309 - Loretta Breuning: The Science of Happiness: How to Hack Your Brain & Become A Happier Person

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2018

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Happy chemicals = the key to happiness. So I interviewed Dr. Loretta Breuning, author of "Meet Your Happy Chemicals," "The Science of Positivity," "I, Mammal," and "Habits of a Happy Brain." Show Notes: "Meet Your Happy Chemicals" by Loretta Breuning "The Science of Positivity" by Loretta Breuning "I, Mammal: How to Make Peace With the Animal Urge for Social Power" by Loretta Breuning "Habits of a Happy Brain" by Loretta Breuning "Anxiety: What turns it on. What turns it off" by Loretta Breuning Check out Loretta's site, Inner Mammal Institute - designed to helps people build their power over their mammalian brain chemistry. Also, if you like this interview, go back and listen to my first interview with Loretta Breuning I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Linkedin Instagram ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.6	This is the James Altiger Show on the Choose Yourself Network.
0:12.6	Today on the James Altiger Show.
0:15.8	Porto's all feels really bad.
0:18.0	Like it feels worse than negative thinking.
0:20.3	It feels just as bad as if you're like hitting the face.
0:23.4	So when the boss yells at me, I feel like crying or running out of the building.
0:27.9	So what do I do at this point to get my dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin back up to par or even better?
0:34.6	I'll tell you what I do.
0:36.8	You know what?
0:37.8	I actually had a job at a Wall Street bag when I was in my 20s and I literally started
0:43.9	crying when a boss yelled at me.
0:47.2	We've all been there.
0:48.2	We've all been there.
0:49.2	We've all cried in our cubicles.
0:53.4	Yeah, yeah.
0:54.9	But what stunned me was that what the boss was on me for was minuscule.
1:02.6	It was the tiniest thing.
1:05.0	It was not a huge career threatening, but it was small.
1:09.4	But these small things happen a lot.
1:11.8	So you have to make a decision.
1:13.8	Like, am I going to try to rewire myself or am I going to accept the shit or try to create some alternative path?
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