♪ WELCOME BACK TO FAMILY HEALTH MATTERS.

AM SHELLEY IRWIN.

WITH ME TODAY ARE THOSE EXPERTS, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF UNITED WAY LAKESHORE.

DR. EVAN PARKS, CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST, MARY FREE BED REHABILITATION HOSPITAL AND DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND WELL-BEING PROGRAMS AT BLUE CROSS-BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN.

THANK YOU, ALL, FOR BEING HERE.

HERE WE GO.

AL VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC TO TALK ABOUT.

OUR FINANCES.

HOW DO WE STAY HEALTHY AND STRESS FREE WHEN WE DEAL WITH THOSE.

LET ME BEGIN WITH YOU, SUNDAY.

HOW DID YOU FEN THE DAY IN THE SNITCH.

>> , I AM THE DIRECTOR OF WELL-BEING.

WELL BEING.

ONE PART IS FINANCIAL WELL-BEING.

PEOPLE THINK ABOUT PHYSICAL WELL BEING AND THINK ABOUT MENTAL WELL BEING ALL THE TIME.

BUT FINANCIAL WELL-BEING IS REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THAT, RIGHT.

IT IS IMPORTANT COMPONENT TO THE OVERALL WELL-BEING.

IT CAN LEAD TO A LOT OF STRESS.

SO FOR ME PERSONALLY.

WHAT WE DO IS WE TALK TO MEMBERS FROM BLUE CROSS.

WE TALK TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT HOW TO GET CONTROL AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO BE VERY SECURE IN YOUR FINANCIAL WELL-BEING STATE.

IF YOU IGNORE IT.

THEN YOU KNOW, THAT CAN LEAD TO STRESS AND CAN AFFECT THE MENTAL AND THE PHYSICAL HEALTH.

YES, WE'LL TALK ABOUT STRESS.

CHRISTINE, TALK TO US ABOUT THE UNITED WAY.

>> SO UNITED WAY, WE REALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO CONNECT WITH THEIR COMMUNITY.

THINK ESPECIALLY TO SHARE WITH SO MANY PEOPLE FEELING ISOLATED, JUST KNOW THAT YOU HO HE KNOW, WHETHER YOU YOUR GOAL IS TO IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH.

THERE IS WAYS TO VOLUNTEER AND HELPING IN THE COME WIN THIS OTHER AGENCIES.

EVEN THINKING ABOUT GETTING INVOLVED IN DOING THE 5K AND BEING ONE OF THE PLANNERS OF THAT, AND SO JUST, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY JUST GETTING INVOLVED IN WALKING YOURSELF, BUT BEING INVOLVED IN SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN BE A PART OF PLANNING.

THAT CAN IMPROVE THE HEALTH.

AGAIN, YOUR GOAL IS JUST, JUST CONNECTING MORE EVEN ON THAT FINANCIAL END AND WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE HELPING PEOPLE PREPARE THROUGH THE TEXT HERE AND VOLUNTEER, AND INCOME TAX PREPARATION PROGRAM, THEY ARE LENDING THEIR SKILLS, AND BACK TO HELP OTHERS AND CONNECT WITH SOMEONE TO HELP THEM GET DOLLARS BACK TO HELP THEM IN THE PANDEMIC.

SO LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO CONNECT, VOLUNTEER, REALLY IMPROVES YOUR OVERALL PSYCHOLOGY, MENTAL HEALTH, SELF-ESTEEM WHEN YOU ARE GIVING BACK.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL TAKE APART THOSE FOR SURE.

LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR PSYCHOLOGY HAT.

>> YES.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

I AM PART OF MARY FREE BED REHABITATION HOSPITAL HERE IN GRAND RAPIDS IN A WORK IN THE PAIN REHAB TAILINGS PROGRAM.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SEE HERE ARE PEOPLE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY FINANCIAL CHANGES IN THEIR LIFE AND IN PART BECAUSE OF THE INTERFERENCE THAT PAIN AND OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS BRING ON.

PEOPLE CAN BE LAID OFF OF WORK.

THEY CAN ON DISABILITY.

THEY CAN ACTUALLY LOSE BENEFITS AND QUITE A NUMBER OF FINANCIAL CHALLENGES AND END UP BEING A PART OF THEIR LIFE THAT COMPLICATE THEIR ABILITY TO GET THEIR FEET UNDER THEM AGAIN AND BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR QUALITY OF LIFELE OR MENTAL HEALTH AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH, SO WE TRY TO WALK PEOPLE THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND GIVE THEM TOOLS THAT THEY CAN TUESDAY HELP MANAGE SOME OF THAT LAV CHALLENGE THAT IS HAPPENING.

HAPPENING TO MANY PEOPLE RIGHT NOW.

