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Solving For Social Distancing and Mental Health With Frank King

Solving For Social Distancing and Mental Health With Frank King

Frank King, suicide prevention speaker, discusses specific steps people can take to care for their mental health during social distancing.

Interviewed by Chris Clews
Speaker/Author of the book series
“What 80s Pop Culture Teaches Us About Today’s Workplace”.

Frank King
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Frank King, Suicide Prevention speaker and Trainer was a writer for The Tonight Show for 20 years. Depression and suicide run in his family. He’s thought about killing himself more times than he can count. He’s fought a lifetime battle with Major Depressive Disorder and Chronic Suicidality, turning that long dark journey of the soul into five TEDx Talks and sharing his lifesaving insights on Mental Health Awareness with associations, corporations, and colleges. A Motivational Public Speaker who uses his life lessons to start the conversation giving people permission to give voice to their feelings and experiences surrounding depression and suicide. And doing it by coming out, as it were, and standing in his truth, and doing it with humor. He believes that where there is humor there is hope, where there is laughter there is life, nobody dies laughing. The right person, at the right time, with the right information, can save a life.

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Chris Clews
Keynote Speaker/Author/Founder at Pop Culture Creations/Marketing Consultant
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What I'm about to tell you is something that we do every day pandemic or not. it's important that you, have a safe or self care plan. And my self-care plan is, is five things diet I'm on the keto diet, intermittent fasting, exercise. I've got some immuno stretchy bands. I got an old, Nordic track. A good night's sleep and we'll come back to how that plays in, in a minute on another tip, medication, if indicated and meditation, medication, by the way, if you, and I would say, if you are, thinking, Hey, I may be depressed, have a tele-health mental health, evaluation. And if medication is indicated, There's now a cheek swab DNA test. They take your DNA, they put it up against the long list of antidepressants and they tell you which couple will work best with your metabolism. So diet, exercise, sleep, meditation medication http://www.solvecast.com/articles/detail/14589-solving-for-social-distancing-and-mental-health-with-frank-king

They talked to a guy in space who spent a year in the space station pretty much all by himself, except when they were delivering groceries, how they said, did you make it in that kind of social business thing? Like light years? And he said one word - routine. He said, you got to go to bed same time. Get up at the same time, have your meals at thesSame time. Meditation, same time, exercise, same time your Netflix same time. And I would also add to that, keep your media consumption to an hour or so a day. and pick your sources. http://www.solvecast.com/articles/detail/14589-solving-for-social-distancing-and-mental-health-with-frank-king

When you're in contact with people and we're more connected than we ever have been FaceTime, zoom, pick up the old fashioned phone and call somebody. Here's what I recommend you do rather than say, Hey listen, was anything ever need? No, be proactive. Do you need to run to the grocery store or the pharmacy? Do you need to need somebody to walk off the dog? Give you a break. Make suggestions. Your grass is getting long. Can I come over and cut the grass? So rather than just go "anything, anytime you ever need anything, give me a call"... suggest things that you think they might need, while they are, cause it may be guaranteeing they may just be socially isolating. They may be depressed and that's why the grass has got long. be proactive and suggest things you are willing to do. http://www.solvecast.com/articles/detail/14589-solving-for-social-distancing-and-mental-health-with-frank-king

Gamification. This is how I get out of bed. Some mornings when I don't want to get out of bed, it's a game. I make a list of six things, a to do list. And when I scratch off number six, Chris. I'll scratch off. Number six, I can go back to bed, pull the covers over my head and binge watch Netflix. Cause I win. http://www.solvecast.com/articles/detail/14589-solving-for-social-distancing-and-mental-health-with-frank-king

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