In this episode of Dopamine and Other Happy Chemicals, Christian Rivera talks about 5-orange and using Spiral Dynamics for personal growth. This stage is about starting to be speculative about narratives and starting to explore material reality. This is the age is scientific discovery and figuring out how to make life work for yourself beyond society's expectation.

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In this episode of Dopamine and Other Happy Chemicals, Christian Rivera talks about 4-blue and using Spiral Dynamics for personal growth. This is the space where societies are born and sacrifice becomes about the greater nation or religion and finding a place within it. The idea of heaven and hell, good and evil, friends and enemies awaken here along with guilt and fear of death.

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In this episode of Dopamine and Other Happy Chemicals, Christian Rivera talks about 3-red and using Spiral Dynamics for personal growth. This place of power is about connecting to your assertiveness, sexual identity, self-expression and ego awakening.

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In this episode of Dopamine and Other Happy Chemicals, Christian Rivera talks about 2-purple and using Spiral Dynamics for personal growth. We talk about the tribal and family elements of magical thinking and how that connects to contemporary growth advice.

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In this episode of Dopamine and Other Happy Chemicals, Christian Rivera talks about 1-Beige and using Spiral Dynamics for personal growth. This is the archaic stage of early man where we had tension or no tension in our bodies and immediately needed to meet those basic needs. How does that translate into contemporary personal growth?

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In this episode of Dopamine and Other Happy Chemicals, Christian Rivera talks about an intro to using Spiral Dynamics for growth. How can you look at the system in a healthy way and remove the obstacles you need to move forward in life?

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In this episode of Dopamine and Other Happy Chemicals, Christian Rivera asks "Is being an INTP a Personality Disorder?" to help my fellow INTPs understand what's their personality versus a mental health challenge. While I don't dive into a ton of details I do share some of my story as a bit of a culmination of the mental health aspects of this podcast.

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In this episode of Dopamine and Other Happy Chemicals, Christian Rivera talks about making life easier for himself by getting to know his Four Tendencies type and Wealth Dynamics profile. These two systems have been great for helping me get out of my own way, create more in my own way and put good energy out into the world.

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In this episode of Dopamine and Other Happy Chemicals, Christian Rivera talks about lightening up a bit in terms of the topics to cover but also how being serious about morals or ethics tends to backfire.

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In this episode of Dopamine and Other Happy Chemicals, Christian Rivera talks about mastering your personality and what it means to truly introspect and get to know yourself.

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