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Smile. How wide can you make your grin? Can you smile with your eyes too?

Fact

Did you know that smiling has been scientifically proven to have health benefits? 

Each time you smile, feel-good neurotransmitters are released that relax your body, lower stress, reduce pain and can even lower heart rate and blood pressure and strengthen your immune system. 

Smiling can also trick your body into feeling happier! It’s actually really hard to think about negative things when you have a smile on your face.  

Force yourself to smile next time you feel anxious, angry, upset or stressed. It might just help.

Joke

When does a joke become a ‘dad’ joke?

When it becomes apparent.

Move to the next bench activity

As you move towards the next bench try and smile the whole way – even if you don’t meet anyone to smile at, or even feel like smiling. See what happens!

These pictures and sound might help you get started!

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