The real problem of social media is basically this. So there's a neuropeptide that functions as a hormone in the human brain that bonds us together. It's called oxytocin. Oxytocin is incredibly powerful, it's intensely pleasurable.

And I get to look into your eyes right now, which is why doing a podcast is so much better in person

than it is because of Oxytocin.

Then we get a human link is the way that this works. Now one way not to get it is

social media because it's not there's no eye contact it's not in person it's not even

live. That's why it's a really big problem. However, it promises you human connection

You want human connection when you're starving for human connection that means you have a Jones for oxytocin that's what's going on

and said you're right so you go to the most convenient way to get human connection

which promises you all the rewards but doesn't give you any oxytocin. This is basically like I'm hungry so I'm going to go fill up on burgers and fries. Yeah. Three meals a day. You can become both obese and malnourished simultaneously by eating the wrong diet that's too high in

calories to nutrients. Social media is the junk food of social life, which is why you get

loneliness but binge it at the same time again and again.

Hi, I'm Rachel Hollis and this is my podcast.

I spend so many hours of every single week reading and listening to

podcast and watching YouTube videos and trying to find out as much as I can about the

world around me and that's what we do on this show. We talk about everything, life and how to be

an entrepreneur. What happened to dinosaurs? What's the best recipe for fried chicken? What's

the best plan for intermittent fasting? What's going on

with our inner child? How's therapy working out for you? Whatever it is my guests are into,

I want to unpack it so that we can all understand. These are conversations. This is

information for the curious. This is the Rachel Hollis podcast. I hope we can talk about both books because when I originally reached out to your team, which I have to say I have a team of people who just booked guests for my show.

So it is pretty rare that I go and like dig and find a website and find an email address

and track people down and an email address and I have been sending notes to your team for a while now.

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