Stress is a word that most of us use with regularity to describe our state of mind or our lives but what does it really mean? Being in a prolonged state of stress is toxic to our body and mind. This state of “toxic stress” has serious emotional and physical health. Next on Line One, co-host Prentiss Pemberton discusses the impact of chronic stress on our health and what we can do to retrain our brains.
HOST: Prentiss Pemberton, LCSW
GUESTS:
- Shelly Wedge, MA, LPA
LINKS:
- 5 Things You Should Know About Stress
- The Mayo Clinic provides an overview of stress basics and management
- Heart.org also has a listen of stress management tactics
Correction: The original broadcast of this episode of Line One lists a wait time of nine months to access services with Anchorage Community Mental Health Services. ACMHS is now able to schedule new patients within 1-2 weeks.
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LIVE BROADCAST: Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. AKDT
REPEAT BROADCAST: Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019, at 8:00 p.m. AKDT
LINE ONE’S FAVORITE HEALTH AND SCIENCE LINKS:
- Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic offer extensive health information libraries
- MedlinePlus has a guide to finding reliable health information on the internet
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI)
- Carl Sagan’s Baloney Detection Kit and common logical fallacies
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Prentiss Pemberton is a host of Line One: Your Health Connection at Alaska Public Media. Reach him at lineone@alaskapublic.org. Read more about Prentiss here.
