In this video Dr Gabor Mate discusses the role of childhood experience on brain development and addiction. The problem of addiction runs deeper than things like alcohol, drugs, and gambling. Socially 'acceptable' forms of addiction for things like money, power, and status have just as many socially detrimental consequences.

A lecture by Professor Robert Sapolsky about the biology of stress. Dr Sapolsky spends half of his career in Africa studying animals in the wild in order to learn about everything from mammalian social networks, dominance hierarchies, primate infant rearing, and the physiology of survival.

Dr Kelly McGonigal discusses recent scientific studies of stress and presents some surprising insights regarding the key role of cognitive processing in the effect of stressful experiences on our overall health.

Psychologist and shame and vulnerability researcher Dr Brene Brown talks about the power of confronting shame and opening up to our innate human vulnerability.