Generosity makes us happy

There are four main hormones that trigger the feelings of happiness: dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphins.

Understanding these chemicals and how they work can help you figure out ways to feel better during a stressful time.

Four primary chemicals drive our workplace behavior:

1. Endorphins: Mask pain, enabling persistence (the runner's high)
2. Dopamine: Reward achievement and completion (the got it done feeling)
3. Serotonin: Released when we feel...

Regular exercise can treat mild to moderate depression, as good as the antidepressants.

Exercise provides us with feel-good chemicals made naturally inside our body, as the brain releases endorphins, dopamine, and serotonin.