- Happiness versus Pleasure
Contentment and reward are diametrically opposed
- Happiness
fulfillment from growth
meaning and self transcendance
- stable and long lasting
- serotonin release optimization
90% produced in body is used by the gut
- 1% is used by the brain
- Tryptophan
Eggs
- Fish
- Nuts
- poultry
- Spinach
- Soy
- beware of fast food
cook your own food
- lack of which correlates with depression
- Omega 3
Fish
- green leafy plants on land and sea
- Speed up the breakdown of dopamine
- Sleep is important
- Pleasure
physical stimulation
- dopamine release
beware of sugar
- extend punishment / reward mechanism
- short lived
- beware of cell phones
- Stress
triggered by Amygdala scanning for threats in the environment
Tamed by the Prefrontal Cortex
build up by meditation
- Multi-tasking increases stress level
negatively impacts the Prefrontal Cortex
- stressed induced dopamine release
binging on food
- beware of sugar
- Female Apes impervious to stress are at the top of the social totem pole
- Capitalize on your strengths and avoid areas where you are weak, if necessary find someone else strong in that area to collaborate with
- Hallucinogens magnify the emotional and mental state of user at the moment
- LSD ingested in controlled environment has long lasting effects
improved social relationships with family
- increased physical and psychological self care
- increased sense of spirituality
- Neuromarketing: the calibration of marketing messaging through study of brain response
- cultivate ability to just sit and do nothing
break addiction to behavior or substance
- Cook for yourself - avoid sugar