BETH McCLURE, WHO WORKS IN
MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS NEAR
ST.
LOUIS, IS LIKE MANY AMERICANS
DEALING WITH THE CONSTANT PRESSURES
OF EVERYDAY LIFE.
WANTING TO TACKLE HER STRESS
HEAD-ON, McCLURE TURNED TO A
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI EXTENSION
PROGRAM CALLED TAKING CARE OF YOU.
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BETH McCLURE
CLASS PARTICIPANT
“I approached the class because i was
looking for help in finding balance in my
life and
just really improving as a person in both
my career
and in my personal life.”
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“Really are number one killers in the United
States are closely related to stress.”
MOLLY VETTER-SMITH WITH UNIVERSITY
OF MISSOURI EXTENSION LEADS THE
TAKING CARE OF YOU….BODY-MIND-SPIRIT
PROGRAM.
DEVELOPED AT MU, THE STATE-WIDE
PROGRAM HELPS PARTICIPANTS DEAL
WITH STRESS AND IMPROVE LIFESTYLE
HABITS.
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MOLLY VETTER-SMITH
MU Extension State Health Education
Specialist “Our research shows that our
participants
improved their lifestyle behaviors.
They were
eating better as a result of the program,
exercising
more, their social health was improved, also
they
were sleeping better.”
THE MU EXTENSION CLASSES CONSIST
OF EIGHT ONE HOUR SESSIONS.
CLASSES ARE USUALLY SMALL…UNDER
20 PEOPLE.
VERA MASSEY TEACHES A CLASS AND
SAYS THE PROGRAM ATTRACTS PEOPLE
FROM VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS INCLUDING
TEACHERS, HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
AND RETIREES.
THE SMALL GROUP ATMOSPHERE
ALLOWS FOR A COMFORTABLE SETTING.
MASSEY SHOWS HAS SIMPLE
BREATHING TECHNIQUES CAN HELP ONE
DEAL WITH STRESSFUL SITUATIONS.
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VERA MASSEY
MU EXTENSION HEALTH EDUCATION
SPECIALIST
“It’s really not the stress itself that
causes
most of the problems for us in life, it’s
how we
respond to it.”
MANAGING LIFE’S DEMANDS IN A
HEALTHY WAY IS THE KEY.
MCCLURE AGREES IT’S THESE SIMPLE
AND USEFUL METHODS THAT MAKE ALL
THE DIFFERENCE.
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NO SUPER-MCCLURE AGAIN))
“One thing that always sticks out to me
that
I remember word for word from the Taking Care
of
You class is ‘don’t spend an extraordinary
time on
ordinary things.”
NEAR ST.
LOUIS, KENT FADDIS (1:52)
REPORTING.
