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Hello, everyone, everywhere.

Pastor Robert Thibodeau here.

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You know, there is no doubt that we are living in a very stressful time.

I mean, think about it.

Just in the past couple of years, we've had massive natural disasters, the war in Ukraine, the attacks on Israel, the economy with super high inflation, and that's just the tip of the iceberg.

Add in the complete shutdown of the economies across the world because of the coronavirus, is there any wonder where our stress levels are going through the roof?

And that's where our guest today comes in.

Martin Newman is a health educator committed to giving you up to date information on how to take care of your health, especially when it comes to stress management.

Now, Martin was trained for lifestyle and interventions way back in 1998 at the Wildwood Lifestyle center and Hospital.

Since then, he's lectured in different parts of the world about a healthy lifestyle and natural remedies.

In fact, he's going to be hosting a stress reduction summit very soon, and we'll be discussing that today as well.

So stay tuned.

Amen.

Without all that being said, help me.

Welcome to the program Martin Newman.

Martin, it is a blessing to talk with you, brother.

Yeah, thanks for having me today.

Amen.

The first question I always start with is this.

Other than that brief information I just shared, can you tell us in your own words, who is Martin Newman?

Well, I am coming from Austria, growing up In Austria, then 1998, I got this training in the United States at Whitehead Lifestyle Center.

That's a Christian place there, just a border between Georgia and Tennessee.

And I was there six months in the training.

Then I went back to there and helped to develop a program that's called Health Expo.

It's a community program where we're helping churches to reach out to the community, helping them to improve the lifestyle.

Helped also to put together a.

A series of health presentations, things like that.

And 2005, I had an invitation to implement this Health Expo in Brazil and I just got stuck here.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

You know, I Know, for me personally, you know, I'm, you know, people get stressed out every day and I am continually doing something every single day, all day long.

I mean, I literally, this is not an exaggeration.

I literally have to schedule downtime on my schedule or something will magically appear to make it disappear.

Right.

How do you help people that are that busy when they are probably saying the same things I am?

I'll get back to you later.

Yes, there are many things you can do.

Again, the first thing is look at your schedule, put some priorities.

Sometimes we are very good in packing up our schedule, getting as much as we can, but we don't think what is really worth my time.

And sometimes what helps that we put a price tag on the time to say if you're doing something like you're doing, you put doing some coaching or something else, you know, how much do you earn an hour?

You know, just think about it.

It's a hundred, $150.

What is rate?

And then, you know, if you're doing some activities, think about it.

Is the activity you're doing there, you're spending an hour with, is it worth $150 for you?

And if it's not, you know, maybe is it possible to just cut it out?

You know, can you just think, you know, how you can adjust your priorities?

Can you maybe delegate a few things, you know, to somebody else?

Right.

Or, you know, what you can do to just, you know, free up a little bit your, your agenda and don't think you need to do everything.

Be really more specific, more intentional in what you're doing.

Right.

Amen.

Amen.

You know, I know, and, and this is probably, you know, dealing with the economy and all that, but a lot of people are stressed about work and finances.

I mean, that puts stress not just on the person and their family, it's also on the job stress that they have to deal with all day long as well.

Am I, am I right in that?

Yes.

Finance is a big one job.

Many things is work related.

Because it's a little bit complex thing that can be these things on the job that's stressing you out.

Relationships is also a big one.

And actually that's a thing that's often is stressing people on a deeper level than you think, you know?

Yeah, it's a complex thing.

You know, there are many things that can stress you out.

And it depends also very much how you are reacting to stress.

You know, it can be three persons going through the same situation and everybody reacting a different way.

Well, how could Someone manage stress at work when they may not be in a position to make changes in their work environment.

Yes.

You may not be able to influence everything.

The first thing is to look, how can I work on my, on my attitude?

You know, how do you see the situation?

Do, do I think, you know, the situation is out of control?

Do I think that it's just too much, too much going on and I can't handle it?

