This week's artwork was donated by Dathan, a pediatric cancer patient who received treatment at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia . This is an exercise you can use whenever you feel stress. Read these instructions to yourself aloud softly , slowly and soothingly . After each instruction, close your eyes and carry out each instruction for at least 10 or 15 seconds or longer. Soon you will know them and will not have to read them.
Endorphins are pain-killing chemicals that occur naturally in the brain.
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