How to Hack the Chemicals in Your Body to Start Feeling Happier Today!
Hormones are your body’s natural chemical messengers. Once released by glands into your bloodstream, they act on various organs and tissues to control everything from the way your body functions to how you feel.
We have 4 “feel good” hormones that we can boost to help increase happiness and wellbeing!
Serotonin (Good Mood):
When you feel happy and all seems right with the world, you’re feeling the effects of Serotonin.
Spend time outdoors
Daily gratitude list practice
Sun exposure and/or light therapy
Probiotics for gut health
Meditate
Breathwork
Exercise
Eating complex carbohydrates
Oxytocin (Love)
The love hormone. Oxytocin can help us bond with loved ones. Oxytocin is released in response to the activation of sensory nerves (like touch).
Physical touch (hugging, cuddling, etc.)
Acts of kindness
Give a compliment
Get a massage
Yoga
Loving-kindness meditations
Listen to music
Sing with others
Good sex
Exercise
Endorphins (Stress & Pain)
The body’s natural pain reliever. Your body releases endorphins in response to pain or stress, but also during other activities such as the ones listed below.
Exercise
Laughing out loud
Watch a funny movie or show
Acupuncture
Good sex
Dark chocolate
Dance
Meditation
Dopamine (Reward)
Dopamine provides an intense feeling of reward. Dopamine is most notably involved in helping us feel pleasure as part of the brain’s reward system. It’s what helps us build habits.
Finish a task
Bullet journal
Quality sleep
Celebrate small wins
Start a new hobby
Exercise
Schedule self care
Shopping
Smelling cookies baking
Meditation
What do you feel like you need in this moment? Choose one or two options from above to implement today and start feeling happier :)
(Adapted from The Institute of Integrative Nutrition & Harvard Health)
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