>> STAYING WITH YOU, ALSO ADO A LITTLE BIOLOGY 101.

PHYSICAL STRESS.

START HERE, PLEASE.

>> YES.

YEAH.

SO STRESS HAS TO DO WITH PRESSURE.

SO THINK OF 100 YEARS AGO THERE WAS GUISE NAMED WALTER CANNON.

HE WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT HAPPENS TO RATS WHEN THEY DO UNPLEASANT THINGS TO THEM AND HE CAME UP WITH THIS WORD STRESS.

IT TAILSLY BORROWED FROM FIXES OR ENGINEERS THAT HAS TO DO WITH PRESSURE.

SO WHEN WE'RE UNDER PRESSURE, YOU KNOW, THE BODY TRIES TO RESPOND TO THAT AND GET US BACK INTO BALANCE AND PART OF THAT GETTING US BACK INTO BALANCING IS THIS ACTIVATION OF THE FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE.

SO IN THE SHORT TERM, THE FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE IF WE HAVE A BIG PHYSICAL THREAT LOOK THE NEAR MISS CAR ACCIDENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS SUPER ADAPTIVE AND HELPS US RESPOND, BUT CHRONICALLY WHEN WE'RE UNDER STRESS IN THAT FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE IS ON EVERY SINGLE DAY, IT BEGINS TO WEAR DOWN THE BODY, SO WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN ADRENALINE, CORT SOL, INCREASED BLOOD PRESSURE, INCREASED HEART RATE, INCREASE IN BLOOD SUGAR, CHANNEL IN CIRCULATION, SO THAT WE LOSE CIRCULATION FROM OUR HANDS AND FROM OUR FEET AND SWYRIN CREASED MUSCLE TENSION, THE MOUTH BECOMES DRY, ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN ORDER TO TRY TO GET US TO ADAPT, THAT IS GOOD IN THE SHORT TERM, BUT WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH SOMETHING CHRONICALLY THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP ADAPTING TO AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO BE UNDER THAT PRESSURE THAT IS WHEN WE CAN BEGIN TO SEE SOME OF THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS THAT COME FROM THE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE BODY.

FOR THE MOST PART, THOSE ARE HELPFUL, BUT CAN BECOME SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY CAUSES PROBLEMS.

>> SUNDAY, WILL HAVE YOU FOLLOW UP AND THEN ALSO DISCUSS MEANT AL STRESS, PLEASE.

>> YEAH.

YOU KNOW, IN RELATION TO FINANCIAL WELL BEING AND THE STRESS IT CAN CAUTION PEOPLE.

IT JUST BRINGS YOU INTO THAT SPACE OF SAFETY.

IT IS A SAFETY NET, RIGHT.

SO THIS IDEA THAT DAY AFTER DAY OR MONTH AFTER MON, PEOPLE NOT BEING ABLE TO SPEND THE NIN THAT THEY NEED ON THEIR BILLS OR WHATEVER THEIR BUDGET IS, THAT BECOMES PRECARIOUS FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WHICH CAUSES EMOTIONAL STRESS LIKE EVAN IS TALKING ABOUT AND THAT COULD SPILL OVER TO OTHER PARTS OF THE WELL-BEING, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO TO COME BAT THAT IS LOOKING AT PEOPLE TO SAY, IN ORDER TO CONTROL YOUR STRESS, IN ORDER TO NOT TO BE IN THAT SITUATION, THAT ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO IS IS CREATE BUDGET.

SNOW IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FINANCIAL WELL-BEING FOR A SECOND, SO CREATING THAT BUDGET, AND I HAD TWO BOYS THAT GRADUATED FROM M YOU, GO GREEN, THEY ARE ACTUALLY IN JON JOBS NOW, IN A LECTURED THEMLE FROM A YOUNG AGE ON THIS.

YOU DON'T WANT TO BE STRESSED OUT, SO YOU NEED TO KNOW, RITE IS AWARENESS CAMPAIGN FOR YOURSELF.

YOU NEED KNOW WHAT ISING ON SO CREATING THAT BUD GIFT MONEY COMING IN, AND KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT NUMBER IS THEN A SPREAD SHEET OF MONEY GOING OUT AND THEN CREATING STRATEGIES AROUND THAT AND THAT HELPS SO MUCH IN THAT PART OF YOUR OVERALL WELL-BEING WHICH IS FINANCIAL WELL-BEING.

THAT ALONE THE WEARNESS OF WHAT IS GOING ON HAS BEEN SHOWN TOP REALLY HELP PEOPLE IN THIS SPACE OF STRESS AND COON I TY INTO TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT AROUND FINANCES.

YES.

AND TO YOU CHRISTINE IF YOU WOULD FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

YEAH.

