I really strongly want people to conceptualize digital media as a drug.

It's a potent tool, but it's also a powerful drug when we're using it as a tool.

It's great when we're using it a drug.

Too much is not a good thing.

Welcome back. I have never been as excited as I am today to share a conversation with you. We are here with the amazing Dr. Anna Lemke. She is a powerhouse when it comes to understanding why we're hooked on our screens, our habits, and even our thoughts. She's a psychiatrist at Stanford. She's an

addiction expert, and she's the author of the wildly popular New York Times bestselling book,

Dopamine Nation. Anna is going to break down the science of dopamine in a way that just clicks.

And trust me, when you hear her explain it, you're never going to look at your cravings the same way again. You're

never going to wonder, what is wrong with me that I feel a little apathetic? What's wrong with me that

I don't feel motivated? What is wrong with me that I just don't feel joy in my life? You're going to get

the answer in this show. And the problem is pervasive,

but once we have information, we can take the power back. We can change things for the better.

So in this episode, we're going to unpack the wild ways that dopamine really controls our

attention span, it feels social media addiction, and it keeps us stuck in unhealthy loops.

But like I said, once you learn this one key truth about how dopamine actually works in your

brain, everything can change. This might just be the most important conversation you're ever

going to hear about breaking free and taking that control of your mind.

We know that we change through the transformation of our minds.

This conversation, I think, is a key component of it.

Okay, without further ado, here is the amazing Dr. Anna Lemke.

Dr. Lemke, what is one activity that secretly rewires our brain for addiction without us even realizing it?

Oh my gosh.

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