Dr. Trish Leigh Podcast
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.
Podcasting since 2021 • 205 episodes
Dr. Trish Leigh Podcast
Latest Episodes
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 reward without effort — and over time, you...
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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 permitting effort.When you...
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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 anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) ...
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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 overstimulation.When...
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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 alone will not get you there.E...
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Fan Mail
I really appreciate this podcast. I’ve struggled with porn for twenty years. I am determined to quit using this year and this podcast has been a really important part of my recovery. Thank you Dr. Trish!
Ontario, California
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