The Huberman Lab Podcast discusses neuroscience: how our brain and its connections with the organs of our body control our perceptions, our behaviors, and our health. We also discuss existing and emerging tools for measuring and changing how our nervous system works. Dr. Andrew Huberman is a tenured Professor of Neurobiology and Ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine. His laboratory studies neural regeneration, neuroplasticity, and brain states such as stress, focus, fear, and optimal performance. For more than 20 years, Dr. Huberman has consistently published original research findings and review articles in top-level peer-reviewed journals, including Nature, Science, Cell, Neuron, and Current Biology. He is a regular member of several National Institutes of Health review panels and a Fellow of the McKnight Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts. Dr. Huberman regularly consults for technology development companies, professional athletic organizations, and various units of U.S. and Canadian Special Operations.
Dr. David Spiegel: Using Hypnosis to Enhance Mental & Physical Health & Performance | Episode 60
My guest is Dr. David Spiegel MD, Associate Chair of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Director of the Center on Stress and Health and Director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Spiegel has more than 40 years of clinical and research experience with hypnosis, stress physiology, and psychotherapy. In this episode, we examine the role of clinical hypnosis for the treatment of trauma, chronic pain, anxiety and more. Dr. Spiegel explains how to determine your level of ‘hypnotizability’ and provides case studies of incredible successes with hypnosis to treat a variety of ailments. We also discuss how breathing, vision and directed mental focus can modulate internal states and enhance performance. Additionally, we discuss how the adoption of self-hypnosis techniques can reduce stress and enhance sleep in anyone. Dr. Spiegel teaches us how hypnosis works at the neural circuit level to enhance cognitive flexibility. Throughout the episode, Dr. Spiegel summarizes key clinical trials and peer-reviewed findings and resources to work with a trained clinical professional or to do guided self-hypnosis.
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Article Links
- Posthypnotic Amnesia in Hypnotizability Assessment: Validation of a New Scoring System for the Hypnotic Induction Profile
- Post-traumatic stress disorder and cancer
- Association between Anterior Cingulate Neurochemical Concentration and Individual Differences in Hypnotizability
- Hypnosis reduces distress and duration of an invasive medical procedure for children
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- Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
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Timestamps
(00:00:00) Dr. David Spiegel MD, Hypnosis
(00:04:16) AG1 (Athletic Greens), Thesis, ROKA
(00:09:09) Clinical Hypnosis
(00:16:45) Stage Hypnosis
(00:20:25) Neurobiology of Hypnosis
(00:26:04) ADHD
(00:28:22) Hypnosis for Stress & Sleep
(00:32:12) Hypnosis to Strengthen Neural Connections
(00:37:19) Restructuring Trauma Narratives
(00:45:14) Ketamine Therapy
(00:50:07) Self-directed Hypnosis, Reveri
(00:56:53) Eliminating Obsessive Thoughts, Superstitions
(01:01:50) ‘Hypnotizability’, the Spiegel Eye-roll Test
(01:15:36) EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing)
(01:21:43) Confronting Stress & Trauma
(01:27:56) The Mind-Body Connection
(01:31:35) Dealing with Grief
(01:35:45) Hypnosis in Children & Groups
(01:40:06) Drug Therapies & Hypnosis
(01:42:39) Breathing Patterns, Peak Performance
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Title Card Photo Credit: Mike Blabac