An Easy Stress Buster

I know most of the stress reducers that exist but this was a new one even  for me from Jason Garcia. And since we are getting to that time of year it might just do the trick when you are stuck in a stressful job situation. You simply hold a pencil between your teeth! Who would think?

Apparently a recent study at the University of California found most people have a set of “smile muscles” which, when activated, send signals to your brain that you are happy. In turn, your brain releases a chemical that registers happiness.

You don't even need to feel happy at the moment to create the internal response of happiness. Simply holding a pencil between your teeth can be enough to trick your brain into thinking you are happy and releasing the corresponding chemicals into your system.

My favorite easy stress buster is simple deep breathing but I’ll have to give this one a try. Any one else have anything that works as easy as these do?