Beat Stress: Spend time with your kids. Play ping-pong or an activity-based video game with your kids.

Beat Stress: Learn to reframe negative situations. Happy people have the ability to put a positive spin on a negative situation.

Beat Stress: Vigorous exercise such as weightlifting or higher intensity cardio releases endorphins that make us feel good and help battle our stress hormones.

Beat Stress: Exercise. Getting your body moving for as little as 10 minutes releases GABA, a soothing neurotransmitter that reduces stress.

Beat Stress: Smiling is a two-way mechanism. We do it when we’re relaxed and happy, but doing it can also make us feel relaxed and happy.