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162. We're All Addicted: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence with Dr. Anna Lembke

Wellness While Walking

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Dopamine Nation

Dopamine is fundamental to the experience of pleasure, reward, and motivation. The more Dopamine that's released in our reward pathway, our reward centers, the more likely a substance or behavior is to be reinforcing or addictive. We were really evolved for a world of scarcity and ever present danger and to reflexively approach pleasure and avoid pain.

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