Inner Mammal Institute Newsletter

Why Nothing Is Enough

Because the brain saves dopamine for "new and improved" despite our best intentions

Oct 22 • 

Loretta Breuning, PhD

6

September 2025

My Mother's Status Anxiety

I thought I was above all that, without seeing the irony of putting myself above!

Sep 3 • 

Loretta Breuning, PhD

2

August 2025

What My Security Guard Taught Me

A taboo that masks an important truth

Aug 24 • 

Loretta Breuning, PhD

5

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

7

3

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

7

How To Regenerate Happiness

A hilarious demo of how your happy chemicals work

Jul 16 • 

Loretta Breuning, PhD

11

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How Our Brain Learns

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

Jul 10 • 

Loretta Breuning, PhD

4

Make America Sane Again

You decide whether to see your emotions as disorders.

Jul 1 • 

Loretta Breuning, PhD

8

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

6

1

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

6

2

February 2025

5 Ways Progressivism Hurts Mental Health

and how to fix it for yourself

Feb 9 • 

Loretta Breuning, PhD

21

January 2025

The Jane Goodall of Goats

a novel about our inner mammal

Jan 21 • 

Loretta Breuning, PhD

6