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Feb25
Every Workplace Needs a Serotonin Bear

A good friend and colleague Dr Olga Redmond Stokes at the Waterford Institute of Technology, in Ireland, gave me a Serotonin Bear which sits above my desk as I write this blog. Do you have one nearby?

The bear reminds me that some people come to work with serotonin already flowing in their brains and that I can  too. It’s also why people like Olga are fun to be around, seem smarter than most, and inspire others every step of the way.
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Amazingly,  serotonin re-patterns the human brain to become more of the person you’d like others to see in you…. Serotonin can increase simply by changing one thing you do that holds you back today.

It’s a bit like preparing your brain for new stepping stones forward….

Did you know that …

Cortisol is serotonin’s enemy and works against your brain and your well-being. This harmful chemical  increases when we slip into ruts… remain angry… or fail to forgive folks who zap us when we expected it least.

The little serotonin bear reminds me to benefit from the brain’s success hormone. Imagine a chemical, readily available to help you fuel solutions to problems you encounter... and one that oils your multiple intelligences when you need them most.

To increase serotonin and decrease cortisol at work …

-- smell a pot of coffee brewing
-- listen to Lee Ann Womack help you to dance
-- Stick a neuron in your head and laugh
-- Look at art around you and create something that changes you
-- Walk over lunch
-- Invite an old sock out for dinner
-- Remember a time when you were good to you – and repeat it
-- Buy trail mix or something for good energy and share at work

Any one of these things can alter your brain chemicals in your favor today… to create new synapses for serotonin that profits you and your business.

What do you think?

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