Your brilliant mind is equipped with a built-in pharmacy of brain chemicals to lift you up, motivate you, and keep you going. You can get your daily D.O.S.E. by engaging in activities that elicit dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, and endorphins.
- Activate dopamine with rewards, incentives, and praise (yes, you can praise yourself!).
- Activate oxytocin with loving touch, kisses, hugs, and friendly contact with others.
- Activate serotonin by getting plenty of sunlight, eating tryptophan-containing foods, and exercise.
- Activate endorphins with exercise, meditation, making love,
playing music, and laughter.
And guess what activates more of these feel-good chemicals than any other activity? Laughter! Everything works better when you have these chemicals running through your system, so get your daily D.O.S.E. every day and watch what happens.