How To Stop Reaching For Relief That Never Lasts - Lian Brook-Tyler

If you've ever picked up your phone, a show, a drink, or anything else to feel better, and ended up feeling worse, more drained, more restless, more alone, than before you reached for it, here's what's actually going on, and it has very little to do with a lack of willpower. In this episode, Lian answers a question sent in by a viewer, Sarah, who wrote in describing hours lost to her phone, her other interests falling away, and feeling overstimulated and emptied out by it at the same time. Lian goes into what "numbing" actually is, and what it's standing in for, looking at research on dopamine and reward, and at what happens inside the body when relief arrives with nothing to actually nourish the soul underneath it. She moves into why "numbing" and "nourishing" can look identical from the outside, which is exactly why relief like this never lasts, and what it actually takes to tell the two apart before the reach happens. This one's for you if you've ever come back from a scroll, a show, or even a walk feeling emptier than when you started, rather than fuller. We’d love to know what YOU think about this week’s show. Let’s carry on the conversation… please leave a comment wherever you are listening or in any of our other spaces to engage. What you’ll learn from this episode: Why willpower alone so rarely works against the reach for empty relief What's actually happening in the body when relief leaves your soul no more fed than before How to tell "numbing" and "nourishing" apart before you've already made the reach If this is helpful, there’s more of this waiting in our WSS fellowship, UNIO, twice monthly live guidance circles… come join us! Wild Sovereign Soul Join our mailing list: https://www.wildsovereignsoul.com/moonly UNIO: The Fellowship for Wild Sovereign Souls : https://www.wildsovereignsoul.com/unio Go Deeper: https://www.wildsovereignsoul.com/godeeper Follow us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1694264587546957 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildsovereignsoul YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WildSovereignSoul Thank you for listening! There's a fresh episode released each week here and on most podcast platforms - and video too on YouTube. If you subscribe then you'll get each new episode delivered to your device every week automagically. (that way you'll never miss a show).