Cocaine doesn't simply produce pleasure. It interferes with the very mechanisms that determine what we want, what we enjoy and what feels worth pursuing.

Over time, ordinary rewards can lose their motivational pull, while cocaine itself becomes increasingly difficult to resist. Even when taking it is no longer enjoyable.

In this episode of Rich, Powerful & Not Enough, Jan Gerber is joined by Professor Jonathan Roiser, a leading neuroscientist and mental health researcher at University College London (UCL), to explore the story of James, a successful businessman born into wealth and expectation. Despite having everything he was supposed to want, James finds himself increasingly disconnected from his own life. When cocaine enters the picture, it initially offers something he has been missing: energy, motivation and relief.

They uncover what cocaine really does to the brain's reward system and why its relationship with depression is far more complicated than we might think.

They also explore how ADHD can influence the brain's reward system, why wealth and success don't necessarily bring happiness, and what neuroscience tells us about recovery.

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For nearly 30 years, Ore Oduba had a secret source of safety. His addiction began when he was just nine years old. A prison he could no longer escape.

Ore became a household name after winning Strictly Come Dancing, stepping almost overnight into a world of fame, opportunity and intense public attention. But behind the success, he was living with an addiction to pornography.

Ore joins Jan on Rich, Powerful and Not Enough to explain how fear, shame and the need to feel accepted taught him to conceal what he was experiencing, and how pornography gradually became a source of comfort, connection and escape.

As his public profile grew, so did the divide between the person the world saw and the reality of his private life. Ore describes how chronic people-pleasing and the pressure to maintain a seemingly perfect existence pushed him to the point of suicidal thoughts.

He reveals what ultimately forced him to confront his addiction, and why he later chose to put his reputation on the line by speaking publicly.

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Hosted by Jan Gerber, we demystify the misconceptions of how ultra wealth, fame, leadership, and responsibility impact mental health.

Combining real-life case studies with in-depth interviews featuring both experts and individuals navigating high-pressure lives. We offers a safe, thoughtful space to unpack the unique challenges of people with high stakes lives.

When there is more to lose, there is further to fall.