Videos like this are the true purpose of the Internet: High value knowledge available for everyone for the sole purpose of truly improving our lives and humanity as a whole. Thank you a thousand times for creating such informative and healing content for us all.
Thank you Santiago. I thank you for the kind words of feedback and for your interest in science, your support of science education and science-based tools. Best wishes, Andrew
Emotions fall on three different ranges. (Possibly more) - Good / bad (aka Valence) - Interoceptive to exteroceptive - Alert to calm Emotions serve a purpose, but they are best understood by how they were received when looking at your infancy and adolescence. (Were you taken care of properly as a baby and as a teenager, physically and emotionally?) This also ties back to Attachment Styles Theory. Emotional bonds are made through gaze (eye contact), physical touch, voice, and affect (more on this!!) In social situations, it is far better to be exteroceptive. An interoceptive exercise (a lot like meditation): focus all of your attention inward. Points of gravity, heartbeat, breathing, etc. An exteroceptive exercise is a lot like practicing mindfulness. Focus all of your attention on a small object. (Pencil, water bottle, etc.) Puberty is happening earlier because of higher body fat (and thus leptin levels.) It has been found that injecting leptin into pre-adolescants will start puberty. Whether or not pheromones exist in humans is very controversial, but in Dr Huberman's viewpoint, it may exist. There is a tendency in humans and other species that from the start to the end of puberty, they will start to drift away from caregivers and spend more time with friends. Parents should not fear; this is a natural biological change for teenagers to want to spend less (but not no) time with them. There are differences in right brain and left brain, but the stereotype that right is emotional and left is rational is wrong. There is no evidence for this. Oxytocin promotes bonding, loyalty, etc. Vitamin D and melatonin can increase oxytocin. Vasopressin suppresses urination, increases memory, and creates feelings of love. Vasopressin can relate to whether or not humans participate in monogamy or non-monogomy. The vagus nerve is a nerve that connects the brain to the heart, gut, immune system, etc. There is a myth that stimulating the vagus nerve will calm you. Stimulation of the vagus nerve releases dopamine and increases alertness. It is a stimulant of alertness, the opposite of the myth. This is a lot of content, equivalent to 2 or 3 college lectures.
It has a Pavlov style conditioning effect on me, as if listening to this sentence in his voice triggers my nervous system to start focusing and learning
Hi Doc I am a medical scribe. I have been listening to your podcast for a long time. Now, while working with physician's I happen to notice your name a lot. Physician's have been recommending your podcast for dealing with anxiety and panic attacks. Your most prominent one is dopamine pathways. Proud moment for your Sir. You are changing the world. Keep it up Sir
THANK YOU SIR! I have intense social anxiety around extended family gatherings and love the interdiction to this topic. A podcast strictly focused on “SOCIAL ANXIETY” would be awesome 👏🏼 🙏🏼
It really would I know that there are some events that just make me feel overwhelmed sometimes. I would like to know the reasoning behind those feelings.
This podcast is a gold mine.. the knowledge that you share is unbelievable.. I'm just an uneducated idiot from a third world country, i don't understand every technical words that you say.. but I do enjoy very much all the information that I get out of it. To have a person with your education sharing it to the word for free is just a pure gift, so thank you.
Thank you for being so humble. I, too, recognize my ignorance and am so grateful to Dr. Huberman. Totally relate! (BTW, I'm an educator, but this field is excitingly new to me! 😊)
I never thought I would ever find neuroscience so interesting or be smart enough to understand it. These podcasts and tools have literally changed my life...the only way I can repay you is to share them with people, Thankyou Dr Huberman...my mesolimbic pathway goes crazy every Monday🤪 Keep em coming!
I've gotten at least seven different friends from all walks interested in your lectures since the podcast began, and all of them have gained something from it. (Myself included.) Such powerful work, Doc. You're a good egg.
You're lucky, not only in that you have more than seven friends, but that you have seven friends who are interested in neuroscience. There is absolutely no one in my life, not now or ever, who has expressed the least interest in what I consider to be an incredibly fascinating subject, even to a layperson such as myself.
@@12thDecember Initially I spent my free time sharing info and most people ignored me, so I stopped talking (teaching) and started listening (learning) and saved alot of time and energy for future friendships. I only know 3 people who care unfortunately. I do think the regulars could create a social media group or network. Huberman is saving my life one video at a time, so crazy that this info is free! Thank you Huberman!
Doc, this should information be on every level of education curriculum. That would make the world a better place. Lack of understanding of emotions has a lot to do with the anger and hate all around. It’s exhausting. 💖
I agree with you.. hope New Zealand adopt this soon ( Mention this country because up to now is the country that makes the most futuristic movements towards well-being. But any other country , please do so as soon as possible).
I agree but this would be a threat to the government schools practice of indoctrination rather than real education. The greatest danger to the educational status quo would be the giving students the ability to think critically and have personal agency.
It's hilarious when he says " if you're asleep, you're probably not comprehending what I'm saying " I love all these. It's amazing information articulated and communicated so well! Thank you for all the time you put into this !
Have been watching your podcasts for the last one year. I was diagnosed with mild depression long back but I didn't continue the medical treatment. It became severe with the loss of my father and mother but then I took medical help ( 3 years back ). My issue started becoming more tolerable in 1 - 1.25 years with it, I had some issues in my personal life but they were resolved using the medical treatment's impact on making my thinking process more clear, along with practical advice from your podcasts, thanks to your podcasts for that. Became almost normal and became a father to my amazing bundle of joy but had personal issues once again, now rewatching your podcasts once again to regain peace and joy with practical ideas. Hopefully I will become one with life again ❤❤
I just got out of a relationship where my significant other was really closed off and I was very much the opposite. I was hoping and praying Huberman would make a relationship episode for the past few days! I cant wait to watch this, and once again, thank you for pretty much changing my life! I look at my emotional responses so differently, and I cannot tell you enough how much that means to me, to have the tools and techniques to gauge and better myself. Thank you Huberman Lab!
Thank you Dr. Huberman for all of the life changing information that you share. Listening to your Podcasts I liken to taking a condensed college class on an Amazingly broad spectrum of topics. Your podcasts have improved my quality of life by helping to understand issues in depth and equally important is that you provide plans of action to help us as individuals have more control over helping improve our own health without treating symptoms with pharmaceuticals as a first resort. Thank you, thank you!
Dear Andrew Huberman, Thank you for sharing such valuable content with the world. A wise man once said "The most precious gift one can give is their time and attention." Thank you!
I just took two pages of notes. I have 4 kids, but my 3rd, 14 year old son is very shy. I worry so much about his emotional state. This podcast is extraordinary I’m so grateful for the info🤍
When you get too absorbed into the podcast and all 4 boiling eggs suddenly explode in the kitchen cause the water was all gone long ago...😖 thank you for the mesmerising work🙏🏻 *Cries in the pain of cleaning the walls and ceiling, and “walking on the eggshells”* 🥴
What I’ve learned today: our emotions are always optimizing for our survival which is very empowering because: 1. Gives me a sense of trust that I’m always optimizing for my greatest good- especially when experiencing difficult emotions! 2. Helps me see that certain emotions have simply been running on autopilot because of conditioning, but now knowing their purpose, I can more easily remove judgement and seek to understand WHY these emotions surface and what I really need in those moments rather than being swept away by the emotion. Really puts you in the driver’s seat. Thank you Dr. Huberman! ❤️ I’m a weekly listener, reconstructing my life view week over week with the knowledge you share.
