Episode Details

Maybe It's Your Personality (feat. Mike Millner)

Episode 80 Published 4 years, 11 months ago

Outline:

Intro today's topic & meet today's featured expert, Mike Millner
Mike's story & understand the name of his company, Peak Optimization Performance
Why don't we always do what we know we're supposed to do?
Understanding personality & neurotransmitter dominance
Combination of Braverman Assessment & Cloninger model
1A: dopamine (pleasure/reward)
1B: dopamine w/ high acetylcholine (motor coordination, memory, skill transfer)
2A: adrenaline (stress)
2B: glutamate (amplifying emotions)
3: serotonin (sense of wellbeing, contentment)
Identifying your type
Matching your workout to your personality
Why we gravitate toward what we do & why we didn't stick with things we tried
How to adjust a workout you want to do to match your personality
How personality/neurotransmitter dominance translates into nutrition choices
The self-awareness factor & cultivating self-awareness
Identifying signals, reframe cravings, develop awareness
Journal, meditate, disrupt patterns
Self-Care vs Excuses
Final thought from Mike

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Quotes:

"We are emotional beings. We make decisions based off emotions...we solidify decisions with logic." - Mike Millner

"Emotions are like clouds, they pass by." - Mike Millner

"Eating quality foods, in general, will support brain health." - Mike Millner

"We can use our nutrition choices to support how we want to feel every day." - Jenn Trepeck