Your body heals faster when you focus on being happy and feel joy, says the professor.
The hormone also counteracts dangerous stress – “You get a buffer against stress”, says the Swedish professor Kerstin Uvnäs Moberg who has studied the effects of oxytocin for over 30 years.
Joy provides both well-being and health, she continues.
In one of her books, Calm and Touc – The Healing Effects of Oxytocin in the Body, dr Uvnäs Moberg explains how oxytocin:
Lowers blood pressure
Accelerates healing
Protects against stress
Increases tolerance for pain
Strengthens the cardiovascular system
and more …
Allow yourself to make Joy an easy priority in your life.