The endocrine system is a network of glands (like thyroid, pituitary, adrenals, pancreas) that produce and release hormones directly into the bloodstream to act as chemical messengers, controlling vital functions like metabolism, growth, mood, reproduction, and stress response by regulating distant organs and cells. It works with the nervous system to maintain bodily balance (homeostasis), with major glands forming glands like the hypothalamus linking the two systems.
Objectivity, in this landscape, usually means not a “view from nowhere,” but “as independent of any one person’s quirks as we can practically make it.”
Listening to your body means paying attention to the signals your whole organism is sending, taking them seriously, and responding in a way that keeps you healthy and steady over time
Psychological “flow states” are much easier to enter and sustain when the underlying organismic flow is relatively harmonious and supported.