@Miriam illions - there IS quite a self-limiting downside to our brain's proclivity for 'survival'. Survival is a minimum state, not max., which is THRIVE. Big difference btw. surviving and thriving. This is why change is so hard. That protective part of our brain that wants merely to keep us alive, constantly resists changing things up, for the better, i.e., 'thriving'.
@@barbarafairbanks4578 that’s a really good point! For me, knowing that the brain is optimizing for survival removes self-judgement and that’s why I find it empowering. It’s easier to thrive when you have high self esteem and positive self regard, than when you’re constantly beating yourself up. I am wondering now - is it possible for the brain to learn to optimize for thriving rather than surviving?
Miriam illions - for me, the brain's wanting only for our survival causes great angst, because I am trying so hard to effect change (for the better) in my life and I feel like the survival part of my brain is constantly fighting me on this. I know it is this way for our survival...has to do with our physiology's homeostasis system (which is a term that, IMO, can easily be subbed for 'status quo'). Homeostasis keeps our bodily functions in balance and we'd be dead without it, as far as the way our ANS functions. But, for instance, have you ever experienced trying to make big changes in your habits, for instance to improve your lifestyle, and you end up feeling SO uncomfortable with these changes, to the point they just feel so WRONG - like your body & brain are just begging you to slide back into your old habits. And then if you do manage to effectuate these changes - the pendulum you just swung in the direction of effective change, begins to swing back again. And once your vigilance on maintaining these changes relaxes, you can find yourself right back in the same position, only sometimes the pendulum has swung so far back in the other direction, we are worse off than before. Case in point, people losing weight by sheer will power, then relaxing their willpower because they've been 'successful'- and as a result gain all the weight back, plus more. So now, after all that effort, they weigh more than they did before they began their campaign to lose weight. This, I believe, can (at least partly) be blamed on homeostasis and our brain's wilfulness to 'survive' - but whether we survive 'optimally', or merely survive by 'scraping by'... this part of our brain 'doesn't care' - as long as we are 'alive' - that appears to be the objective....and making changes, especially significant ones, can be viewed by the brain as 'risk-taking' behavior. Not that I believe the brain is actually sitting there evaluating everything we do as 'risk', 'non-risk'...I'm sure this distinction is primarily biologically assessed, via neurotransmitters and their receptors in the body that would effectuate this result - 'keep the status quo.' Disturb the status quo, and we could get ourselves killed. I don't know about 'teaching our brains' to thrive, rather than just survive - not that simply, anyway. Real, lasting change has to take place internally, (our belief system), i.e., not with willpower alone, but thru the process of changing our mindset - our beliefs about ourselves. Willpower does need to be exerted to a certain extent, but will power is not the whole picture or the lone tool we need. Internal change, i.e., changing our beliefs about ourselves CAN be done, but it takes alot of hard work, wilfull intent, diligence, and vigilance, to effectuate. I intellectually 'know' this, but thinking & knowing is only philosophy in the absence of acting upon it. Action is behavior. Doing it is an entirely different animal from knowing it. We need both, and it is SO easy to be fooled into thinking we are 'taking action' if we remain stuck in the thinking/philosophical stage.
@@barbarafairbanks4578 I think you nailed it when you said that the belief system has to change in order for us to change our behaviors permanently for the better. Yes, I have experienced the pendulum swing, but then I learned about how our beliefs drive our thoughts which drive our feelings, which drive our actions. So I began to focus more on the beliefs, because action that goes against a core belief is not sustainable. The pendulum will swing back, to borrow your description. For example, I began studying psychology last year at the age of 36. It’s something I wanted to do for the past 15 years, but was never able to get myself to do it. Instead of pushing against that, I went inward, did all the soul searching, facing my past, etc - and then I was ready. It took years, but I’m here now, doing it. It wasn’t as simple as changing a belief, it was years of inner work, but my approach to change is to be gentle, loving, and when experiencing strong resistance, going inward to examine why rather than pushing harder. The Wisdom of Anxiety by Sheryl Paul is a great book for more about the going inward practice.
Dr. Huberman has a special way of making me feel like I have more control over my life in a way a guy like Dr.Peterson made me reject over time. There is something so special about this podcast IMO.
So that's why I instinctively take out my phone for no reason , when I feel awkward. Makes perfect sense , I noticed mysel and many other people did too and hypothesized it was to anchor ourselves in something we are familiar and comfortable with instead of sitting with our awkwardness. Next time I will make an effort to sit with the awkwardness and embrace it.
Thank you for these lectures. They make my life so much more interesting and meaningful. I spent 20 years of my youth studying psychology, sociology, educational psychology and social work. Now being retired I had no hope to get a chance to pursue my intellectual interests but your lectures make me hopeful and alive, intellectually. In my book you are a Saint or a Prophet.
Thank you for the podcast Dr. Huberman. I first heard you on Rich Roll last summer and have since tracked down everywhere I can hear you speak. Haven't missed an episode of your show since its inception. The tools you've taught me have been greatly beneficial, and have given me the confidence to launch my career as a self-employed artist (making music under the moniker Blue Sails). Thanks again Dr. Huberman!
@@hubermanlab hi Andrew can you talk about split personalities and how they suddenly have different mannerisms? And ofcoarse can I switch my personality or self hypnosis for higher performance?
I'm re-watching this episode because when it came out I was running around getting my mom to the hospital. She is covid negative but she is still fighting an infection in the ICU. The first 3 days we were in the hospital her heart rate and oxygen levels were erratic. I taught her the double inhale long exhale or physiological sighs to help calm down her heart rate and increase her oxygen. It worked, we had real life biofeedback with her cardio monitor. Apparently based on the ECG readings she survived a heart attack. Thank you for your compulsion to share scientific information like that. It helped us cope in a very trying time. Her heart rate is more stable now with the help of medication.
@@winbalingit8502 thank you! 🤗 She's gotten better and home with me now continuing her recovery. Two weeks out of the hospital after having survived a heart attack and kidney failure caused by septic shock.
Topic request: Executive Dysfunction! Please Dr Huberman, cause so many of us are trying to overcome this. It can be incredibly debilitating and understanding how to overcome the challenges to succeed with a different brain, especially for us adults who found out later in life we have it (whether it’s cause of a TBI, PTSD, ADHD, Austism, Dyslexia etc) cause our brains need more work. 😭🙏🏽
I have been diagnosed with PTSD this has helped me so much more than therapy and drugs. I took myself off 9 prescription drugs in the fall of 2016 it was the hardest thing I’ve ever been through but the best thing.
Doc. I'm so grateful for this. My husband is not fluent in English and I would love to share these contents with him. Every time I have to translate. So thanks so much. I really understand the value of these informations.
When one has a passion for what they do, work feels like play. Thank you Huberman for this great and informative content that you share with us. Blessings.
I said that before and I'll say it again, wow, your intellectual capacity and way of externalising them vocally is truly outstanding. I love the organised way you communicate things.
I agree he’s young yet but I see one in the future. He is truly a rare individual leaving the academic ivory tower with the ability and inclination to bring this wisdom to the layman. I have learned so much from him and am seeing significant improvements in my life.