Or do I think, you know, yeah, it's quite busy, but let's, let's get on it, you know, let's.

To the pesit canons, you know, the last Amen.

What about when that person then returns home after work?

I mean, a lot of time that stress has built up all day and now they walk through the door hoping just to, to chill out and they get hit with something unexpected that they need to deal with at home.

You know, I know my wife was the classic, you know, wait till your father gets home.

You know, tight for several years.

Matter of fact, there was a TV cartoon here in the United States by that name too.

But.

But what?

Just wait till your dad gets home.

You're going to be a big trouble type thing.

And that went on for several years until I was in the military and I got deployed for an extended period of time.

And she had to learn how to deal with it all on her own.

But I digress.

How can someone deal with that continuation of stress at work and then they come home and they get hit with, you know, the washing machine went out, now what are you going to do?

You know, how can they deal with that when they're, they're dealing with this stuff all day long?

You know, if it's once in a while, it's, it's something we can handle, but we need just to see where are our limits, you know, do we have some moments that really plan for downtime like you said, you know, you need some moments that you really, you know, give to yourself to have some, some moments to rest.

You know, one thing important is also, you know that you really have a weekly day of rest.

And that day is really, you know, no responsibilities.

You know, it's not the day that you're, you're there washing the car, cleaning the house, things like that.

No response, just, just there to relax, you know, connect with God, you know, see what is the purpose, you know, meet with other people and not having to, to worry about anything, you know, and also learning with it to, to do the best you can and then just put your, your, your words also, also put you know, committing to God, you know, really come to the point that you can, yeah, just relax in the sink that you say, okay, we have a heavenly father, he will take care of what he we couldn't manage to do on our own, you know.

Amen.

You know, back in the day, this 40 years ago, I was really into running.

I mean, you know, the marathons and all that stuff and you know, I just loved running because it was, that was my downtime, I guess you could say.

Because, you know, just the rhythm of the, the running and the, you know, the heart rate, the breathing rhythm, the, the sound of the feet hitting, you know, it was all just, just relaxing to me.

I go on a 10 mile run and just relax and you know, now, you know, health problems, knee issues and all that from all those runs, you know, that kind of caught up with me.

But I can remember, you know, that was my, that was my relaxation.

But I would even bring stress into that because, you know, maybe my plan was, okay, I got, I can do 5 miles in 45min and then shower and get ready to go do whatever it is we need to do.

But there's something that delayed me going on the run now.

I got 30 minutes.

Okay, I can still do three miles, I get four if I go really fast.

So then we start, you know, and just, you know, even my relaxation mode was bringing stress into it.

Yeah, exercise is really something very good, you know, something that helps you to deal with stress.

You know, it's just helping with the end of things.

And the hormone level, it's just excellent, you know, to shut down and to get this, you know, if you're coming back from a running thing like that, you really feel good.

You know, it's something that helps you lots to deal with stress in a perfect way, you know, because you know, if you think about it, the stress response is something that really prepares you for either running or fighting.

You know, so it's something these hormones in you.

And if we're running, then that's the perfect thing, you know, to, to, to really get this stressful response down, you know, to really relax after that.

It's a perfect thing to do.

But we need to be careful not to put it in a competitive, competitive model, not to be there, try with others.

You know, in a football game, you, you need to win a prize or like you say, you know, you need to compete with yourself, you know, to see how much you can do in so much time.

Yeah, Amen.

You know, I saw on your website an article or something about Four habits that can reduce your stress levels.

Can you a little bit about those.

With us or habits?

Oh, there's many articles on the side which was that.

Well, exercise got to be one.

What else is there?

Exercise.

Exercise is a big, big one.

We need, we need to, to work on.

Rest is also important one.

You know, like God commands us.

He commands us.

I want you to take 52 days every year off.

And like you said, off does not mean.

Okay.

Now this is my day off.

So I can go up and, and clean the eavesdrops and wash and wax the car and cut the grass.

And that's not off.

That's doing work still.

