Coffee, Laughter And Good Friends: Is There Anything Better?

Few moments are as pleasant and accommodating as that moment when we meet our good friends and have a good cup of coffee or tea. Any problem becomes light in no time.

Believe it or not, drinking that cup of coffee or tea is still a deeply rooted ritual in our culture, from which our emotions and our brain derive great benefits.

If you have never stopped to think about it, we will detail them in this article, inviting you to never stop practicing that healthy exercise of combining three wonderful ingredients: coffee, laughter and good friends.

The social component of coffee

Coffee is a stimulating drink with centuries of antiquity and magical tradition that is part of our daily life and that we should not give up.

In our space we talk to you very often about everything it can do for us: it enhances our cognitive abilities, clears us up in the morning, offers us energy and, in addition, takes care of our liver health.

However, it is very possible that until now you have never discovered the curious “social component” of this black-hearted drink that we adore so much. We reveal it to you.

A hot drink and good company

Let’s take an example. We finished our working day and it has not been exactly good. Stress, worry, and nerves translate into excess cortisol, norepinephrine, and norepinephrine in the blood that disrupt many of our basic functions.

• The heart is racing, we have a stomachache, tiredness, and a certain dullness of mind. Now, before going home a friend calls us and we meet for a drink in a cafeteria.

• We order a coffee and little by little we start a pleasant conversation. Any hot drink has a calming effect on our body, relaxes the nerves and our breathing. The headache is relieved.
• In turn, coffee, like tea, are mild stimulants. Its activating effect will allow us to communicate much better with that friend. In this way, and almost without realizing it, we will begin to tell you our concerns.
• The hot drink relaxes the muscles, but the caffeine stimulates our mind to be more receptive, communicative and open to positive emotions.
• For this reason, as soon as the first laughs shared with our good friends appear, the power of endorphins takes care of the rest of the work: we begin to feel better and the problems are relativized.

Coffee and good friends: a way of being “present”

We live in a fast-paced world that always demands more from ourselves. We are more focused on what we must do in an hour or tomorrow than on what we are doing right now.

The coffee ritual is a therapeutic exercise that allows us to “be present”. Nothing else matters; we allow ourselves to enjoy drinks, conversation, company, and laughter.

It is important to keep this in mind.

The power of emotional anchors

This data is interesting. Emotional anchors are specific moments that our brain classifies as positive and enriching to keep in our memory, to help us in moments of difficulty.

• Let’s take another example. We just had a wonderful time being good friends over coffee. We have talked about everything: we have laughed, wept and we have given each other good advice.
• All that accumulation of emotions are traces that remain in our brain creating anchors, creating moments that we can recover tomorrow when things do not go well for us.

• It will be enough to remember those tips, those moments that are always worth repeating, because that is where the simplest, most enriching and useful happiness is inscribed.

Good times have more power than bad times

Although it may seem otherwise, the fact of “storing” good and pleasant moments helps us to combat the bad ones. The brain prefers to integrate positive aspects before negative ones, because all this will help us to adapt better and to advance more effectively.

• The bad runs aground and traps us. Therefore, it is always advisable to accept any failure, loss or error, and then try to move on avoiding that dark shadow embrace us for a long time.
• Something as simple and positive as every day meeting friends for a while to have a coffee and talk about the things of the day stands as one of the best exercises for the mind and heart that we can practice.

All this will remain in our trunk of positive experiences, there from where to draw courage, strength and energy when things do not go exactly well. So tell us… have you met your friends for coffee today?