So long, summer tiredness!

You love pickleball and playing with your grandkids.

- Melissa Gotthardt

But if you're too down and drained to join in on the fun, your levels of dopamine, the "happy hormone," may need a lift. When the hormone is in ample supply, you feel focused, motivated, upbeat and energized. In fact, Canadian research shows energy soars by 150%! And Johns Hopkins University researchers found that boosting dopamine levels makes being active feel easy instead of exhausting. While dopamine production dips by up to 50% in our 50s, these tricks lift levels fast

✓ Savor a steak