Loretta Breuning

I'm Founder of the Inner Mammal Institute and author of Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain your brain to boost your serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin and endorphin levels.

Our happy brain chemicals are not designed to be on all the time. When you know what sparks them in the state of nature, you can find healthy ways to spark them in daily life.

But it's hard. Our brain is inherited from ancestors who had to struggle constantly to survive. Our chemicals are designed to reward us for taking action to meet our survival needs. Our unhappy chemicals turn on easy because our ancestors lived in a world of threat.

Managing these chemicals is a skill we must learn from practice, like any other skill. I'll teach you how, so you can enjoy your natural dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphin in new ways.

I have helped thousands of people make peace with their inner mammal. My ten books have been translated into 18 languages. I've been on many podcasts and have my own: The Happy Brain.

Short videos explaining my method are here, here, and here.

This method is all positive. It's not about disorders. It's not about diet, exercise, or mindfulness. It's about accepting the natural job of your chemicals so you can guide your mammal brain the way a rider guides a horse.

But if you want to talk about threat chemicals, here's my anxiety page, with links to my book and videos on the subject.