Learn how physical activity can help towards a better mental health and overall wellbeing :
Gives you motivation to act towards your goals and enriches you with pleasure when achieving them.
Low levels of this chemical have been linked with over-thinking and self-doubt.
Break down goals into little hurdles in the long race which is life. With each little achievement brings the release of dopamine.
Complete each goal before you start a new one to ensure a consistent pattern of success and subsequent experience of dopamine.
Is present when we feel appreciated or important.
Lack of this chemical is linked with feelings of loneliness and depression.
Complete little acts of kindness to help show your significance and value.
Get outside! Exposing yourself to sunlight daily can help boost serotonin levels.
Helps create healthy relationships, intimacy and strengthens trust.
This hormone is released upon physical touch or stimulation with someone else.
Due to it’s release during touch, this chemical is referred to as the cuddle hormone, so get hugging!
Being kind can also raise these levels, so giving a gift to someone can keep you feeling useful and full of oxytocin.
Are released to help alleviate depression and anxiety when the body is placed under acute stress or pain.
The overwhelming sense of ecstasy through intense running also known as a runner’s high is the result of endorphins.
Other than exercise, laughter has a strong link to the release of this hormone, so tell a bad joke every now and again.
Scented oils and dark chocolate have also been known to boost endorphin release.