Luis BrancoCEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, LdªCarcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Dopamina
It is one of the 4 ingredients of
It is often classified as a "wellness hormone" because it is associated with positive feelings such as motivation, luxury, pleasure, love, euphoria and concentration.
On the contrary, cases of low dopamine levels usually contribute to feelings of fatigue, lack of motivation and even addictive behavior.
How to stimulate dopamine production?
- Do physical exercises daily
- Sleep 7 to 9 hours a day
- Enjoy the sun
- Cut sugar consumption Saving Changes...
Luis BrancoCEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, LdªCarcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Serotonin
It is one of the 4 ingredients of the Angel's Cocktail
This neurotransmitter influences many of our bodily and psychological functions.
Most of the 40 million cells in our brain are directly or indirectly influenced by serotonin, including appetite, sexual desire, good mood, sleep, memory and learning, social behavior patterns, temperature regulation, etc.
In the physical field, it is linked to our cardiovascular system, musculature, and endocrine system.
Symptoms of low serotonin
Some of the symptoms that may indicate a decrease in serotonin production are:
Crying crises,
Depression,
Insomnia,
Irritability,
Emotional Lack,
Considerable drop in self-esteem,
Bad thoughts,
Despair,
Uncontrolled anxiety,
Compulsiveness for sweets,
Search for food all day
How to increase serotonin naturally?
1- Meals rich in carbohydrates
2- Exercises
3- Exposure to light
4- Meditation
5- Pleasure and joy
6. Food diet Saving Changes...
Luis BrancoCEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, LdªCarcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Oxytocin
It is one of the 4 ingredients of the Angel's Cocktail
Oxytocin, is a hormone produced by the hypothalamus and released from the neurohypophysis in the bloodstream.
Oxytocin receptors are found in cells throughout the body.
Physical and psychological effects of the love hormone
According to the American Psychological Association, oxytocin levels tend to be higher during stressful experiences and linked to social life. This means that the hormone influences our behavior, the creation of memories, recognition, attachment, generosity, empathy, among other behaviors linked to social interactions.
Several beneficial effects have been found, including:
- Improvement of social skills
- Relieves stress
- Induces sleep
- Promotes generosity
- Strengthens loving relationships
People suffering from medical conditions that reduce oxytocin levels experience more difficulties when performing tasks that require empathy, according to new research presented at the Society for Endocrinology's annual conference
How to increase oxytocin
1. Physical contact
2. Practice good deeds Saving Changes...
Luis BrancoCEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, LdªCarcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Endorphin
It is one of the 4 ingredients of the Angel's Cocktail
Endorphins were discovered in 1974. Twenty different types of endorphins were found in the nervous system, beta-endorphin being the most efficient, as it gives the most euphoric effect to the brain. Composed of 31 amino acids, endorphins are produced in response to physical activity and during orgasm, aiming to relax and give pleasure, awakening a feeling of euphoria and well-being.
Main effects of endorphins:
Improve memory;
They improve the good mood;
Increase resistance;
Increase physical and mental disposition;
They improve our immune system;
Block blood vessel damage;
They have anti-aging effect, as they remove superoxides (free radicals);
Relieve pain;
They improve concentration.
Improve human life
We now know that endorphins are produced in the pituitary gland and released into the blood along with other hormones such as GH (growth hormone) and ACTH (adrenocorticotrophic hormone) which stimulates the production of adrenaline and cortisol.
Over the past thirty years, authors like Harber & Sutton, McGowan, Shyiu, Hoffmann and Heitkamp have contributed a lot to what is known today about endorphins.
Recent studies show that endorphins can have an effect on brain areas responsible for the modulation of pain, mood, depression, anxiety, as well as for the inhibition of the sympathetic nervous system, responsible for the modulation of several organs such as heart and intestine. They can also regulate the release of other hormones.
The consumption of chocolate and pepper also stimulates the production of endorphins.
Endorphin is also released after approximately 30 minutes of aerobic exercise, such as a light run. Saving Changes...
