Let’s hack the happy chemicals – Dopamine, Serotonin and Endorphins

Let's hack the happy chemicals - Dopamine, Serotonin and Endorphins

How many books, courses, and seminars have been held every year with the ultimate objective being to help you become happier and more fulfilled? How many books, courses, and seminars have been held every year with the ultimate objective being to help you become happier and more fulfilled? What if implementing these mindset strategies isn’t enough? What if there is a much more foundational issue starting in our brain? Your brain is the house your mind lives and issues in the brain manifest themselves with symptoms in our mood, feelings, thoughts, and even behaviours. When it comes to happiness and your brain, we can’t go any further without talking about Serotonin. Serotonin is your "Happy Neurotransmitter," allowing you to feel happy, calm, and fulfilled. Neurotransmitters are what your brain uses to communicate from brain cell to brain cell. Without the proper levels of neurotransmitters, our brain is trying to operate with limited resources. Can we hack our own happiness, or at least increase our likelihood of achieving happiness, by increasing our levels of serotonin naturally? Hormones are chemicals produced by different glands across your body. They travel through the bloodstream, acting as messengers and playing a part in many bodily processes. One of these important functions? Helping regulate your mood. Certain hormones are known to help promote positive feelings, including happiness and pleasure. These "happy hormones" include: Dopamine: Also known as the "feel-good" hormone, dopamine is a hormone and neurotransmitter that’s an important part of your brain’s reward system. Dopamine is associated with pleasurable sensations, along with learning, memory, motor system function, and more. Serotonin: This hormone (and neurotransmitter) helps regulate your mood as well as your sleep, appetite, digestion, learning ability, and memory. Oxytocin: Often called the "love hormone," oxytocin is essential for childbirth, breastfeeding, and strong parent-child […]

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