I GUESS ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THROUGH UNITED LANSING, WE HAVE A TWO ON ONE HELP LINE, AND A LOT OF PROGRAMS TO CONNECT WITH AND THIS HAVE BUDGET, BUDGET BEING SKILL AND PROGRAMS AND SO IF WHEREVER ARE AT AND YOU ARE LOOKING TO FOLLOW UP ON WAYS YOU CAN CONNECT WITH AGENCY THAT COULD HELP WITH COPES OR COUNSELING, IN THE, YOU CONSIDER CALLING 211, CONNECTING WITH THE 201 HELP LYNN, BUT AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE STRESS AND THE IDEA OF, AGAIN, THE ABILITY TO REACH OUT TO YOUR COMMUNITY KNOW THERE IS PLACES TO HELP.

WE HAVE A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE HELPING SCHEDULING VACCINE.

NOW HE, THE COMMUNITY HAS A GREAT NEED FOR INDIVIDUALS TO HELP IN A VARIETY OF WAYS SO WHETHER YOU CAN HELP IN A FOOD PANTRY PACKING FOOD.

WE HAD A COAT DRIVE RECENTLY THROUGH EVERY COMMUNITY I KNOW OF HAS AGENCIES THAT RUNNER THE GUN TO HELP THE INDIVIDUALS ARE IN THE COME IN THE GET THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC SO MANY WAYS YOU CAN HELP.

MANY IN YOU CAN DO FROM HOME.

WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE WRITING NOTE CARDS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE NURSING HOMES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO HAVE VISITORS.

AND IT JUST, IT GIVES THAT YOU FEELING OF SELF WORTH BECAUSE YOU HAVE DONE SOMETHING TO HELP SOMEONE ELSE.

AND EVERY DAY I, I GET A CARD FROM SOMEONE THAT SAYS, KNOW, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP SOMEONE ELSE THAT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD.

THEN, I GET A GRADER THE PERSON THAT THEY HELPED SAYING I THANK YOU.

THAT WAS SO HELP.

SH SOME OF THE WHETHER IT IS CARE PACKAGES THAT EVERY ISKILL THAT YOU HAVE IS USABLE AND I THINK THE BEST, THE BEST WAY YOU CAN GIVE BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY IS TO GIVE YOUR TIME.

AND THIS COULD BE JUST BEING KIND TO YOUR NEIGHBOR AND KINDER TO YOUR OWN FAMILY AND REALIZING THAT YOUR COWORKERS ARE GOING THROUGH A LOT OF STRESS AND YOU KNOW, INWARDLY TRYING FO BE A LITTLE BIT NICER DURING THIS SEASON.

>> DR. WHERE YOU ARE IN A RETHAT BAITIVE SESSION SETHING, PERHAPS TALK ABOUT BREAKING A STRESSFUL CYCLE WHETHER IT IS PHYSICAL OR MENTAL.

LE THERE ARE BILLS TO BE PAID.

YET I STILL NEED PHYSICAL THERAPY.

WHERE WILL DO I GET OUT OF THIS?

IF I CAN MAKE THE PAYMENTS?

>> YEAH.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE VERY TO REALIZE, SHELLIE, THERE IS A CYCLE, SO YOU PICTURE, LET'S SAY PHYSICAL.

YOU HAVE FINANCIAL STRESS.

THAT IMPACTS YOUR MIND AND YOUR BODY WHICH INCREASES THE STRESS LEVEL, WHICH CAN LEAD TYPICALLY TO US TRYING TO COPE WITH THAT IN WAYS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY HELPFUL.

WE MIGHT START EATING MORE.

WE MIGHT MOVE LESS.

WE MAY USE ALCOHOL.

AND THEN WE VERY A FINANCIAL STRESSOR, ALREADY, MANY PEOPLE WE ARE FINDING ARE DELAYING MEDICAL CARE AND THEN THAT DELAYED MEDICAL CARE, WELL, THAT IS ONLY GOING TO LEAD TO FURTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS DOWN THE ROAD AND MANY PEOPLE UNFORTUNATELY HAVE HIGH DEDUCTIBLE INSURANCE PLANS RIGHT NOW FANNED THEY ARE ALREADY FINANCIALLY STRESSED, IT MAKES IT VERY HARD FOR THEM TO EVEN SEEK HELP SO TO GET OUT OF THAT.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT PEOPLE TO DO IS HELP PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE PASSIVE STRATEGIES AND ACTIVE COPING STRATEGIES, A PASSIVE COPING STRATEGY WITH STRESS IS TO TRY TO AVOID THE THOUGHTS AND THE EMOTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT STRESS, AVOID THINKING ABOUT THAT STRESSFUL SITUATION, WITHDRAW FROM PEOPLE SOCIALLY AND TRYING TO COMFORT OURSELF AND DO LESS PHYSICALLY, THOSE ARE PASSIVE TRAGEDIES WE ALL DO THOSE.

