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- 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
- 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
- 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
