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The Hormonic Way!

After a festive weekend Monday blues seems to be back again! This is how I had described the first day of

the week when one of my kindergarten friend now, settled in Canberra, Australia pinged me recently in Skype while I was on a work-related con-call. “Cheer up friend – Monday is only in the head…it is only A DAY! Enjoy the rest of day, Ciao!” she replied.

Hey, do not get me wrong – just wanted to emphasize how a swirl of hormones can create mood swings. Whether it is a business pitch, press conference, group discussion, or a warm hug with a colleague, a plethora of hormones seems to be always playing within us.

This word – ‘hormone’ figured today during a quick coffee break with a colleague that had driven me to pen this.

It is a universal fact that two people meeting face to face can experience alerted body chemistry. The bottom line - how do we get to know which hormone is doing the trick at different situation? I remember several years ago reading an interesting article by a senior faculty of Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow who classified three kinds of hormones which can always pep us up!

Interpersonal meeting can create mutual understanding and trust through secretion of hormones such as OXYTOCINE.

Few people enjoying the company of each other can experience surge of DOPAMINE, a special hormone that enriches the neurotransmitter resulting in an enhanced pleasure.

When people bond with high tech gadgets such as cell phones and computers, they produce SEROTONIN that reduces worry and anxiety. And yes, on that day my Monday blues disappeared by connecting with this friend in real-time after decades!

So which hormone is working within you right now? If I sound too Greek and tech then just leave it there and let the magic of all the positive hormones take charge of us within.