This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest honorably. He may be clearing you out for some new delight. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond. -Rumi, ‘The Guest House’ Whenever I think of emotions, this poem always comes to mind. 💗 I loved this episode so much! So good! When he said we don’t know we feel or how other people feel, I was kinda surprised. I feel like, I know how I feel most of the time unless I’m lying to myself about that?! I also feel like I can pick up on people’s vibes/“energies”, not in a witch kinda way but just generally. I could be projecting but I feel like I’m pretty clear what’s what (most of the time). Emotions are so complicated and subjective but I guess the beauty of them. Sensitive people like me feel things deeply and clearly, not in a snowflake-y kinda way, but I embrace them as teachers who reveal so much. 💗
I love Dr. Huberman's lectures he doesn't try to pump you up like other speakers which doesn't last that long, he gives us knowledge that stays with us and continues to motivates us.
a red notification and says Dr. Andrew Huberman uploaded new video...even im on the middle of netflix rerun(Breaking Bad/ Better Call Saul/ Narcos) will click the X window and watch a Free Golden Knowledge by this learneth Man . thanks doc
I always thank God that I'm living in this era ,an era of global connectivity ...I'm from a remote Village in Pakistan and I love listening to these great men"Lex , Peterson, Haberman and many more their insightful and thought provoking discussions always help me to be a better version of myself ... thank you for bringing so much light in my life ❤️
Best day of the week: Monday. I always like Mondays but after dr. Huberman, it becomes more interesting, his discuss extremely clair and understandable topics considered very complicated. I am Brazilian, speaK Portuguese and I can understand! Dr. Huberman has done miracles, too!
Once again, I am better equipped because of Huberman Lab Podcasts. Thank you. What a time to be alive (wishes are futile, e.g. "wish I had had this in middle school").
1:36:57 “consciousness, there I said the word”. Pure gold! I appreciate your work, generosity, humbleness, and so much more qualities that brings you to do the word you do! Thank you for such beautiful episode even as a PsyD with a background in microbiology, I found this refreshing and helpful in bridging the information and the training I have.
Thank you Dr. Huberman, you are a pioneer. Your dedication and commitment to integrity shines. The time and energy you gift to us is greatly appreciated. Your intelligence, fluid thoughts, scientific passion, humor and talent in speaking so every listener is spoken to with respect -and acknowledged, all with your charm and humble intentions - and you’re handsome. 😉 every time I listen or watch your podcasts or interviews I learn something new and relatable to my life. 🙏
Just want to say thank you. I enjoy your podcast so much and I have told numerous people around me and they love it as well. Thank you for your time and sharing the knowledge.
I can’t get enough of your information! I started watching your podcast about 2 weeks ago and I always watch 3 episodes in a row while I train on my stationary bike. I always watch at 1.5x the speed to fit in the schedule but today I decided to watch one episode (this one) at regular speed(I was not training). Holy hell are you ever chill! I was not absorbing the content as well, my mind was drifting, at first I thought it was because I was not engaged in a hard physical activity but I put it back at 1.5x the speed and it all came back to normal. I’m questioning my ability to focus now... I’m eager to dive in the hormones segment. Thank you a million times for all the work, knowledge and kindness!
I used to get so spaced out breast feeding my kids, I must have had so much oxytocin sloshing around my system - was amazing. I kind of feel that I'll never experience those levels of oxytocin ever again (I'm a bit old for more kids) such a powerful hormone, wonderful for bondng with my babies (who are now 11 and 15 years old, so this podcst has been fascinating on so many levels)
Hmmm, I had a rush of a feeling of terror and dread when my milk came in while breast feeding. I wonder why your experience and mine were so different.
Thank you so much, Professor! Have an excellent start for the week and please take care of yourself. With the very best regards from Scandinavia, Sakura, your Student for Life!
I am creating into the universe the real experience of thanking you face to face. Thank you Andrew for all you have done to create these episodes it's much more than just making a video and doing research and I am very inspired by you. Thank you.
I got into all this about a year ago now -- i sleep-walked into some 'adventurous' lives that were perhaps emotionally taxing at times, but after all that (in normal brick dwellings once again) I accidentally consumed aspartame cola & a fermented food *almost* simultaneously -- boom, I fell into an inexplicable 2-day mood suppression -- once i backtracked to realise what happened, that led me to awareness of the gut-brain connection and further study. Suddenly, armed with that visceral empathy it felt like any 'upset' person might experience those same lows from random food choices... and that's just one of factors i've come across (so far) that can explain the way we, and others, think feel or act. It's totally re-framed my perception of human interactions and sociology. (Random semi-related aside: at some point, for weeks, raw cabbage was the unwitting culprit but within seconds of consuming butyrate/butter i was cured..!) Good luck with your quest.
I have heard before and know from experience that relationships are one of the most important things in life extremely important for our overall health and wellbeing mentally and spiritually especially. I have been abused before and it's traumatizing. This affected my self esteem because the relationships you have can affect that because loved ones give you criticism whether it be constructive or destructive. They should not make you feel bad about yourself but make you feel good about yourself and build you up. This goes for any type of relationship. They'll help you to see everything good about yourself. Anytime you're developing relationships you should seek out people who love you, care about you, help and support you, and respect you. You'll be rewarded with happiness and it'll motivate you with the desire to do the same for them and see them reap the rewards in turn making you happy.
Indeed, the myth of Prometheus came to my mind when I started watching this podcast. From the perspective of someone who loves greek mythology he definitely fits the archetype.
I listened twice. Dr Huberman is precious. Just the right amount of information to keep my interest. I am methodically going through his podcasts. It is not the knowledge I need. It is the knowledge I enjoy
Sir, You have helped me so much with these podcasts. I am grateful and happy to be able to watch and listen to You and the knowledge You provide us. Best regards from Croatia!
I was interrupted during the 8 second silent pause & came back hours later to resume and it was awkward yet hilarious. Thanks for another fantastic & informative video!
Discovering about being interoceptive vs exteroceptive was perhaps one of the most useful tools I have learned, I have found myself already making a habit of incorporating awareness of these states into my day and trying to find more balance. Request for future episode: you mentioned that you will have a section on trauma, I would really love to hear more about interoception/exteroception in relation to trauma (specifically childhood). I’m also curious how dissociation relates to the two, I can’t quite figure out which it would fall under as it feels like you’re disconnected from both your thoughts and your surroundings. I think this could be enormously helpful for a lot of people and would even be a great topic to have a guest speaker come on for! So so grateful for this podcast- thank you for investing so much time and energy into giving us these science based tools to help navigate a happier and healthier life. Truly nothing more valuable ♥️
When you said "I could be furious right now" with a completely calm demeanor, that resonated deep. I feel like that probably 5% of the time, trying to get it down to 0
Andrew, can you please touch on seasonal affective disorder at some point? I would love to move back north to my friends and family, but so far the only solution I've found is living in the south.
I believe that supplementing vitamin D3 and K2 (which helps the D3 go to the right places) can sustain vitamin D levels such as to negate the lack of sun exposure driving SAD. Supplementing vitamin D doesn't provide everything that sunlight does, but it goes a long way.
