Anna Lembke: Increase Your Dopamine, Rewire Your Brain for Happiness, and Be Happier More Often & More
From the time you were born, dopamine receptors in your brain have been firing off to keep you alive, to keep you motivated and keep you focused on pursuing something worthwhile. If you were born in the digital age of technology where electronic devices and social media started affecting your life directly or indirectly. You easily start feeling like you're not enough, there\u2019s something missing or like you should be doing more than you are.\nAnna Lembke is a professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. She writes, \u201chumans are the ultimate seekers.\u201d Because of the way we are wired with the flood of hormones and chemicals released physiologically, we are always looking for the next dopamine hit without ever consciously identifying and labeling it. So, if it is in your nature to pursue a reward that is ever elusive, what reward do you decide to focus on? \nIn this episode, Anna and Tom explore why using the love of the pursuit as a drug of choice to get dopamine rewards can be very dangerous. Anna also explains the pleasure pain balance and why too much pleasure and too much positive overload is still a form of stress to watch out for.\nOrder Anna Lembke\u2019s book, Dopamine Nation, Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/152474672X?tag=randohouseinc7986-20\n\nSHOW NOTES:\n0:00 | Introduction to Anna Lembke\n1:00 | Pursuit is Rewarding\n10:12 | Dopamine Insensitivity\n16:17 | Pleasure Pain Balance\n26:24 | Dopamine Reset\n29:21 | Cannabis Use & Potency\n34:07 | Pornography Addiction\n39:56 | Truth Telling Reward\n50:38 | Spirituality in Neurochemistry\n59:05 | Social Media Connection\n1:12:16 | To Exert Will or Not\n1:25:10 | Danger in Striving\n\nFollow Anna Lembke:\nWebsite: https://www.annalembke.com/\n\nCheck out our sponsors: \nIndeed: Get a FREE $75 CREDIT to upgrade your job post at indeed.com/IMPACT \nAthletic Greens: Go to athleticgreens.com/impact and receive a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase!\nButcherBox: Skip the lines for your Thanksgiving turkey. ButcherBox is proud to give new members a free turkey at ButcherBox.com/impact \nHeadspace: Go to headspace.com/impact to get one month FREE of their entire meditation library. \nHelix Sleep: Go to HelixSleep.com/impact for up to $200 off your mattress and 2 free pillows. \nInsideTracker: Get 25% off their entire store at insidetracker.com/impacttheory\n\nAre You Ready for EXTRA Impact?\nIf you\u2019re ready to find true fulfillment, strengthen your focus, and ignite your true potential, the Impact Theory subscription was created just for you.\nWant to transform your health, sharpen your mindset, improve your relationship, or conquer the business world? This is your epicenter of greatness.\xa0\nThis is not for the faint of heart. This is for those who dare to learn obsessively, every day, day after day.\nSubscription Benefits:\n\nUnlock the gates to a treasure trove of wisdom from inspiring guests like Andrew Huberman, Mel Robbins, Hal Elrod, Matthew McConaughey, and many, many, more\n\nNew episodes delivered ad-free\n\nExclusive access to Tom\u2019s AMAs, keynote speeches, and suggestions from his personal reading list\n\nYou\u2019ll also get access to an 5 additional podcasts with hundreds of archived Impact Theory episodes, meticulously curated into themed playlists covering health, mindset, business, relationships, and more:\n\n\nLegendary Mindset: Mindset & Self-Improvement\n\n\nMoney Mindset: Business & Finance\n\n\nRelationship Theory: Relationships\n\n\nHealth Theory: Mental & Physical Health\n\n\nPower Ups: Weekly Doses of Short Motivational Quotes\xa0\n\nSubscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3PCvJaz\nSubscribe on all other platforms (Google Podcasts, Spotify, Castro, Downcast, Overcast, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Podcast Republic, Podkicker, and more) : https://impacttheorynetwork.supercast.com/\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices