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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I still remember the exact spot
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the highway where I was driving.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think I remember it so vividly because
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was having one of the most important
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conversations that I’ve ever had with \N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,myself. In that moment in my car, I knew
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my bones, I wouldn’t drink alcohol
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again. So you might be thinking what was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rock bottom that brought me to that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,point? And the answer is …
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there wasn’t one! You see, I was a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gray area drinker and I drank between two
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,extremes. I wasn’t an "end stage, lose
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything" kind of drinker,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not by a long shot. If you would have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asked my friends and family if they
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thought I had a drinking problem they
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have said, “of course not”. But I also
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wasn’t an "every now and again drinker"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who would have a glass of champagne
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example at the wedding and then not
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drink again for weeks. I didn’t fall into
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,either one of those drinking categories
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or drinking extremes. And maybe you \N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can identify?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a nutritionist who has worked in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,corporate wellness since 2004,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I functioned really well. I knew how
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to eat well, I worked out on a regular
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,basis and I loved to read and study
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything health and wellness. \N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what people didn’t know was how much I\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,loved the “off” switch that wine provided
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to my “on” and often anxious brain.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I loved the immediate effect that red wine
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,delivered. And people also didn’t see how
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,easy and frequent it was for one glass of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wine to turn into one bottle of wine.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a commune characteristic and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pattern in gray area drinking that I \N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experience and I’ve watched many others
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experience as well and that’s a stopping
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and restarting drinking. One time I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stopped for 7 months, another time I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stopped for 30 days, and other short
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,periods in between, and then I would think
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to myself: “Why am I being so restrictive?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can be a social drinker”. So I’d return
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to drinking only to return to a level of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drinking where I regret it. This back and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forth drinking marry-go-around was the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exact thing that I knew I wanted to exit
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,off for good that day in my car on the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,highway.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And maybe you don’t actually identify with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a gray area drinking because not everyone
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will. But here is what I know with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,absolute certainty: there are people in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your life right now, it could be family
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,members, close friends, colleagues, and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are worrying and wondering as they’re
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rethinking their drinking because they are\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the gray area, but more than likely
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are not talking to you about it and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are not talking to others about it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they think they are the only ones
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they think they are alone.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how do I know this? I’ve lived this for
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many years. And the more I can be speaking
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up professionally about my gray area\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drinking experience the more my email
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inbox gets flooded with emails from
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attorneys and therapists, senior level
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,managers and nurses, stay in home moms,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yoga instructors, and many many others.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And their words are different, but
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the jest of what they write me is all \N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same and they say, “I identify with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your drinking story. I don’t have a rock
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bottom either, I want to be able to drink
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,socially, but I end up regretting how much
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I drink on a frequent basis."\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This gray area drinking spectrum is real
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it’s large. And a lot of high
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,achieving, high functioning people who
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,silently live here every day. But beyond
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gray area drinking is even something
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bigger and that’s a collective story of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anxiety. And this I believe is where we
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are collectively missing the mark.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don’t need anymore cognitive hoops to\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,jump through and we don’t need anymore
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ways to focus our will power and contort
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our will power in an attempt to “fix”
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ourselves, what we need is practical
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,training in how to nourish our nervous
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,system in a revolutionary and new way.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there is many components and pieces to\N\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this, but one component and one
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interesting place to start can
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be understanding your neurotransmitters.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let’s start with GABA. So GABA is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the natural anti-anxiety neurotransmitter.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When GABA is low we can feel anxious and\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our mind can get stuck in a loop of worry,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rumination or obsession about anything.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Serotonin is the natural anti-depressant \N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neurotransmitter. When serotonin is low
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can feel more depressed, unhappy, and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,crave things like carbs and alcohol and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have trouble sleeping.\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dopamine is the neurotransmitter that’s in\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,charge of our focus and motivation. When
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dopamine’s low it can be hard to stay at
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a coarse and stay on track with your
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,goals and your routines.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So people with low GABA people will often
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,say that they drink as a way to relax.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was me. People with low serotonin\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will say they drink as a way to have fun,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people with low dopamine will say they
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drink as a way to connect and engage\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with others.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here’s the problem and here is what I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,want to you know and take from this talk —
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can be relatively easy for most people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the gray area drinking spectrum to stop
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drinking, but it can be hard to stay
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stopped, especially if we are not
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,replenishing our neurotransmitters and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nourishing our nervous system in a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comprehensive and consistent way.\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here’s the good news, in turns out that\N\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is actually specific foods,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,movements and lifestyle practices that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while they are great wellness tips for
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone, they have very direct and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,immediate roles in boosting all of our
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neurotransmitters.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as a way to give you some practical
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ways that you can begin to boost your
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neurotransmitters now I’d like to start
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing that by using the acronym “NOURISH”
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,N - notice nature - Research shows that\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when our pleasure, which is dopamine,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our happiness, which is serotonin,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both begin to rise when we go into areas
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a large density of trees or a large
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,body of water like an ocean. All it takes
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is 20 minutes of being around nature with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of trees, a lot of water for your
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,GABA, serotonin, and dopamine to begin
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to rise.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,O - observe your breath. There are many\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,medications you can stunt, blunt, and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,block the fight-flight-freeze response in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your body, there are no medications that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can boost the calm response. But there is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one mechanism in your body that can do
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that naturally. And that mechanism is your
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,breath. When our breath is regulated our
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neurotransmitters become regulated.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take a breath! How does that feel? You all
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just gave a little boost to your GABA,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,serotonin, and dopamine.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,R - replenish with food - when you eat
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,protein, whether it’s animal protein or
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,vegetable protein, it doesn’t matter,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it breaks down into amino acids and amino
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,acids are what replenish GABA, serotonin,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and dopamine. When you eat healthy fats,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly in the form of Omega 3 fats
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like fish oil, flax seeds, or walnuts,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those Omega 3 fats are the raw materials
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that make your neurotransmitters.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you eat carbohydrates, specifically\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the ideal form of vegetables, and even
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more specific, leafy green vegetables,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they break down into B vitamins and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,B vitamins are the pre-cursors that make
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,serotonin. When you replenish with food
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you replenish your neurotransmitters.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I - initiate movement. Any exercise will
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,boost the neurotransmitters.\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Boston University did a study with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yoga participants and they had them do
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a 60-minute yoga class. And then when
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they measured they're GABA after that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,class they found everyone’s GABA went
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up at least on 27%. Some participants had
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,arising GABA up to 80%. Compared to the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,control group that read a book for
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,60 minutes, there was no change in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their GABA. One 60-minute yoga class can
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,initiate a boost in all your
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neurotransmitters.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But after we active, we need to be still.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,S - sitting in stillness allows
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the nervous system the opportunity
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to respond and adopt in a complex world
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we live and work in in a very
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nurusing way. And particularly sitting in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stillness and silence, invoking a sacred
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prayer, meditation, or scripture can
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really feed and replenish your GABA,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,serotonin, and dopamine.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,H - harness your creativity - Dopamine
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,loves the creative flow. And the way you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get into a creative flow is to pick \N\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a single focused activity that ends
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,en “ing”. Some examples are gardening,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fishing, painting. But be careful because
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are some other activities that end
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,en “ing” that make us feel like we get
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a dopamine hit: drinking, smoking,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,overeating. Fishing, painting,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the positive hobbies boost your dopamine.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other: drinking, smoking, overeating
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,depletes dopamine. Harnish your
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creativity, but be very conscientious
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how you doing that. As of today, It has
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been 1054 days since I’ve had a drink\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of alcohol.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I didn’t have a rock bottom moment \N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that brought me to this point and you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don’t need to have one either.