Communicating the Science of Mental Wellness
In this series on How Exercise Makes You Happy, we’ve seen how exercise gives a boost to your brain health and lifts your mood. From BDNF, the caregiver to your brain cells, to all the happy chemicals involved in making you feel great, exercise can boost them all. Imagine that…
In the post Happy Chemicals, we talked about two of the happy chemicals that can get a boost in your brain when you exercise. We covered serotonin and dopamine, which are super important for your mental health. But those are not the only ones that support mental health. There are…
DRUGS! Your brain makes them. Well not really. But it does make some really dope happy chemicals. That pun was intended because dopamine is one of them. I’ll cover it and other chemicals that make you feel happy in this post. What is a Happy Chemical? Well it’s a nickname.…
The Power to Grow It was once thought that the brain, once fully developed in adulthood, was at best stagnant. You are what you are, so to speak, and no drastic changes to brain health were possible. Or so it was thought. Luckily for you and I, we now know…
Does Exercise Really Help My Mental Health? A lot of people say that exercise is a great tool for managing stress, and reducing anxiety and depression. But does it actually help, and how? I’ve labored over reading some really cool research, written in science-y language, so you don’t have to.…
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