Is there a Science to Happiness?

There are “happy” hormones you can learn how to boost (without using drugs) in order for your body to access the chemicals that increase and maintain your “happy” bodily effects, but is there a science to happiness? If there is, once you learn it are you able to maintain it?

There are way too many people taking drugs to enhance or mimic their “happy” hormones to give them a false sense of happiness… they feel they can’t live without them, but there are healthier and totally natural ways to do it; after all these hormones are indeed produced by the body.

The body is hardwired properly with everything that’s necessary, but most people haven’t been taught on how to use their own body tools; when they become unbalanced there is a major preference to use drugs instead of available healthier ways, and today I will help you understand why – there is always a reason for everything, isn’t there?!

Hormones are chemicals produced by different glands across the body. They travel through the bloodstream, acting as messengers and playing an important part in many bodily processes and certain hormones are known to help promote positive feelings, including happiness and pleasure.

Dopamine – is well known as the “feel-good” hormone, it’s an important neurotransmitter as part of some sort of the brain’s reward system, and it’s associated with pleasurable sensations, as well as with new learning and memory - embracing a new goal, a new idea, a new enthusiasm, stepping out of the box – triggers dopamine.

Serotonin - this hormone and neurotransmitter helps regulate the mood as well as sleep, appetite, digestion, learning ability  and memory - believing in oneself, having true confidence and self-esteem - triggers serotonin.

Oxytocin – is often called the “love hormone”; oxytocin is essential for childbirth and the parent-child necessary bonding. It also helps promoting trust, empathy, and bonding in relationships, and oxytocin levels may increase with actual physical affection like kissing, cuddling, and sex - building trust in oneself consciously as well as in true/good affectionate relationships - triggers oxytocin.

Endorphin – is the body’s natural pain reliever, which the body produces in response to stress or discomfort. Endorphin levels also tend to increase when one engages in self rewarding activities, whatever they might be - making time to enjoy anything one likes, basic moves or stretches, daydream, wonder and laugh (lots of laugh) – triggers endorphin.

If you are balanced, you will for sure be a happy person no matter the circumstance in your life, as you will know how to bounce back quickly, in moments of odd or unpleasant events; you have for sure found the true science to happiness, but if you are not, you may start by building new happy habits to get back on track!

The true Science to Happiness is in reality having the knowledge and awareness of how to use your body’s original hard-wiring, to function in a balanced and harmonized way, adequate to who you are and what you do, or want to do, in this lifetime. 

By using the tools in your body that regulate your state of being in a coherent way between the mental, physical and spiritual you can do no wrong; the problem is – (too) many people are still living in their lizard brain, get stuck in it and don’t know or don’t want to get out of their trapped way of life.

The lizard or the reptilian brain is the primitive brain - the skeptic, stubborn, that wants no change, wants to maintain the status quo, and hates risk and uncertainty.

Neuroscience has offered many important insights into the structure and function of the human brain. The neuroscientist Paul MacLean has provided the “Triune Brain” model which is based on three dominant structures in the human brain. The basal ganglia - found at the center of the human brain - followed by the limbic system, consisting of various component brain structures, such as the amygdala and hippocampus, and the neocortex, which is associated to conscious thought, language and reasoning.

The reptilian brain – the basal ganglia - the oldest of the three, controls the body's vital functions such as heart rate, breathing, body temperature and balance and although reliable for these basic functions of the body, tends to be somewhat rigid, compulsive and provides automatic self-preserving behavior patterns that become ingrained if not changed.

The term, “lizard brain”, “reptilian brain”, or “reptilian complex” is derived from a belief within the field of neuroanatomy that the forebrains of reptiles, and other small animals, were dominated by these structures, which suggested, within the Triune brain model, that the basal ganglia and a number of the surrounding structures within the base of the forebrain are responsible for behaviors such as aggression, dominance, territoriality, and ritual displays.

The almost exclusive behavior of people living in a “reptilian brain complex” corresponds to their living in their very own protective mode of - no change - maintaining their status quo, because they hate and fear risks of uncertainty. Their obsessive way to survive while being admired for what is apparently seen, and to succeed and take care (almost exclusively) of their own, is very limited, unique and very draining, as they lack the high vibration energy of spontaneity, of the others that know how to use not only their whole Triune Brain, but also all the tools deep-rooted and hard wired in their whole being (mental, physical and spiritual), so they may build new happy habits as their true Science to Happiness.

When one knows how to master the science to happiness, there is no mountain high enough to cover their sunshine; but when “life happens” and permits one or more issues to bring in some clouds, there is always an outside most resourceful (free) tool, that is put into action, and within a few minutes starts to restore all the hormonal levels to bring balance and harmony again into joy and happiness, and this tool is MEDITATION.

Much Love and Light!

Enjoy this Greenred Productions - Relaxing Binaural beats music to restore your "happy" hormones.

It should be used with headphones because of the binaural beats (different on each side) for the utmost effect. There are many others on Youtube, I only chose this one as an example. Enjoy! 💙