I've been reading this book by John Gray for the past few days titled "The Mars & Venus Diet & Exercise Solution", and it's been incredibly illuminating with regards to the various experiences of energy I've encountered both in myself and in my relationships. This book basically focuses on the roles of Dopamine and Serotonin in our body and mind, how these differ between men and women, and what things we can eat, do, and even say that influence these primary neurotransmitters.

Just knowing how to see most of one's experiences and interactions as the interplay of these two, and how to appropriately respond to them, is incredibly empowering! For years I experienced this inexplicable "fog" in my head. It came and went without any apparent rhyme or reason. Sometimes it was affected by what I ate, or by certain activities, but I didn't know why. It wasn't until I read this book that I found the keys to unlock these mysteries -and I can't begin to tell you how this knowledge has benefitted me in so many ways! It's like being reborn, and all my potential is now available to me! I encourage everyone now to read this book as I feel it is perhaps the most essential, relevant, and practical book out there today!

I invite your stories about your own experiences and experiments in the management of Dopamine & Serotonin, how these have affected your life and relationships, and especially what you've found in Gray's book that you'd like to cite and illustrate.

One thing I'd like to point out is how the book goes into the role of amino acids and cleansing the liver to optimize the dopamine & serotonin levels in our brain. Gray refers to this clinic in Mexico where drug addicts experience a quick release from their cravings through intravenous amino acid supplementation. Before I read further, I went to the website for that clinic to see more about this and I contacted them to ask what they recommend in terms of foods that one can use instead of IV supplementation to achieve the same results. I went back to reading the book, and found that in the next paragraph, John writes about how he had the same question in his mind, and that after doing a lot of research and experimentation, he found the answer with the Isagenix Nutritional Cleansing program -which just so happens to be what I've been using since November 2006, although I haven't been consistent enough with it to achieve the results he writes about. How ironic! I've done the program a couple times now and have consistently had wonderful results -particularly by doing 2 cleanse days in a row. Now my goal is to keep this program a regular feature in my lifestyle to see how things go over the coming months. I know that I have a lifetime of habits and neural programming to modify and that it will be a gradual process. I encourage everyone to experience this for themselves and invite you to begin by watching this 15 minute video by my friend and colleague Dr. Becky Natrajan at sunyata.isagenix.com/us/en/a...ic.dhtml

I've had lots of experience in adjusting the program to work with people's various needs and schedules, so I encourage those interested in exploring this for themselves to get in touch with me so I can make this an easy and enjoyable experience!

One of the things I've noticed, especially on my 2nd cleanse day, is that I feel more alive and in tune with the currents of energy all around me. The environment sparkles with spirit -as do I! I also have KPA -aka "Chicken Skin"- which is really common and genetic. It's not aggravating per se, but it doesn't feel attractive -which for me, has been a really big deal all my life. I've noticed that when doing the cleanse, my KPA lessens dramatically! I don't know if this is necessarily due to the levels of dopamine and serotonin in my body/brain, but I don't care. I've been keeping a more regular exercise regime of just walking, running, bicycling, push ups and abdominal strengthening, as well as sun bathing for about 10-15 minutes front and back, and I keep feeling better and better as more people express surprise when they find out I'm 35 -because they routinely think I'm in my early 20's!

Oh yeah, and I'll tell you this -sex has become increasingly more amazing as I've been keeping up these habits, and it's particularly outstanding on my cleansing days!