Loretta Graziano Breuning, PhD

Loretta Breuning, PhD, is the author of Habits of a Happy Brain and The Science of Positivity . She is the Founder of the Inner Mammal Institute and Professor Emerita of Management at California State University, East Bay. As a teacher and mom, she was not convinced by prevailing theories of human motivation. Then she learned about the brain chemistry we share with earlier mammals, and everything made sense. She began creating resources that have helped thousands of people manage their inner...See more

Loretta Breuning, PhD, is the author of Habits of a Happy Brain and The Science of Positivity . She is the Founder of the Inner Mammal Institute and Professor Emerita of Management at California State University, East Bay. As a teacher and mom, she was not convinced by prevailing theories of human motivation. Then she learned about the brain chemistry we share with earlier mammals, and everything made sense. She began creating resources that have helped thousands of people manage their inner mammal. Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal , Psychology Today , Real Simple, Cosmopolitan , Men's Health , and on Forbes , NPR, and numerous podcasts. Her work has been translated into Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic, French, Dutch, Portuguese, and Turkish. See less