3 Hormones Your Emotions Rely On

Care for yourself from the inside out with these top tips to balance your hormones, boost your mood and create a more confident self.

HAVE YOU NOTICED the self-love vibe that’s in the air – this year, more than ever? The popularity of powerful new projects like Katie Horwitch’s Women Against Negative Talk and spiritual psychology writer Danielle Beinstein’s writing testifies: self-love is in and it’s contagious!

Integrative health and food therapy specialist, Christine Dionese, says there’s a whole lot of neurobiological activity that gives rise to our ongoing emotional wellness.

Wondering about your self-love hormonal status? Genetic data plays a significant role in how epigenetic variables affect hormonal health. Reliable functional medical tests to help determine neurohormone levels exist, but keep in mind that levels shift throughout our cycle and in response to environmental changes, causing results to shift accordingly. Obtaining personalized genetic information could offer greater depth and understanding into your personalized health concerns, uncovering why those shifts occur and how you can optimize your wellness plan.

There are a few special hormones our emotional status relies on. Because they are responsible for regulating mood, confidence levels and self-nurturing, I affectionately refer to them as self-love neurohormones. The truth is, you may meditate like a guru, but these neurotransmitters rely on us to feed them!

Stay in the self-care flow with my neuro-nurturing tips:

3 HORMONES OUR EMOTIONS RELY ON + HOW TO SUPPORT THEM

THE LOVE HORMONE: OXYTOCIN The awesome thing about oxytocin? It reduces fear!

Produced by the hypothalamus and stored in the pituitary, oxytocin is the love hormone – just looking deeply into your lover’s eyes can signal its release. Commonly recognized as a bonding hormone new mothers produce, we can thank oxytocin for helping usher in awesome orgasms. Not only has oxytocin been observed to play a role in sexual arousal for women and men, it has also been reported to play a significant role in wound healing by reducing the inflammatory response.

When oxytocin levels are in good shape, your self-confidence may be…

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