Beat stress with happiness
Dr Amanda Foo-Ryland
Keynote Speaker | Corporate Culture Speaker | Leadership and Development Speaker | Speaker in resilience and business wellbeing | #1 International Best Selling Author | Executive Coach
April is stress awareness month. So this article will focus on how to be happy!
If you feel happy you will feel less stressed!
Happiness is all we want in life, it’s the main thing that our clients tell us they want to feel, to be happy and healthy.
The great news is that happiness is not something that just happens to you, it is a choice, even better, you can take simple steps to bring happiness into your life.
Having more money is not one of them, so it is good to know that you can create happiness for you and those you love without it costing anything!
When we feel happy we are really feeling the ‘happiness’ hormones flooding our neurology, in this article we will explore two of those hormones.
It is important to know that without these hormones being present then the opposite happens, we can feel anxious, depressed, stressed and not sleep.
Here’s how to create the release of happy hormones into your system
This is a little like taking a pain killer if you have a headache, you choose to get rid of it, so you take action.
Treat this as the same thing, if you want to feel happy then take action.
The first one is Dopamine
This hormone creates motivation, helps you to learn, gives you pleasure. It gives you a feeling of determination to take action towards your goals.
And here’s how to access it:
1. Meditate.
2. Write a to-do list.
3. Set long term goals.
4. Eat foods rich in L-Tyrosine such as fish, chicken, tofu, cheese, beans, seeds, nuts and whole grains.
5. Exercise.
6. Get creative, write, paint or make music.
Here’s the symptoms a person can experience when Dopamine is not present in the body:
1. Procrastination.
2. Low self esteem.
3. Lack of motivation.
4. Lack of focus.
5. Feeling anxious.
6. Feeling hopeless.
7. Mood swings.
The second happiness hormone if Oxytocin.
This is known as the ‘cuddle or love hormone.’
This gives you a feeling of trust and allows you to build strong relationships and be able to maintain them, keep them healthy.
Oxytocin allows bonding with others.
And here’s how to choose it:
1. Hugging
2. Socialising.
3. Have a massage.
4. Listen to your favourite music.
5. Exercise.
6. Take a cold shower.
7. Meditate.
And if Oxytocin is not present then this is what could be experienced:
1. Feeling lonely.
2. Feeling stressed.
3. Lack of motivation.
4. Low energy and fatigue.
5. Disconnect from your relationships.
6. Feeling anxious and not sleeping.
Now you know you can choose happiness then by taking action you can flood your system with these awesome happy pills, like the pain killers but heaps more fun. It’s a no brainer right?
Basically if you enjoy something and it brings a lightness to you, do more of it, it is actually the hormones you are feeling!
Have a great week
Amanda
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1 年Happiness IS the Key to Life. Whatever that looks to various people,so be it. As long as it is not upsetting your fellow man,women????