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Life can be highly stressful. Work problems, money worries and relationship issues often leave us feeling under pressure. And all of us will suffer loss, failure, sadness and illness at times.
So what are most important things we can do to deal better with stress? This video explains how our thinking stlye makes all the difference - and what we can do about it.
All of us have times of stress, loss, failure or trauma in our lives. How we respond to these events has a big impact on our well-being.
We often cannot choose what happens to us, but we can choose how we react to what happens. In practice it's not always easy, but one of the most exciting findings from recent research is that resilience, like many other life skills, can be learned.
Find out more: Find ways to bounce back
This is just one of our Ten Keys to Happier Living
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Happiness is good for your heart
Harvard School of Public Health examined 200 separate research studies on psychological wellbeing and cardiovascular health.
Optimism and positive emotion were found to provide protection against cardiovascular disease, to slow progression of heart disease and reduce risk, by around 50%, of experiencing a cardiovascular event, such as a heart attack.
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