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How to outsmart your COVID-19 fears and boost your mood in 2021

  • Written by Laurel Mellin, Associate Professor Emeritus of Family & Community Medicine and Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco
imageIt's all about emotion.Charles Postiaux/Unsplash, CC BY-ND

After a year of toxic stress ignited by so much fear and uncertainty, now is a good time to reset, pay attention to your mental health and develop some healthy ways to manage the pressures going forward.

Brain science has led to some drug-free techniques that you can put to use right now.

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