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The Happy Brain
by MHNR Network, LLC
Do you wonder what stimulates your happy brain chemicals- dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, endorphin? Answer your questions with these lively conversations between Loretta Breuning and real readers of her book, Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain your brain to boost your serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin and endorphin levels. Still have more questions? Read the book and be a guest on the show yourself! Contact Dr. Breuning and learn more about her work at the Inner Mammal Institute at: InnerMammalInstitute.org. The brain chemicals that make us feel good are inherited from earlier mammals. They evolved to do a job, not to make you feel good all the time. When you know the job of each chemical in the state of nature, your ups and downs make sense. More important, you can re-wire yourself to enjoy more of them in sustainable ways. But it’s hard. Our brain is designed to release happy chemicals to reward steps that promote survival. But our brain defines survival in a quirky w
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Serotonin and the Natural Urge for Social Dominance
You have probably noticed that my explanation of serotonin is not what you hear elsewhere. This episode explains why, and gives you the raw biology of your serotonin so you can find your power over it. The HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you spark your happy brain chemicals in healthy ways. Your host…
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Trauma and Dating
My guest is Sasha Hershfeld, creator of TraumaDater.com, which helps people see the link between their early pain and their present patterns of romantic attraction…and grow from it. The HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you spark your happy brain chemicals in healthy ways. Your host is Loretta G.…
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Why Doesn't Love Last
Love feels spectacular because it sparks all four happy chemicals, but you end up disappointed if you expect the good feelings to last. Here’s how to build realistic expectations about love so you can relieve that disappointment. The HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you spark your happy brain chemicals…
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Can We Talk About Death?
Excuse me for bringing up this harsh topic, but you can relieve stress with these 4 new and scientific ways to think about death. The HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you spark your happy brain chemicals in healthy ways. Your host is Loretta G. Breuning PhD, founder of the Inner Mammal Institute and...
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Don't Blame Your Phone
Our brain is designed to have life-or-death feelings about social recognition, so locking up phones and deleting social accounts will not end bad feelings. Our only option is to learn to manage our quirky brain. https://InnerMammalInstitute.org The HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you spark your happy...
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Addicted to Politics
Politics sparks dopamine, serotonin, and oxytocin so we keep wanting more, but it makes us feel bad in the long run. Here’s how to relieve your addiction to politics. The HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you spark your happy brain chemicals in healthy ways. Your host is Loretta G. Breuning PhD, founder…
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How To Avoid Getting Sucked into Other People’s Misery
Here are 3 simple steps to feel good despite the inevitable negativity of family, friends, coworkers, and public affairs. The HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you spark your happy brain chemicals in healthy ways. Your host is Loretta G. Breuning PhD, founder of the Inner Mammal Institute and author of...
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Ruthless Compassion
Dr. Sirota founded the Ruthless Compassion Institute to teach people to be “kind” instead of “nice,” because the latter is often dysfunctional. (https://marciasirotamd.com/ruthless-compassion-institute) The HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you spark your happy brain chemicals in healthy ways. Your host…
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When Students Don’t Engage
A substitute teacher asks me how the inner-mammal perspective can help him manage the bad behavior he observes in the classroom. The HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you spark your happy brain chemicals in healthy ways. Your host is Loretta G. Breuning PhD, founder of the Inner Mammal Institute and…
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Food Panaceas and Food Alarmism
“Fat Burning Man” chats with me about how we can wade through the avalanche of conflicting claims about food and wellness. (https://abeljames.com/fatburningman/) The HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you spark your happy brain chemicals in healthy ways. Your host is Loretta G. Breuning PhD, founder of…
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If Your Therapist Isn't Open to You
Andrew Hartz created the Open Therapy Institute to help people find therapists who respect their world view, and to help therapists respect people who are disparaged by their politicized credentialing programs.. https://www.opentherapyinstitute.org The HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you spark your…
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Pakistani Doctor on Lifestyle Diseases
Dr. Attia Ansari tells me how her patients in Pakistan "just want a pill” instead of working to improving their wellbeing and lifestyle. Here’s the Emotional Eating link that was mentioned. The HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you spark your happy brain chemicals in healthy ways. Your host is Loretta G....
