Self-Soothing: The Most Essential Happy Habit (#7 of 7) - Happy Brain Chemicals

This episode explains how your old self-soothing habits got wired in, and why they lose their power. Here's how anyone can design and wire in a new self-soothing habit. FULL VIDEO SERIES WITH A FREE ACTION GUIDE: innermammalinstitute.org/happypower/ These 7 short videos show you how to build new neural pathways to turn on your happy brain chemicals in new and healthy ways. Anyone can do it by following these simple steps. You'll learn: - What turns on each happy chemicals in the state of nature, and why they're not on all the time. - Why do our unhappy chemicals turn on so easily. - Three simple steps to wire in new self-soothing skills, so you can replace an old habit that you're better off without It’s hard to accept the fact that our happy chemicals can’t surge all the time. DOPAMINE only spurts when you approach a new reward. OXYTOCIN only spurts when you enjoy safety in numbers. SEROTONIN only spurts when you assert your social importance. You will not have peace if you rush to trigger more of these chemicals as soon as a spurt is over. You’ll have more peace in the long run if you get comfortable with the neutral feeling between these spurts. FREE ACTION GUIDE: innermammalinstitute.org/actionguide/ BOOKS: innermammalinstitute.org/books/ PODCAST: www.mentalhealthnewsradionetwork.com/our-shows/the… Find more resources for making peace with your inner mammal at: innermammalinstitute.org/ _ Want to find Inner Mammal Institute and Loretta Breuning elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - www.facebook.com/LorettaBreuningPhD Twitter - twitter.com/InnerMammal LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/lorettabreuning/ Instagram - www.instagram.com/inner.mammal.inst/ Please like and share these valuable resources, and tell us how they worked for you! #habit #brain #brainanatomy #brainchemical #dopamine #serotonin #oxytocin #endorphin #InnerMammalInstitute

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