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032: How to Recreate the ‘Vacation Sensation’

032: How to Recreate the ‘Vacation Sensation’

On this episode of the Sustainable Minimalists podcast we offer concrete strategies backed by research to bring vacation home with us and into our everyday lives.

On vacation, time slows + senses heighten. Slowly but surely, we find ourselves utterly relaxed.

I call this the Vacation Sensation. 

But there’s a major glitch, + it’s this: Upon returning home, the stresses we ran from inevitably catch us yet again. 

Is it possible to keep vacation mode alive well after returning home? If so, how?

I’ve done the research for you. This week, I’m thrilled to offer 13 empirically-based strategies to bring the Vacation Sensation into our daily lives.

Enjoy! 

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But over-consuming has consequences: Exposure to prolonged and repeated pleasurable stimuli decreases our capacity to tolerate pain and increases our threshold for experiencing pleasure. 

On today's show: Resetting your neural set point to make dopamine work FOR you, not against you.


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[3:00] Here's exactly why our brains aren't designed to work optimally in our 2024 world of pleasure

[7:00] Measuring the dopamine-induced addictive potential of various foods, habits, and drugs

[10:00] What goes up must come down: Here's what opponent process theory means for you and your brain

[14:00] Quantifying leisure time from the Civil War to present day

[24:00] Dopamine fasts work! Here's how to recalibrate your brain

[28:00] How to best lean into a bit of pain (and why you may want to)

 

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