Desire, Dopamine, and Anticipation: Rachelle Robinett on Herbalism, Evolution and Redefining Ambition

About this episode

Katie Dalebout interviews herbalist Rachelle Robinett about her book and concepts related to dopamine and motivation.

This week I spoke with herbalist and writer Rachelle Robinett about her new book, Naturally, and some of my favorite ideas inside it: dopamine, novelty, primal motivation and strategies to regulate our nervous systems.

People in this episode

Host: Katie Dalebout

Guest: Rachelle Robinett

Topics covered

• herbalism
• dopamine
• motivation
• nervous system
• ambition
• evolution

Keywords

• herbalism
• dopamine
• novelty
• motivation
• nervous system
• ambition

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Naturally

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