PT 360 October 2018

PT 360 October 2018

Getting you back to the life you want to live.

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Cyndi Lauper. It’s big, and it’s involved in all the things that are “sex, drugs, and rock ‘n roll,” but it’s a chemical. Dopamine is linked to addiction, risk taking, gambling, and cupcakes! Folks with this genetic mutation are 44 percent more likely to be cocaine addicts — whoa! It is also called a motivation and movement molecule. Dopamine is highly linked to executive function, like focus and attention, and, wait for it ... goal setting. People with this genetic mutation are very focused on goals, keeping their “eye on the prize.” This mutation also produces happier people. Small things that produce joy register as much as a large event might for someone else (there’s a study on that!). All of this put together BLEW. MY. MIND. Things that I thought were just “my personality” were predetermined by my cells. Well, predetermined as much as my life choices have facilitated a positive outcome (a master’s and two doctorates) rather than a negative one. (Yay for not being a cocaine addict!) I do highly value making a difference in the places I can and putting my time there. This morning, I heard someone say, “If it’s not hard, it won’t change you.” I’ve never minded the hard; in fact, I prefer to lean in, because I’ll get to the other side faster. I’ll keep learning and growing, and that’s my jam. My wish for you is that you clear your plate for your three things, or, even better, your one thing. Meeting those goals turns you into someone new, and while I feel now more like a mouse in a B.F. Skinner rewards box, the rewards are pretty sweet. Shelly Coffman

I had my DNA analyzed last year through 23 and Me. Most of it wasn’t very exciting, and no big surprises (which I was hoping for, because, really, surprises are more fun). I’m more likely to think cilantro tastes like soap (nope), and also more likely to be eaten by mosquitoes (yep — stand by me and you’ll be safe). As usual, my very curious brain started me on an investigatory path to find out why I’m having some B12 absorption issues (and thank God for B12 injections, a red life-giving elixir). I am a Google-aholic, truly feeling like it was created just for me. Instead of just having constant questions, I can find out immediate answers and dive deeper. I LOVE that on a level that might be a little pathologic. 23 and Me does not examine certain common genetic mutations, but it will provide raw >Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4

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