Luis BrancoCEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, LdªCarcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
The 4 "ingredients" of Angel's Cocktail are:
- Dopamine
- Serotonin
- Oxytocin
- Endorphin
How do they break free in our body?
- Exercise daily
- Sleep 7 to 9 hours daily
- Celebrate daily achievements
- Thank all the days
- Enjoy the sun and nature
- Remember special moments
- Meditate
- Hug someone
- Do an act of generosity
- Practice hobbies
- Laugh with special people
- Candar, dance!
Ah! Remember to eat chocolate Saving Changes...
Luis BrancoCEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, LdªCarcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
What will happen if we "drink" the Angel's Cocktail every day?
What if we can get team members or "drink" too the Angel's Cocktail ?
What kind of "rituals" can we create to make this happen? Saving Changes...
Luis BrancoCEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, LdªCarcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Angel's Cocktail = Cocktail of Happiness Saving Changes...
Hi Luís,
thanks for sharing "Angel's cocktail" ingredients and receipt.
Times to times comes a project that almost take us to physical and mental problems due to several reasons, e.g. lack of support, scope creep, evaluations,
At these time PM need to "drink" Angel's Cocktail, i.e. exercise, meditate, hug someone... :)
I am struggling to see the depth of this approach to marketing, and that is what it is. Storytelling and selling a product is what marketing is all about. You create the need in the consumer to purchase your product and they in turn become a customer. Its no different from the 'high' we get when we spend money and purchase something new. It's only a temporary feeling that we become enthralled by and need to repeat. The experience and the natural chemicals released into our bodies becomes associated with the action so we become conditioned to associate a specific experience with a specific pleasure.
Daire
Dear Luis,
One is a message in the form of a chemical and one is chemical that is release into the blood stream as a result of this message. But you are forgetting the stimulus, what is the trigger for this process to occur. That is the most important part of the situations as scenarios can be created into fooling the body into starting the process. For example artificial sweeteners fool the brain into thinking that something is sweet when in reality it is only 'tricking' the brain into thinking that. By creating an environment, such as being discussed, you are setting the stage into allowing yourself to be 'tricked'. A degree of cynicism in measured form is healthy and by questioning something and not taking it at face value we can learn more about ourselves and the environment we inhabit.
Daire
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1 reply by Luis Branco
Jan 20, 2020 7:10 AM
Luis Branco
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Dear Daire
Thank you for your opinion
The "recipe" is absolutely natural.
- Exercise daily
- Sleep 7 to 9 hours daily
- Celebrate daily achievements
- Thank all the days
- Enjoy the sun and nature
- Remember special moments
- Meditate
- Hug someone
- Do an act of generosity
- Practice hobbies
- Laugh with special people
- Sing, dance!
Moments of celebration, meditation, laughter, daily thanks, hugs can be created
Saving Changes...
Luis BrancoCEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, LdªCarcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Jan 20, 2020 6:37 AM
Replying to Daire Guiney
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Dear Luis,
One is a message in the form of a chemical and one is chemical that is release into the blood stream as a result of this message. But you are forgetting the stimulus, what is the trigger for this process to occur. That is the most important part of the situations as scenarios can be created into fooling the body into starting the process. For example artificial sweeteners fool the brain into thinking that something is sweet when in reality it is only 'tricking' the brain into thinking that. By creating an environment, such as being discussed, you are setting the stage into allowing yourself to be 'tricked'. A degree of cynicism in measured form is healthy and by questioning something and not taking it at face value we can learn more about ourselves and the environment we inhabit.
Daire
Dear Daire
Thank you for your opinion
The "recipe" is absolutely natural.
- Exercise daily
- Sleep 7 to 9 hours daily
- Celebrate daily achievements
- Thank all the days
- Enjoy the sun and nature
- Remember special moments
- Meditate
- Hug someone
- Do an act of generosity
- Practice hobbies
- Laugh with special people
- Sing, dance!
Moments of celebration, meditation, laughter, daily thanks, hugs can be created Saving Changes...
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
