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

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

Links:
Become a Member
Connect with us! FB Page & Private FB Group & Jenn's Instagram
Take the free Weight Loss Profile, Jenn will send you a Menu Plan
Mike's Website
Mike's Podcast, Mind Over Macros
Take the Neurotype Quiz
Connect with Mike on IG & FB

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