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From Business Insider

1. Creativity boost
Noradrenaline, a brain chemical that improves thinking in stressful situations, is released in higher amounts when the body is upright. To boost creative thinking, those hormones need to be lower. So, if you’re trying to think outside the box, lie down and relax!

2. Mood boost
The best way to boost your mood smiling. This means smiling even if you do not feel like it. Your brain immediately releases feel-good hormones that improves your mood and slows your heart rate. Posture is also an important factor, so by sitting up straight you will be able to feel a boost in your mood and energy level.

3. Energy boost
Mood and energy levels are closely connected. Whatever lifts your mood will likely affect your energy, and vice versa. But there are a few more things you can do. Chewing gum while problem solving can improve your alertness and boost your energy. This is the reason many schools are now allowing kids to chew gum in class.

And finally.. this improves alertness, concentration, judgment, and reasoning skills. It improves both long-term and short-term memory; it decreases appetite; and, it improves energy levels enormously. What is that? A good nights sleep.
 
Mood boost
The best way to boost your mood smiling. This means smiling even if you do not feel like it. Your brain immediately releases feel-good hormones that improves your mood and slows your heart rate. Posture is also an important factor, so by sitting up straight you will be able to feel a boost in your mood and energy level.

I knew this one. I do it all the time. Probably more so now because I'm a stressed out mother and smiling automatically helps both me and the baby feel better!
 
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