#24 No. 1 Psychiatrist: Everything you NEED TO KNOW about the Molecule Controlling your Life! Dr Daniel Lieberman

Dr. Daniel Z. Lieberman is a clinical professor of psychiatry and
author of *The Molecule of More*, one of the most influential
neuroscience books of the last decade.Dopamine drives our
ambition, creativity, addictions, obsessions, and even our
experience of love — but it’s not the pleasure molecule you think
it is. It’s the molecule of *desire*. And understanding how it
works could change your life.


Expect to learn why wanting and liking are completely different
systems in the brain, how dopamine tricks us into chasing goals
that never satisfy, the difference between desire and control
dopamine circuits, how these circuits shape addiction, success,
relationships and motivation, why social media and porn hijack
our brains, how to rewire your dopamine system for self-control
and meaning, why falling in love doesn’t last — and what real
long-term love looks like, how to cultivate contentment, and much
more…


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00:00 Why Dopamine Is the Most Misunderstood Molecule in
Neuroscience


02:00 How One Neurotransmitter Controls Love, Ambition,
Creativity & Addiction


06:04 The Secret Role of Dopamine in Mental Time Travel


08:46 Crows, Pebbles, and the Origins of Imagination


11:26 The Two Dopamine Circuits Controlling Your Life


13:39 The Dopamine Trap: Wanting vs Liking


16:52 Why Mick Jagger Slept With 4,000 Women (and Wasn’t Happy)


19:43 Buzz Aldrin and the Dopamine Crash After the Moon


22:11 Elon Musk’s Mind: Obsession, Achievement, and the Dopamine
Storm


25:05 Why Love Feels So Good (and Why It Fades)


27:06 The Projection Illusion: You Don’t Fall in Love With People


30:00 The Real Reason You Want the Donut (and Hate Yourself
After)


33:04 The War Between Impulse and Identity in the Brain


36:13 Why People Self-Sabotage: The Conflict Inside the Desire
Circuit


39:07 How to Rewire Your Brain with Meaning, Not Just Happiness


41:30 Dopamine Detoxing: Science or Scam?


44:45 How Long It *Really* Takes to Break Dopamine Addictions


47:39 What Most People Get Totally Wrong About Dopamine


49:46 Two Kinds of Pleasure: Why You're Missing One of Them


52:18 Is It Possible to Work Hard *and* Be Present?


55:05 The Hard Truth: Growth Isn’t Easy and Life Hacks Don’t Work


57:45 The Neuroscience of Doing Hard Things Daily


1:01:00 Can Cold Showers Boost Dopamine? Separating Myth from
Science


1:03:15 Supplements, Biohacking & Dopamine: What Actually
Works?


1:05:34 The Final Takeaway: Know Thyself — or Dopamine Will Know
You Better


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