Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain Your Brain to Boost Your Serotonin, Dopamine, Oxytocin, & Endorphin Levels
Written by Loretta Graziano Breuning
Narrated by Amanda Carlin
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About this audiobook
Get ready to boost your happiness in just 45 days! Habits of a Happy Brain shows you how to retrain your brain to turn on the chemicals that make you happy. Each page offers simple activities that help you understand the roles of your “happy chemicals”—serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin, and endorphin. You’ll also learn how to build new habits by rerouting the electricity in your brain to flow down a new pathway, making it even easier to trigger these happy chemicals and increase feelings of satisfaction when you need them most. Filled with dozens of exercises that will help you reprogram your brain, Habits of a Happy Brain shows you how to live a happier, healthier life!
Loretta Graziano Breuning
Loretta Breuning, PhD, is the author of Habits of a Happy Brain and The Science of Positivity. She is the Founder of the Inner Mammal Institute and Professor Emerita of Management at California State University, East Bay. As a teacher and mom, she was not convinced by prevailing theories of human motivation. Then she learned about the brain chemistry we share with earlier mammals, and everything made sense. She began creating resources that have helped thousands of people manage their inner mammal. Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Psychology Today, Real Simple, Cosmopolitan, Men’s Health, and on Forbes, NPR, and numerous podcasts. Her work has been translated into Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic, French, Dutch, Portuguese, and Turkish.
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Reviews for Habits of a Happy Brain
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Is this a computer narrating? It’s so hard to listen to - almost painful.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Amazing book. But I REALLY struggled with the narrator. She's mechanical and not very expressive, sounds like a computer reading it. I ploughed on because the content was so good but I'd prefer to read written version in future.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good insights but I did not like the narrator so much.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Good guide to the brain and it’s functions, weak on the habits and application.
There was a lot of evolutionary explanation of things, which—while all reasonable, seemed lateral. Perhaps a bit speculative at times.
The recommendations and substance with habits was thinner than the analysis.
In the latter part, the book verged from scientific to some weird diatribes about college campus politics. It seemed incongruous.2 people found this helpful
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Is this Stephen Hawking's sister reading?????? ? ? ??? ?
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Book explains why we and others think and behave the way we do and gives awesome actionable tips on improving our habits and feelings. I read some reviews complaining about the reader, but I had no problem listening to her especially since my focus occasionally drifts , so I found her delivery style useful.
1 person found this helpful
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Very good book. I think more time should have been spent on practical suggestions, but the book was very informative!
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Gave me a holistic understanding of human behaviour and the reasons driving us all. Practical examples gave greater clarity too. Buy this!
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This was really eye opening. Fascinating - explained really well and makes you appreciate your hormones for sure
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The most underrated book I’ve ever encountered. This is a major resource for anyone that wants to understand and control their actions, feelings and relationships. I wish there was a sixth star to give!!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Learning what drives our behaviors and how to better manage our behaviors by creating new neurological pathways was both technical and practical.
Guy Earle - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Revelatoare. E o carte la care trebuie sa revii pentru ca sunt atat de multe informatii utile incat iti doresti sa le stii si sa le stăpânești pe toate.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Truly a well written and informative book. The explanations are so clear that I really understand the science. The best book I’ve read on the brain and how it produces the feelings of happiness and sadness
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Great book, explained the interplay of chemicals in the brain quite well except for a few details that were not entirely accurate. I will highly recommend.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Once you get past the quick-fix parts about changing your life in a month and a half the book provides some very interesting information that I found helpful in managing my daily life.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Awesome book I ever read and learn a lot from it
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Awesome book! Very interesting and very informative. I really enjoyed it. Very useful
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A very insightful book! Highly recommend! The narrator did an excellent job.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This book was great - very useful and scientific self- help. It will affect my life. BUT the author went on weird irrelevant rants about how we should be glad and grateful for our society and not try and change 'the system', such efforts being self serving, nor should we even want to know or talk about anything negative. We can help ourselves feel better but having access to basic food, shelter, healthcare etc. is hardly irrelevant. It felt like she had a reactive chip on her shoulder about this and it sadly marred the book for me. There was a bit where she talks about how much happier she is since visiting Africa and learning how shit life is there that was beyond embarrassing.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Could not listen through a whole hour of this book
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Love it very nice book, I will here this again
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It was a nice explanation of brain function as a whole! And what each chemical is responsible for
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Best book I've listened to so far, I recommend it, it is a gold mine!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I love this book and I would definitely recommend it to everyone.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Super awesome material. Brain chemistry hacks and a medical explanation of choosing happiness with highly advisable techniques. This is science and solution oriented. Excellent.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5me encantó. Siempre había creído que la felicidad estaba compuesta de ciertos momentos especiales, los cuales son muy breves y efímeros por naturaleza. Este libro nos ayuda a entender por que esos momentos son tan poco duraderos; por lo tanto debemos disfrutarlos lo mas posible.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Very nicely presented for following in one’s life.
Great ?? - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I enjoyed listening to the audio book. I recommend it
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Awesome information for people interested in personal growth and neuroscience!