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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.

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Speaker 1: This is Laura, Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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Speaker 1: tip is that when you are feeling grouchy or stressed

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Speaker 1: or frustrated, exercise can be a great way to improve

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Speaker 1: your mood. It doesn't have to be much, but a

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Speaker 1: little sweat can solve a lot. Today's tip comes from

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Speaker 1: Deirdre Fitzpatrick, who was a guest on this podcast a

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Speaker 1: few months ago. Deirdre is a morning news anchor for

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Speaker 1: the NBC affiliate and Sacramento, a job that can involve

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Speaker 1: reporting a lot of bad news. Deirdre explained that when

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Speaker 1: her work day has been stressful or depressing, she exercises

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Speaker 1: to reset her mood for the rest of the day.

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Speaker 1: As she puts it, her strategy is to sweat it

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Speaker 1: out to get it out. I love this phrase and

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Speaker 1: I have certainly noticed this in my own life. If

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Speaker 1: I am upset about something, a good run makes me

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Speaker 1: feel less upset. Credit the endorphins, but everything in life

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Speaker 1: feels more doable after sweating. There's some research finding that

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Speaker 1: regular exercise can actually be as effective as antidepressants from

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Speaker 1: mild to moderate depression. Now of course, other things can

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Speaker 1: help too, like therapy and medication could be a good

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Speaker 1: idea in various cases as well, but exercise can help

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Speaker 1: a lot, and since there aren't many downsides, it is

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Speaker 1: worth a try. You don't have to exercise for a

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Speaker 1: long time to reset your mood, and you don't even

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Speaker 1: have to go to the gym, but you probably do

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Speaker 1: need to exercise fairly intensely to get the emotional reset.

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Speaker 1: This might be a power walk or run around your neighborhood,

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Speaker 1: or just running up and down the stairs in your

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Speaker 1: home or office. If you do decide to go to

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Speaker 1: the gym, working out on a cardio machine or going

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Speaker 1: for a swim might feel great, or you might benefit

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Speaker 1: from a spin or kickboxing class. The point is to

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Speaker 1: use your body and clear your head. You can encourage

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Speaker 1: your kids to sweat it out to get it out too.

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Speaker 1: It is a memorable phrase that younger kids and teens

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Speaker 1: can use to remind themselves of a healthy and effective

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Speaker 1: way to deal with negative emotions. Bad grade on a test,

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Speaker 1: sweat it out to get it out, drama with a friend,

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Speaker 1: Sweat it out to get it out. It will all

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Speaker 1: feel better after When you have had a hard day

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Speaker 1: at work, or when you start the morning with an

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Speaker 1: argument with your partner or roommate, or with drama getting

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Speaker 1: your kids out the door. It can be tempting to

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Speaker 1: conceive the whole day and just hope for a better tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: But you don't have to do that. Just a half

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Speaker 1: hour of vigorous exercise may help you work out your

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Speaker 1: negative emotions and reset for the rest of the day.

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Speaker 1: And if you don't have half an hour, well, make

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Speaker 1: the most of the time you do have clear your

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Speaker 1: mind of whatever is upsetting you and get those helpful

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Speaker 1: brain chemicals flowing. It may not have to be a

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Speaker 1: bad day after all. In the meantime, this is Laura.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of

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Speaker 1: our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've

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Speaker 1: got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at

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Speaker 1: Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast is a

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