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Your Power Over Your Attention
Nir Eyal explains his model for becoming “indistractable” instead of feeling overwhelmed by external stimuli. (nirandfar.com) The HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you spark your happy brain chemicals in healthy ways. Your host is Loretta G. Breuning PhD, founder of the Inner Mammal Institute and author…
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Wiring In Your “Wise Advocate"
The founder of Myelin Leadership tells me how he teaches people to find their child circuits and rewire them into “wise advocate” circuits. The HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you spark your happy brain chemicals in healthy ways. Your host is Loretta G. Breuning PhD, founder of the Inner Mammal…
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A BioFeedback Rewiring Device
I’m skeptical of magic bullets, but my guest helps people strap on a device that trains you to change your brainwaves, and it sounds reasonable. (https://www.neuroflex.tech) The HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you spark your happy brain chemicals in healthy ways. Your host is Loretta G. Breuning PhD,...
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War And Mammals
My guest is a Ukrainian-Israeli who just read my book and is putting it into practice right now. The HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you spark your happy brain chemicals in healthy ways. Your host is Loretta G. Breuning PhD, founder of the Inner Mammal Institute and author of "Habits of a Happy Brain:...
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Training: How Much Is Too Much?
My guest was an elite athlete until she trained too much, and her story can help you make good decisions about whatever you’re training for. The HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you spark your happy brain chemicals in healthy ways. Your host is Loretta G. Breuning PhD, founder of the Inner Mammal...
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Urge Surfing
The author of No Willpower Required tells me about strategies that worked for him after years of alcohol dependence. (hardenbrook.com/no-willpower-required) The HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you spark your happy brain chemicals in healthy ways. Your host is Loretta G. Breuning PhD, founder of the…
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How to Guide Your Inner Horse
A horse expert tells me how she guides the animal, and it’s amazingly relevant to guiding our inner mammal. The HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you spark your happy brain chemicals in healthy ways. Your host is Loretta G. Breuning PhD, founder of the Inner Mammal Institute and author of "Habits of a...
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Why You’re Unhappy: Biology vs Politics
My new book shows why unhappiness is a natural brain function, and how politics transformed it into a disease. (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CGTNQHGZ) You’ve been told that happiness is the natural default state, but that’s bad biology and it also undermines your quest for happiness in the long…
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A Therapist's View of Mental Fitness
Dr. Susan Hickman tells me why she created the Mental Fitness Institute, as we compare and contrast our darker days. The HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you spark your happy brain chemicals in healthy ways. Your host is Loretta G. Breuning PhD, founder of the Inner Mammal Institute and author of…
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Children Are More Impressionable Than You Realize
This episode is just me. I get so many questions about parenting that I wanted to address them. In short, we are tempted to reward bad behavior without consciously intending to. The child pays the price because it wires them to repeat the bad behavior over and over. The next time you are tempted…
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The Lonely Entrepreneur
My guest coaches entrepreneurs who dare to leave the cave to find something new, but how does their inner mammal find the courage? joshthomas.net/home1702925582033 The HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you spark your happy brain chemicals in healthy ways. Your host is Loretta G. Breuning PhD, founder of...
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Learning a Foreign Language
Many people get frustrated in their efforts to wire in a new language, so I discuss the challenge with Michael Waite, who teaches English in Japan. The HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you spark your happy brain chemicals in healthy ways. Your host is Loretta G. Breuning PhD, founder of the Inner Mammal...
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Friends - On TV and IRL
The TV show “Friends” is my guest's mental-health solution, and you will be surprised at how persuasive she is. @myonlyfriends podcast. The HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you spark your happy brain chemicals in healthy ways. Your host is Loretta G. Breuning PhD, founder of the Inner Mammal Institute…
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Climbing Out of a Hole
Zack Paul went from Navy SEAL to a deep hole of pain, but he climbed out and now teaches others to do that. Check out my new video course, Train Your Inner Mammal to Feel Good Now https://innermammalinstitute.org/course Get 10% off with the code ReaderDiscount at the checkout. You will learn to...
