Our moods are based around the shifts of chemicals within our brain and they can be stimulated through various factors.
Dopamine: The reward chemical
The ways in which our body releases dopamine is when we tend to achieve a task or complete a goal, eat food we enjoy or indulge in self care activities.
Oxytocin: The love hormone
This is quite vital to our daily well-being as humans. We feel the oxytocin boost when we help each other, are around a pet, socialise and physical touch.
Endorphins: The ultimate pain killer
Listening to music, exercising, laughter and sharing or participating in the same
Serotonin: The mood stabiliser
Who doesn’t know the “happy chemicals” could be released by simply surrounding yourself with nature, mindfulness, meditation and sun exposure? Time to get our dose of Vitamin D.
- Until next time.
