How to Beat Stress and Be a Happier Person To manage your stress, here are some tips to help.

By Ceren Cubukcu

This story originally appeared on Personal Branding Blog

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Many things in your life can cause your stress levels to increase. Unexpected events at work or in your personal life make changes in your body, and when your body tries to make these adjustments, stress happens. Unfortunately, stress has many side effects such as upset stomach, headache, exhaustion, sleeping problems and many more. Although some stress is necessary in your life to stay alert, you need to keep your stress levels low in order to prevent health issues. To manage your stress, here are some tips to help.

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1. Talk about your problems

Don't keep your problems to yourself. If you endure in silence and try to suppress your problems, then you can become mentally exhausted. Talking about your problems with others can make you calm down and see everything from a different point of view. Other people may have different perspectives on issues, which perhaps you never thought of before, so you can be enlightened by new solutions.

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2. Get moving

Exercise or go outside and spend some quality time with your friends and family. Being outside will help you refresh your body and mind to help you feel much more relaxed. When you do an activity outside, your creativity levels increase plus you give yourself a second to breathe. In addition, finding a hobby that you can do outside with other people is a great way to push away stress and boost happiness.

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3. Take control of your life

Oftentimes, we find ourselves working long hours, however you need to take a break every once in a while and do something for yourself. Whether you go on a vacation, change your work style or even change your job completely, you need to take control of your life and lower your stress levels in order to maintain your health. Also, try to get rid of the negative factors and negative people in your life. That's an obvious way to bring more positivity to your life and ultimately, boost happiness.

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