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Managing Highs and Lows
Christian Ray Flores became a rock star in the Soviet Union after living in war zones in Third-World countries, and shares the life skills he learned along the way. (https://www.christianrayflores.com/p/how-is-marxism-eroding-the-west-today) Check out my new video course, Train Your Inner Mammal…
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So Many Different Wellness Strategies!
Bianca Brasil treats patients with a huge range of Eastern and Western methods, and even uses them on herself! (institutobiancabrasil.com.br/home) Check out my new video course, Train Your Inner Mammal to Feel Good Now https://innermammalinstitute.org/course Get 10% off with the code…
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A Homeless Addict’s Success Story
Jared Klickstein tells me about growing up with drug-addicted parents, and about the recovery program that succeeded where so many failed. Check out my new video course, Train Your Inner Mammal to Feel Good Now https://innermammalinstitute.org/course Get 10% off with the code ReaderDiscount at…
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Rewiring Negativity in Kids
Troubled classrooms are transformed by my guest Scott Ervin as he rewards positive behaviors & NEVER rewards negative behaviors. (behavioralleadership.com) You can now enroll in my new video course, which helps you rewire your happy chemicals with small simple steps!...
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Music and the Brain
Kalos Music School founders Eugenia Mendez and Saul Vera tell me how they teach music to children, and how this helps us all find our power over our brain. (kalosmusicandart.com Check out my new video course, Train Your Inner Mammal to Feel Good Now https://innermammalinstitute.org/course Get 10%...
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Spirituality: Disagreeing Respectfully
I discuss the book Questioning Spirituality with the author, Eldon Taylor, finding common ground despite core differences. (https://amzn.to/3mXdzEy) Check out my new video course, Train Your Inner Mammal to Feel Good Now https://innermammalinstitute.org/course Get 10% off with the code...
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Thinking About Eating
I think about eating a lot, so I talk to a health and mindset coach who helps people think differently about food. (https://jeniferparedes.com) Check out my new video course, Train Your Inner Mammal to Feel Good Now https://innermammalinstitute.org/course Get 10% off with the code ReaderDiscount…
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Change Catalyst
Lisa Cunningham DeLauney shares my interest in travel and animals and management, so I was eager to hear how she helps people deal with change. Check out my new video course, Train Your Inner Mammal to Feel Good Now https://innermammalinstitute.org/course Get 10% off with the code ReaderDiscount…
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Boost Your Mood 10th Anniversary
Ten years ago, I wrote a blog post on boosting your happy chemicals, and I re-posted it last year. My guest Lisa Williams Edgar wrote to tell me that she read it ten years ago and has been using it with her clients since then. I was excited to hear more about it so I invited her onto the show....
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Change Your Branches by Nourishing Your Roots
Andrea Nakayama trains functional nutritional counselors, and teaches me about functional medicine, training, and to tell you the truth, about poop. https://www.fxnutrition.com/about-andrea/ Check out my new video course, Train Your Inner Mammal to Feel Good Now...
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Self-Confidence: Can It Be Taught?
Paul Levitin tells me how he teaches people to feel their own strength— though they don't know it's serotonin. (instagram.com/paullevitin) Link to my new course! https://innermammalinstitute.org/course If you like The Happy Brain Podcast, please rate and review it to help others make peace with...
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Mean Mammals
Mean Mammals Realtor Matt O-Neill describes people who manipulate, intimidate, and try to get something for free, and how the inner mammal approach helps him manage it. (https://www.mattoneillrealestate.com/agents/matt-oneill/) Check out my new video course, Train Your Inner Mammal to Feel Good…
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Rapid Transformation Therapy
RTT practitioner Valentina Michetti joins me for a deep discussion of what it takes to rewire, and asks me great questions about enabling, myelin, relaxation, abstract thought, and using bad words. (facebook.com/BetterBelief) Apple Podcasts:...
