Maria C. Borg

HOW TO HACK YOUR HAPPY HORMONES DOPAMINE (Increase Drive): • Home cleaning • Focused work • Phone detoxes • Cold showers OXYTOCIN (Increase Love): • Acts of service • Physical touch • Grateful thoughts • Active listening SEROTONIN (Improve Mood): • Time outside • Eating healthy • Calm breathing • Good night sleep ENDORPHINS (Reduce Stress): • Stretching • Baths & saunas • Singing songs • Exercising

“Life is a balance between holding on and letting go.” ― Rumi

“You do not write your life with words...You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.” ― Patrick Ness

Open call for good practices ahead of the 4th Youth Work Convention - looking forward to having you here in Malta in May 2025!!!

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Yesterday at Science in the City, Malta with the MSA - Malta Sociological Association. It was lovely to meet and have conversations on what people want in their ideal village, creating awareness on the importance of Social Impact Assessments (SiAs).

Come visit our stand and design your own village during Science in the City, Malta Tritoni Valletta @SciCityMalta #ScienceInTheCity2024 #Malta

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Happening this Saturday! Come join us!!

@BriguglioMike Prosit

Illum għalaq l-ewwel staġun ta' #OneToOne li kelli l-pjaċir nippreżenta fuq Campus 103.7. Grazzi lill-istaff ta' Campus 103.7, lill-mistednin u lilek li smajt dan il-programm. Għall-istaġun li jmiss! 🤝 Lista tal-programmi u link biex tismagħhom On-Demand↘️ mikes-beat.blogspot.com/2024/08/one-to… #Malta #Discussion

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"When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser." ― Socrates