Why Every Dopamine Hit Secretly Lowers Your Baseline Happiness
From Flow State Unlocked with Rían Doris by Rían Doris
June 2, 2026 · 7 min
About this episode
Rían Doris discusses how dopamine hits can negatively impact baseline happiness.
Get your FREE 30-Day Flow State Protocol: https://flowstate.com/flow-in-30 ABOUT ME Rían Doris is the Co-Founder & CEO of FlowState, the world’s leading peak performance research and training institute focused on decoding the neuroscience of flow states and helping leaders and their teams unlock flow states consistently. Clients include Accenture, Audi, Facebook, Bain & the US Air Force. Along with being listed on Forbes 30 Under 30 Rían's thought leadership has been featured in Fast Company, PBS and Big Think and he hosted Flow Research Collective Radio, an iTunes top 10 science podcast. Rían holds a degree in Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE) from Trinity College Dublin, an MSC in Neuroscience at King's College, London and an MBA. Rian is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Birmingham. Prior to founding FlowState, Rían co-founded Flow Research Collective with Steven Kotler, worked with NYT Bestselling Author Keith Ferazzi, and 12X NYT Bestselling Author Dr. Dan Siegel, and was distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Listen To My Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4FVORiyh3AOuNP4Lhs8Yzf?si=754e5290dcfd4478 Let's Connect On…
People in this episode
Host: Rían Doris
Topics covered
- dopamine
- happiness
- neuroscience
- flow states
- performance
- mental health
Keywords
- dopamine
- happiness
- flow state
- neuroscience
- performance
- mental health
- Rían Doris
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: FlowState, Accenture, Audi, Facebook, Bain, US Air Force, American Psychiatric Association
Books & works: Forbes 30 Under 30, Fast Company, PBS, Big Think, Flow Research Collective Radio
Places: Trinity College Dublin, King's College, London, University of Birmingham
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