Welcome to Expansion of Consciousness! I’m your host, Jason Medlock, and today’s Season 6 premiere features Andy Y. West—author of Dopamine Mountain and Anhedonia Wastelands—who rewired her brain to overcome nearly four years of chronic fatigue, cognitive decline, depression, migraines, and chronic pain by hacking the dopamine reward system. In this episode, Andy explains how to:

• Balance your dopamine “mountain” (effort → reward → rest) for sustained energy, motivation, and happiness

• Recognize why traditional treatments often fail depression—when doctors overlook depleted dopamine signaling

• Reorder your daily tasks to maximize mental energy (hard tasks first, then reward, then rest)

• Convert one simple action into lasting discipline—and why challenge actually raises your baseline mood

• Use a “dopamine detox” correctly to reset reward pathways (and when it’s unnecessary)

• Understand why “instant gratification” destroys mental health—and when sugar, screens, or porn can be used healthily

• Apply science-backed, step-by-step hacks from Dopamine Mountain to rapidly improve mood and mindset

If you or someone you know feels fatigued, stuck in depression, or trapped by chronic pain, this episode will light the path back to vitality. Andy’s methods are so simple that anyone can follow them, and the research in her books has already saved countless lives.

▶️ Watch the full episode now and visit www.DopamineMountain.com for exclusive bonuses, discounts, and free resources.