BUT WHAT WE REALLY IMMEDIATE TO DO IS ENGAGE IN ACTIVE COPING STRATEGIES, WHERE WE INTENTIONALLY MAKE A PLAN AND LOOK AT THE STRUGGLES THAT WE HAVE AND TRY TO COME UP WITH IDEAS OF WHAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO AND LIKE WAS ALREADY MENTIONED YOU WOULD CREATE BUDGET IS VERY HELPFUL.

SECONDLY, WE NEED TO PUT OUR ENERGY TO GOOD USE.

THAT FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE IS USEFUL BUT HOW DO WE PUT THAT INTO GOOD USE.

WELL, PHYSICALLY, WE NEED TO BECOME ACTIVE.

SOGSLY WE NEED TO STAY CONNECTED AND THIRDLY, WE REALLY NEED TO BE WILLING TO ACCEPT THE TRUG THAT WE HAVE WITHOUT TRYING TO GET RID OF IT.

AND USE OUR GOOD CHARACTER TO PUT INTO GOOD USE TO ENGAGE WITH HELPING OTHERS.

I LOVED WHAT WAS BEING TALKED ABOUT ABOUT VOLUNTEERING.

THE MORE WE USE OUR ENERGY AND TIME DIRECTED TOWARD HELPING PEOPLE EVEN THOUGH WE'RE STRUGGLING, THE BETTER OFF WE ARE.

>> SUNDAY, LET'S STAY ON THIS TOPIC OF, AGAIN, BACK TO THE BUDGET, BACK TO BREAKING THE CYCLE, BEING HEALTHY, BEING WELL.

TELL ME.

>> YEAH.

I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT FROM CHRISTINE THAT PART OF THE PILLARS OF WELL-BEING IS COMMUNITY SERVICE AND THERE IS DOCUMENTED RESEARCH, I AGREE BOTH OF YOU.

THE SENSE OF VOLUNTEERING AND A SENSE OF COME THINS SO IMPORTANT TO YOUR OVERWELL WELL-BEING SO I WANTED TO ECHO THAT I COMPLETELY AGREE AND APPLAUD BOTH OF YOU FOR THE STATEMENTS BECAUSE THAT IS 100% IN LINE WITH ALL THE HE SAW THAT IN DO ON WELL-BEING BUT SWINGING THAT BACK TO FINANCIAL.

THAT BUDGET, YOU KNOW, IT GIVES YOU THAT AWARENESS.

IT GIVES YOU SOMETHING TO DO.

I LOVE DR., YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT BEING ACTIVE AND DOING SOMETHING.

SOMETIME WHEN YOU GET IN THATTATION, WHERE YOU ARE JUST COMPLETELY UNDER STRESS, AND WE TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT BEING MINDFUL, TAKING A DEEP BREATH, BEING PRESENT, BEING IN THE MOMENT AND THEN, DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, THEN YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE SPIRALS.

SO WORKING ON AND BUDGET, AND THEN, PUTTING GOALS, JUST LIKE PHYSICAL FITNESS, WHEN YOU ARE DOING PHYSICAL FITNESS YOU HAVE GOALS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR, STRENGTH AND FLEXIBILITY.

FINANCIAL IN THOUGH SAME THING.

YOU HAVE SHORT TERM GOALS CREATING THAT BUDGET, GETTING A HANDLE ON YOUR CREDIT CARD DEBT, BUTTING A PLAN TOGETHER TO ORGANIZE YOUR DEBT, TO SAY WHAT THE HIGH INTEREST RUN ONES.

WILL START TO CHUNK THOSE OFF.

THEN GOING BACK TO HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THINGS.

THERE IS A NEW RESEARCH THAT I JUST LOVE THIS RESEARCH PROJECT THAT SAID, GRAB THAT SMALL DEBT, LIKE SAY THIS IS A SMALL CREDIT CARD DEBT, AND IT IS HOT THE HIGHEST INTEREST BUT IT IS SMALL.

PAY IT OFF.

THEN RIP IT UP.

THEN CELEBRATE THAT YOU DID THAT.

THEN, THAT GIVES THAT YOU MOMENTUM IN YOUR WELL-BEING STATE TO GO EVEN FURTHER AND THEN START PUTTING SOME LONG-TERM GOALS TOGETHER.

START THINKING ABOUT HOW CAN I PUT MONEY DOWN TO PAY FOR HOUSE OR HOW CAN I PAY OFF THE CREDIT CARD DEBTS OR HOW CAN I MAYBE PURCHASE VEHICLE WITH CASH IF I AM ABLE TO BE WITHOUT GETTING SPIRALING DOWN.

