Rewarding Behavior Change
Loretta discusses the power of rewards in shaping behavior, highlighting how both animals and humans can learn through positive reinforcement. She emphasizes the importance of building confidence in taking new steps, even when it means diverging from social norms. Additionally, she challenges the expectation of constant happiness, advocating for realistic action steps that lead to genuine fulfillment and the release of "happy chemicals."In this clip
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Encore - Loretta Breuning - Retrain Your Brain to Boost the Happy Chemicals
Related Questions
Can I use cognitive rewards to imprint my brain's reticular activation system and shape it according to what I want? For example, if I want to see more happy people, if every time my brain finds a happy person I congratulate myself, will it become a default pathway instead of spotting unhappy people? Similarly, if every time I have a positive thought instead of a negative one, and I reward myself cognitively by saying things like, "Yes, well done, I'm so happy now, that's what I like, that's what I want to keep seeing," will that work?
Is it possible that the nervous system changes due to positive reinforcement (love, gratitude, desire to grow), or is it ultimately changed because we fear losing love, as discussed in the episode From Limitation to Liberation: How to Unlock the Power of Your Mind with Dr Joe Dispenza and the clip Breaking Survival Patterns?
Is it possible that the nervous system changes due to positive reinforcement (love, gratitude, desire to grow) or is it ultimately changed because we fear losing love, as discussed in the episode From Limitation to Liberation: How to Unlock the Power of Your Mind with Dr Joe Dispenza and the clip Breaking the Fear Cycle?