Elevate

The holidays can be a stressful time of year for many, so I wanted to share these 10 WAYS TO ELEVATE your inner chemistry for more JOY. Ongoing stress activates the fight-or-flight response in our nervous system. This produces cortisol and other stress hormones. That’s great if you are being chased by a cougar and need a quick burst of adrenaline to leap over a fence to escape. But, on a day-to-day basis, it is not good to continually overproduce high levels of cortisol. Too much cortisol can disrupt our body’s processes and systems. It can make us moody, agitated, depressed, or short-tempered, among other things. The Mayo Clinic explains it like this: “Your brain comes hardwired with an alarm system for your protection. When your brain perceives a threat, your body releases a burst of hormones to fuel your flight-or-fight response. When the threat is gone, your body returns to normal. Unfortunately, the non-stop stress of modern life means your alarm system rarely shuts off.” To deal with the day to day stressors of life in a balanced way, we need to maintain a healthy lifestyle that will release more feel-good chemicals such as dopamine, endorphins, and serotonin. These chemicals help us to relax and enable us to deal with difficult people, challenges at work, holiday shopping, traffic jams, family gatherings, etc. making it easier to enjoy the holidays and every day in between. This is the list of 10 Ways to Elevate! CONNECT WITH DOREEN GRACETwitter: @1DoreenGraceFacebook: @doreengrace.kInstagram: @doreengrace.k If you’ve enjoyed The Soul Spa Podcast, I invite you to leave a rating and review on iTunes. I’d love to hear what your favorite part was and welcome any feedback. It also helps The Soul Spa Podcast to gain exposure in the iTunes world. Many thanks for listening! Elevate