{"id":462,"date":"2011-12-27T03:18:41","date_gmt":"2011-12-27T03:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/areasontosmile\/?p=462"},"modified":"2011-12-27T03:18:41","modified_gmt":"2011-12-27T03:18:41","slug":"new-years-new-life-learning-to-beat-stress-and-relax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/areasontosmile\/2011\/12\/new-years-new-life-learning-to-beat-stress-and-relax.html","title":{"rendered":"New Years, New Life: Learning to beat stress and *relax*"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cNothing is either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.\u201d
\n-Hamlet<\/p>\n

New Years Day will soon be here, so why not get a jump on those resolutions? \u00a0 A big change many people want to make every year is learning how to relax<\/em>, so this article will show you how to do it!<\/p>\n

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When I moved to Los Angeles a few years back, one of the things that struck me was people’s total and complete lack of coping skills!
\nIt is not at all unusual, to watch someone allow their day to be ruined because their Mocha Soy Half-caff Frappuccino came as a grande instead of venti. And if you don’t know what I’m talking about, that is fine; since it doesn’t really matter!<\/p>\n

That’s just it: it is all too easy to get hung up on stressing out over things that DO NOT MATTER. In the video below, I explain where stress comes from, how to know what is bothering you, and why; and how to know how to let go of things and *relax*. So here in this article, I’d like to discuss some of the hidden aspects of stress and how you can learn to manage it better.
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