I WAS LISTENING TO NEWS THIS MORNING AND THEY HAD SOMEBODY AM TALKING ABOUT FINANCIAL IRONICALLY ENOUGH, AND THEY MADE THAT POINT, AGAIN, ABOUT PAY YOUR DEBTS DID ON TIME.

PAY YOUR MONTHLY FEES ON TIME BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, YOU WILL SPIRAL EVEN FURTHER INTO DEBT AND THAT WILL AFFECT YOUR CREDIT SCORE, SOB ACT AND THINK AND PLAN AND MAKE A STRATEGY TO GET YOURSELF INTO CONTROL AND THAT WILL HELP YOU IMMENSELY TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT WHAT OVER YOUR SHORT OR LONG-TERM GOALS ARE.

IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ACTUALLY TAKE A STEP FORWARD.

>> CRIST MEAN?

WHAT ARE DO YOU FOLLOW UP WITH THAT INTO YEAH.

YEAH.

AGAIN.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE AGAIN, CONNECTING WITH THE LOCAL UNITED WAY.

THEY HAVE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO VOLUNTEER AND ALSO CONNECT WITH THOSE RESOURCES, AND I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, THEY THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND IN DOING SO YOU WILL HELP YOUR OWN STRESS LEVEL AND WILL CERTAINLY HELP YOUR COMMUNITY.

>> YES.

>> DR.

PARKS, BACK TO MAYBE A BIT MORE OF THE MENTAL HEALTH SIDE.

OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE TALKING MUCH PREVENTION IS IMPORTANT HERE.

BUT TAKE US, BREAK THAT CYCLE OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH SPIRAL THAT WE'RE HOPING TO TALK MORE AND MORE ABOUT TODAY.

>> YEAH.

YEAH.

SO NENTAL HEALTH SIDE IS REALLY INTERESTING.

WHEN WE HAVE FINANCIAL LOSSES, WE WHEN WE ARE NOT ABLE TO MEET OUR BILLS.

THAT PUTS PRESSURE ON US.

THAT PRESSURE LEADS TO A STRESS RESPONSE.

THAT STRESS RESPONSE LEFT UNCHECKED CAN LEAD TO ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, IN SOME DEGREE, THOSE CONDITIONS IN THEMSELVES REALLY MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR US TO BE THINKING CLEARLY, YOU HE, REASON RITE SPER FERS WITH OUR PROBLEM-SOLVING.

IT INTERFERES WITH OUR ABILITY TO FEEL OPTIMISTIC AND HOPEFUL ABOUT THE FUTURE.

AND WHEN THAT SETS IN, WE END UP REALLY FEELING LIKE THE FUTURE IS NOT GOOD.

AND WE CAN'TIING IF GUR OUR WAY FORWARD AND MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR US TO LOOK FOR ANOTHER JOB OR IF WE NEED TO START A SMALL BUSINESS OR IF WE NEED TO BUDGET TO PUT OUR MENTAL ENERGY INTO IT.

WHICH THEN FURTHER IMPAIRS OUR STRUGGLE.

SO MAN AMEING THAT HAS TO DID A WITH RECOGNIZING THAT OUR STRESS RESPONSE THERE IS TO ENGAGE US IN ACTIVITY.

WE NEED TO BECOME PHYSICALLY ACTIVE AND SOCIALLY ACTIVE AND PRO ACTIVE IN PROBLEM-SOLVING SO WE'LL TAKE THAT RESPONSE.

CHANGE TO IT EX POIT AND DELIGHT.

USE THAT ENERGY AND GET INVOLVED WITH SOMETHING.

COMMIT YOURSELF.

START DOING THOSE THINGS AND GAVE LITTLE BACKGROUND HURRICANE KATRINA AND THE 9/11 ATTACK.

THE PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE DEPRESSION AND PTSD WERE ON GROUND ZERO IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT, RIGHT THERE ARE MANY MAN HIM NO IN GROUND ZERO THAT DID NOT EXPERIENCE DEPRESSION OR PANIC OR PTSD.

THE DIFFERENCE WAS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO DID NOT EXPERIENCE DEPRESSION SPENT ALL THEIR TIME, ALL OF THEIR ENERGY HELPING OTHERS THAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE.

THEY PUT WHATEVER RESOURCES THAT THEY HAD INTO HELPING OTHERS AND YESTERDAY WAS NATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY.

82% OF THOSE WHO SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST THEY USE WHATEVER RESOURCES.

THEIR BLANKET, THEIR FOOD, THEIR WATER TO SERVE OTHERS WHILE THEY WERE IN THOSE CONCENTRATION CAMPS.

