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How many Joy Points from animals do you need?
Joy Points

How many Joy Points from animals do you need?

Natural pleasures create biochemical surges that counter addictive drives. We can plan our Joy Points to get all the joy we need to raise our set point, including plenty of joy from the love of animals.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Boundless JOY! It's a skill
Adversity

Boundless JOY! It's a skill

It's not until we dig so deep into the mysterious wires in our emotional brain that the self-torture that follows a loss goes "poof" and brings boundless joy.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Anxiety? Process Your Emotions with EBT
Anxiety

Anxiety? Process Your Emotions with EBT

EBT sends a wave of relaxation through the body, an antidote to anxiety. It's all-natural, and once you have the skill, you have it for life. Share it with friends and family – it is time!

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Small Pleasures: The Brain Lights Up!
reward

Small Pleasures: The Brain Lights Up!

The latest science of stress overload (allostasis) suggests that it is our habit of cultivating small, "addiction prevention" pleasures (Joy Points) that our brain needs.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Anxious? Spiral Up!
Anxiety

Anxious? Spiral Up!

Stress causes blocked feelings. Don't pathologize or psychologize them. Unblock your stressed emotions in 2 minutes by learning the science-based skills of EBT.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Are your circuits flip-flopping?
Allostatic Circuit

Are your circuits flip-flopping?

Therapists are becoming Certified EBT Providers to help patients rewire faster and integrate "spiraling up" into their self-care.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Fear of Feelings?
Allostatic Emotions

Fear of Feelings?

Chronic stress, aka toxic emotions, kill us, so getting past fearing our feelings and learning how to use them to clear stress is foundational to healthcare.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
1 min read
A World at One - NEW EBT Initiative to Treat the #1 Problem Worldwide: Stress Overload
Stress

A World at One - NEW EBT Initiative to Treat the #1 Problem Worldwide: Stress Overload

Take one day each month and dedicate it to creating a World at One.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
1 min read
How to Rewire Unhappy Memories
Rewiring

How to Rewire Unhappy Memories

One of the 5 Core Skills of Stress Overload is Clear the Clutter. Use it to rewire fear memories and ridiculous messages encoded in long-term memory through not fault of your own.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
3 min read
After the 5 comes the 1!
Adversity

After the 5 comes the 1!

What if you were never terrified? Even worse, if you were never terrified and had the strength to receive from another? Looking back . . . those moments outshine all others.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Now Delta: Why I love EBT!
COVID-19

Now Delta: Why I love EBT!

The first major COVID-19 Variant is with us. Processing this emotional stress can make us more grounded, more secure, which is why I love EBT.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
The EBT cure for loneliness
Adversity

The EBT cure for loneliness

After a moment at 5, a surge of oxytocin announces to us that we are alone, but we have Sanctuary, and our intimacy becomes even more rewarding and safe.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Overthinking: The New Diagnosis
cognitive takeover

Overthinking: The New Diagnosis

The pandemic caused stress overload in 70 percent of Americans. The block to recovery? The Cognitive Takeover Circuit. It causes overthinking and anxiety. Use the EBT app to switch off that circuit and return to well-being.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Resilience! A 2-minute spiral up!
Radical Resilience

Resilience! A 2-minute spiral up!

An innovation in emotional technology? The new EBT 2-minute spiral up uses awareness of sensations through our amazing app so you can clear stress even at work!

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
Melting fear with EBT
Stress

Melting fear with EBT

To turn our fears into feelings of hope, security and joy takes more than knowing how you feel but clearing the stress that fuels it. That's EBT.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
1 min read
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