Loretta Graziano Breuning, PhD is the author of Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain Your Brain to Boost Your Serotonin, Dopamine, Oxytocin and Endorphin Levels. She founded the Inner Mammal Institute to help people build new neural pathways to turn on their happy chemicals in new ways. (www.InnerMammalInstitute.org)
Dr. Breuning’s work has been translated into Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic, French, Turkish, and German. She has been quoted in Forbes, NPR, the Wall St. Journal, Fox, Time, NBC, Psychology Today, Cosmopolitan, Real Simple and Psychologies. Her podcast is “The Happy Brain,” and she’s been a guest on many podcasts, including: Almost 30, James Altucher, Brainfluence, Recovery Unscripted, Fat Burning Man, Humans 2.0 and Yogabody. Details at InnerMammalInstitute.org.
In this Episode:
- Dr. Breuning’s personal and professional journey
- Neurochemistry & the disease model
- Neural pathways & reward center wiring
- Alternative experiences & dealing with life on life’s terms
- Understanding brain wiring and behavior
- Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin, and Endorphin
- The Inner Mammal Institute and Inner Mammal Method
- Satiation
- Expectation management and Distress Intolerance
- Dr. Breuning’s take on addiction and Building Neuropathways
- What’s next?
- Signature Question
