#24 Psychiatrist Daniel Lieberman: Everything you NEED TO KNOW about the Molecule Controlling your Life!

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…...00:00 Why Dopamine Is the Most Misunderstood Molecule in Neuroscience02:00 How One Neurotransmitter Controls Love, Ambition, Creativity & Addiction06:04 The Secret Role of Dopamine in Mental Time Travel08:46 Crows, Pebbles, and the Origins of Imagination11:26 The Two Dopamine Circuits Controlling Your Life13:39 The Dopamine Trap: Wanting vs Liking16:52 Why Mick Jagger Slept With 4,000 Women (and Wasn’t Happy)19:43 Buzz Aldrin and the Dopamine Crash After the Moon22:11 Elon Musk’s Mind: Obsession, Achievement, and the Dopamine Storm25:05 Why Love Feels So Good (and Why It Fades)27:06 The Projection Illusion: You Don’t Fall in Love With People30:00 The Real Reason You Want the Donut (and Hate Yourself After)33:04 The War Between Impulse and Identity in the Brain36:13 Why People Self-Sabotage: The Conflict Inside the Desire Circuit39:07 How to Rewire Your Brain with Meaning, Not Just Happiness41:30 Dopamine Detoxing: Science or Scam?44:45 How Long It *Really* Takes to Break Dopamine Addictions47:39 What Most People Get Totally Wrong About Dopamine49:46 Two Kinds of Pleasure: Why You're Missing One of Them52:18 Is It Possible to Work Hard *and* Be Present?55:05 The Hard Truth: Growth Isn’t Easy and Life Hacks Don’t Work57:45 The Neuroscience of Doing Hard Things Daily1:01:00 Can Cold Showers Boost Dopamine? Separating Myth from Science1:03:15 Supplements, Biohacking & Dopamine: What Actually Works?1:05:34 The Final Takeaway: Know Thyself — or Dopamine Will Know You Better...Follow My Neuroscience Podcast - The Giants Shoulder Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5m3Gta5MtIYdk59pb2GJ7M?si=b33232eae67b4126Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/brief-enquiry-to-the-brain/id1752486249Get the Comfiest Sleep Mask on the Planet at https://bit.ly/4ilzfBL (use Code GIANTSMANTA10)