Yeah, this, this weekly terror fast is very important, you know, that we have really one day where we can shut down, not take any responsibilities and just be there with the family and everything else around us and also connect with God with purpose, what you're doing.

Besides that.

Also the moments of sleep.

It's very important to have a quality sleep at night.

Sometimes when we have too much to do, we're trying to cut corners in.

We say.

Yeah, yeah, that's right.

For instance, then, you know what, what happens then we go to bed late.

Then we are waking up in the morning, we are not relaxed.

Then our performance goes down, you know, in the night.

That is the moment where our brain is going to recuperate.

It's consolidated in memory.

It is doing things, preparing us for the next day.

If you don't have this proper preparation at night, then next day we are waking up and yeah, you're not prepared to do this.

Yeah, you're going to accomplish less than you want to.

And at the end, you're more stressed again and sleeping worse next night.

And it's just a vicious cycle, you know?

Yeah.

Amen.

Amen.

Now you're hosting a stress control summit for Christian entrepreneurs from January 12 to January 16, 2025.

Can you share what that summit will be about and how someone can attend?

Yes, this summit is going to happen.

You know, we are trying to put together a number of different speakers.

I'm trying, still working on getting everybody together, but we have some good speakers already signed up.

And we are going to discuss this issue in different angles.

The people who are going to speak about organizing, speaking about nutrition, that's going to speak about your diet, about supplements, about other things.

There are many different issues, you know, mindset, also spiritual issues.

You know, how can you work on your relationship with God?

How can this help you to really control your stress in a more efficient way?

So it's working different ways, you know, to see how can you really be more resilient to stress.

How can you have something to.

To really work on on your stress load.

And different expert is going to give some tips for you to the whole thing.

They can.

Okay.

Amen.

Amen.

So, I mean, Martin, this is so needful for this day and time on which we live.

I mean, and it's so interesting too.

I mean, I pray folks will not only attend your summit, but they're going to get a lot of great information at your summit and it begins January 12th or 16th.

Now, if someone has a question or they want to get more information on the summit or maybe they'd like to reach out to you, how can they do that?

How can someone get in touch with you?

Yeah.

About the summit.

The website is stresscontrol summit.com.

you just put it aside.

You can sign up there and you will be there getting this, all the information via email.

If you want to reach out to me, I have other websites I.e.

stress management tools.

You can see a little bit what I'm doing there.

You have different contact information there as well.

And I have.

You can contact with this email.

That is martinrestressmanagement2tools.

That's a way to get in touch.

With me and I'll put all those links in the show notes below.

Amen.

Amen.

Folks, if you're ready to take control of stress and embrace a healthier, more peaceful lifestyle, don't miss Martin's upcoming stress reduction summit.

I mean, this is your opportunity to learn directly from not just one, but multiple experts and different aspects of stress control and stress reduction and how to manage it all.

You know, make plans to attend and, and transform your life today.

Just drop down to the show notes right now.

Click the links right there.

Reach out to Martin.

Amen.

And I know you're going to be blessed with this with less stress.

Your family will love that you did this too.

Amen.

Don't shout me down.

I'm preaching.

Good.

Glory to God.

Thank you, Martin, for sharing this practical information.

Impactful insights today.

Stress touches every single part of our lives.

So I just appreciate taking the time out of your busy schedule just to jump on real quick and share all this information with us.

I do appreciate it, brother.

Yes.

Thank you for having me here today.

And I'm here for any other information you want to have, just contact.

As I say, just go down below in the show notes, click the links right there and we can start to take control and find peace in our lives.

Again, I encourage everyone Connect with Martin.

Attend this Stress Reduction Summit.

It could be the life changing moment you've been praying for.

Been asking God for a way to figure all this stuff out.

Here's your answer right now.

Click the links down below.

Get in touch with Martin right now.

Martin, again, I appreciate you taking the time.

Come on the program today and share all this information with us.

Brother.

Yes, thank you for having me here.

Amen.

Martin Newman, myself passed by reminding all of you to be blessed.

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