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Addiction & Flourishing: Why Our Addiction to Pleasure is Making Us Unhappy


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ABOUT THE GUEST:
Anna Lembke is professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. A clinician scholar, she has published more than a hundred peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, and commentaries. She sits on the board of several state and national addiction-focused organizations, has testified before various committees in the United States House of Representatives and Senate, keeps an active speaking calendar, and maintains a thriving clinical practice.
 
ABOUT THE EPISODE: 
In this episode, you will learn about:
Intro (0:00)
The Problem with Dopamine (1:24)
Not Being Immune To Addiction After All (2:56)
Different Types of Drugs (4:27)
Happiness & Flourishing (7:00)
The Good Life & Sisyphyus Analogy (9:51)
How Modern World Affects Our Purpose (15:52)
Pleasure Pain Balance (18:40)
Restoring Baseline Homeostasis (26:09)
Dopamine Detox (32:08)
Dopamine Detox As a Way Of Life (38:07)
Chosen Suffering Can Be Meaningful (41:55)
Emotional Endurance (47:40)
Dopamine Addiction & Productivity (52:23)
Flourishing Question (1:00:45)
 
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