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Reset Your Dopamine

12 episodes

Break addiction loops, build healthy motivation, and understand the dopamine system.

Break addiction loops, build healthy motivation, and understand the dopamine system.

Episodes

1
Huberman Lab
Essentials: Controlling Your Dopamine for Motivation, Focus & Satisfaction
Huberman Lab Andrew Huberman 2025-08-14

Your baseline dopamine level determines your daily motivation - protect it by avoiding constant reward-seeking. Cold exposure reliably increases dopamine 200-300% for hours with...

2
Huberman Lab
Essentials: Understanding & Treating Addiction | Dr. Anna Lembke
Huberman Lab Dr. Anna Lembke 2025-06-26

Dr. Anna Lembke, Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic, discusses how dopamine drives reward, motivation, and addictive behaviors. She explains the plea...

3
Huberman Lab
How Dopamine & Serotonin Shape Decisions, Motivation & Learning | Dr. Read Montague
Huberman Lab Dr. Read Montague 2026-02-02

Dr. Read Montague, director of the Center for Human Neuroscience Research at Virginia Tech, joins Andrew Huberman for an in-depth exploration of how dopamine and serotonin shape...

4
FoundMyFitness
#091 Andrew Huberman, PhD: How to Improve Motivation & Focus By Leveraging Dopamine
FoundMyFitness Andrew Huberman 2024-06-12

Cold exposure for one minute can spike dopamine 250% for over two hours. Working out at the same time daily triggers anticipatory dopamine within a week. Twenty minutes of NSDR ...

5
Huberman Lab
Essentials: How to Increase Motivation & Drive
Huberman Lab Andrew Huberman 2025-01-30

In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, Andrew Huberman explains the biological mechanisms behind motivation and drive, centering on dopamine's role in craving, anticipation, a...

6
Modern Wisdom
Anna Lembke - How To Reset Your Brain's Dopamine Balance
Modern Wisdom Anna Lembke 2021-11-01

Anna Lembke joins Modern Wisdom to discuss how to reset your brain's dopamine balance. Key topics include dopamine creates a see-saw balance between pleasure and pain; modern te...

7
Modern Wisdom
Dr Robert Sapolsky - The Shocking New Science Of How To Manage Your Stress
Modern Wisdom Dr Robert Sapolsky 2023-10-14

Dr Robert Sapolsky joins Modern Wisdom to discuss the shocking new science of how to manage your stress. Key topics include brain health optimization and neuroprotective strateg...

8
Modern Wisdom
Dr Andrew Huberman - The Science Of Peak Performance
Modern Wisdom Dr Andrew Huberman 2022-07-07

Dr Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist, Associate Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine and a podcaster. The mind and the body are intimately linked. Trying to...

9
Huberman Lab
How to Best Guide Your Life Decisions & Path | Dr. Jordan Peterson
Huberman Lab Dr. Jordan Peterson 2024-12-30

Dr. Jordan Peterson, psychologist and professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, joins Andrew Huberman for a wide-ranging discussion on the biology of human emotions, moti...

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Modern Wisdom
Dr Russell Kennedy - How To Fix Your Brain’s Addiction To Anxiety & Worry
Modern Wisdom Dr Russell Kennedy 2025-06-07

Dr. Russell Kennedy, a neuroscientist and physician who personally battled severe anxiety, explains why traditional cognitive approaches to anxiety often fail. He argues that an...

11
The Tim Ferriss Show
#673: Dr. Nora Volkow — Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
The Tim Ferriss Show Dr. Nora Volkow 2023-05-25

Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), discusses the neuroscience of addiction, how substances hijack the brain's reward circuitry, and the la...

12
Huberman Lab
AMA #18: Cold Therapy Advice, Skin Health Tips, Motivation, Learning Strategies & More
Huberman Lab Andrew Huberman 2024-08-02

In this AMA episode, Andrew Huberman fields listener questions on cold therapy, skin health, motivation, and learning strategies. He provides detailed guidance on cold water imm...

Related Research

Impact of different doses of cold water immersion on recovery from acute exercise-induced muscle damage
Wang H, et al. (2025)
Network meta-analysis of 55 RCTs found 10-15 min at 11-15°C optimal for reducing muscle soreness and damage markers.
Effects of cold-water immersion on health and wellbeing: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Cain T, Brinsley J, Bennett H, et al. (2025)
CWI significantly reduced stress at 12 hours post-exposure (SMD -1.00) and improved sleep quality and quality of life, though it triggered an acute inflammatory response immediately after immersion.
Mindfulness enhances cognitive functioning: a meta-analysis of 111 randomized controlled trials.
Zainal NH, Newman MG (2024)
Largest meta-analysis to date (111 RCTs, n=9,538) found mindfulness has small-to-moderate effects on global cognition, executive attention, working memory, and processing speed.
Common questions and misconceptions about caffeine supplementation: what does the scientific evidence really show?
Antonio J, Newmire DE, Stout JR, Antonio B, Gibbons M, Lowery LM, Harper J, Willoughby D (2024)
Review addressing caffeine myths found that timing of caffeine relative to waking affects individual responses, with delayed consumption potentially beneficial for some individuals.
Caffeine, CYP1A2 Genotype, and Exercise Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Barreto G, Esteves GP, Marticorena F, et al. (2024)
CYP1A2 genotype determines caffeine response - AA carriers improve performance (SMD = 0.30), AC carriers see modest gains, but CC "slow metabolizers" get worse (SMD = -0.22).
Individual participant data systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials assessing adult mindfulness-based programmes for mental health promotion in non-clinical settings.
Galante J, Friedrich C, et al. (2023)
IPD meta-analysis confirmed mindfulness-based programs reduce psychological distress at 1-6 months, with strongest effects for those with higher baseline distress.