Why You Keep Going Back to Habits You Want to Break | Anna Lembke

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Released

December 1, 2021

Duration

1h 31m

Channel

Dr Rangan Chatterjee

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Subscribe to Friday Five for my popular weekly newsletter - my tips, my experience, my inspiration, what’s working for me. A high five from me to you: https://drchatterjee.com/fridayfive Do you think you have an addiction, or perhaps an unhealthy relationship with a certain behaviour? It may be a behaviour that you have tried to stop in the past that you keep returning back to despite your best intentions. Well, if you do (and I cannot imagine there are many people out there who don't), I think you will find today's conversation eye-opening. #feelbetterlivemore ---- Find out about Anna: Website https://www.annalembke.com Anna’s book: Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance In the Age Of Indulgence https://amzn.to/3lkKDme #feelbetterlivemore #feelbetterlivemorepodcast ------- Sign up to my new newsletter - Friday Five https://drchatterjee.com/fridayfive Feel Great Lose Weight is now available to order in the UK https://amzn.to/2W6bsOE and in the US & Canada https://amzn.to/2GWPgls Dr Chatterjee’s book Feel Better in 5 is out now in the UK https://amzn.to/2G0XK7l and in the US and Canada https://amzn.to/2EB2oM0 Order Dr Chatterjee’s book The Stress Solution https://amzn.to/2MZ8u8h Find Dr Chatterjee’s 4 Pillars of Health in The 4 Pillar Plan available via http://amzn.to/2yGfpuB The US version, How to Make Disease Disappear is available via https://amzn.to/2Gj1YEL ----- Listen to all previous podcast episodes on https://drchatterjee.com/podcast or via these podcast platforms by searching for 'Feel Better, Live More'. Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/feel-better-live-more/id1333552422?mt=2 Acast - https://www.acast.com/feelbetterlivemore Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/feel-better-live-more Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6NyPQfcSR9nj0DPDr2ixrK ----- Follow Dr Chatterjee at: Website: https://drchatterjee.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drchatterjee Twitter: https://twitter.com/drchatterjeeuk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drchatterjee/ Newsletter: https://drchatterjee.com/subscription DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Anna Lembke

  guest

  Psychiatrist and addiction medicine specialist known for her work on dopamine, addiction, and the book "Dopamine Nation."

• Dr. Rangan Chatterjee

  host

  Medical doctor and podcast host of "Feel Better, Live More" focusing on lifestyle medicine and health interviews.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Dr Rangan Chatterjee, featuring Anna Lembke and Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, Why You Keep Going Back to Habits You Want to Break | Anna Lembke explores Anna Lembke Explains Dopamine, Addiction, and Resetting Your Brain's Balance Lembke describes the brain's pleasure-pain balance as a teeter-totter: each pleasurable hit is followed by an equal and opposite pain response, and repeated use leaves people in a chronic dopamine deficit where they need their drug of choice just to feel normal.

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