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Healthy Habits for Today, This Week and This Month
Good music every day. Making time for good friends every month. Get hooked on a few simple-sounding but always powerful new routines.
Original Content  |  March 30, 2011
friendships and health
Enjoy Your Friends

Socializing releases oxytocin, a chemical that can help combat stress hormones and lower your blood pressure. Whether it's spending time with dog lovers, book club buddies or siblings—whatever group you like—just knowing you're not alone can go a long way toward coping with stress. 

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Printed from Oprah.com on Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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