@ojanya Have you tried those lamps made for this purpose? (Don’t know the name.) A friend of mine claims it made going through winter in the north possible for her.
The more video I watch from You the more I wish I can be your student. I'm a cognitive rehabilitation student from Iran and I learned from you a lot. Thank you Thank you.
I’m in my first semester of Hubberman University. Got a few more videos to go!!! God bless you , the info you have provided have helped me understand a lot through my current journey. Fat loss, exercise, relationships, dopamine and business venture.
Love your work and this podcast. I recently did a WellBeing program launch for GHD the engineering firm i work for. Over 825 people watched the live event and now watched the recording. I spoke about using breathing techniques such as the physiological sigh to calm yourself. I used the technique to keep myself calm and stop the frontal lobotomy prior to my time to speak as I've never done anything like it before.. I also used the event to introduce my co-workers to your podcast. The response was amazing. Thank you so much for this podcast, it has made and is making a major difference to people lives. Thank you
Topic request: How can the teenage brain overcome video game addiction? This past year of remote learning has entrenched this into so many, and I am very worried. Thank you, Dr. Huberman!
Make them get interested in other activities that promotes the relieve of endorphins. For example sports. Slowly slowly they will get the pleasure they need from sports. Worked for my bf
I like how you draw from Dr. Sapolsky's experiment with voles. I am 61 years old and I am passionate about our human condition, why we do what we do, how our brain works, and how we can become a better species. What we know today is mind boggling, and I wish I could go back to school and become a neuro-biologist. Maybe in my next go round....Thanks so much for helping me understand how we work.
Great podcast helped me a lot. I always implement practices described here. I have a request regarding topics. Could you make one podcast or live about people on the Autism spectrum? I'm actually diagnosed and I have noticed that some substances or practices work differently on me. I have a hard time processing emotion, so I try to understand how they work and adjust knowledge to that. I'm a huge fan of your work. Thank you for sharing such high-quality information with us.❤️
I just had a major breakthrough + epiphany. When you mentioned the Interoceptive- Exteroceptive dynamic, I immediately thought of Cognitive Behavior Therapy and how we use a similar tool to prevent patients from feeling overwhelmed or to reduce distress if they are experiencing uncomfortable emotions.
Amazing episode! I clearly remember around age 12 walking with my parents in the mall and being horrified at the thought of any of my friends seeing me walking together with my parents.😁 I haven’t thought about that until today!
an observation on the vagus "calming effect": I have ADHD, and my mind is racing most of the time, which makes me feel anxious. My understanding is that this happens because the OFC is less active in it's regulatory function. That's why stimulants help for my symptoms, because they stimulate the OFC, which becomes better at regulating my stream of thought. While a stimulant definitely makes me alert, my experience of my internal state is that of increased calmness and decreased anxiety, because my attention is less scattered, I can hold attention better, and the stream of my thoughts is less overwhelming. So since, as you say, stimulating the vagus stimulates the brain (and here I presume that includes the OFC), I can see that having a similar effect as a prescription stimulant, and so I can see how people would report increased calmness. I think the distinction you make between increasing and decreasing alertness is super helpful, but it's clear to me that for people like me, increased alertness = the experience of calmness.
Andrew, thanks so much for these videos. You're doing something truly important and paradigm-shifting by democratising learning. Will be signing up to donate what I can!
Iam karthik from india Thank you sir for sharing your knowledge to us Thank you for your efforts Your videos are very helpful in my daily life Thank you
Videos like this are the true purpose of the Internet: High value knowledge available for everyone for the sole purpose of truly improving our lives and humanity as a whole. Thank you a thousand times for creating such informative and healing content for us all.
Thank you Santiago. I thank you for the kind words of feedback and for your interest in science, your support of science education and science-based tools.
Best wishes,
Andrew
@@hubermanlab Where are the captions Andrew? Every other video has them written clearly.
We are literally blessed beyond measure.
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As someone who can't afford therapy or really any kind of medical care, I wanted to thank you for giving people all of this information for free.
Yes, even with insurance finding the therapist who is knowledgeable on this topic, is a great help.
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*Topic request: The science of attraction. But also the neurology of losing attraction.* Thank you!
For both sexes, and not only romantic, but friendships, family relationships etc.
Need this!
Dopamine D2 receptor down-regulation, + Oxytocin reduction + 5-HT1A post synaptic receptor desensitisation + Increased Prolactin + Down-regulation of M4R receptor.
Yeeeeeeeeeees!!
Sensible request. Why do i suspect oxytocin is going to show up there too.
Emotions fall on three different ranges. (Possibly more)
- Good / bad (aka Valence)
- Interoceptive to exteroceptive
- Alert to calm
Emotions serve a purpose, but they are best understood by how they were received when looking at your infancy and adolescence.
(Were you taken care of properly as a baby and as a teenager, physically and emotionally?)
This also ties back to Attachment Styles Theory.
Emotional bonds are made through gaze (eye contact), physical touch, voice, and affect (more on this!!)
In social situations, it is far better to be exteroceptive.
An interoceptive exercise (a lot like meditation): focus all of your attention inward. Points of gravity, heartbeat, breathing, etc.
An exteroceptive exercise is a lot like practicing mindfulness. Focus all of your attention on a small object. (Pencil, water bottle, etc.)
Puberty is happening earlier because of higher body fat (and thus leptin levels.) It has been found that injecting leptin into pre-adolescants will start puberty.
Whether or not pheromones exist in humans is very controversial, but in Dr Huberman's viewpoint, it may exist.
There is a tendency in humans and other species that from the start to the end of puberty, they will start to drift away from caregivers and spend more time with friends.
Parents should not fear; this is a natural biological change for teenagers to want to spend less (but not no) time with them.
There are differences in right brain and left brain, but the stereotype that right is emotional and left is rational is wrong. There is no evidence for this.
Oxytocin promotes bonding, loyalty, etc.
Vitamin D and melatonin can increase oxytocin.
Vasopressin suppresses urination, increases memory, and creates feelings of love. Vasopressin can relate to whether or not humans participate in monogamy or non-monogomy.
The vagus nerve is a nerve that connects the brain to the heart, gut, immune system, etc. There is a myth that stimulating the vagus nerve will calm you.
Stimulation of the vagus nerve releases dopamine and increases alertness. It is a stimulant of alertness, the opposite of the myth.
This is a lot of content, equivalent to 2 or 3 college lectures.
"Welcome to the Huberman Lab Podcast, where we discuss science and science based tools for everyday life." has become the highlight of my Mondays!!
LITERALLY!!!
Bigg facts
"and as always, thank you for your interest in science"
It has a Pavlov style conditioning effect on me, as if listening to this sentence in his voice triggers my nervous system to start focusing and learning
I love the intro. It's catchy.
Hi Doc
I am a medical scribe. I have been listening to your podcast for a long time. Now, while working with physician's I happen to notice your name a lot. Physician's have been recommending your podcast for dealing with anxiety and panic attacks. Your most prominent one is dopamine pathways. Proud moment for your Sir. You are changing the world.
Keep it up Sir
Are there any specific videos you would recommend for help dealing with anxiety and panic attacks?
What a time to be alive to be able to listen to such high quality content about the cutting edge of neurobiology/neuroscience
And for free, the comment section is also so supportive. Knowing that we are all on the path of learning is so comforting.
