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The Happy Brain

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Do you wonder what stimulates your happy brain chemicals- dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, endorphin? Answer your questions with these lively conversations between Loretta Breuning and real readers of her book, Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain your brain to boost your serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin and endorphin levels. Still have more questions? Read the book and be a guest on the show yourself! Contact Dr. Breuning and learn more about her work at the Inner Mammal Institute at: InnerMammalInstitute.org. The brain chemicals that make us feel good are inherited from earlier mammals. They evolved...

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Latest episode

Sep 12, 2025

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Episodes

Q & A on Sustainable Happiness 08.10.2021

Great questions on cortisol, adrenaline, sex, bonding and 14 Days to Sustainable Happiness, with reader Kristen Helmstetter. THE HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you blaze new trails to your dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphin. My guests are pioneers in retraining the inner mammal. I love learning from them! Listen in and subscribe so you can blaze new trails to your happy chemicals too. Your ho...

Adverse Childhood Experiences 24.09.2021

Juleus Ghunta wrote a children’s book to help build literacy in children with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) like his own (Rohan Bullkin and the Shadows). THE HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you blaze new trails to your dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphin. My guests are pioneers in retraining the inner mammal. I love learning from them! Listen in and subscribe so you can blaze new trails...

Screen Addictions: Porn, Gaming, Etc 08.09.2021

These addictions are status problems in the opinion of my guest, masculinity coach Mark Queppet. THE HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you blaze new trails to your dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphin. My guests are pioneers in retraining the inner mammal. I love learning from them! Listen in and subscribe so you can blaze new trails to your happy chemicals too. Your host, Loretta Breuning is foun...

Social Awkwardness 27.08.2021

Is it new? Is it you? I discuss social awkwardness with “Focus on the Forty” founder, Anthony Poponi. (The 40% of happiness he believes we control.) THE HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you blaze new trails to your dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphin. My guests are pioneers in retraining the inner mammal. I love learning from them! Listen in and subscribe so you can blaze new trails to your happ...

Questions from Mexico 13.08.2021

A translator of my book had great questions, so we did a Q &A in English, and repeated it in Spanish. He added one question in Spanish that he didn't ask in English, and the next day, I was asked the very same question by a different guest, so I tacked it onto the end of this episode- after the Spanish. Don't miss it. THE HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you blaze new trails to your dopamine, serotonin,...

Why We Do Things for Free 30.07.2021

A Brazilian Product Manager asks me great questions about why we contribute to uncompensated activities, both online and IRL. THE HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you blaze new trails to your dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphin. My guests are pioneers in retraining the inner mammal. I love learning from them! Listen in and subscribe so you can blaze new trails to your happy chemicals too. Your h...

A Pediatrician’s Alternative 16.07.2021

Dr. Miriam Mandel shares the inspiring story of how she came to train teachers in methods that build wellness in children. (exhalewithme.com) THE HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you blaze new trails to your dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphin. My guests are pioneers in retraining the inner mammal. I love learning from them! Listen in and subscribe so you can blaze new trails to your happy chemi...

Career Frustrations 02.07.2021

Great questions about career happiness and trade-offs are posed by a reader who's a computer scientist in France. THE HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you blaze new trails to your dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphin. My guests are pioneers in retraining the inner mammal. I love learning from them! Listen in and subscribe so you can blaze new trails to your happy chemicals too. Your host, Loretta...

Dad The Best I Can 18.06.2021

The man behind the "Dad The Best I Can" book and podcast chats with me about helping his kids wire in good happy habits within the challenges of modern life. THE HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you blaze new trails to your dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphin. My guests are pioneers in retraining the inner mammal. I love learning from them! Listen in and subscribe so you can blaze new trails to...

An Addict Rewires 11.06.2021

Addiction coach Dennis Berry tells me how he left the partying life and how he helps others reach emotional sobriety. THE HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you blaze new trails to your dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphin. My guests are pioneers in retraining the inner mammal. I love learning from them! Listen in and subscribe so you can blaze new trails to your happy chemicals too. Your host, Lor...

Hobby Happiness 28.05.2021

A car enthusiast tells me about the early experience that wired in his hobby happiness, and how he built it into a career. THE HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you blaze new trails to your dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphin. My guests are pioneers in retraining the inner mammal. I love learning from them! Listen in and subscribe so you can blaze new trails to your happy chemicals too. Your host...

Hi-Performance Coaching 07.05.2021

Brain First Training Institute Founder Ramon David tells me how he helps people tap into high-performance motivation with his deep research and coaching experience (mybrainfirst.com). THE HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you blaze new trails to dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphin. My guests are pioneers in retraining the inner mammal. I love learning from them! Listen in and subscribe so you can...