HELPING OTHERS IS ONE OF THE MOST BASIC STRATEGIES THAT WE CAN USE TO STRENGTHEN OURSELVES.

IT SOUNDS COUNTERINTUITIVE.

OH, I HAVE SO LITTLE TO GIVE.

WRAP WOULD I GIVE IT AWAY.

WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN WE USE WHATEVER RESOURCE THAT WE HAVE TO STRENGTHEN OTHERS, IT ACTUALLY STRENGTHENS US.

BACK TO YOU AGAIN.

BLUE CROSS-BLUE SHIELDSHIELD, ARE YOU OFFERING TELEMEDICINE SAY I WANT NUTRITIONAL TIPS AND I GOT TO GET OUT.

HOW DO YOU HELP ME.

WHAT IS THAT FORWARD PROJECTIONS YOU COULD OFFER.

>> THAT WHERE I WAS GOING TO GO.

TWO THINGS I WANT TO MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE OF.

ONE IS THAT IF YOU HAVE BLUE CROSS-BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN OR BLUE CARE NETWORK, THERE HAS BEEN A TEN-FOLD INCREASE INTEL LE MED SUN AND TALK ABOUT PEOPLE GROUNDING SHELVES.

PEOPLE FEELING THAT THEY ARE STRESSED OR ANXIOUS OR GOING INTO DEPRESSION.

IT IS A PHONE CALL AWAY.

YOU HAD TO MAKE APPOINMENT OR GO TO THE COUNCILOR AND SIT IN THE WAITING ROOM AND NOW GO IN.

THERE NOW THERE IS EXPLOSION WHICH I AM EXCITED ABOUT OF PEOPLE GETTING ACCESS T. PEOPLE GETTING ACCESS TO THE PHONE AND YOU GO ON AND YOU ACTUALLY CAN GET AND APPOINTMENT WITH A COUNCILOR AND TALK TO SOMEBODY VIA YOUR PHONE AND I DID IT MEDICALLY WHEN I HAD ISSUE THE EAR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND IT WAS JUST WAITING IN A WAITING ROOM.

YOU CAN TALK TO SOMEBODY.

THAT'S THE FIRST SIGN.

MAKE SURE WITHIN THE BENEFITS YOU GOT THAT AND REACH OUT TO SOMEBODY BE A THE HEALTH PLANS ARE PUSHING THAT OUT.

IN THIS THE SECOND THING WHETHER IT BE COMMUNITY SERVICE OR ANXIETY OR MINDFULNESS OR FINANCES THIS IS PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE CALLED VIRTUAL WELL-BEING.

AND YOU CAN FIND IT AT BLUE CROSS VIRTUAL WELL-BEING.COM.

AGAIN, THAT IS BLUE CROSS VERT SUL WELL-BEING.COM AND THREE TIMES PER WEEK ON TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAYS, AT NOON, WE HAVE A LIVE SESSION.

SO I HAVE ONE LIVE RATE TODAY AFTER I GET DONE TAPING THIS.

WE TALK ABOUT WELL-BEING TOPICS.

WITHIN THOSE WELL-BEING TOPICS TOPICS WHERE WE TALK TO PEOPLE, ANYONE CAN JOIN.

WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THIS WORLD THAT ARE JOINING US.

WE TALK ABOUT ISSUES THAT PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING WITH RIGHT NOW.

FANNED THEY ARE STRUGGLING WITH TRYING TO CREATE MINDFULNESS FOR THEM SELF BECAUSE THEY ARE UNDER STRESS AND PAIN TY AND LEARN WANT TO HOW TOTRATED A BUDGET.

HAVE 6 ON OF THE PEOPLE TODAY DON'T A BUDGET WHICH SHOCKS ME BUT EVEN MORE THAN THAT, YOU KNOW, 78% OF WORKERS ACCORDING TO THE LATEST RESEARCH LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK THAT IS VERY SCARY AND THAT IS WHY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING WITH AND XA TY OVER THEIR FINANCE.

WE GOT TO HELP THEM GET CONTROL SO THEY KNOW THE WAS IN OF WHAT IS GOING ON AND THEY CAN MAKE PLANS TO CHIP AWAY AT IT AND HAVE A CONTROL OVER THAT.

BECAUSE ONCE THEY GET CONTROL, THEN, AGAIN, THEY WILL FEEL LESS STRESS.

BUT THIS VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT ANYBODY CAN COME INTO AND REGISTER AND WATCH OR THEY ARE STORED ON DEMAND AND THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO LEARN HOW TO IMPROVE THEIR WELL-BEING BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DY AT BLUE CROSS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TRY TO HELP PEOPLE THRIVE IN THEIR LIFE.

