Episode · Huberman Lab · 2021-08-16
Books mentioned on Understanding & Treating Addiction | Dr. Anna Lembke
This episode I interview Dr. Anna Lembke, M.
Andrew Huberman discussed So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport, Deep Work by Cal Newport, A World Without Email by Cal Newport, and 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) by Anna Lembke. Anna Lembke criticized How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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So Good They Can't Ignore You
So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport is a career guide arguing that developing rare and valuable skills is far more important for finding fulfilling work than simply following one's passion.
Discussed“And wrote a book some years ago, really ahead of its time, called "So Good They Can't Ignore You", which is about not meditating or doing much work to try and figure out what one's passion is by thinking, but rather go out and acquire skills,”
Where to get it
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Deep Work
Deep Work by Cal Newport is a guide to cultivating undistracted focus and achieving peak productivity in an increasingly noisy world.
Discussed“He's gone on to write books, "Deep Work", which is all about removing yourself from technology and doing deep work.”
Where to get it
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A World Without Email
A World Without Email by Cal Newport is a productivity guide exploring how organizations and individuals can escape the trap of constant communication overhead and digital distraction.
Discussed“His new book is called "A World Without Email." 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.”
Where to get it
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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)
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence by Dr.
Discussed“In your book, "Dopamine Nation", you also describe some amazing paths to recovery.”
Where to get it
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How to Change Your Mind
How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan is a compelling non-fiction investigation into the history, science, and cultural renaissance of psychedelic substances like psilocybin and LSD in therapeutic settings.
Critiqued“So that's very concerning to me 'cause like, you know, Pollan's "How to Change Your Mind", I respect that work, but on the other hand, it's penetrated the culture-”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (7) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“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.”
“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.”
“His new book is called "A World Without Email."”
“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.”