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Do you want to feel more satisfied with
your life and with you? What is satisfaction really about
anyway? Creating and feeling more pleasure, happiness, joy
or whatever you call it, with your family, your life, career,
and with where you're headed - all contribute to your personal
satisfaction. Experiencing true meaning in our relationships
and contributing in some way, large or small to our community
if only to spread joy among our friends are what matter most
to us.
New research into women's brains suggests that
there really is a difference between the sexes in their response
to stress. When a female is stressed out, the hormone, oxytocin
is released and influences her desire to form bonds and get
together with her female friends. Even more oxytocin flows
when that happens and is calming to her and can overturn feelings
of stress.
So how is this relevant to your life? We need
to understand and respect the differences between men and
women in combating stress and in the arena of friendship.
For females, it's recognizing that the flight
or fight response isn't the only behavior available to us.
Cultivating and maximizing female friendships have an impact
on female health and well-being. It's part of the female wiring
so when you're low, make plans with a friend and just talk
things over.
And for the men who are in marriages, friendships
and other significant relationships with females, appreciating
her need for a female confidante or social event with her
friends to manage the stress of home and office is a must.
Being compassionate and supportive of her night-out "with
the girls" will go along way to improve your relationships
with her and may also have a calming effect on you too. If
she's happier and more relaxed and you're in her company,
that calm inner feeling is not only contagious but may rub
off!
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White, 2006.
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