Oxytocin – The Dark Side of the Love Molecule

Illustration of the "love molecule," oxytocin, under the microscope. Chemical bonds are depicted with lines, and amino acids like Gly, Leu, and Cys are labeled. Heart shapes decorate the design while hinting at its dark side in fine print beneath the artwork.

With the recent popularity of neuroscience for public consumption the neurotransmitter Oxytocin has gained the nick-name “The Love Molecule”. Who wouldn’t want more love, right? This neurotransmitter is know to be the bonding chemical released during sex, a mother and child nursing, and during heightened moments of trust. There are oxytocin nasal sprays marketed to […]

It Takes a Village — a Community of Neurons

To be our animated best selves requires us to be in a graceful electro-chemical choreography. All of our actions, thoughts, desires, emotions and behaviors are physiologically the result of networked neural activity in the brain.  One neuron’s “voice” alone does not result in a smile, a hug, or a memory; however that one neuron’s voice singing […]

When Breathing in Love is Not Enough

Are you tired of pretending to be calm and compassionate when inside you really feel like kicking and screaming? In my life-long meditation training I was often told to “breathe in love”.  I so desperately wanted to do this, but there was no manual other than to just do it.  When one is in a […]

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