WAYS TO PRODUCE OXYTOCIN THAT IS BENEFICIAL TO OUR HEART AND CIRCULATORY SYSTEM - ALSO NEED PROPER NUTRIENTS TO MAKE OXYTOCIN!!!
Check out Kelly McGonigal’s TED TALK. She is a health psychologist and lecturer at Stanford University who is known for her work in the field of 'science help' which focuses on translating insights from psychology and neuroscience ... Stress doesn't have to be bad.
There is science to show that MAKING OXYTOCIN is the key. Oxytocin is beneficial to the heart and circulatory system. When we are either negatively or positively excited the heart beat is elevated, but with Oxytocin generated, the blood vessels stay relaxed and open. Therefore, healthy nutrients get to all the cells.
It all depends on our attitude. In other words, when we feel stressed negatively we can change the self-talk - stop, reframe and use it as a challenge.
The other secret is to make sure all the cells have healthy nutrients to keep repairing and replacing.
Here are 6 ways to easily increase Oxytocin Production:
1. Share your STRESS with friends. Connections are key to good health.
2, Do things that help others. Those who are stressed in this way are known to live longer even when stressed.
3, Engage in MEANINGFUL PROJECTS. This brings fulfillment and true happiness which again helps us live a healthier life.
4, Take a minute each hour to move and look at something that MAKES YOU SMILE. That means look at a good view, painting, pictures of babies and baby animals.
5. FOCUS - count backwards from 100 by 7s.
6. Incorporate some yoga type meditation - even a quick breathing awareness minute. Count to 10 and be aware of your breaths.
Like Kelly M, I know how to handle stress when it comes, but I thought it was bad. and we should work to avoid it. I also think the point is, I can't sit in a cocoon and wallow in my loneliness. I have to get out there and let myself be stressed.
Today, I had a talk with Merilee. She says, "I don't bother with worrying with 'doing a list of suggestions', I just meditate and get rid of my negative thoughts. I use the app HEADSPACE.
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John Wooden
legendary UCLA basketball coach
According to John Wooden, he carried a card with these words in his wallet all his life - given to him upon graduation by his father. The quote has hung on the Goto's fridge for years as a favorite as well.
What does it mean to be true to yourself?
This morning I listened to a TED TALK by Susan Cain - THE POWER OF INTROVERTS. She suggests 1/3 to 1/2 of us are introverts that lead to much of our creativity and innovations. Her bags are always packed with books.
Susan further observes that much of our world, particularly in the USA, are run by the extroverts. Offices are cubicles facing each other. Schools are putting desks in circles. She suggests we slow down and take a look at how we are being influenced.
On the other hand, Susan is noting that she practiced speaking in public and is appearing on TED TALKS.
Bobb Biehl suggests one look back at themselves as a nine-year-old. Did you have one close friend or were you one who dealt with several friends most of the time?
Here at GoTo-Health we talk about and teach that we all begin with a basic personality. The goal is to learn first “who we are”. Several tests like Myers Briggs suggest we are one of four basic personality types.
Secondly, growing up and becoming adult means that we learn maturity and flexibility. One can learn and acquire some of the opposite personality types and be more balanced - coping connecting and contributing.
Well put by Micah, "Be comfortable in your own skin!!"
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CONTRIBUTING - CONNECTING - COPING
It's been six months now since I became a widow. Since I've been away from home for a couple months, I am ready to resume the business of CHANGING PEOPLE'S LIVES with GO-TO-HEALTH activities.
Harvard Study of Adult Development, almost 80 years old, has proved that embracing community helps us live longer, and be happier.
Close relationships, more than money or fame, are what keep people happy throughout their lives, the study revealed.
Good genes are nice, but joy is better.
“Loneliness kills. It’s as powerful as smoking or alcoholism.”
— Robert Waldinger in his TED talk. Going on to say, “Aging is a continuous process,” Waldinger said. “You can see how people can start to differ in their health trajectory in their 30s, so that by taking good care of yourself early in life you can set yourself on a better course for aging. The best advice I can give is ‘Take care of your body as though you were going to need it for 100 years,’ because you might.”
My grandpa lived to 90 and so did my mom. Since I'm on no medications and have no immediate health issues I am likely to have another 20 years of CONTRIBUTING - CONNECTING - COPING. Stay tuned!!
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