Loretta Graziano Breuning

Loretta Graziano Breuning, PhD is the founder of the Inner Mammal Institute and a former Professor of Management at California State University.

She has written five books on understanding and managing brain chemistry for happiness.

Breuning's work focuses on helping people recognize the influence of mammalian brain chemicals on behavior and emotions.

She challenges the idea that happiness is a default state, instead proposing it as a learned skill.

Breuning contributes to Psychology Today and gives tours on mammalian social behavior at the Oakland Zoo.

Her background includes experience as a United Nations Volunteer in Africa and lecturing on anti-corruption practices in developing countries.