THANK YOU SIR! I have intense social anxiety around extended family gatherings and love the interdiction to this topic.
A podcast strictly focused on “SOCIAL ANXIETY” would be awesome 👏🏼 🙏🏼
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It really would I know that there are some events that just make me feel overwhelmed sometimes. I would like to know the reasoning behind those feelings.
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This podcast is a gold mine.. the knowledge that you share is unbelievable.. I'm just an uneducated idiot from a third world country, i don't understand every technical words that you say.. but I do enjoy very much all the information that I get out of it. To have a person with your education sharing it to the word for free is just a pure gift, so thank you.
Same here bro, from SEA however dont undermine yourself. Education is free nowadays.
@@alfonsonicolasbacusmo3820 But with the amount of misinformation that pollutes that market, it still requires a lot of work to reach good sources.
This podcast makes me regret choosing technology as career option. neuroscience is so fancy...
The true mark of an educated person is the ability and desire to learn then to use the knowledge. I don’t think you’re uneducated.
Thank you for being so humble. I, too, recognize my ignorance and am so grateful to Dr. Huberman. Totally relate! (BTW, I'm an educator, but this field is excitingly new to me! 😊)
I never thought I would ever find neuroscience so interesting or be smart enough to understand it. These podcasts and tools have literally changed my life...the only way I can repay you is to share them with people, Thankyou Dr Huberman...my mesolimbic pathway goes crazy every Monday🤪 Keep em coming!
I've gotten at least seven different friends from all walks interested in your lectures since the podcast began, and all of them have gained something from it. (Myself included.) Such powerful work, Doc. You're a good egg.
Thank you ever so much for the feedback and support. That is very gratifying to hear. Best wishes, Andrew
@@hubermanlab you couldn't be more welcome. 😉
You're lucky, not only in that you have more than seven friends, but that you have seven friends who are interested in neuroscience. There is absolutely no one in my life, not now or ever, who has expressed the least interest in what I consider to be an incredibly fascinating subject, even to a layperson such as myself.
@@12thDecember - you have friends here :)!
@@12thDecember Initially I spent my free time sharing info and most people ignored me, so I stopped talking (teaching) and started listening (learning) and saved alot of time and energy for future friendships. I only know 3 people who care unfortunately. I do think the regulars could create a social media group or network. Huberman is saving my life one video at a time, so crazy that this info is free! Thank you Huberman!
I can’t believe this material is free. Thank you, Andrew Huberman!!
Doc, this should information be on every level of education curriculum. That would make the world a better place. Lack of understanding of emotions has a lot to do with the anger and hate all around. It’s exhausting. 💖
Sounds like exteroception! I am applying knowledge haha
Yes!!!😎👍🏽✌🏽
I agree with you.. hope New Zealand adopt this soon ( Mention this country because up to now is the country that makes the most futuristic movements towards well-being. But any other country , please do so as soon as possible).
I agree but this would be a threat to the government schools practice of indoctrination rather than real education. The greatest danger to the educational status quo would be the giving students the ability to think critically and have personal agency.
Yes. Child development too.
It's hilarious when he says " if you're asleep, you're probably not comprehending what I'm saying "
I love all these. It's amazing information articulated and communicated so well!
Thank you for all the time you put into this !
Oddly enough, every topic comes out at the same time I need information about that particular topic.... this is amazing!
Have been watching your podcasts for the last one year. I was diagnosed with mild depression long back but I didn't continue the medical treatment. It became severe with the loss of my father and mother but then I took medical help ( 3 years back ). My issue started becoming more tolerable in 1 - 1.25 years with it, I had some issues in my personal life but they were resolved using the medical treatment's impact on making my thinking process more clear, along with practical advice from your podcasts, thanks to your podcasts for that. Became almost normal and became a father to my amazing bundle of joy but had personal issues once again, now rewatching your podcasts once again to regain peace and joy with practical ideas. Hopefully I will become one with life again ❤❤
Experiencing The Dr. HUBERMAN EFFECT= Happiness on Mondays
Lol exactly! I enjoy Mondays more now 😅
Lol same my favourite day of the week now
Yep! Always looking forward to mondays now.
Yes!
Haha aww same here
I just got out of a relationship where my significant other was really closed off and I was very much the opposite. I was hoping and praying Huberman would make a relationship episode for the past few days! I cant wait to watch this, and once again, thank you for pretty much changing my life! I look at my emotional responses so differently, and I cannot tell you enough how much that means to me, to have the tools and techniques to gauge and better myself. Thank you Huberman Lab!
Or personality disorder
Thank you Dr. Huberman for all of the life changing information that you share. Listening to your Podcasts I liken to taking a condensed college class on an Amazingly broad spectrum of topics. Your podcasts have improved my quality of life by helping to understand issues in depth and equally important is that you provide plans of action to help us as individuals have more control over helping improve our own health without treating symptoms with pharmaceuticals as a first resort. Thank you, thank you!
Dear Andrew Huberman,
Thank you for sharing such valuable content with the world. A wise man once said "The most precious gift one can give is their time and attention."
Thank you!
Someone recently introduced this podcast to my life and I can say it’s literally influential and keep adding meanings to my day
My Mondays are always brightened when this pops up :)
I just took two pages of notes. I have 4 kids, but my 3rd, 14 year old son is very shy. I worry so much about his emotional state. This podcast is extraordinary I’m so grateful for the info🤍
Can you share your notes pls. I wish we can do something like that here
Can you share your notes pls?
You can start a group on FB with Dr. Huberman’s permission, possibly? I would assume one already exists...
Definitely agree we need a group to share notes on facebook or some platform created to discuss topics related to specific videos
@@kylehall4275 if this has been made I would like to join
When you get too absorbed into the podcast and all 4 boiling eggs suddenly explode in the kitchen cause the water was all gone long ago...😖 thank you for the mesmerising work🙏🏻 *Cries in the pain of cleaning the walls and ceiling, and “walking on the eggshells”* 🥴
My apologies for the kitchen incident! That said, thank you for your comment and your interest in science!
@@hubermanlab I’m happy you couldn’t see it!😅Quite a scene...
Wow! quite the dopamine meltdown😫
And Acetylcholine meltdown! Cause a lot of choline got wasted! 🥚
Means it 'Apart (Far Away) from (Screename)
Listening to a Huberman podcast while doing my meal prep is a weekly thing for me
What I’ve learned today: our emotions are always optimizing for our survival which is very empowering because:
1. Gives me a sense of trust that I’m always optimizing for my greatest good- especially when experiencing difficult emotions!
2. Helps me see that certain emotions have simply been running on autopilot because of conditioning, but now knowing their purpose, I can more easily remove judgement and seek to understand WHY these emotions surface and what I really need in those moments rather than being swept away by the emotion.
Really puts you in the driver’s seat.
Thank you Dr. Huberman! ❤️ I’m a weekly listener, reconstructing my life view week over week with the knowledge you share.
@Miriam illions - there IS quite a self-limiting downside to our brain's proclivity for 'survival'. Survival is a minimum state, not max., which is THRIVE. Big difference btw. surviving and thriving. This is why change is so hard. That protective part of our brain that wants merely to keep us alive, constantly resists changing things up, for the better, i.e., 'thriving'.