Emotions Stored in Your Body 23.04.2021

My guest, Renee de Weerd, explains how emotions get stuck as muscle tension, and how you can release them to improve physical and emotional well-being. embodiedpleasures.com THE HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you blaze new trails to dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphin. My guests are pioneers in retraining the inner mammal. I love learning from them! Listen in and subscribe so you can blaze new...

Tracking Negativity 09.04.2021

I learn how to track down automatic negative thoughts with my guest, therapist Guy Earle www.drguyearle.com THE HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you blaze new trails to dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphin. My guests are pioneers in retraining the inner mammal. I love learning from them! Listen in and subscribe so you can blaze new trails to your happy chemicals too. Your host, Loretta Breuning i...

Mental Hygiene 26.03.2021

You’re responsible for your brain the way that you're responsible for your teeth, says my guest, LCSW Andrea Parsons. THE HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you blaze new trails to your dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphin. My guests are pioneers in retraining the inner mammal. I love learning from them! Listen in and subscribe so you can blaze new trails to your happy chemicals too. Your host, Lor...

A Male Quest for Mental Health 12.03.2021

My guest, Tim Krass, was depressed and addicted for decades, but he found love and purpose by redefining masculinity. THE HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST is a frank conversation between Loretta Breuning and a real reader of her book, Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain your brain to boost your serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin and endorphin levels. Read the book and send your questions to Dr. Breuning on the contact...

World Happiness Fest Founder 26.02.2021

Luis Gallardo tells me how he created the World Happiness Foundation and what’s in store for this year’s free online festival March 18-23 www.worldhappiness.foundation THE HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST is a frank conversation between Loretta Breuning and a real reader of her book, Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain your brain to boost your serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin and endorphin levels. Read the book and...

How Dentists Fight Stress 12.02.2021

Find out how my guest, Dhru Shah, helps dentists improve their wellbeing through his organization, Dentinal Tubules. THE HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST is a frank conversation between Loretta Breuning and a real reader of her book, Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain your brain to boost your serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin and endorphin levels. Read the book and send your questions to Dr. Breuning on the contact...

A Gentle Way to Reprogram Yourself 29.01.2021

My guest, EFT Therapist Cecile Marie, explains how the tapping technique worked for her, and why she thinks it can work for others. (femininehealingarts.com) THE HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST is a frank conversation between Loretta Breuning and a real reader of her book, Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain your brain to boost your serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin and endorphin levels. Read the book and send your...

Teaching Self-Management to Children 15.01.2021

My guest, Christen Schweizer, tells me how she uses the inner mammal method on her kids. THE HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST is a frank conversation between Loretta Breuning and a real reader of her book, Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain your brain to boost your serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin and endorphin levels. Read the book and send your questions to Dr. Breuning on the contact form at the Inner Mammal Ins...

Beyond Bipolar 01.01.2021

My guest is writer, podcast host, and mental health advocate Joseph Fusaro, who talks to me about how he got labelled at a young age, and how he got himself past it. THE HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST is a frank conversation between Loretta Breuning and a real reader of her book, Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain your brain to boost your serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin and endorphin levels. Read the book and se...

Winning and Losing 18.12.2020

Coach Gwen Bryson recalls her “winning” days and how the inner-mammal method helped her get past that perspective and teach others to get past it. THE HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST is a frank conversation between Loretta Breuning and a real reader of her book, Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain your brain to boost your serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin and endorphin levels. Read the book and send your questions t...

Anti-Bullyism Makes Things Worse 04.12.2020

Izzy Kalman, school psychologist and founder of Bullies 2 Buddies, explains why the accepted anti-bullying strategy makes things worse. The HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST helps you spark your happy brain chemicals in healthy ways. Your host is Loretta G. Breuning PhD, founder of the Inner Mammal Institute and author of "Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain your brain to boost your serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin a...

Best Morning Routine Ever 20.11.2020

The link between success and your morning routine is explained to me by Habit Coach Lunide Louis. THE HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST is a frank conversation between Loretta Breuning and a real reader of her book, Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain your brain to boost your serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin and endorphin levels. Read the book and send your questions to Dr. Breuning on the contact form at the Inner M...

Meditation Teacher Gets Real 06.11.2020

Singapore life coach and meditation teacher Yvonne Yeow chats with me about competitiveness, anxiety, and what works better than meditation (yvonneyeow.com). THE HAPPY BRAIN PODCAST is a frank conversation between Loretta Breuning and a real reader of her book, Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain your brain to boost your serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin and endorphin levels. Read the book and send your...

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