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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