Loretta Graziano Breuning's Blog, page 2
March 15, 2020
Stuck at Home? How to Keep up Your Happy Chemicals
Here's how to avoid a cortisol spiral, even when others panic.
March 8, 2020
Three Ways to Laugh More
Laughing stimulates endorphins and helps you avoid cortisol. Here are three simple strategies that anyone can use.
December 27, 2019
Fear the Future?
Your sense of dread about the future is natural. You have power over it when you know where it comes from.
Fear the future?
Your sense of dread about the future is natural. You have power over it when you know where it comes from.
October 8, 2019
Personal Responsibility and Mental Health
Mental health is not inborn. It is a skill that must be learned.
August 28, 2019
Your Self-Soothing Habit
Our happy habits feel good in the short run, but we may use them to avoid our feelings.
July 29, 2019
Why We Want What Others Have
Social comparison shapes our happiness because we're mammals. We have power over this impulse when we understand it.
July 10, 2019
From Stressed to Rest in an Hour
Our brain prioritizes bad feelings because it evolved in a dangerous world. You can train your brain to go to a happy place instead.
May 27, 2019
Mental Health Through an International Lens
I haven't heard much positivity lately, so I am thrilled to find it in the Latin America Positive Psychology Network. But I inevitably learn that they are mammals just like me.
March 25, 2019
This Is the Face of Dopamine
The joy of dopamine is released when you meet a need, but your brain defines needs in a quirky way. Knowledge is power!
