WHAT TO WATCH: Stress and the Holidays

The City of Kettering and the Miami Valley Communications Council (MVCC) have collaborated to present the program Stress and the Holidays for viewers in the Miami Valley, exclusively on MVCC Channel 6. This timely program discusses common causes for seasonal stress and some tips for managing that stress.

Stress and the Holidays is presented by Christine Ferens from the Kettering Behavioral Medicine Center, and was recorded on November 12, 2009. The program is viewable online, on-demand at the MVCC web site  in addition to MVCC’s Channel 6. 

The 2009 Kettering Employee Wellness Lecture Series is a sequence of monthly seminars with the goal to encourage a healthy lifestyle for City of Kettering employees and for viewers throughout the Miami Valley.  These seminars are taped in Kettering’s council chambers using the room’s robotic cameras – another great example of the City of Kettering optimizing their resources and using video in a creative, effective manner. DVDs of these seminars are available for employees to watch, and the lecture series airs year-round on MVCC Channel 6. 

In 2008, the City of Kettering and the Miami Valley Communications Council produced seven wellness seminars, with topics including: diagnosis and management of diabetes, healthy holiday strategies, stress management, healthy eating in a fast food society, osteoporosis treatment and prevention, stroke awareness and prevention, and smoking cessation.