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Laurel Mellin

Laurel Mellin

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EBT: A Natural Alternative to Weight Loss Drugs
Obesity

EBT: A Natural Alternative to Weight Loss Drugs

There is so much fervor about weight loss drugs that one would think obesity is a condition of GLP-1 deficiency. It is not. These drugs deliver an abnormal boost to GLP-1 receptors that

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
6 min read
The Solution: Count Joy Points
Joy Points

The Solution: Count Joy Points

Surges of joy switch off the stress response, so why not focus on one thing: create joy in your life. Then count how many Joy Points you really need!

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
1 min read
Happy Memories are Circuits!
Joy Points

Happy Memories are Circuits!

Our emotional brain is a storehouse of memories. Self-directed activation of them can launch a chemical cascade that brings joy – and enough dopamine to do things we otherwise can't force ourselves to do!

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
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Turning Adversity into Joy
Trauma

Turning Adversity into Joy

The more extreme the hurt, the more spiraling up delivers a burst of joy, which is often unexpected, but always appreciated!

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
4 min read
3 Life-changing Ideas
Neuroplasticity

3 Life-changing Ideas

Three ideas based on neuroscience and weathering the inevitable ups and downs of life and be life-changing.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
3 min read
Deepening Love with EBT
Relationship Wires

Deepening Love with EBT

Resolving conflicts is easier if we spiral up. After clearing the cortisol that makes us warlike and confused, we find that sweet spot of loving connection. We deepen the love.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
3 min read
Spiral Up before you eat!
Stress Eating

Spiral Up before you eat!

The root cause of overeating and weight gain is stress wires in the brain. Tired of feeling out of control with food and weight? Learn how to rewire circuit and create more freedom in your life.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
3 min read
The Pathway to Heaven on Earth
Spirituality

The Pathway to Heaven on Earth

The past lives on within us in circuits, and as we switch off the wires encoded by trauma and activate wires of emotional transcendence, we find paradise inside, a way of creating heaven on earth.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
3 min read
A kitten or a lion? The brain's threat detection errors
Trauma

A kitten or a lion? The brain's threat detection errors

Discovering when we see trauma or lions as kitties, harmless hurts can block our EBT Practice. Fix this mix-up and health faster!

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Tired of being Overweight? Rewire Your Body Circuit
Stress Eating

Tired of being Overweight? Rewire Your Body Circuit

The Body Circuit drives overeating and weight regain. Learn how to rewire your Body Circuit with EBT.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
EBT: Be Naturally Drug-Free
Freedom

EBT: Be Naturally Drug-Free

With overmedication of prescription drugs and recreational drug rates soaring, you can decide to live a life of Freedom. Raise your set point with EBT and become Naturally Drug-Free (NDF)

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
The Stress Diagnosis: CPSO
Stress

The Stress Diagnosis: CPSO

The new diagnosis of Chronic Physiologic Stress Overload is not recognized yet by the DSM, but is should be as psychology does not exist without physiology.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Joy Points As Medicine
The 7 Rewards

Joy Points As Medicine

I met a big deadline on Friday - well worth the lost sleep – and I felt the glow of having done something scary and hard and asked for help and got it down.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Morning EBT: The Core Grind In
EBT Practice

Morning EBT: The Core Grind In

Morning practices of EBT vary from saying, "I am creating Joy in my life," to the Ladder Tool to a simple Spiral Up. Today I used the Core Grind In, which led to a healing Travel Back and a burst of healing chemicals (JOY).

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
3 min read
The end of suffering...
Toxic Emotions

The end of suffering...

The power to stop suffering is individual. It is learning the 5 Core Skills of Stress Overload, the foundations of Emotional Brain Training (EBT). It's by processing toxic emotions that we chase it away.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
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