Addiction & Flourishing: Why Our Addiction to Pleasure is Making Us Unhappy

TODAY´S EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FLOW RESEARCH COLLECTIVE Are you an entrepreneur, a leader, or a knowledge worker, who wants to harness the power of flow so you can get more done in less time with greater ease and accomplish your boldest professional goals faster? If you´ve answered this question with “hell yes” then our peak-performance training Zero to Dangerous may be a good fit for you. If this sounds of interest to you all you need to do is click here right now, pop in your application and one of our team members will be in touch with you very soon.   ABOUT THE GUEST: 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. She sits on the board of several state and national addiction-focused organizations, 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.   ABOUT THE EPISODE:  In this episode, you will learn about: Intro (0:00) The Problem with Dopamine (1:24) Not Being Immune To Addiction After All (2:56) Different Types of Drugs (4:27) Happiness & Flourishing (7:00) The Good Life & Sisyphyus Analogy (9:51) How Modern World Affects Our Purpose (15:52) Pleasure Pain Balance (18:40) Restoring Baseline Homeostasis (26:09) Dopamine Detox (32:08) Dopamine Detox As a Way Of Life (38:07) Chosen Suffering Can Be Meaningful (41:55) Emotional Endurance (47:40) Dopamine Addiction & Productivity (52:23) Flourishing Question (1:00:45)   RESOURCES  Website