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Dean Sunseri

Dean Sunseri

Licensed Professional Counselor and life coach in New Orleans, and co-host (with his wife HollyKem Sunseri) of the "Transform U" podcast on emotional sobriety.

Sep 1, 2026

17:26
Mm-hmm.
17:26
It's a...
17:26
I remember seeing a fascinating study that they took a picture of a person's brain that just used cocaine, and then they took a picture of a person's brain that was stuck in front of the video poker machine.
17:38
Then they took a picture of a person's brain that was looking at pornography, and then a picture of the person's brain that was, was drinking alcohol and was having a high.
17:47
And what they discovered was all the pictures were the same.

26 MINS LATER

43:39
Mm-hmm.
43:39
And to spend some time on clearing out the muck, the, the pain, the coping behaviors.
43:45
But once we do that, we need to ask those questions, like, what is, what is my design? Why am I here? What is my purpose? And I need to connect there, because ultimately, that's the place that we derive all happiness, contentment.

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