Smile to make yourself feel good. Find a mirror, make it fun. If it doesn’t feel right to start with, you will soon be laughing at yourself
Smile to make others feel good. Create that connection, open communication, trigger those mirror brain cells that make us experience empathy for other
Get up and move. Jump around. It is important to move our lymph nodes to get toxins out of our body
Check in with your body. Do a body scan. Take note of where you are holding tension and your overall physiology.
Physically remove the tension. If you feel tense in the arms, shake your arms; if you feel tight in your chest, stretch, and expand or breathe deeply.
Breathe. Take 6 deep diaphragmatic breaths. Our body cannot sustain anger through deep breathing.
Talk to someone. Express your feelings to begin to resolve the situation.
Disengage and re-engage emotions. Park a challenging emotion to deal with later, rather than just avoiding it.
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