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The relationship between self-compassion and sleep quality: An overview of a seven-year German research program

Poor sleep quality is highly prevalent in modern societies and negatively linked to various health outcomes. While previous research has demonstrated preliminary evidence for self-compassion as a tool for improving sleep quality, this review provides a meta-analysis of... Read more
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How happy hormones can erase 10 years off your face

When you’re happy, you can see it on your face. You know how stress can affects your skin and ages you overnight, so can happiness. Thankfully, happiness has an positive youth effect and it is considered to be one of the best natural anti-aging elixir. Read more
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Impact of oxytocin on skin ageing

Intrinsic skin aging is skin aging affected by natural factors within the body, such as hormones, rather than by external factors like UV light or smoking. 
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Are you oxytocin deficient?

Do you feel stressed, tired, lonely and disconnected from your relationships with others and even yourself? Do you prefer to stay home than socialize? Read more
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Metabolic effects of oxytocin

There is growing evidence that oxytocin (OXT), a hypothalamic hormone well recognized for its effects in inducing parturition and lactation, has important metabolic effects in both sexes. Read more
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The ‘Cuddle Hormone’ might help America take on the obesity epidemic

The brain chemical oxytocin appears to make people feel full and reduce overeating. Can it encourage weight loss? Scientists suspect that one element of the obesity epidemic is that the brains of obese people respond differently to images of delicious, calorically dense foods. Read more
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Oxytocin helps to better overcome fear

Researchers at the University of Bonn Hospital show that the bonding hormone inhibits the fear center in the brain. Frightening experiences do not quickly fade from memory. Read more
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What does embodying love do for your skin?

Plus, other fascinating ways your emotions affect your complexion. As skincare addicts, we are cursed with the compulsion to find out how everything in the world impacts our skin from the foods we eat, our environment, and our daily product routines. 
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11 interesting effects of oxytocin

In a 2007 study in the journal Public Library of Science ONE, participants inhaled oxytocin or a placebo through their noses, and then were given a decision on how to split money with a stranger. Read more
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Oxytocin affects social bonds and our responses to toxic stress. Can we influence oxytocin in children?

Oxytocin is often called the “hormone of attachment” because it seems to help individuals bond with other members of their in-group. Read more
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