Episode 162: Dr. Anna Lembke – Psychiatrist, Author, and Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic

Summary: Dr. Anna Lembke is a Psychiatrist, Author, and Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. Her recent book "Dopamine Nation..." is a look into all things about the modern space of addiction, and how and where we get our dopamine. Dr. Lembke is extremely forward and opens up about her own struggles with certain dopamine addictions and details the ways in which she broke those structures, and how most could do the same. Whether you think you have an unhealthy relationship with your procurement of dopamine or not, you may be shocked to find what Dr. Lembke considers detrimental: phone use, video games, romance novels! Seriously, reading! Reading can be a dopamine addiction! If you feel like you can't go 5 minutes without your phone, if you're overwhelmed with the social media and technological landscape that has altered how our brains receive and process joy, or if you know someone else who may be in trouble, this is the episode for you!Dr. Anna’s Lembke - https://www.annalembke.com/Youtube Link to This Episode