{"id":3751,"date":"2015-08-07T14:30:09","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T21:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.everywomanover29.com\/blog\/?p=3751"},"modified":"2015-10-01T21:57:24","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T04:57:24","slug":"kindness-oxytocin-mystery-memory-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywomanover29.com\/blog\/kindness-oxytocin-mystery-memory-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Kindness and oxytocin: a mystery memory box of treasured memories"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Credit: CBS News 8 – San Diego, CA News Station – KFMB Channel 8<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is a story of kindness and warm and fuzzy feelings all around. There is plenty of oxytocin-boosting happening here!<\/p>\n

On Tuesday around 6:30pm I received excited emails from Anxiety Summit<\/a> fans in San Diego about a story that had just aired on the CBS8 show: Return to Sender The Mystery Memory Box<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here is one of them:<\/p>\n

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I just watched my local San Diego Ch. 8 KFMB news and saw old pics of you from the 80’s.\u00a0 A lady in this area has evidently kept a couple of “mystery boxes” that\u00a0appear to\u00a0be yours for 17 yrs.\u00a0 She moved from South Africa years ago and mistakenly received these boxes.\u00a0 She’s wanted to return them, the name she found among the items… Trudy Hatfield!<\/p>\n

Contact Jeff Zevely, reporter at the KFMB station, cbs8.com.\u00a0 I’m sure you’ve received lots of emails and calls about this.\u00a0 YIPPEE!<\/p>\n

one of your many Anxiety Summit fans<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

You’ll see the video she\u2019s referring to at the link below – enjoy the mystery, and a glimpse of my laughing, smiling adventurous youth!
\nPart 1: Return to Sender The Mystery Memory Box<\/a><\/p>\n

Ninety minutes hours after the story is aired the mystery is solved \u2013 the box DOES belong to me! I find out via the emails from my fans (like the one above) and Barbara (the anchor) connects with Crombie (my brother).<\/p>\n

What a trip down memory lane to see all those photos! There are many from my trip to Europe when I was in my 20s, plus postcards I sent to my family.\u00a0 There are also special family photos, the the last one of me hugging my baby sister Wendy.\u00a0 How very special!<\/p>\n

I connect with Jeff at CBS8 and they arrange the follow-up video\/story the next day. Here is the Wednesday video where I \u201cmeet\u201d Jeanette via skype and get to give her a virtual hug and thank her for her kindness!<\/p>\n

You can read the full story of part 2 here: Return to Sender: Mystery Memory Box Owner Found<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s such fun to see pictures of my bother Crombie and hear how it all came together – his tennis connection to Barbara and my fans reaching out to me.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve been reading some of my recent blogs you\u2019ll see I\u2019m fascinated by oxytocin and it\u2019s connection to social anxiety<\/a>, postpartum depression<\/a>, and autism<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I feel so good right now and am on such an oxytocin-high that I\u2019d like to share how this act of giving and kindness is connected to oxytocin.<\/p>\n

Paul J. Zak is the author of a book called “The Moral Molecule.” It\u2019s all about oxytocin and here is what he says about this molecule:<\/p>\n

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It is a “feel good” hormone that increases when we do simple, feel good things like giving or receiving a hug, or when we give generously<\/p>\n

The act of giving stimulates this hormone resulting in the recipient desiring to trust the giver<\/p>\n[It] accounts for why some people give freely of themselves<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The above snippets come from a Wall Street Journal article: The Trust Molecule<\/a>. It is a fascinating read.<\/p>\n

Wow wow wow! So we all win, we all get to feel good, and we all get all get an oxytocin boost!<\/p>\n