by Lesley Lyle | January, 2016 | Brain chemicals
Winter Blues vs Winter Excitement: It’s a Dopamine Thing The excitement that makes life feel good is caused by the brain chemical “dopamine.” Your brain releases dopamine when you approach a reward. December is full of dopamine-stimulating activities, but in January,...
by Lesley Lyle | January, 2016 | self-development
New Year’s Resolutions As another year draws to a close, so a new one begins and with it comes the almost mandatory New Year’s Resolutions! Resolutions that are mainly broken before the end of the first week of the year. The dark depressing winter evenings (although...
by Lesley Lyle | December, 2015 | Neurology
Happy brain chemicals Animals have the same happy brain chemicals that we have. Dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphin reward an animal with a good feeling when it meets a survival need. Animals don’t mask these impulses with words, so they help us understand...
by Lesley Lyle | December, 2015 | Strengths
Discipline is fairly rare and is ranked 31 in frequency out of all 34 StrengthsFinder talent themes. Discipline is most likely paired with the Responsibility talent theme at .42%. It’s least likely paired with Ideation at .00%. People who are especially talented...
by Lesley Lyle | November, 2015 | Strengths
Toastmasters & communication People with the StrengthsFinder Communication strength like to explain ideas. When Communicators encounter a new idea, they want to express it and bring that idea to life. They also want to entertain and capture people’s...