@@barbarafairbanks4578 that’s a really good point! For me, knowing that the brain is optimizing for survival removes self-judgement and that’s why I find it empowering. It’s easier to thrive when you have high self esteem and positive self regard, than when you’re constantly beating yourself up.
I am wondering now - is it possible for the brain to learn to optimize for thriving rather than surviving?
Miriam illions - for me, the brain's wanting only for our survival causes great angst, because I am trying so hard to effect change (for the better) in my life and I feel like the survival part of my brain is constantly fighting me on this. I know it is this way for our survival...has to do with our physiology's homeostasis system (which is a term that, IMO, can easily be subbed for 'status quo').
Homeostasis keeps our bodily functions in balance and we'd be dead without it, as far as the way our ANS functions.
But, for instance, have you ever experienced trying to make big changes in your habits, for instance to improve your lifestyle, and you end up feeling SO uncomfortable with these changes, to the point they just feel so WRONG - like your body & brain are just begging you to slide back into your old habits.
And then if you do manage to effectuate these changes - the pendulum you just swung in the direction of effective change, begins to swing back again. And once your vigilance on maintaining these changes relaxes, you can find yourself right back in the same position, only sometimes the pendulum has swung so far back in the other direction, we are worse off than before.
Case in point, people losing weight by sheer will power, then relaxing their willpower because they've been 'successful'- and as a result gain all the weight back, plus more. So now, after all that effort, they weigh more than they did before they began their campaign to lose weight.
This, I believe, can (at least partly) be blamed on homeostasis and our brain's wilfulness to 'survive' - but whether we survive 'optimally', or merely survive by 'scraping by'... this part of our brain 'doesn't care' - as long as we are 'alive' - that appears to be the objective....and making changes, especially significant ones, can be viewed by the brain as 'risk-taking' behavior.
Not that I believe the brain is actually sitting there evaluating everything we do as 'risk', 'non-risk'...I'm sure this distinction is primarily biologically assessed, via neurotransmitters and their receptors in the body that would effectuate this result - 'keep the status quo.' Disturb the status quo, and we could get ourselves killed.
I don't know about 'teaching our brains' to thrive, rather than just survive - not that simply, anyway.
Real, lasting change has to take place internally, (our belief system), i.e., not with willpower alone, but thru the process of changing our mindset - our beliefs about ourselves. Willpower does need to be exerted to a certain extent, but will power is not the whole picture or the lone tool we need.
Internal change, i.e., changing our beliefs about ourselves CAN be done, but it takes alot of hard work, wilfull intent, diligence, and vigilance, to effectuate.
I intellectually 'know' this, but thinking & knowing is only philosophy in the absence of acting upon it. Action is behavior. Doing it is an entirely different animal from knowing it. We need both, and it is SO easy to be fooled into thinking we are 'taking action' if we remain stuck in the thinking/philosophical stage.
@@barbarafairbanks4578 I think you nailed it when you said that the belief system has to change in order for us to change our behaviors permanently for the better. Yes, I have experienced the pendulum swing, but then I learned about how our beliefs drive our thoughts which drive our feelings, which drive our actions. So I began to focus more on the beliefs, because action that goes against a core belief is not sustainable. The pendulum will swing back, to borrow your description.
For example, I began studying psychology last year at the age of 36. It’s something I wanted to do for the past 15 years, but was never able to get myself to do it. Instead of pushing against that, I went inward, did all the soul searching, facing my past, etc - and then I was ready. It took years, but I’m here now, doing it. It wasn’t as simple as changing a belief, it was years of inner work, but my approach to change is to be gentle, loving, and when experiencing strong resistance, going inward to examine why rather than pushing harder.
The Wisdom of Anxiety by Sheryl Paul is a great book for more about the going inward practice.
I have learnt so much from this podcast. This is part of my self-care routine every Monday. I’m so grateful, thank you Dr Huberman
At this rate Dr Huberman will have a 100 million dollar deal from Spotify by the fall.
Dear god I hope not. I don't want him removing this from UA-cam.
I’m sure he won’t, I was just saying this is better than joe rogan’s podcast IMO.
😬please no. He deserves the money but I do not want that lame app.
@@redbeard3946 He keeps it on both Spotify and UA-cam. He also does Instagram! Many platforms to reach many people! Love it!
@@Maximum_Dev We'll have a month dedicated to DMT.
Dr. Huberman has a special way of making me feel like I have more control over my life in a way a guy like Dr.Peterson made me reject over time. There is something so special about this podcast IMO.
What do you mean by that? How did Jordan Peterson influence your ability to feel control over your life in a negative way?
So that's why I instinctively take out my phone for no reason , when I feel awkward. Makes perfect sense , I noticed mysel and many other people did too and hypothesized it was to anchor ourselves in something we are familiar and comfortable with instead of sitting with our awkwardness. Next time I will make an effort to sit with the awkwardness and embrace it.
Thank you for these lectures. They make my life so much more interesting and meaningful. I spent 20 years of my youth studying psychology, sociology, educational psychology and social work. Now being retired I had no hope to get a chance to pursue my intellectual interests but your lectures make me hopeful and alive, intellectually. In my book you are a Saint or a Prophet.
Thank you for the podcast Dr. Huberman. I first heard you on Rich Roll last summer and have since tracked down everywhere I can hear you speak. Haven't missed an episode of your show since its inception. The tools you've taught me have been greatly beneficial, and have given me the confidence to launch my career as a self-employed artist (making music under the moniker Blue Sails). Thanks again Dr. Huberman!
the selfless guy in the field of science.he teaches everything simple and clear.
I have been using the “mood meter” over 5 years. It’s great to granulate an emotion. The new book “permission to feel” is a good reference too.
Thank you. I will check out the book!
Best,
Andrew
When I used the link provided I receive a message that the app is unavailable. Any suggestions?
@@hubermanlab hi Andrew can you talk about split personalities and how they suddenly have different mannerisms? And ofcoarse can I switch my personality or self hypnosis for higher performance?
@@hubermanlab Captions? All your videos have excellent captions except this one Andrew.
Ptsd from surviving to thriving by Pete Walker is a great resourse for learning to learn about emotional flashbacks
I'm re-watching this episode because when it came out I was running around getting my mom to the hospital. She is covid negative but she is still fighting an infection in the ICU. The first 3 days we were in the hospital her heart rate and oxygen levels were erratic. I taught her the double inhale long exhale or physiological sighs to help calm down her heart rate and increase her oxygen. It worked, we had real life biofeedback with her cardio monitor. Apparently based on the ECG readings she survived a heart attack. Thank you for your compulsion to share scientific information like that. It helped us cope in a very trying time. Her heart rate is more stable now with the help of medication.
Praying for your mom!!!🙏🏽 sending love and positive vibes to you and your family!!!🥰✌🏽
@@winbalingit8502 thank you! 🤗 She's gotten better and home with me now continuing her recovery. Two weeks out of the hospital after having survived a heart attack and kidney failure caused by septic shock.
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Topic request: Executive Dysfunction! Please Dr Huberman, cause so many of us are trying to overcome this. It can be incredibly debilitating and understanding how to overcome the challenges to succeed with a different brain, especially for us adults who found out later in life we have it (whether it’s cause of a TBI, PTSD, ADHD, Austism, Dyslexia etc) cause our brains need more work. 😭🙏🏽
I have been diagnosed with PTSD this has helped me so much more than therapy and drugs. I took myself off 9 prescription drugs in the fall of 2016 it was the hardest thing I’ve ever been through but the best thing.
