
00:24:39.48\00:24:42.20
when you know things
that can't change they
00:24:42.23\00:24:44.09
don't worry about,
you know and we've been
00:24:44.12\00:24:47.40
given the capability
to think and to reason and
00:24:47.43\00:24:49.73
to know that we can live,
learn a little bit from this.
00:24:49.76\00:24:53.88
That's why if you
put this in a context
00:24:53.91\00:24:56.97
of stress and
spirituality you can say
00:24:57.00\00:25:00.52
that the stress
is when the enemy
00:25:00.55\00:25:03.14
put things in
your life to deter you
00:25:03.17\00:25:06.36
from God. So if we
use this mechanism,
00:25:06.39\00:25:11.07
the solution is to
go back to the Lord
00:25:11.10\00:25:13.41
and I like the verse in Matthew,
00:25:13.44\00:25:17.21
in John 16:33, that we say,
00:25:17.24\00:25:21.71
I have told you
these things, so that in
00:25:21.74\00:25:24.24
me you have
peace. In this world you
00:25:24.27\00:25:27.60
will have trouble.
But I overcome the world.
00:25:27.63\00:25:30.70
I put here in the
world, you will have
00:25:30.73\00:25:35.18
stress, not
trouble, stress. Umm! Umm!
00:25:35.21\00:25:37.29
He was preparing
us for that, in the
00:25:37.32\00:25:40.13
world you will have stress, but
00:25:40.16\00:25:42.66
take heart, trust
in me, I have overcame
00:25:42.69\00:25:46.55
the world and so
that's the point.
00:25:46.58\00:25:49.53
We have to remember the three
00:25:49.56\00:25:52.33
priorities, we have to go back
00:25:52.36\00:25:54.14
to the main
priority that I would say
00:25:54.17\00:25:57.68
is God. People
say well, but I have
00:25:57.71\00:26:00.59
to work and I have to
take care of my family.
00:26:00.62\00:26:03.77
Once you put God
first, the other two
00:26:03.80\00:26:07.10
will come along,
the other two will be
00:26:07.13\00:26:09.73
a part of that
because God will guide
00:26:09.76\00:26:11.75
you to take care of
your job and to take
00:26:11.78\00:26:14.91
care of your
family. Exactly, and I think
00:26:14.94\00:26:18.02
that's where our topic
for today's stress centers on
00:26:18.05\00:26:20.95
God, because even
Jesus said you will have
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trouble like you
told us and told our
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listeners, but to expect
the troubles, to know that
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you know they will be
there as long as we live,
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it's like knowing
and learning how to drive
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and knowing that you have
a brake pedal or something
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crosses a road that
you can slow down and
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learn to use that
sometimes, to slow down,
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go around the
troubles or go around our
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issues that are dealing
with us and always with God's
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guidance, always with God's help
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and that will help us through,
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through these hard times.
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Another thing is that
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what happened to Balaam is that
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he didn't see the big picture,
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with God he will be
able or he will make
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you able to see a little more
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what is happening
around. So for many
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situations that
you are in being with
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the Lord will clear
your, open your eyes
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to see what is going on around.
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Exactly. Stress will be
around us, we need to look
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around, see the big
picture and learn not to
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live with stress
constantly in our lives.
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Dr. Dos Santos,
I thank you for all
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the good help
you've given us to learn
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and to deal with
and cope with stress,
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your knowledge and
your presence has been very
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helpful. Thank you so
much. You are welcome,
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I feel relaxed now.
Thank you, thank you.
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That's good, and we
would just wanna thank
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you for watching, for
making wonderfully made
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something you
enjoy watching and learn
00:27:43.78\00:27:46.54
and we hope that we
have been able to provide
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helpful tips that
you maybe able to take
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from today on and apply
them to your life, to know
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that God is in control,
that God is there to help,
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that God is there to
provide a plan and a way
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and that he is already
in the future, that he knows
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all things and he has
the power and the strength
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to help us through all things.
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Thank you very much for
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watching Wonderfully Made.
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