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Joy

A collection of 12 posts

Health: The Love Connection
Love

Health: The Love Connection

As mammals, we are all lovebirds, and in lessons learned from horses, for our comfort, safety and health, we need each other. Joy is about reunion with loving connection and we can't have too much of that natural medicine.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
1 min read
Any time you are not in joy . . .
Spiral Up

Any time you are not in joy . . .

Now that you are an EBTer, it's time to be a better consumer of life. The sight of a family heirloom box activated an allostatic wire with its stress chemical surge. What a gift to me to spiral up, clear it, and return to joy.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
4 min read
Harnessing the Power of Joy: Insights from Dr. Laurel Mellin
podcast

Harnessing the Power of Joy: Insights from Dr. Laurel Mellin

In a recent enlightening episode of "The Joy of Living" podcast, Dr. Laurel Mellin had the pleasure of speaking with host Barry Shore. What unfolded was a profound conversation about the

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
To love – and spiral up!
Love

To love – and spiral up!

EBT is a pathway to fulfilling our potential for the elevated emotions (love, compassion, gratitude, hope, forgiveness, awe, and joy), our Genetic Potential for Joy (GPJ).

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
3 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
Trusting the Paradise Inside You
Joy

Trusting the Paradise Inside You

Our shared genes make paradise available to all of us. All we need is to take 23 small but important steps. All we need is EBT.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
How do you turn stress into joy?
Resilience

How do you turn stress into joy?

The emotional brain's resilience pathways lead from stress to joy. EBT gives us the skills to access those pathways anytime, anywhere.

  • 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
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
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
Taking the Leap
Joy

Taking the Leap

With 2020 over, what about making 2021 the Year of Joy? That would take many mini-emotional cleanses. That is doable!

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
EBT as a Spiritual Pathway
Emotional Brain

EBT as a Spiritual Pathway

The emotional brain has hidden pathways to spiritual states in which we connect to the deeper meanings of life. EBT is a spiritual solution based on science.

  • Laurel Mellin
    Laurel Mellin
2 min read
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