Personal Development

Mental Health, Personal Development - December 17, 2023

Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence - Dr. Anna Lembke

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.

Strategies to Overcome Screen Addiction & Improve Mental Health | Dr K Healthy Gamer | Modern Wisdom 628

Dr. Alok Kanojia (Dr. K) is a psychiatrist, Harvard Medical School instructor, co-founder of HealthyGamerGG, Twitch streamer and a YouTuber. Humans face a predicament that has never been seen in our history, a massive overload in daily stimulation and information. The effect of constant exposure to social media, video games, and porn is not good, but thankfully there are a number of powerful ways to take back control of your attention. Expect to learn the correlation between video game usage and mental health, why our brains are uniquely addicted to looking at screens, whether dopamine fasting is actually legit, the problem with watching porn at a young age, how to combat screen addiction, why some people always feel like they have brain fog, how to find meaning in your life and much more...

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Neuroscience, Personal Development - December 16, 2023

Mastering Stress: Insights from Dr. Robert Sapolsky | Modern Wisdom 693

Dr Robert Sapolsky is a Professor at Stanford University, a world-leading researcher, and an author. Stress is an inevitable part of human life. But what is stress actually doing to the human body when it happens for such a prolonged period of time? And what does science say are the best interventions to defeat it? Expect to learn the crucial difference between short term and long term stress, how stress actually impacts the human system, the neurodevelopmental consequences of stress and poverty, how to detrain your dopamine sensitivity, what everyone doesn't understand about how hormones work, whether believing in free will is a useful world view, why there is a relationship between belief in free will and obesity and much more...

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Anna Lembke, Neuroscience, Personal Development - December 16, 2023

This Is How You Use DOPAMINE As A SUPERPOWER In Your Life | Anna Lembke

The pursuit of rewards can lead to addiction and insensitivity to pleasure, but managing neurochemistry and focusing on the process can help achieve fulfillment and reduce addiction Questions to inspire discussion What can the pursuit of rewards lead to? —The pursuit of rewards can lead to addiction and insensitivity to pleasure. How can success be achieved? —Success requires being a good person, being business savvy, and holding oneself accountable to sincere pursuit of goals. What drives us to seek pleasure and avoid pain? —Our dopamine reward system drives us to seek pleasure and avoid pain. How can addiction be reduced?...

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Lesley Timbol, Personal Development - December 10, 2023