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Why Doesn't Achievement Make Us Feel Better? · The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway

The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway

A Stanford Psychiatrist on Escaping the Addiction Economy

Dr. Anna Lembke, Stanford psychiatrist and bestselling author of Dopamine Nation, joins Scott Galloway to discuss our dependence on validation – and why achievement doesn’t always make us feel better about ourselves. Drawing on her new book, Radical Surrender, she explains how to recognize addictive behavior, when parenting becomes enabling, and why…

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  1. Why Does More Control Make People Anxious? at 3:47

    Anna Lembke argues that more levers for microcontrol over daily life have made people more anxious, fearful, lonely, and bored. Full answer

  2. How Does Overparenting Weaken Kids' Resilience? at 7:59

    Anna Lembke says overparenting raises a generation with no tolerance for uncertainty and no psychological touchstone for resilience. Full answer

  3. Why Is Social Media More Addictive Than Television? at 11:27

    Anna Lembke says social media platforms are very potent drugs, much more potent than television, because people can micro-control what they consume. Full answer

  4. How Does Cutting Social Media Affect Distressed Youth? at 14:08

    Anna Lembke says emotionally distressed youth who cut social media to no more than one hour a day show decreases in depression and anxiety, improvements in… Full answer

  5. Why Doesn't Chasing Rewards Bring More Pleasure? at 28:36

    Anna Lembke says bombarding the reward pathway with highly reinforcing substances and behaviors does not bring more pleasure. It brings the opposite. Full answer

  6. Why Do Young People Feel the World Is Not Real? at 36:41

    Anna Lembke says young people feel the world is not real because they spend so much time in virtual space, which is essentially brains turned inside out, the… Full answer

  7. When Does Helping an Adult Child Become Enabling? at 39:23

    Anna Lembke says help becomes enabling when parents keep an adult child comfortable in a life that never launches. Full answer

  8. Why Doesn't Achievement Make Us Feel Better? at 52:36

    Anna Lembke says achievement does not make people feel better. Full answer

  9. What Is Endemic Narcissism? at 54:56

    Anna Lembke calls the present an age of endemic narcissism, where narcissism has become so common that everyone is struggling with it. Full answer

  10. How Does Prayer Right-size the Ego? at 1:00:28

    Anna Lembke says prayer is a stance of humility whether someone is a person of faith or not. Full answer

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