@@elizabethhouser822 that's excellent. With knowledge we can find ways to treat ourselves. Well done you.
I love how he always answers your next question, he never just leaves you hanging 👍
Mondays have a new meaning because of your podcasts. I look forward to it. Thank you for enlightening us, Dr. Huberman!
I can’t believe this material is free. Thank you, Andrew Huberman!!. I can’t believe this material is free. Thank you, Andrew Huberman!!.
Keep doing what u doing man. Big love and respect. Also big love to everyone reading this 💚
Doc. I'm so grateful for this. My husband is not fluent in English and I would love to share these contents with him. Every time I have to translate. So thanks so much. I really understand the value of these informations.
When one has a passion for what they do, work feels like play. Thank you Huberman for this great and informative content that you share with us. Blessings.
I said that before and I'll say it again, wow, your intellectual capacity and way of externalising them vocally is truly outstanding.
I love the organised way you communicate things.
This man deserves a nobel peace prize🙏🖤🖤
What was your favorite part of this podcast?!
I agree
I agree he’s young yet but I see one in the future. He is truly a rare individual leaving the academic ivory tower with the ability and inclination to bring this wisdom to the layman. I have learned so much from him and am seeing significant improvements in my life.
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I’m so addicted to these videos. I watch them over and over. Such a great resource of knowledge
I recognize my attachment to this podcast.
Haha, me too!
Me three!
What a time to be alive to be able to listen to such high quality content about the cutting edge of neurobiology/neuroscience
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.
-Rumi, ‘The Guest House’
Whenever I think of emotions, this poem always comes to mind. 💗 I loved this episode so much! So good! When he said we don’t know we feel or how other people feel, I was kinda surprised. I feel like, I know how I feel most of the time unless I’m lying to myself about that?! I also feel like I can pick up on people’s vibes/“energies”, not in a witch kinda way but just generally. I could be projecting but I feel like I’m pretty clear what’s what (most of the time). Emotions are so complicated and subjective but I guess the beauty of them. Sensitive people like me feel things deeply and clearly, not in a snowflake-y kinda way, but I embrace them as teachers who reveal so much. 💗
I love Dr. Huberman's lectures he doesn't try to pump you up like other speakers which doesn't last that long, he gives us knowledge that stays with us and continues to motivates us.
a red notification and says Dr. Andrew Huberman uploaded new video...even im on the middle of netflix rerun(Breaking Bad/ Better Call Saul/ Narcos) will click the X window and watch a Free Golden Knowledge by this learneth Man . thanks doc
I always thank God that I'm living in this era ,an era of global connectivity ...I'm from a remote Village in Pakistan and I love listening to these great men"Lex , Peterson, Haberman and many more their insightful and thought provoking discussions always help me to be a better version of myself ... thank you for bringing so much light in my life ❤️
Finally, RELATIONSHIPS and science together! Thank you ❤️
Best day of the week: Monday. I always like Mondays but after dr. Huberman, it becomes more interesting, his discuss extremely clair and understandable topics considered very complicated. I am Brazilian, speaK Portuguese and I can understand! Dr. Huberman has done miracles, too!
means it 'greencard marriage (Screename)
Once again, I am better equipped because of Huberman Lab Podcasts. Thank you. What a time to be alive (wishes are futile, e.g. "wish I had had this in middle school").
1:36:57 “consciousness, there I said the word”. Pure gold!
I appreciate your work, generosity, humbleness, and so much more qualities that brings you to do the word you do! Thank you for such beautiful episode even as a PsyD with a background in microbiology, I found this refreshing and helpful in bridging the information and the training I have.
This is what academia should have been doing all along.
God bless Andrew
Yes , knowledge to the people that is easy to adopt And apply it in every aspect of life .
Amen!
Thank you Dr. Huberman, you are a pioneer. Your dedication and commitment to integrity shines. The time and energy you gift to us is greatly appreciated. Your intelligence, fluid thoughts, scientific passion, humor and talent in speaking so every listener is spoken to with respect -and acknowledged, all with your charm and humble intentions - and you’re handsome. 😉 every time I listen or watch your podcasts or interviews I learn something new and relatable to my life. 🙏
This is phenomenal! My new working hypothesis served on a silver platter. The holy Trinity we shall call it - or so.
I don’t think Dr Huberman intends to be hugely amusing considering the subject matter but he is. Great stuff.
What he described with the internal focus and the 8 seconds of silence is mediation. Learning to observe what's going on within the body.
I look forward to this every Monday. Thank you.
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Ha ha. Ha 😊
Just want to say thank you. I enjoy your podcast so much and I have told numerous people around me and they love it as well. Thank you for your time and sharing the knowledge.
I give his videos a Like even before listening to them...
Me too! Glad I’m not the only one. You just know though, every one has been gold!
So do I. I know I need the information . 🏜👩🦳💜🌺
Likewise!!!!🤓
Likewise😁👍from Amsterdam
Me too!
It’s been an emotional day, but science is making me feel better! Thanks Dr H!
Man your subscribers count is going great Andrew! Several thousands a week? Really deserved!
I can’t get enough of your information!
I started watching your podcast about 2 weeks ago and I always watch 3 episodes in a row while I train on my stationary bike. I always watch at 1.5x the speed to fit in the schedule but today I decided to watch one episode (this one) at regular speed(I was not training).
Holy hell are you ever chill! I was not absorbing the content as well, my mind was drifting, at first I thought it was because I was not engaged in a hard physical activity but I put it back at 1.5x the speed and it all came back to normal. I’m questioning my ability to focus now...
I’m eager to dive in the hormones segment.
Thank you a million times for all the work, knowledge and kindness!
means it Hair Curse so bald' curse (Screename)
This is a magnificent Monday, thanks to the hubermanlab podcast
I used to get so spaced out breast feeding my kids, I must have had so much oxytocin sloshing around my system - was amazing. I kind of feel that I'll never experience those levels of oxytocin ever again (I'm a bit old for more kids) such a powerful hormone, wonderful for bondng with my babies (who are now 11 and 15 years old, so this podcst has been fascinating on so many levels)
Hmmm, I had a rush of a feeling of terror and dread when my milk came in while breast feeding. I wonder why your experience and mine were so different.
Mondays is much much better because of you!
I'm so absolutely amazed and happy that podcasts like this exist. Thank you for your time!
Thank you so much, Professor! Have an excellent start for the week and please take care of yourself. With the very best regards from Scandinavia, Sakura, your Student for Life!
I am creating into the universe the real experience of thanking you face to face. Thank you Andrew for all you have done to create these episodes it's much more than just making a video and doing research and I am very inspired by you. Thank you.
I enjoy watching these podcasts so much, thank u Mister Huberman for your contribution to society :D
Thank you for sharing in such an outstanding manner. If I can’t sit in your lab or class, I will graciously accept this. 🙏🏼
I am so relieved. I might get this sorted after all. Thank you for ever.
