How to unlock your happy chem’s

Four different brain neurotransmitters are responsible for happy feelings (DOSE).

Activate Your Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin, Endorphin.

Each of these chemicals plays a huge part in the way our bodies function: physically, mentally, and emotionally.

1. Serotonin…HAPPY HORMONE

• LISTENING TO MUSIC

• MEDITATING

• WALK IN NATURE

• JOURNALING

• SUN EXPOSURE

Eat Your Happy Food

Fermented food products such as kefir, sauerkraut, kimchi and good quality yoghurt contain probiotics essential to ensure good intestinal health.
Probiotics help balance the gut’s good and bad bacteria.
When the harmful bacteria outweighs the helpful bacteria, it can create toxic by-products that research shows can negatively affect the brain.
One of these side effects is a serotonin level drop leading to depression.

2. Dopamine…YOUR REWARD CHEMICAL

• DOING SELF CARE ACTIVITIES

• COMPLETING TASKS

• EATING GOOD FOOD

• CELEBRATING LITTLE WINS

• SLEEP

“Each happy chemical triggers a different good feeling. Dopamine produces the joy of finding what you seek– the “Eureka! I got it!” feeling.

3. Oxytocin…THE LOVE POTION

Oxytocin is the love hormone, and you get it when you lead with love rather than hate.

• HUGGING A LOVED ONE

• KISSING

• DEEP CONVERSATIONS

• PLAYING WITH A DOG

• GIVING COMPLIMENTS

“Happiness is a warm puppy.”
Charles M. Schulz

On your search for happiness, oxytocin may be your best friend.
It can help fight stress, improve your relationships, and promote long-lasting positive emotions. There’s even some evidence that oxytocin could assist in physical wound healing.
It’s in loving this world by showing how much you love it that we access the oxytocin inside ourselves.

4. ENDORPHINE…STRESS & PAIN RELIEVER

• LAUGHTER EXERCISE

• ESSENTIAL OILS

• DARK CHOCOLATE

• SPICY KIMCHI

• PHYSICAL TOUCH

Endorphins Make You Happy – Happy People Don’t Shoot Their Husband – They Just Don’t
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Dopamine = Happiness
Oxytocin = Trust
Endorphin = Learning
Serotonin = Appreciation

Each of the Happy Chemicals in Our Brain evolved to do a job.
They work by making humans feel good, which motivates them to go after whatever triggered.