“Happiness comes from within. It is not dependent on external things or on other people. You become vulnerable and can be easily hurt when your feelings of security and happiness depend on the behaviour and actions of other people. Never give your power to anyone else.”
― Brian Weiss
It is St. Valentine’s Day today. In many countries over the world, it is the day to celebrate love. Ideally, every day is a day to celebrate love I would say, but especially today people pay special attention to their partners, give flowers, presents, you name it. But, that’s not what I am going to talk about now. I am going to talk about love and happiness. Why being and feeling happy is not only pleasant but is also important for you? How could you help yourself with feeling happier?
Love brings us joy and happiness. When you are in love and you are being loved the whole chemistry in your body is focusing on the production of dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, and endorphins. Because of these four, you feel happy, joyful and you are more resilient to situations you come across.
The problem is that life these days is full of busy and stressful moments and these disrupt the chemical balance in your brain, hence your mood and your well-being in a long run. So, if you want to experience the influence of the four “happy” chemicals while going through your day you
Being happy is nice, it is pleasant. But, come on you can’t walk with a happy smile on your face all the time, do you? Yes, you can’t but, you can choose to make the best out of it. Do you want to know why and also how? Then just keep reading.
Did you know that being happy does not only bring you good feelings? Happiness matters also because it does influence your well-being hence your health.
“Happiness and good health go hand-in-hand. Indeed, scientific studies have been finding that happiness can make our hearts healthier, our immune systems stronger, and our lives longer.” Greater Good magazine of the University of California, Berkeley.
There is even an annual World Happiness Report. It lists 156 most happy nations in the world according to the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network. The Scandinavian countries tend to dominate the top of the list with Finland as a leader in 2018 followed by Norway and Denmark.
Proteins – As the happy hormones are made of protein, the intake of protein- rich food may have a positive effect on your mood too. Avocado, banana, red plums, tomatoes, pineapples, eggplants, and nuts especially walnuts contain a lot of protein. Also, beans (27% protein), lentils (36%), chickpeas (33%), peas (30%), and kale (22%) help you get micronutrients packaged with protein. Besides kale, other protein rich-vegetables are spinach and broccoli. All these you can deploy and let them work for you in each meal or recipe you prepare.
Eat omegas – the happy hormones love omega-rich foods. Your brain is made up of 70% fat. To let it function right and to let you have balanced moods you could add flax seeds, hemp seeds, chia seeds, walnuts, soybeans, and leafy greens to your daily diet.
Don’t forget the minerals – To work properly your nervous and immune system need to have enough magnesium. You can get magnesium from whole foods such as nuts, pumpkin seeds and leafy greens. Another source of magnesium are the whole grains. One cup of whole grain oats of bulgur wheat provides you with 1/4 of the daily recommended amount of magnesium.
B-vitamins – these play important role in every chemical process in your body. To be more resilient while dealing with stress be sure to add bell peppers, spinach, baked potatoes with the skin, green peas, yams, broccoli, asparagus, and turnip greens to your diet.
Happiness really comes from within. It does not depend on other things, situations or other people. Never give your power to anyone else!
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