Habits of a happy brain
Subtitle: retrain your brain to boost your serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin, & endorphin levels
By: Loretta Graziano Breuning
Publisher: Adams Media
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781440590504
Subjects: Self-care, Health; Happiness; Neurotransmitters; Popular works; Neuropeptides; Physiological aspects
Description: Habits of a Happy Brain offers simple activities that help you understand the roles of your "happy chemicals"--Serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin, and endorphins. 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-228) and index.
Table of contents: title: Your inner mammal; title: Meet your happy chemicals; title: Why your brain creates unhappiness; title: The vicious cycle of happiness; title: How your brain wires itself; title: New habits for each happy chemical; title: Your action plan; title: Overcoming obstacles to happiness; title: Rely on tools that are always with you.