Podcast 387: How to identify your brain type and create happiness strategies best suited to your brain (with Dr. Daniel Amen)

Sign up to become a Neurocycle Certified Facilitator today and get 25% OFF! The first training will be August 4-7 in Dallas, Texas. Just use code INAUG25 to get your discount: https://neurocycleinstitute.com EPISODE DESCRIPTION: In this podcast, I talk to a world-renowned psychiatrist, brain specialist, 12 times N.Y. Times best-selling author, and founder of Amen Clinics Dr. Daniel Amen about his incredible new book You, Happier: The 7 Neuroscience Secrets of Feeling Good Based on Your Brain Type, feeling good based on your brain type, how to discover your brain type, improving your brain health to improve your mood and enhance your happiness, how to become 30% happier in just 30 days, and so much more! Get Dr. Amen's book here: https://danielamenmd.com/you-happier/ Read the blog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/how-to-identify-your-brain-type-create-happiness-strategies-best-suited-to-your-brain Sign up to Patreon to get access to bonus ad-free podcasts, exclusive downloads, live Q&As, and more: https://www.patreon.com/drcarolineleaf OFFERS FROM OUR SPONSORS: -Chime: Applying for a free account takes less than 2 minutes. Get started at chime.com/drleaf. Banking services and debit card provided by The Bancorp Bank or Stride Bank, N.A., Members FDIC. Early access to direct deposit funds depends on payer. -BetterHelp: Get 10% off their first month at betterhelp.com/drleaf. EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS: 3:20 Why Dr. Amen wrote his new book 4:00 Why it is important to understand the neuroscience behind happiness 5:00 How the pandemic affected our ability to be happy 6:20 Different things make different people happy 9:30 The neuroscience behind happiness 10:05 A healthy brain is more likely to be a happy brain 11:20 Supplements, the brain & happiness 12:30 Happiness myths you should stop believing 15:00 Why you should give your mind a name 15:50 Community & happiness 16:30 How meaning & purpose are connected to happiness 21:00 Why the pleasure centers in the brain wear out 26:40 Where the happiness industry went wron