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How to Boost Happy Hormones

11/11/2021

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Ways to Boost Happy Hormones

Benefits of Neurotransmitters

Having our hormones in balance helps us live life more fully.

There are many things we can do to naturally boost the right amounts of chemicals in our bodies.
Knowing how we benefit from these neurotransmitters and what we can do to organically boost them gives us more power to take charge of our lives.

Serotonine Benefits:

  • Promotes sense of well-being
  • Stabilizes mood
  • Regulates sleep
  • Regulates appetite
  • Helps learning and memory
  • Help heal wounds
Ways to Boost Happy Hormones

Ways to Boost Serotonine:

  • Exercise and physical activity
  • Getting natural sunlight
  • Exposure to bright light, including light therapy boxes
  • Eating certain foods (i.e. eggs, pineapples, nuts/seeds, milk/cheese)
Ways to Boost Happy Hormones

Dopamine Benefits:

  • Helps motivation and drive
  • Boosts focus and concentration
  • Provides pleasurable feelings
  • Gives anticipatory pleasure
  • Plays role in attention, memory, mood, learning, sleep and movement
Ways to Boost Happy Hormones

Ways to Boost Dopamine:

  • Exercise and physical activity
  • Regular meditation practice
  • Listening to music
  • Enjoying touch, affection and sexual activity
  • Eating foods high in 1-tyrosine (i.e. apples, avocados, beans, spinach)
Ways to Boost Happy Hormones

Oxytocine Benefits:

  • Known as the "love hormone"
  • Amplifies all emotions
  • Increases trust and empathy
  • Strengthens emotional bonds
  • Enhances social interactions
  • Can also increase fear, envy, mistrust and prejudice
Ways to Boost Happy Hormones

Ways to Boost Oxytocine:

  • Cuddling, hugging, affection
  • Connecting with friends
  • Making eye contact
  • Getting a massage
  • Physical exercise like yoga
  • Loving kindness meditation
  • Having an orgasm
Ways to Boost Happy Hormones

Endorphine Benefits:

  • Body's natural pain killer
  • Reduces stress and anxiety
  • Boosts our immune system
  • "Runners high" increases pain tolerance for hard physical exercise
Ways to Boost Happy Hormones

Ways to Boost Endorphines:

  • Intense physical exercise
  • Dark chocolate
  • Falling in love
  • Eating any foods we enjoy
  • Giving for "helper's high"
  • Enjoying laughter, play, music, nature and sunshine
Ways to Boost Happy Hormones
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