The Dopamine Menu

Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore

Susie Moore

Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Philosophy, Life Coach, Motivational, Education, Personal Development, Life Coaching, Self-help, Mental Health

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🗓️ 10 October 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Have you ever considered creating a personal 'dopamine menu' that brings sheer joy to your life? Inspired by a whimsical idea from Goop, I embarked on a journey to discover activities that truly light us up from the inside out. This episode invites you to list 25 things that spark happiness and weave them into your life. From the exhilaration of roller skating in Miami to reconnecting with old friends, I share personal stories and challenge you to prioritize joy in a world that often pushes i...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.
0:07.0	I was reading recently, I think it was on Goop about something called a dopamine menu and I got excited for a second because I thought
0:18.0	Ooh there are foods that you can eat that make you feel good and because feeling good and feeling at peace
0:23.8	is my highest priority, I was kind of enthralled.
0:28.0	And then I realized it was,
0:29.5	it's actually just a bit more of a kind of a kitchy way of saying whatever makes you feel good
0:35.6	put it on a personal menu right so it's not a food menu it's a life menu designed
0:42.2	by you for you in order to release more dopamine the feel good
0:47.1	the feel good hormone in your body.
0:50.9	So I kind of did like this idea, even though it wasn't what I originally thought it was.
1:00.0	And I thought, what is the harm? Seriously, what is the harm?
1:03.9	Seriously, what is the harm of writing down?
1:06.9	25 things that you love.
1:09.7	I think it's easy to put maybe five down.
1:12.1	Like, oh yeah, we're clear. We love hiking, we love
1:15.0	playing guitar, love, you know, swimming with with my kids in the pool. I absolutely love going
1:21.0	to the movies. I think that we can get to almost five quite easily.
1:25.0	10 is a stretch. 15 gets harder 20.
1:28.9	O sometimes you can't even get to 25 because we've lost touch with our childhood selves. A child knows 25 things that they love at least. They love 25 things just yesterday.
1:44.0	But what about us?
1:46.0	We have J-O-B's.
1:47.0	We are responsible.
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