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Nikki: THE HOLIDAYS ARE
FUN, JANUARY CAN BE A LITTLE BIT
OF A LETDOWN, YOU KNOW, GRAY,
THE DAYS CAN BEEN QUITE COLD,
THIS MONDAY WAS DUBBED THE MOST
DEPRESSING DAY OF THE YEAR,
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, JOINING ME
NOW WITH WAYS TO AVOID
POST-HOLIDAY BLUES IS GALE
TRACKO A GRIEF MEDIATOR.
WE WERE CHATTING DURING THE
COMMERCIAL BREAK ABOUT SOME, YOU
KNOW, I WOKE UP IN A BIT OF A
FUNKY MOOD AND FEW THINGS KEPT
ROLLING INTO ONE AND I WAS IN A
BAD MOOD, YOU HAVE WAYS WE CAN
SNAP OUT OF IT.
YOU KNOW, YOUR MOOD SETS SETS SETS THE
TONE FOR THE DAY AND ANY GIVEN
PART OF THE DAY.
YOU ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU
FEEL YOUR BEST.
ROBIN WILLIAMS AND MARILYN
MONROE ARE TWO AMERICANS THAT
ARE EXAMPLE OF PEOPLE WHO HAD
DEPRESSIVE DISORDER.
THIS IS CLINICAL DEPRESSION.
WE ALL HAVE BLUE MOMENTS DURING
DAY AND YEAR.
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
FEELING BLUE AND DIAGNOSED WITH
CLINICAL DEPRESSION.
THERE ARE THREE MISTAKES TO
AVOID ESPECIALLY AFTER THE
HOLIDAYS, YOU KNOW, WITH
THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS, OR
LEADING INTO VALENTINE'S DAY.
IT IS LIKE A BIG ROLLER COASTER
EMOTION RIDE FOR PEOPLE.
MICHAEL JACKSON MISTAKE.
Nikki: MICHAEL JACKSON
MISTAKE WHAT IS THAT?
ISOLATION.
THE FIRST SYMPTOM OF CLINICAL
DEPRESSION IS ISOLATION.
IN THE WINTER SOMETIMES YOU IS
TO BE ISOLATED.
IT WAS COLDER IN JACKSONVILLE
THIS MORNING, PEOPLE MAY NOT
HAVE GONE OUT TO WALK ON THE
BEACHES AS EARLY AS THEY WOULD.
MAYBE THEY WILL DO IT THIS
AFTERNOON.
THEY MAY FEEL ISOLATED NOT DOING
THAT MORNING EXERCISE ROUTINE.
Nikki: SO THE SECOND ONE IS
THE ANNA NICOLE SMITH FLIP?
SELF-S ME, DRUGS AND --
SELF-MEDICATION, DRUGS AND
ALCOHOL.
A BIG MISTAKE.
BIG MISTAKE AND A TOXICOLOGY
DISASTER.
AND THEN THE ROBIN WILLIAMS
REGRET.
SUICIDAL THOUGHTS.
WE ALL KNOW THE TRAGIC OUTCOME
OF ROBIN WILLIAMS DEPRESS I
DISORDER.
Nikki: ABSOLUTELY, YEAH.
ALL THREE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW,
VERY GOOD EXAMPLES OF THINGS
THAT COULD GO WRONG.
SO YOU ALSO HAVE A FORMULA THAT
IS THAT REALLY WORKS FOR JUST
SNAPPING YOU OUT OF YOUR FUNK
MOOD, RIGHTING?
IT DOES.
GALE'S MOOD FORMULA.
MOOD FORMULA, M, MOVE.
EXERCISE.
I HAVE A FAVORITE YOGA TAPE, POP
IT IN MY COMPUTER I CAN DO IT IN
MY HOTEL ROOM.
I ALSO TRAVEL WITH AN EXERCISE
BAND.
I'VE GOT MY BAND.
Nikki: IT MATCHES YOUR
JACKET.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE THING TO
DO IS WALKING, WALKING OUTSIDE.
O.
DELETE S-OBSERVE, OBSERVE YOUR
BEHAVIOR, KNOW WHEN YOU WAKEP
FEELING BLUE OR DURING THE DAY.
KNOW WHEN YOUR MOOD CHANGES.
O-OUTDOORS, SPRING IS COMING, GO
OUTSIDE AND ENJOY NATURE A
LITTLE BIT.
DID YOU EVER SEE STEVE IRWIN THE
CROCODILE HUNTER WITHOUT A SMILE
ON HIS FACE.
Nikki: I DID NOT.
HE IS A MAN I LOOK TO, HE
WAS ALWAYS OUTSIDE AND ALWAYS
MOVING AND LIFTS MY MOOD TO SEE
HIS OUTDOOR ADVENTURE AND ONE
DAY AT A TIME.
SET A SMOAL GOAL EEACH DAY.
MAYBE IT IS TO LOAD THE
DISHWASHER, CALL A FRIEND, READ
A BOOK CHAPTERT.
GO TO STARBUCKS, ONE THING YOU
CAN DO AND ACCOMPLISH.
THAT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL A
PERSONAL -- IT IS LIKE GETTING
YOUR REPORT CARD AND GETTING AN
A ON IT.
WE ALL WANT TO BE A STUDENTS.
Nikki: WHERE DOES CHOCOLATE
COME IN.
KUMASI IS COMING IN.
WE'RE GOING LISTEN TO YOUR
HEART.
I WAS SO HAPPY WHEN I FOUND
THIS.
AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE A LITTLE
CHOCOLATE EVERY DAY.
CHOCOLATE MAKES EVERYBODY HAPPY.
Nikki: IT DOES, DOESN'T IT.
THAT IS SO TRUE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, WE REALLY
APPRECIATE IT.
WE WANT TO GIVE YOU MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT GRIEF
MEDIATION AND OTHER SESSIONS
THAT YOU CAN GET WITH GALE,
FRONT PORCH THERAPY IS HER BOOK.
YOU CAN VISIT HER WEB SITE,