Archive - Inner Mammal Institute Newsletter

What My Security Guard Taught Me

A taboo that masks an important truth

Aug 24 •

Loretta Breuning, PhD

Status: The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name

The mammal brain loves social status, but it's not nice to say so

Aug 15 •

Loretta Breuning, PhD

July 2025

The Marketing of “Mental Health”

The "something is wrong" theory is heavily sold, but you decide if you buy it

Jul 31 •

Loretta Breuning, PhD

How To Regenerate Happiness

A hilarious demo of how your happy chemicals work

Jul 16 •

Loretta Breuning, PhD

25:42

How Our Brain Learns

We learn what we're exposed to repeatedly and emotionally, so choose carefully

Jul 10 •

Loretta Breuning, PhD

Make America Sane Again

You decide whether to see your emotions as disorders.

Jul 1 •

Loretta Breuning, PhD

June 2025

Why It’s Always High School In Your Brain

Life feels like a high school cafeteria sometimes because our brain evolved to reward "reproductive success."

Jun 24 •

Loretta Breuning, PhD

March 2025

The Tabooness of Self-Interest

Our brain runs on self-interest and lying about it does more harm than good

Mar 14 •

Loretta Breuning, PhD

February 2025

5 Ways Progressivism Hurts Mental Health

and how to fix it for yourself

Feb 9 •

Loretta Breuning, PhD

January 2025

The Jane Goodall of Goats

a novel about our inner mammal

Jan 21 •

Loretta Breuning, PhD

November 2024

Serotonin and the Natural Urge for Social Dominance

This is the audio podcast version; print and video already posted.

Nov 11, 2024 •

Loretta Breuning, PhD

28:55

Serotonin and the Natural Urge for Social Dominance

Serotonin feels great so we want it all the time, but it’s not designed to be on all the time.

Nov 9, 2024 •

Loretta Breuning, PhD

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