Shawngela Pierce

Imagine this scenario – your immediate supervisor takes full credit for one of your colleagues’ contributions in a crucial meeting. As a result, your co-worker misses out on a promotion you know they need. You know you should speak up for your friend. But doing so in a working environment full of toxicity, backstabbing, and secrecy could backfire, costing you a job you need or making your daily existence miserable. You need your job to keep food on the table. What do you do?

Serotonin is one of the human body’s most important chemicals. It regulates nervous system activity and strongly influences moods, appetites, sleeping habits and even digestion. A proper serotonin balance and more in-tune with your emotions, but maintaining that balance through natural means can be challenging. Here are five essential tips to help naturally raise your serotonin and stabilize your bodily functions.

“The Playa Provides”. A non-sensical statement, or a reminder of that place some remember as “coming home”? Our responses to words, pictures, and energies depend on both past experiences and training, our ‘nurture’, as well as our ‘nature’. Our reactions are the sum of our nature and our nurture, with a flavor of both conscious and unconscious beliefs added for effect.