Were You Looking for Dopamine and Got Cortisol Instead?

If you’ve tried a reward system to maintain motivation yet find yourself to be even more stressed, then I think I know where you went wrong — and what you can try instead.

Audrey Batterham

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I coach people around work and wellbeing. Part of that is setting and working towards goals, including planning, self-organizing, and maintaining motivation. Looking for a video to use in a workshop, I came across a video about how to “hack” our brains…

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Audrey Batterham

Audrey is an educator, counsellor, and curriculum developer running her own business in Toronto. She writes about social services, mostly. audreybatterham.com.