Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain Your Brain to Boost Your Serotonin, Dopamine, Oxytocin, & Endorphin Levels

by Loretta Graziano Breuning

Overview

A revolutionary approach to enhancing your happiness level!

Get ready to boost your happiness in just 45 days! Habits of a Happy Brain shows you how to retrain your brain to turn on the chemicals that make you happy. Each page offers simple activities that help you understand the roles of your “happy chemicals”—serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin, and endorphin. You’ll also learn how to build new habits by rerouting the electricity in your brain to flow down a new pathway, making it even easier to trigger these happy chemicals and increase feelings of satisfaction when you need them most. Filled with dozens of exercises that will help you reprogram your brain, Habits of a Happy Brain shows you how to live a happier, healthier life!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781440590504
Publisher:	Adams Media
Publication date:	12/16/2015
Pages:	238
Sales rank:	305,877
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Loretta Breuning, PhD, is the author of Habits of a Happy Brain and The Science of Positivity. She is the Founder of the Inner Mammal Institute and Professor Emerita of Management at California State University, East Bay. As a teacher and mom, she was not convinced by prevailing theories of human motivation. Then she learned about the brain chemistry we share with earlier mammals, and everything made sense. She began creating resources that have helped thousands of people manage their inner mammal. Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Psychology Today, Real Simple, Cosmopolitan, Men’s Health, and on Forbes, NPR, and numerous podcasts. Her work has been translated into Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic, French, Dutch, Portuguese, and Turkish.

Table of Contents

Introduction 9

1 Your Inner Mammal 11

2 Meet Your Happy Chemicals 33

3 Why Your Brain Creates Unhappiness 59

4 The Vicious Cycle of Happiness 87

5 How Your Brain Wires Itself 117

6 New Habits for Each Happy Chemical 143

7 Your Action Plan 169

8 Overcoming Obstacles to Happiness 177

9 Rely on Tools That Are Always with You 197

Keep In Touch 213

Recommended Reading 215

Index 229

About the Author 237

Editorial Reviews

This scientific look at habit changes can be valuable in many ways.”

—Bowling This Month

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