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Porn has been shown to create underactivity in the frontal lobe and reward centers in the brain. Porn can increase your anxiety, depression, mood problems, strain your relationships, and even give you erectile dysfunction. Dr. Trish Leigh will teach you how porn can ruin your brain and what to do to heal it.
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S1E211 Episode #211: The Culture of Sedation — And the Loss of Human Responsiveness
The Culture of Sedation — And the Loss of Human ResponsivenessYou’re not just tired. You’re being trained to shut down.Modern life pushes your nervous system from stimulation straight into…
S1E210 Episode #210: Why Desire and Intimacy Break Down in a High-Alert World
Your brain only allows intimacy when it predicts safety. Through the Arousal Inhibition Response (AIR), it automatically suppresses arousal when uncertainty, pressure, or unpredictability is…
S1E209 Episode #209: Why Modern Life Is Disconnecting You From Yourself
Modern life didn’t make you lose yourself — it trained your nervous system to disconnect.Your sense of identity is built through the Relational Self Network (RSN), the brain system that forms “self”…
S1E208 Episode #208: Why Attraction Collapses Under Pressure
Attraction doesn’t disappear because something is wrong with you.It collapses when your nervous system feels evaluated.Pressure, performance, and self-monitoring activate the Arousal Inhibition…
S1E207 Episode #207: Why Fantasizing Feels Normal
Your brain isn’t broken. You’re living inside a neurological environment built by chronic overstimulation.What feels “normal” today is engineered. Algorithms train your nervous system to expect…
S1E206 Episode #206: How the Nervous System Restores Motivation, Drive, and Follow Through
How the Nervous System Restores Motivation, Drive, and Follow-ThroughBy the end of January, goals don’t usually disappear — effort does.You don’t stop caring. Your nervous system just stops…
S1E205 Episode #205: Why Effort Feels Hard Now: The Neuroscience of Agency, Screens, and Follow Through
If effort feels heavier than it used to, the problem isn’t your motivation.A screen-driven world is suppressing your brain’s agency system.When reward is instant, and stimulation is constant, the…
S1E204 Episode #204: Dopamine Discipline Explained: The Neuroscience of Delayed Reward
Dopamine Discipline Explained: The Neuroscience of Delayed RewardIf you struggle with focus, consistency, or self-discipline, I want you to hear this.This is not a motivation problem. It is dopamine…
S1E203 Episode #203: Why Your New Year’s Goals Fail — and How to Become Supernormal Instead
Why Your New Year’s Goals Fail — and How to Become Supernormal InsteadYou set big goals for the new year. But if your brain is hijacked by screens, algorithms, and constant overstimulation, willpower…
S1E202 Episode #202: The New Year Reset: Decluttering Your Space, Your Mind, and Your Goals
The New Year Reset: Decluttering Your Space, Your Mind, and Your GoalsIf your mind feels cluttered and stuck as the new year begins, this is not a motivation problem. 🎯It is a nervous system…
S1E201 Episode #201: Family of Origin Dysfunction: Why Going Home Dysregulates Your Brain
If going home for the holidays leaves you anxious, exhausted, or feeling like you’re twelve years old again, this is not emotional weakness. This is your nervous system.When you’re around your family…
S1E200 Episode #200: Winter Blues or Brain Overload? — Dr. Trish Leigh
Winter Blues or Brain Overload?If you have been feeling heavier, foggier, or slower this winter, you are not broken. Your brain is overloaded.Many people mistake this for depression, but often it is…
S1E199 Episode #199: Holiday Overstimulation: How the Season Hijacks Your Dopamine—And What Your Brain Actually Needs
Holiday Overstimulation: How the Season Hijacks Your Dopamine—And What Your Brain Actually NeedsIf December leaves you anxious, numb, restless, or overwhelmed, your brain is not malfunctioning. It’s…
S1E198 Episode #198: The Neuroscience of Flow: Why Stillness Fuels Your Dopamine
The Neuroscience of Flow: Why Stillness Fuels Your DopamineIf you feel overstimulated, tense, or stuck in control mode, your brain is not the problem. It’s your rhythm. In this episode, I show you…
S1E197 Episode #197: Neuroscientist Explains the Dopamine Hijack How Modern Life Miswires You
Every time you scroll, your brain learns one thing: distraction feels safer than stillness.In this episode, Dr. Trish Leigh explains the real dopamine hijack happening in modern life, the…
S1E196 Episode #196: Neuroscientist Explains Why You Can’t “Fix” Your Dopamine
Neuroscientist Explains Why You Can’t “Fix” Your Dopamine You’ve tried to fix yourself — more routines, more tracking, more control. But neuroscience shows what you’re really chasing isn’t progress……
S1E195 Episode #195: Neuroscientist Explains the Hidden Cost of Dopamine Abstinence
You quit everything — screens, stimulation, even connection — thinking it would make you feel alive again.But three weeks into your dopamine detox, you feel worse. Numb. Flat. Drained.That’s not…
S1E194 Episode #194: Neuroscientist Explains Why No Numb November & NoFap Doesn’t Work — and What Does
You’ve seen dopamine everywhere—on shirts, mugs, even tattoos—but the real issue isn’t “more dopamine,” it’s imbalance. In a world wired for novelty—clicks, explicit matter, endless goals—your brain…
S1E193 Episode #193: When Social Media Becomes Your Enemy — Dr. Trish Leigh
You think you’re just catching up—but suddenly your chest tightens, your breath shortens, and your brain whispers, “You’re not enough.” That’s not a lack of discipline. It’s a nervous system hijack.…
S1E192 Episode #192: The Dopamine Illusion — Why Pleasure Isn’t the Same as Joy
The Dopamine Illusion — Why Pleasure Isn’t the Same as JoyYour brain isn’t broken—it’s been tricked into chasing quick dopamine spikes and calling them happiness. That’s the illusion. Every swipe,…
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Dr. Trish Leigh Podcast has published 209 episodes since May 2021, covering topics in Courses, Education.
Dr. Trish Leigh Podcast is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 25m.
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