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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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45 Minutes: Take a Tech Break

In a study by University of California, Irvine, and U.S. Army researchers, heart rate monitors showed that checking e-mail put subjects on constant high alert with heart rates that indicated stress. "We found that shutting off e-mail eases anxiety," says study coauthor Gloria Mark, PhD. Commit to no e-mail for 45 minutes a day to begin weaning yourself off.
Printed from Oprah.com on Thursday, May 23, 2013
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