The 4 Happy Hormones
HOW TO BE HAPPY
Our bodies are amazing – this is a known fact!
So much so that our bodies produce hormones to help us stay happy!
This is why being self-aware and being in touch with oneself is so important. Focusing on your wellbeing and wellness can help stabilise and increase hormones that work to help our bodies feel better and happier.
So, what are these hormones...?
Oxytocin. Serotonin. Dopamine. Endorphins.
Each one of these hormones works in different ways to help us feel better, feel relieved, less stressed, help stabilise our mood, relieve pain and do much more.
So let’s break down the four individual hormones and see exactly what they can do for you!
Endorphins
Endorphins are the hormone in place that when produced help relieve stress and pain. Feeling stressed is inevitable as life can often be unpredictable and overwhelming.
Serotonin
Serotonin helps stabilise your mood and promotes the feeling of well-being and happiness. With the ability to impact your entire body it uses brain cells and other nervous systems to communicate.
Dopamine
Dopamine is a natural motivator. It boosts feelings of pleasure and reward. When we get hits of dopamine we are incentivised to keep going as the feeling is euphoric
Oxytocin
Oxytocin “the love drug” is the hormone associated mostly with social bonding. Oxytocin is produced most highly when women give birth through reproduction.
All of these hormones can be triggered through various forms of diet and exercise but there are many more things you can do!
Endorphins
What you can do
Give to others
Dance
Exercise
Eat Spicy foods and dark chocolate
Laugh
What it does for you
Boosts self-esteem
Weight reduction through regular exercise and regulating your appetite
Serotonin
What you can do
Aerobic exercise
High Protein Diet [turkey, salmon, nuts, pineapple, plums]
Daylight/Bright lights
Supplements
Pure Tryptophan Massages
What it does for you
It will positively help with your sleeping, eating habits and digestive system
Dopamine
What you can do
Healthy diet [bananas, avocado, broccoli]
Exercise
Meditate
Sunlight
Listen to music
8hrs sleep
What it does for you
As it is a neurotransmitter sending signals from your body to your brain it sends signals that help remove stress and give you feels of pleasure
Oxytocin
What you can do
Spend time with loved ones
Social bonding activities
Hug
Give/get a massage
Sex
Vitamins C and D, Magnesium
So regardless of what is going on in your personal or working life, you can still find happiness in the small day-to-day.
keep being a beautiful human🦋
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