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Beyond Burnout
Sharon Grossman, "The Burnout Doc," talks to me about preventing burnout and designing solutions that fit your individual needs. (drsharongrossman.com) Link to my new course! https://innermammalinstitute.org/course If you like The Happy Brain Podcast, please rate and review it to help others make...
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Divorce Lawyer’s Advice
Toni Nieuwhof wrote “Before You Split” after years of watching the toll that divorce takes. (toninieuwhof.com) Link to my new course! https://innermammalinstitute.org/course If you like The Happy Brain Podcast, please rate and review it to help others make peace with their inner mammal. THE HAPPY...
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Release Constrictions: Live Lesson
A method for releasing physical and emotional pain is taught to me (and you!) by Roberta Tachi, a senior teacher of The Realization Process. (theselfawakens.com) Link to my new course! https://innermammalinstitute.org/course If you like The Happy Brain Podcast, please rate and review it to help...
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The Sex Chemicals with John Gray
The author of the Mars Venus books gives me his view of the sex hormones and tells me how a dog obedience class improved his marriage. (marsvenus.com) Check out my new video course, Train Your Inner Mammal to Feel Good Now https://innermammalinstitute.org/course Get 10% off with the code...
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The Problem with Academic Psychology
This episode is just me because I want to explain my skepticism about the research we get from academic psychology. Get the full text here: https://innermammalinstitute.org/theproblem/ or watch it on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emsI9pxYWUQ Check out my new video course, Train…
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Your Executive Brain
Dr. Eugene Choi left a career as a pharmacist to teach people how to manage their higher brain, but how does that fit with my work on the lower brain? (destinyhacks.com) Link to my new course! https://innermammalinstitute.org/course If you like The Happy Brain Podcast, please rate and review it…
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Herd Behavior
My guest manages goats, cows, a cheese factory, and a farm tour, so she’s full of insight on mammalian impulses. (achadinha.com) You can now enroll in my new course! https://innermammalinstitute.org/course If you like The Happy Brain Podcast, please rate and review it to help others make peace…
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Hospital Drama
My guest tells us how she brings the inner mammal method into her daily work as a Registered Nurse. (https://RNextdoor.com) If you like The Happy Brain Podcast, please rate and review it to help others make peace with their inner mammal. THE HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you blaze new trails to your...
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Addiction MD on Political Correctness
Dr. Vera Tarman tells me about the changes that have taken place in her 20 years of treating addiction. If you like The Happy Brain Podcast, please rate and review it to help others make peace with their inner mammal. THE HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you blaze new trails to your dopamine, serotonin,...
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A Dating and Supply Chain Entrepreneur!
Adam Lyons has applied the inner mammal method to his many businesses, from dating coach to supply chain consultant, with great results! If you like The Happy Brain Podcast, please rate and review it to help others make peace with their inner mammal. THE HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you blaze new...
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Tribe Sober
Janet Gourand helps people stimulate their dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphin after they give up alcohol (TribeSober.com). If you like The Happy Brain Podcast, please rate and review it to help others make peace with their inner mammal. THE HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you blaze new trails...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Do you wonder what stimulates your happy brain chemicals- dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, endorphin? Answer your questions with these lively conversations between Loretta Breuning and real readers of her book, Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain your brain to boost your serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin and endorphin levels. Still have more questions? Read the book and be a guest on the show yourself! Contact Dr. Breuning and learn more about her work at the Inner Mammal Institute at: InnerMammalInstitute.org.
The brain chemicals that make us feel good are inherited from earlier mammals. They evolved to do a job, not to make you feel good all the time. When you know the job of each chemical in the state of nature, your ups and downs make sense. More important, you can re-wire yourself to enjoy more of them in sustainable ways.
But it’s hard. Our brain is designed to release happy chemicals to reward steps that promote survival. But our brain defines survival in a quirky w
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