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Fast Stress Relief - Calm Down Quickly
Regain your cool even quicker than you lost it with these simple techniques.
By Kelly Mickle
O, The Oprah Magazine  |  From the December 2012 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
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30 Minutes: Put on Music You Love

Music can elicit positive emotions and reduce your levels of stress hormones. A study in the Journal of Advanced Nursing found that patients who listened to songs of their choice were less anxious before surgery. Boost your mood even more by dancing along to trigger the release of feel-good endorphins.
Printed from Oprah.com on Friday, May 24, 2013
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