AND THRIVING UNOVERALL LIFE IS GETTING THE SENSE OF MY OVERALL WELL-BEING, ALL, I KEEP DOING THIS, BECAUSE THERE IS MANY PARTS OF WELL-BEING, BUT TRAYING TO HELP THEM WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THEIR WELL-BEING SO THEY CAN THRIVE IN THEIR CURRENT STATE.

SO WE GOT LOTS OF RESOURCE THROUGHOUT THAT PEOPLE CAN TAP INTO.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT PASSION.

BACK TO YOU, CHRISTINE.

GAIN, YOU MENTIONED THE 211 BUT IF I NEED HELP WITH FY, I MEAN, CONCRETE HELP WITH THE TAXES OR I AM HAVING SHALL ISSUES, IS THERE A PERSON THAT I CAN TALK TO ON BEHALF OF YOUR UNITED WAY?

>> YOU KNOW, BECAUSE DIFFERENT UNITED WAYS THROUGHOUT THE REGION THAT WE ARE REVIEWING THIS.

WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO JUST CALL 211 BECAUSE IF YOU DIAL THAT NUMBER.

WILT GO TO THE UNITED WAY CLOSEST TO YOU.

AND YOU WILL BE CONNECTED WITH THE RESOURCES IN YOUR, IN YOUR NECK OF THE WOOD, AND HERE, HERE ON THE LAKESHORE, WE ARE UNITE IN THE LAKESHORE AND WE HAVE A GET CONNECTED LINE WHICH IS HOW YOU CONNECT THE VOLUNTEERISM.

ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN A VOLUNTEER AT OUR UNITED WAY THEN ANY TIME THERE IS A NEW VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY, WE ARE ABLE TO SPREAD THAT OUT SO WE HAVE GOT A CALL ONE DAY THAT THEY NEEDED SIX SIX WORKERS TO HELP WITH THE POP-UP VACCINATION CLINIC AT THE LAST MINUTE AND WE ARE ABLE TO YOU FIND SIX PEOPLE JUST LIKE THAT.

SO IT IS HELPFUL IF PEOPLE GET IN AND IF YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER.

GET IN THE UNITED WAY AND VOLUNTEER PORTAL AND OF YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITYAND YOU CAN ACCESS IT 211 AND ABLE TO CONNECT YOU TO THERE OR GO TO UNITED WAY.

ORG AND TYPE IN THE ZIP CODE AND CONNECT YOU RIGHT TO YOUR LOCAL UNITED WAY.

AND JUST TO PICK UP ON WHAT CINDY WAS SAYING A LITTLE BIT.

YOU MO, WE KNOW ALREADY BEFORE THE PANDEMIC THAT OVER 4% OF THE PEOPLE IN MICHIGAN WERE BELOW THE THRESHOLD SO THEM INTO WERE STRUGGLING ALREADY FINANCIALLY.

AND THERE IS LOFT FOCUS THAT UNITE WAY HAS PUT IN OUR PROGRAMS IN HOW DO WE HELP THE WORKING POOR AND HOW DO WE HELP THESE FAMILIES AND CERTAINLY, BUILDING THEIR FINANCIAL WELL-BEING AND CONNECTING THEM TOLL HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES AND IN THE COME TRIN SO CRITICAL ESPECIALLY NOUR THAT WE KNOW THAT THEIR KINS SO MUCH WORSE.

SINCE THE PANDEMIC.

AND SO I APPLAUD YOU FOR PICKING THIS TOPIC AND HAVING US COME AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT.

I DO THINK THAT THERE IS JUST A HUGE NEED FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS CONNECTION AND THAT THERE ARE CONNECTIONS THAT PEOPLE CAN MAKE THROUGH 211 AND THROUGH THE VOLUNTEERING AND COMMUNITY SERVICE THAT WILL HELP THEIR LIVES AND LASTLY, MAKE SURE ARE CONNECTING YOUR KIDS THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE WHETHER THROUGH THE CHURCH, THERE THROUGH BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND THROUGH BIG BROTHERS OR SISTERRORS SCOUTING WE GOT TO K MA YOU ARE SH THE WHOLE FAMILY IS HEALTHY.

YES.

CHRISTINE, HOW DO WE FIND OUT MORE BAR THE LAKESHORE UNITED WAY LAKESHORE?

>> UNITED WAY LAKESHORE.

ORG WILL TELL YOU EVERYTHING BUS.

>> GREAT.

VOLUNTEER INDIANA.

SUNDAY, WHAT DO YOU LEAVE WITH US ON BE HALF OF THE BLUE CROSS-BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN?