I got into all this about a year ago now -- i sleep-walked into some 'adventurous' lives that were perhaps emotionally taxing at times, but after all that (in normal brick dwellings once again) I accidentally consumed aspartame cola & a fermented food *almost* simultaneously -- boom, I fell into an inexplicable 2-day mood suppression -- once i backtracked to realise what happened, that led me to awareness of the gut-brain connection and further study. Suddenly, armed with that visceral empathy it felt like any 'upset' person might experience those same lows from random food choices... and that's just one of factors i've come across (so far) that can explain the way we, and others, think feel or act. It's totally re-framed my perception of human interactions and sociology.
(Random semi-related aside: at some point, for weeks, raw cabbage was the unwitting culprit but within seconds of consuming butyrate/butter i was cured..!) Good luck with your quest.
I have heard before and know from experience that relationships are one of the most important things in life extremely important for our overall health and wellbeing mentally and spiritually especially. I have been abused before and it's traumatizing. This affected my self esteem because the relationships you have can affect that because loved ones give you criticism whether it be constructive or destructive. They should not make you feel bad about yourself but make you feel good about yourself and build you up. This goes for any type of relationship. They'll help you to see everything good about yourself. Anytime you're developing relationships you should seek out people who love you, care about you, help and support you, and respect you. You'll be rewarded with happiness and it'll motivate you with the desire to do the same for them and see them reap the rewards in turn making you happy.
Dr Huberman is like Prometheus. Prometheus made man to walk upright and gave us fire. Dr Huberman is giving us the wisdom of the gods.
Indeed, the myth of Prometheus came to my mind when I started watching this podcast. From the perspective of someone who loves greek mythology he definitely fits the archetype.
I listened twice. Dr Huberman is precious. Just the right amount of information to keep my interest. I am methodically going through his podcasts. It is not the knowledge I need. It is the knowledge I enjoy
Sir, You have helped me so much with these podcasts. I am grateful and happy to be able to watch and listen to You and the knowledge You provide us.
Best regards from Croatia!
Ovo nebi trebalo bit besplatno hahahah
I was interrupted during the 8 second silent pause & came back hours later to resume and it was awkward yet hilarious.
Thanks for another fantastic & informative video!
It's incredible how you change my life Andrew. Present!
Discovering about being interoceptive vs exteroceptive was perhaps one of the most useful tools I have learned, I have found myself already making a habit of incorporating awareness of these states into my day and trying to find more balance. Request for future episode: you mentioned that you will have a section on trauma, I would really love to hear more about interoception/exteroception in relation to trauma (specifically childhood). I’m also curious how dissociation relates to the two, I can’t quite figure out which it would fall under as it feels like you’re disconnected from both your thoughts and your surroundings. I think this could be enormously helpful for a lot of people and would even be a great topic to have a guest speaker come on for!
So so grateful for this podcast- thank you for investing so much time and energy into giving us these science based tools to help navigate a happier and healthier life. Truly nothing more valuable ♥️
Please do a pod with Cal Newport! His work on Deep Work and your concepts on peak performance would be an epic discussion.
When you said "I could be furious right now" with a completely calm demeanor, that resonated deep. I feel like that probably 5% of the time, trying to get it down to 0
Andrew, can you please touch on seasonal affective disorder at some point? I would love to move back north to my friends and family, but so far the only solution I've found is living in the south.
Yes. Will do. Thank you!
I believe that supplementing vitamin D3 and K2 (which helps the D3 go to the right places) can sustain vitamin D levels such as to negate the lack of sun exposure driving SAD. Supplementing vitamin D doesn't provide everything that sunlight does, but it goes a long way.
@ojanya Have you tried those lamps made for this purpose? (Don’t know the name.) A friend of mine claims it made going through winter in the north possible for her.
The more video I watch from You the more I wish I can be your student. I'm a cognitive rehabilitation student from Iran and I learned from you a lot. Thank you Thank you.
Thank you professor.
This podcast has more information than a book.
I’m in my first semester of Hubberman University. Got a few more videos to go!!! God bless you , the info you have provided have helped me understand a lot through my current journey. Fat loss, exercise, relationships, dopamine and business venture.
Andrew, I don't know if you read comments but this podcast is exceptional. Excellent information and very well presented. Thank you!
Love your work and this podcast.
I recently did a WellBeing program launch for GHD the engineering firm i work for. Over 825 people watched the live event and now watched the recording. I spoke about using breathing techniques such as the physiological sigh to calm yourself.
I used the technique to keep myself calm and stop the frontal lobotomy prior to my time to speak as I've never done anything like it before.. I also used the event to introduce my co-workers to your podcast. The response was amazing.
Thank you so much for this podcast, it has made and is making a major difference to people lives.
Thank you
Fast forward to the 7:40 mark for the start
Im happy there are people giving scientifical and personal experience to others so they can achieve better life.
Topic request: How can the teenage brain overcome video game addiction? This past year of remote learning has entrenched this into so many, and I am very worried. Thank you, Dr. Huberman!
Safe Activity 😁
Make them get interested in other activities that promotes the relieve of endorphins. For example sports. Slowly slowly they will get the pleasure they need from sports. Worked for my bf
I like how you draw from Dr. Sapolsky's experiment with voles. I am 61 years old and I am passionate about our human condition, why we do what we do, how our brain works, and how we can become a better species. What we know today is mind boggling, and I wish I could go back to school and become a neuro-biologist. Maybe in my next go round....Thanks so much for helping me understand how we work.
Great podcast helped me a lot. I always implement practices described here. I have a request regarding topics. Could you make one podcast or live about people on the Autism spectrum? I'm actually diagnosed and I have noticed that some substances or practices work differently on me. I have a hard time processing emotion, so I try to understand how they work and adjust knowledge to that. I'm a huge fan of your work. Thank you for sharing such high-quality information with us.❤️
Thank you for your comment. I will make sure to cover those topics. Best wishes, Andrew
I just had a major breakthrough + epiphany. When you mentioned the Interoceptive- Exteroceptive dynamic, I immediately thought of Cognitive Behavior Therapy and how we use a similar tool to prevent patients from feeling overwhelmed or to reduce distress if they are experiencing uncomfortable emotions.
Amazing episode! I clearly remember around age 12 walking with my parents in the mall and being horrified at the thought of any of my friends seeing me walking together with my parents.😁 I haven’t thought about that until today!
an observation on the vagus "calming effect": I have ADHD, and my mind is racing most of the time, which makes me feel anxious. My understanding is that this happens because the OFC is less active in it's regulatory function. That's why stimulants help for my symptoms, because they stimulate the OFC, which becomes better at regulating my stream of thought. While a stimulant definitely makes me alert, my experience of my internal state is that of increased calmness and decreased anxiety, because my attention is less scattered, I can hold attention better, and the stream of my thoughts is less overwhelming.
So since, as you say, stimulating the vagus stimulates the brain (and here I presume that includes the OFC), I can see that having a similar effect as a prescription stimulant, and so I can see how people would report increased calmness.
I think the distinction you make between increasing and decreasing alertness is super helpful, but it's clear to me that for people like me, increased alertness = the experience of calmness.
Andrew, thanks so much for these videos. You're doing something truly important and paradigm-shifting by democratising learning. Will be signing up to donate what I can!
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Thank you for sharing this information! Every parent should understand puberty at this level. I wish I would have known this then.