Loretta Graziano Breuning's Blog, page 3

When Others Hold You Back

Clinging to others promotes survival in nature but it frustrates us in daily life. You can manage this frustration when you know how you produce it inside you.

Expecting a Crisis?

Instead of focusing on the threats lurking everywhere, you can discover new pastures. You can train your brain to feel safe when you know how it creates alarm.

Cheer Does a Body Good

Whether you're cheering a new year, a sports team, or a birthday, it feels good. There may be lasting benefits too, so it's worth finding authentic opportunities to cheer.

Cheer! It does a body good!

Whether you're cheering a new year, a sports team, or a birthday, it feels good. There may be lasting benefits too, so it's worth finding authentic opportunities to cheer.

Shakespeare’s True Identity Helped Me Understand Myself

A chance experience led me to read about the person who wrote the Shakespeare plays, and it was a thrill to see life's ups and downs through his eyes.

How I Stumbled on Shakespeare’s True Identity

A chance experience led me to read about the person who wrote the Shakespeare plays, and it was a thrill to see life's ups and downs through his eyes.

The Man Who Drew Neurons

The man who discovered the synapse wrote a book of career advice a century ago. His advice helps you stimulate your happy chemicals (dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin) in new ways.

What Lens Do You Choose?

You can put on the glasses that let you see the world as a supportive place instead of a dangerous one. Why wouldn't you?

Fashion Trends and Primal Urges

Dopamine motivates us to seek novelty. Oxytocin motives us to fit in. Serotonin to be special. Fashion trends are natural for us mammals and you may find them in grandma's closet.

Compassion Failure: A New Paradigm

It's easy to blame problems on "our society," but the blame habit leads to hate, greed, and disempowerment. You can invest yourself in a new paradigm instead.