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Physical

Muscle tone, and not just body weight, is important in preventing heart disease and maintaining healthy levels of body fat in women.
Source: Michele Olson, Ph.D., Auburn University
 

Feeling that afternoon lull? Your body chemistry has ups and downs throughout the day. Try just a brief (less than 20 minutes) nap in the early afternoon. You’re likely to be relaxed enough to get some quick shut-eye but unlikely to spiral into a deep sleep.
 

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Behavioral

Become a volunteer! Altruistic actions distract you from stress.
Source: Psychosomatic Medicine
 

Try a task outliner or to-do-list manager software program to help prioritize your work and personal projects. .

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Emotional

Try keeping a journal. Even if you only have five minutes, you can journal. Simply write some quick notes about how you're feeling and what is going on in your life. It may not seem like much, but you can use these notes later for insight and greater personal awareness.

Think of something you’re grateful for. Make this your first exercise of the day- and enjoy the resulting positive energy.
Source: Body and Soul Magazine

 

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Spiritual

Discover the joy of sheer effort: Real work, the kind that makes you move and sweat and ache just a little, is a kind of antidote. It draws you back inside your body, reminding you of what it feels like to be more than a head full of worry.
Source: Body and Soul

Reading something inspirational can help you strengthen your own feelings of connectedness and send you soaring. Keep a file of those things that most inspire you.

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Social

Effective communication is important in avoiding stressful situations, as well as in resolving situations once they arise. An amazing amount of stress can be eliminated from your life if you examine how you communicate with people around you.
Source: The Wellness Book
 

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Intellectual

It is much better to work for 20 minutes at a time and get something done than to keep thinking for 5 hours that you should be working and be so daunted or scared that you get nothing done.
Source: Bureau of Study Counsel

 

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