The second component of the DOSE that I want to talk about is Oxytocin. Oxytocin is a powerful hormone that acts as a neurotransmitter in the brain. It influences social interaction and sexual reproduction, playing a role in mental/emotional effects involved in parenting, social bonding, empathy, affection, and modulating the emotional ebb and flow of …
Y’all as promised a little more in depth talk about the happy chemicals that my coffee is helping to amplify each day. Wow! That sounds amazing just typing it! Y’all should experience a cup of it. The first is Dopamine. One of the happy chemicals, Dopamine, is a neurotransmitter that helps send vital signals in …
Y’all ever been in a large crowd and suddenly felt like your vision was starting to blur on you, and you were finding it hard to breath? I have experienced that many times over the years, and I had no idea why that happened. I just came to expect it at football games, school events, …
Happiness… we are all looking for it these days. All too often you hear the words stressed, overwhelmed, depressed, anxious, sad, or some other variation of these verbs. According to the Association of Anxiety and Depression 40 million Americans 18 and older will suffer from anxiety this year. While almost half of them will also …
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Y’all, am I the only one that finds that the holiday blahs can creep up on them without any kind of prior notice? It’s like November 1st, and boom… you find yourself in a whole new state of mind. First there is Thanksgiving and then there’s Christmas and finally New Year’s. The holidays are so …
