Vocabulary

• on tap: Available; readily accessible.
• open up to: To start talking more freely about your feelings and private thoughts.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• chill out: To relax and stop being angry or nervous about something.
• go it alone: To act or do something without help or partners.
• lights up: Third-person singular present tense of to illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• have to: Must do
• sit with: To stay with someone and provide support or comfort.
• walk with: To accompany someone while walking.
• heart to heart: An honest and sincere conversation about feelings or personal topics.
• check out
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• intimacy: The sharing of private and personal things
• thrive: To be or become healthy or successful
• genuine: Being real, actual, and not false or artificial
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
• therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• hormone: Chemical produced by the body to control functions
• psychologist: An expert who studies the mind and behavior
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• prefrontal: Anterior to a frontal structure
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• serotonin: A neurotransmitter in the brain that helps regulate mood, sleep, appetite, and emotional well-being; often referred to as the "feel-good" hormone.
• cortisol: Adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• isolation: Condition of being in a distinct, separate place
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• sneaky: Deceptive and underhand
• amygdala: Almond-shaped structure in the brain's anterior
• commission: Money paid for a service, e.g. money exchanging
• activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
• text: To send a message by phone or other device
• spiral: A continuous curve round a central point
• oxytocin: Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk
• stressful: Worrying; causing tension
• hack: To illegally access someone else's computer
• proof: Act of showing that something exists or is true
• smash: Accident involving vehicles
• strengthen: To make something stronger
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• empathetic: Exhibiting deep emotional understanding
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• cocktail: Mixed alcoholic drink, containing spirit like gin
• neuroscience: Scientific study of the nervous system
• loneliness: State of feeling sad because you are alone
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• dial: To call a person or place on a telephone
• algebra: Math using letters or symbols in place of numbers
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• immunity: State of not being able to catch a disease
• sue: Person's name
• supportive: Providing help and support to someone or something
• poetic: Imaginative, descriptive and often emotional
• hug: To hold someone in your arms as sign of affection
• plasticity: Property of being able to physically bend
• activation: Act of making something (e.g. a bomb) active
• confetti: Small pieces of colored paper thrown at a wedding
• router: Power tool used in carpentry for cutting grooves