Your brain is naturally wired for joy — stress is simply blocking the signal. This insight forms the foundation of Dr. Laurel Mellin's Emotional Brain Training (EBT), a revolutionary approach grounded in neuroscience of resilience  and proven tools for healing after trauma.

Your brain is wired for joy — stress just blocks the signal. That’s the foundation of Emotional Brain Training (EBT), a neuroscience-based method for stress relief, trauma healing, and emotional resilience created by Dr. Laurel Mellin. 

With 40 years at UCSF, Dr. Mellin developed practical tools to rewire the brain for joy, strengthen mental health, and support midlife reinvention.  Her research shows there are five levels of stress in the brain, each requiring a specific emotional resilience tool. By matching the right tool to your stress level, you can shift from survival to joy — naturally, without medication.

Dr. Mellin reframes trauma as “pre-joy” — not permanent damage, but a doorway to wisdom, compassion, and growth. Whether you’re healing after trauma, managing relationships, or rebuilding in midlife, EBT offers proven strategies to reset stress circuits and reclaim joy.

Through her personal stories — from professional setbacks to finding love later in life — Dr. Mellin demonstrates that joy isn’t random. Joy is a brain skill you can practice, strengthen, and carry with you for life. 

🎧 Ready to reclaim your natural state of joy? Listen and begin your own journey with Emotional Brain Training. 

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For similar episodes on discovering joy, check out episodes 116 and 139 of Aging with Purpose and Passion. 

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