Unlocking the Chemistry of Joy: A Spiritual Approach to Inner Harmony

On May 28, 2025 By Zeenat Merchant Syal-Counseling Psychologist|Spiritual CounselorIn Emotions, Mind, Mind-Mental Health, Positive Self Reflection, spiritual healing3 Comments

“If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.” ~ Carlos Santana

Our minds and hearts are guided by a beautiful symphony of inner energies—what science calls neurotransmitters, and what the soul might experience as emotional tones. Four of these key messengers—dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphins—work in harmony to help us feel connected, peaceful, purposeful, and alive.

In the years when I suffered from major loss, depression, and huge transitions in my life, I had no idea that I could take charge of my own emotions and actually steer them in a positive direction. But I knew that I couldn’t keep feeling this horrible…and that’s when, through a lot of reading and research, I discovered the magic of these four neurotransmitters. Dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphins are often referred to as “happy hormones” due to their roles in promoting positive emotions, well-being, and pain management.

In this article, I am sharing all that I know you can do to consistently return to your happy space, no matter what life throws your way. ❤

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A Positive Step-by-Step Guide to Handling Any BIG Emotion

On March 4, 2025March 4, 2025 By Zeenat Merchant Syal-Counseling Psychologist|Spiritual CounselorIn Emotions, healing, Mind, Mind-Mental Health, Positive Self Reflection, spiritual healing21 Comments

“Depression and anxiety can’t fit in your head if you’re cultivating feelings of joy and inspiration.” ~ Austin Butler

Life is a journey that is actually full of emotions and feelings. Everything that happens in our life we have attached an emotion to it. In fact, if you think of any event from the past(even yesterday) the emotion attached to that event is what you feel first when you think about it.

Its amazing how everything we are, is a sum total of the feelings and emotions we have been through. But, sometimes the emotions feel too BIG to handle in certain situations. And that is very normal. We all can feel overwhelmed when we feel these big emotions coming on. They are often triggered by life-changing decisions or events.

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10 Small Habits That Can Positively Change Your Life

On February 25, 2025February 25, 2025 By Zeenat Merchant Syal-Counseling Psychologist|Spiritual CounselorIn Emotions, healing, Mind, Mind-Mental Health, Positive Self Reflection, spiritual healing12 Comments

“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.”~ Vincent Van Gogh

When we think about changing our lives for the better, we often think of big lofty goals. Our list is big and the expectations we have of ourselves bigger.

So, we begin with the BIG changes we want to make in our lives, which is a good thing to reflect on from time to time. Then we go about trying to achieve that BIG change, with even bigger, more drastic steps. Only to fall flat on our face within 3 -5 days. Which means we can begin to change, but to stay the course consistently is the problem. And believe me, its a problem we all face.

To bring about BIG positive changes in my life, I realized I didn’t have to do anything big. In fact I had to make small shifts in my habits. As I kept incorporating these small shifts consistently and daily, I started to see BIG changes.

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