Habits of a Happy Brain
Retrain Your Brain to Boost Your Serotonin, Dopamine, Oxytocin, & Endorphin Levels
Summary:
The book explains how the four key brain chemicals—serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin, and endorphins—contribute to our feelings of happiness and outlines practical strategies for naturally stimulating these neurotransmitters to create more positive emotions and habits. It provides insights into the science of our brain's reward system and offers exercises to help rewire our responses to life's challenges for improved well-being.
Key points:
1. Happy Brain Chemicals: The book discusses four chemicals - serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin, and endorphin - that influence happiness. Each triggers a different type of joy.
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