🧠 Why We’re Not Wired for Happiness

If you've ever wondered why happiness seems fleeting — and why competition, cooperation, and even scapegoating show up across both playgrounds and primate troops — this episode is your deep dive into the biology of behavior.

Episode 36 with Dr. B Tierney and Loretta Breuning unravels the layers of biological behaviorism, offering an eye-opening look at how serotonin, social hierarchies, and early brain development shape the way we think, feel, and act.

🔬 Core Topics To Explore

🧬 Understanding Biological Behaviorism- How hormones like serotonin drive social status and emotional regulation- Why happiness is not the default state in animals — including humans

🐒 Animal Behavior & Human Psychology- The surprising parallels between animal hierarchies and modern social dynamics- How play behavior reveals dominance, submission, and survival strategy

👶 Childhood Development & Brain Wiring- How early experiences literally wire the brain- The impact of modern parenting and birth practices on development

⚖️ Cooperation, Competition & Scapegoating- Why both cooperation and conflict are natural strategies in social species- The roots of scapegoating — and why it persists in human groups

🧠 The Limbic System and Emotional Mastery- The role of the limbic system in managing trauma, aggression, and resilience- How understanding our inner animal can unlock emotional intelligence🎙️ You’ve just scratched the surface of what makes us tick.

What insight hit you the hardest — the truth about happiness, or how early development shapes the adult mind?

👇 Drop your thoughts in the comments.

💬 We want to hear from the curious, the skeptical, and the self-aware.

🎙️Guest: Loretta Breuning

Home page - The Inner Mammal Institute

🎙️Host: Dr. Brian Tierney

Homepage - Somatic Doctor Integrative therapies, Brian Tierney Ph.D., RCST, Licensed Psychologist. Somatic Therapy, Biodynamic Craniosacral Work, Mentoring and Teaching

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