Be Easy: How to Keep Your Cool
Here's how to stop sweating the small stuff.
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Be Easy, Sis - Are you someone who can go from 1-10 in a minute? Are you prone to losing your cool in high-pressure situations? Here’s how to not sweat the small stuff and how to react to things better. By Kellee Terrell(Photo: Wendy Hope/Getty Images)
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Not Everything Is That Deep - Life isn’t perfect. Sometimes the train is running late, or the waiter messes up your order or your boo forgets to put the toilet seat down. Stop acting out over things that don’t matter. Take a breath. (Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
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Get Your Work Out On - I had a boss once that drove me crazy. But when I started working out during lunch at a nearby gym, I would come back and the things he was doing bothered me less. Exercising works off stress and releases our feel-good hormones. (Photo: Jim Cummins/Getty Images)
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Think Before You React - Before you react to a bothersome situation, try giving yourself a second to think first. Having knee-jerk reactions to things can make the situation worse. (Photo: LWA-Sharie Kennedy/Corbis)
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Try Meditation - Meditation, an ancient practice of breathing and chanting beneficial for the mind and body, can work wonders on reducing your stress level and helping you to feel more centered. It can also help you remember what’s important in life.(Photo: JGI/Tom Grill/Getty Images)
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