Medical Director of Addictive Medicine at Stanford University, Dr. Anna Lembke on ”Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence”

<p>Welcome back to the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #162 with Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Director of Addiction Medicine at Stanford University, Dr. Anna Lembke.<a href='#_edn1'>[i]</a></p> <p><a href='https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/medical-director-of-addictive-medicine-at-stanford-university-dr-anna-lembke-on-dopamine-nation-finding-balance-in-the-age-of-indulgence/'>Visit the episode website here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Pu82wZRZwo</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Pu82wZRZwo'>Watch the interview with visuals on YouTube here.</a></p> <p>Backstory and Introduction 0-13:00 minutes</p> <p>Interview with Dr. Lembke 13:00-49:45</p> <p>Follow Dr. Lembke <a href='https://profiles.stanford.edu/anna-lembke'>https://profiles.stanford.edu/anna-lembke</a></p> <p>To See Past Episodes of The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast <a href='https://www.achieveit360.com/episodes/'>https://www.achieveit360.com/episodes/</a></p> <p>In Today's Episode, you will learn: ✔︎ About the addictive nature of social media, as well as why people become addicted to certain behaviors and substances.</p> <p>✔︎About her 30 Day Dopamine Fast: An 8 step process that she suggests to help us to reset our brains if we have had a surplus of dopamine in our brain due to over-indulgence that helps many people "kick their bad habits" to the curb. </p> <p>✔︎ What is happening in the brain when we experience withdrawals when we try to stop a habit or behavior and how to overcome this uncomfortable feeling for increased happiness, mental health and awareness.</p> <p>✔︎What exactly is the pleasure/pain balance and why we should all be able to recognize when we are getting too much of a good thing.</p> <p>✔︎How to return to whatever it is that you enjoyed in moderation.</p> <p>You may have seen her in the Netflix Documentary <em>The Social Dilemma </em><a href='#_edn2'>[ii]</a><em> </em>where she discusses the addictive nature of social med