2 results for tag: Brain Science

COVID Care For Self – Our Brains Are Responding

COVID care is important. Our brains and bodies have new processes to consider and respond to. I imagine this might be similar to those we are living in a new war zone. Their brains and bodies have to adapt to a new version of life. There are many exceptional neurologists and social science researchers doing great work in informing us of how these events effect our brains and emotions. I find the information very helpful for the clients I work with and my own experiences personally. I have been mindful about COVID care and making sure I acknowledge that I should NOT be feeling how I typically do with so much change and uncertainty....

Hormones In Relationships – Are You a ‘Testosterone’ or a ‘Dopamine?’

We are all effected by hormones in relationships. I am fascinated by this work and its potential in understanding relationship choices exploring the impact of hormones in relationships. How does this influence our compatibility, or lack there of? I appreciate there are four distinct profile types; dopamine, serotonin, testosterone and estrogen, in no particular order. The fact that they move beyond the limitations of the two profile types of estrogen and testosterone feels more honest and accurate than defining folks by just the two hormones, and dismissing the effects of dopamine and serotonin. Hormones in relationships are a real thing and ...