Leveraging Rigorous Honesty and Prosocial Shame in Addiction Recovery w/ Anna Lembke
09/05/23 • 37 min
Join Tara in this fascinating episode as she talks with Anna Lembke, author of Dopamine Nation. Learn how addiction works in the brain and how to keep the balance between pleasure and pain on an even keel. Anna discusses how rigorous honesty helps heal relationships and strengthens the brain. People who practice "strict" sobriety tend to have a better chance of recovery. And can the right type of shame actually help? Listen to find out more.
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Join Tara in this fascinating episode as she talks with Anna Lembke, author of Dopamine Nation. Learn how addiction works in the brain and how to keep the balance between pleasure and pain on an even keel. Anna discusses how rigorous honesty helps heal relationships and strengthens the brain. People who practice "strict" sobriety tend to have a better chance of recovery. And can the right type of shame actually help? Listen to find out more.
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Rigorous Honesty, Commitment, and Prosocial Shame in Recovery w/ Anna Lembke
[00:00:00] Dr. Anna Lemke is a professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. A clinician scholar, she is the author of more than 100 peer reviewed publications, has testified before the United States House of Representatives and Senate, has served as an [00:01:00] expert witness in federal and state opioid l
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