#392 - Anna Lembke - How To Reset Your Brain's Dopamine Balance

<p>Anna Lembke is a psychiatrist who is Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic at Stanford University and an author.</p> <p>Dopamine is a key neurotransmitter in our reward pathway. It tells us when to feel pleasure and pain, it can cause depression and anxiety, and it's being hijacked by the modern world. Phones, video games, porn, food, our world is filled with cheap dopamine, which in turn is making us miserable.</p> <p>Expect to learn how dopamine creates a see-saw balance of pleasure and pain, why cravings to use your phone are driven by dopamine, the truth about dopamine detoxing, how to reset your brain's dopamine balance, the most successful interventions for changing your relationship to dopamine long term and much more...</p> <p><strong style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Sponsors:</strong></p> <p class="p1">Join the Modern Wisdom Community to connect with me & other listeners - <a href= "https://modernwisdom.locals.com/">https://modernwisdom.locals.com/</a></p> <p class="p1">Get 50% discount on all products site-wide from MyProtein at <a href="https://bit.ly/proteinwisdom"><span class= "s1">https://bit.ly/proteinwisdom</span></a> (use code: MODERNWISDOM)</p> <p class="p1">Get 20% discount on Reebok’s entire range including the amazing Nano X1 at <a href= "https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgeni.us%2Fmodernwisdom&data=04%7C01%7Clucy.denver%40reebok.com%7Ced0f684d20044b77208c08d8759a319b%7C3bfeb222e42c4535aaceea6f7751369b%7C0%7C0%7C637388652412171151%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=YcOOnk3gRjiS1nOYgHHXH7sxZxBbRN4ow62GC9un8Ow%3D&reserved=0"> <span class="s1">https://geni.us/modernwisdom</span></a> (use code MW20)</p> <p class="p1"><strong style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue',