Book · 2024 · Fiction, science fiction, general
Best-Selling Series by Dr. Anna Lembke. Dopamine Nation Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence (hardcover) & the Official Dopamine Nation Workbook. a Practical Guide to Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence (paperback)
Why people recommend it
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence by Dr. Anna Lembke is a bestselling exploration of the neuroscience of reward, compulsive overconsumption, and how modern society can find a healthy balance in an environment saturated with endless digital and chemical stimuli. Dr. Andrew Huberman heavily championed the book across multiple episodes of Huberman Lab. During an entire episode dedicated to understanding and treating addiction, Huberman praised the title for outlining amazing, evidence-based paths to recovery, and he gave a final strong endorsement urging listeners to pre-order or purchase the book wherever literature is sold. In a subsequent episode focused on motivation, focus, and satisfaction, Huberman reiterated his praise, describing it as a fantastic book and strongly encouraging his audience to check it out if they had not already done so. The recurring recommendations on the podcast highlight the book's immense value in helping individuals comprehend the delicate biochemical equilibrium of the brain's reward pathways. It serves as an essential manual for anyone struggling with modern compulsive behaviors, offering practical psychological and physiological strategies to restore dopamine balance, regain self-control, and cultivate genuine well-being in a culture designed for instant gratification.
Who recommended it
- Andrew Huberman Recommended
Andrew Huberman — 3 mentions
“Has this amazing book, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence. If you haven't read the book, I highly encourage you to check it out. It's fantastic.”
“In your book, "Dopamine Nation", you also describe some amazing paths to recovery.”
“Please be sure to check out her new book, "Dopamine Nation, Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence". You can pre-order it on Amazon or any places where books are sold.”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
- A World Without Email
- Deep Work
- Dopamine Nation
- How to Change Your Mind
- So Good They Can't Ignore You
- The Molecule of More
Other mentions (5: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I'm excited to tell you that she has a new book coming out called "Dopamine Nation, Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence". The book comes out August 24th and is an absolutely fascinating read into addiction and ways to treat various types of addiction.”
“So again, the book is "Dopamine Nation, Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence", it comes out August 24th of this year, 2021. And you can pre-order that”
“The other thing that we know, and this is really kind of what the book is about, is that if we expose ourselves chronically to substances or behaviors that repeatedly release large amounts of dopamine in our brains reward pathway, that we can change our tonic baseline and actually lower it over time”
“Well there's a book by Cal Newport, I don't know if you know Cal Newport's work, but you guys are very symbiotic in your messages.”
“I'm beginning to realize, as I cite off these books and your book, "Dopamine Nation, Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence", that maybe the reason why you two don't know about one another is because neither of you are on social media.”