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All around us people are looking at their phones too much, eating too much, drinking too much. Our world is addicted to fleeting distracting pleasures that get us nowhere. Dr Anna Lembke provides a clear way back to a balanced life. This audiobook is about pleasure. It's also about pain. Most...

In her new book, Radical Surrender, Anna Lembke-Stanford professor, doctor, and New York Times bestselling author of Dopamine Nation, with over 1.5 million copies sold-offers readers inspiring stories and transformative tools for letting go in a world engineered for certainty and control. Using...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES and LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER “Brilliant . . . riveting, scary, cogent, and cleverly argued.”—Beth Macy, author of Dopesick, as heard on Fresh Air This book is about pleasure. It’s also about pain. Most important, it’s about how to find the delicate balance...

Full of specific exercises and inspiring examples, listeners will be able to more clearly identify the substances and behaviors they struggle to moderate. With the warm, authoritative voice we know and love, Dr. Lembke will share her valuable advice on how to undertake your own dopamine fast, reset your own pathways, and live a happier and more fulfilling life.

Three out of four people addicted to heroin probably started on a prescription opioid, according to the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the United States alone, 16,000 people die each year as a result of prescription opioid overdose. But perhaps the most frightening aspect of the prescription drug epidemic is that it's built on well-meaning doctors treating patients with real problems.

A practical companion to the New York Times and international bestseller Dopamine Nation, for individuals, families, counselors, therapists, teachers, and anyone who wants to go beyond the narrative and engage in practices that will reset reward pathways for a more flourishing life In Dopamine...

In her new book, Radical Surrender, Anna Lembke—Stanford professor, doctor, and New York Times bestselling author of Dopamine Nation, with over 1.5 million copies sold—offers readers inspiring stories and transformative tools for letting go in a world engineered for certainty and control...

Was die Suche nach dem Dauer-Kick mit unseren Hormonen macht. In diesem Buch geht es um das Vergnügen – und um Schmerz. Es geht um den schmalen Grat des Gleichgewichts zwischen diesen beiden Zuständen, und warum es heute wichtiger ist denn je, diese Balance zu finden. Denn wir leben in einer Zeit noch nie dagewesener Dopamin-stimulierender Reizüberflutung: Sei es durch Drogen, Essen, soziale Medien, Glücksspiel, Shoppen, Sex oder der ständige Griff zum Smartphone, das zur digitalen Injektionsnadel unserer Zeit geworden ist. Die Vielfalt an Süchten ist überwältigend.