"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you’re wondering how to feel happier, less stressed and more energized, the answer may be inside your ...

In the health world, there’s a ton of buzz around dopamine—how to spike it, protect it, and avoid tanking your levels. But what exactly is dopamine? Simply put, it’s a chemical messenger, or ...

Feeling blue or tickled pink, the colors around you can have a real impact on your mood. That’s not some woo-woo pseudoscience, either: Studies have shown that different hues can actually activate ...

Here’s how to add more joy to your daily routine.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." What if you could order up joy as easily as ordering your favorite meal? Enter the dopamenu, a tool ...

Feeling down? Try a dopamine menu. The wellness trend (currently going viral on TikTok) is all about hacking your way to a better mood. On social media, users share carefully curated journals ...

If motivation feels harder to access, sex drive has dipped, or attention span is fleeting, dopamine could be the missing piece. Dopamine, often dubbed the "motivation molecule," is paramount to how we ...

This post was written by Kübra Fethiye Karataş, MSc, with edits from Jo Cutler, Ph.D. Many of the ways we help require effort Source: Blue Bird / Pexels At the heart of motivation is a simple question ...

“Dopamine is a brain chemical that fuels motivation, focus, and the feeling of reward,” explains psychiatrist Dr. Jessica Reddy, MD. It’s also often associated with pleasure, but it’s more about ...