>> OH, 1:00 OVERALL, WELL-BEING, PROBABLY FOR PEOPLE TOLL REALLY SIT BACK AND THINK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO WORK ON WHETHER IT IS YOUR PHYSICAL HEALTH YOUR MENTAL HEALTH OR YOUR FINANCIAL HEALTH AND YOUR CONNECTION, WE CALL IT YOUR SOCIAL WELL-BEING.

THERE IS SO MONEY THINGS IN YOUR LIFE.

REACH OUT AND TRY GET HELP FROM SOMEBODY.

WHETHER IT BE A RESOURCE FROM YOUR HEALTH PLAN, WHETHER IT BE COMING INTO BLUE CROSS VIRTUAL WELL-BEING WHICH ANYONE CAN COME INTO THE WEBINARS.

TAKE A STEP FORWARD AND, I DO WANT TO AGREE WITH CHRISTINA ABOUT THE YOUNG CHILDREN.

WE ARE VERY CONCERNED AT BLUE CROSS AND WHAT IS HAPPEN RIGHT NOW WITH ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION WITH THOSE KIDS AND SO THAT IS, I LOVE HOW YOU SAID IT.

VERY HE'LL GENT QUARTERBACKLY IT IS NOT, IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT ME BECAUSE I AM ADULT IN ALL OF THOSE WELL BEING AREAS ABOUT IT IS GIVING THOSE SKILLS TO YOUR CHILDREN AND TEACHING THEM MEDITATION AND TEACHING THEM MINFULNESS.

TEACHING THEM HOW TO BUDGET.

YOU ARE ONLY GOING TO HELP THEM DOWN THE ROAD AS THEY BECOME AN ADULT AND BE A ROLE MODEL UNALL OF THOSE AREAS FOR YOUR KIDS AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS TO YOU MY HEART AS WELL.

SO I, EVERYBODY A THRIVING LIFE FANNED YOU GOT AH AREA REACH OUT BLUE CROSS HELPS PEOPLE EVEN THAT DON'T HAVE BLUE CROSS THROUGH THE PROGRAM SO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE REACH OUT TO YOUR UNITED WAY.

REACH OUT TO THE PHYSICIAN BUT GET THE HELP YOU NEED BECAUSE IF YOU NEED IT.

YOU HAVE TO REACH OUT.

NO MORE OF THE STIGMA OF NOT REACHING OUT.

THAT HAS BEEN THE PROBLEM FOR YEARS THESE ANTI-TIG MA CAMPAIGN AND IF YOU NEED HELP, YOU GOT TO REACH OUT TO SOMEBODY AND MAKE A CONNECTION.

THAT IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST.

>> WHAT IS YOUR WEBSITE, SEASON THINK?

>> WELL, BLUE CROSS VIRTUAL WELL-BEING.COM.

ITS THE REGISTRATION WEBSITE FOR THOSE WEBINARS THEN BCBS.COM ITS FOR THE HEALTH PLAN.

WE LEAVE YOU ONE MINUTE FOR YOUR CLOSING COMMENTS AND CONTACT INFORMATION.

>> MARY FREE BED REHABILITATION HOSPITAL IS HERE IN CALIFORNIA.

WE HAVE LOCATIONS ALL OVER THE STATE NOW.

THE EAST SIDE, KALAMAZOO KALAMAZOO, HOLLAND, MUSKEGON, TRAVERSE CITY AND YOU CAN FIND US AT MARY FREE BED.COM.

I REALLY WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT OUR PERSPECTIVE OF STRESS IS REALLY WHAT DETERMINES HOW STRESS IMPACTS US AND WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT STRESS AND PROBLEMS IN LIFE ARE INEVITABLE BUT SUFFERING ITSELF IS OPTIONAL AND WE SUFFER THE MOST WHEN WE STRUGGLE TO ACCEPT THE THINGS THAT WE CANNOT CONTROL AND MORE ACTIVE WE ARE IN TAKING CHARGE OF OUR LIFE AND CONNECTING WITH OTHERS AND SERVING OTHERS BEING PROACTIVE IN SOLVING PROBLEMS AND THE BETTER WE WILL BE IN USING OUR STRESS RESPONSE TO GOOD USE RATHER THAN HAVING IT DAMAGE OUR BODY.

HOW DO WE CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION WITH YOU.

>> JUST THROUGH CONTACTING MARY FREE BETTED.COM AND LOOK FOR THE PAIN CENTER.

>> VERY NICE.

OK. WELL, STRESS CAN BE NEGATIVE BUT CAN POSITIVE AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING ALL OF YOUR WISDOM AND CHRISTINE, SIGN ME UP FOR THAT 5K.

I WILL RUN RITE AND VOLUNTEER WITH YOU AS WELL.

OK.

THANKS VERY MUCH DR. AND SUNDAY AND CHRISTINE FOR YOUR TIME.

THANKS.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.