How Your Brain Sabotages You (And How to Take It Back) | Dr. Kyra Bobinet Pt. 2
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In Part 2 of our electrifying two-part series with Harvard-trained physician and behavior change rebel Dr. Kyra Bobinet, we dive deeper into the hidden architecture of self-sabotage. This is where elite insight meets raw truth.
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If you've ever wondered why you can't stop doing the very thing you know is harming you—despite your intelligence, willpower, or success—this episode will blow your mind.
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Dr. Bobinet reveals how a tiny but mighty structure in your brain—the habenula—acts as a kill switch for motivation and joy. We explore:
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🔥 The real neuroscience behind addiction, procrastination, and emotional pain
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🧠 Why dopamine isn't the full picture—and the "anti-reward system" that rules your stuckness
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💡 How shrinking your habenula makes you lose behavioral control—and how to reverse it
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🧩 Why loneliness is fueling mass addiction, anxiety, and emotional eating
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🧬 Iterative Mindset: The groundbreaking psychological tool more powerful than grit, growth mindset, or willpower
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🤝 Why community, not self-reliance, is the real solution—and how to reclaim it post-pandemic
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⚠️ How politics, polarization, and social media feed the very systems that destroy clarity and collective sanity
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💥 Why resisting your emotional pain is keeping you stuck—and how to finally break the cycle
This isn’t surface-level self-help. This is applied neuroscience that could rewire your future.
Dr. Bobinet’s new book Unstoppable Brain is
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