#31 Dr. Anna Lembke - High On Dopamine: What Is Behind Addiction, Pain, and Pleasure?

Dr. Anna Lembke is an addiction specialist, professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine, and a renowned authority on the science of desire, pain, pleasure, and dopamine. She currently sits as the chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. A clinician scholar, she has published over a hundred peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, and commentaries. She sits on the board of several state and national addiction-focused organizations. She 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. In 2016, she published Drug Dealer, MD – How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It’s So Hard to Stop (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016), which was highlighted in the New York Times as one of the top five books to read to understand the opioid epidemic (Zuger, 2018). Dr. Lembke recently appeared on the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma, an unvarnished look at the impact of social media on our lives. Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence (Dutton/Penguin Random House, August 2021), an instant New York Times Bestseller, explores how to moderate compulsive overconsumption in a dopamine-overloaded world. 0:00 - Anna Lembke Intro 5:00 - Living In Pain & Emptiness 6:07 - Are We All Addicted? 7:45 - Why Do We Desire? 11:53 - What Happens in the Brain When We Resist the Urge? 14:00 - The Fragile Generation & Dopamine Detox 20:45 - Seeking Out Pain | Hormesis 23:15 - Enjoying the Simple Pleasures 26:40 - Leverage Boredom 29:26 - How To Live A Meaningful Life 30:56 - Harms Of Overmedication & Prescription 35:05 - Intersection Of Addiction Recovery & Spirituality 37:06 - Psychedelic Therapy & Transcending the Self 42:00 - Message For the Next Generation of Leaders 45:08 - The Final Trio Guest: Dr. Anna Lembke Website Online Courses "Dopamine Nation" Publications Host: Emilio Ortiz Twitter | https://bit.ly/35hMMda Instagram | https://bit.ly/35fkcJx TikTok | https://bit.ly/3lKjs3W Watch Video Interviews on YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/emilioortiz Special Offerings to Support the Show: ✦ Receive 15% off any purchase from Ra Optics, the world's best blue-light-blocking glasses. Use our code "justtapin" at checkout for your special discount - https://bit.ly/RaOptics-EmilioOrtiz ✦ Receive 10% off any purchase from Intelligent Change, elegant tools, and simple daily routines to instill positive change, including products such as "Five Minute Journal" and "Productivity Planner." Use our code "justtapin" at checkout for your special discount - https://bit.ly/IntelligentChange-EmilioOrtiz Leave a Rating for Just Tap In with Emilio Ortiz: ✦ Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3BOnqQr ✦ Apple Podcasts | https://apple.co/3IeWnjD Our mission at Just Tap In is to bridge the new consciousness and empower, inspire, and uplift the next generation of leaders to co-create the New Earth. Business inquires emortiz0717@gmail.com