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Enhancing Emotional Resilience and Self-Care: Insights from a Psychiatrist
TLDR Dr. Andrew Huberman discusses the importance of self-care and practices to enhance emotional resilience and effective responses during triggering situations, emphasizing the need to understand our own nervous system and psychology. He also highlights the expertise of psychiatrist Paul Conti in trauma and the unconscious mind.
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Dr. Andrew Huberman discusses his motivation for doing a guest series with psychiatrist Paul Conti, highlighting Conti's expertise in trauma and his profound insight into the unconscious mind.
03:59
Dr. Andrew Huberman discusses his motivation for doing a guest series with psychiatrist Paul Conti, highlighting Conti's expertise in trauma and his profound insight into the unconscious mind.
07:52
Dr. Andrew Huberman discusses the importance of self-care and practices to enhance emotional resilience and effective responses during triggering situations, emphasizing the need to understand our own nervous system and psychology.
11:59
Dr. Andrew Huberman emphasizes the importance of preparing for triggering situations by setting the stage for emotional resilience and avoiding getting triggered, and discusses the role of stillness and wordlessness in fostering inspiration and generating new ideas.
16:07
Dr. Andrew Huberman explains how the duration of the melatonin signal in the brain is influenced by the position of the Earth around the sun and its tilt, and how this can contribute to seasonal depression.
20:29
To offset seasonal depression, extend the amount of bright light exposure in the morning as days get shorter, either with sunlight or an artificial source like a 900 lux drawing tablet or a bright incandescent bulb, which tricks the melatonin system into thinking there is more light.
24:28
Neuromodulators like SSRIs and psychedelics can increase neuroplasticity and connectivity in the brain, but it is important to find alternative ways, such as playing a musical instrument, to achieve similar effects without relying on pharmacologic or psychedelic approaches.
28:37
Movement protocols for someone working from home should include 150-200 minutes of zone 2 cardio, walking, and resistance training, as well as incorporating the "soleus push-up" exercise to mimic the effects of walking and improve glucose and insulin utilization.
32:22
The speaker describes a perceptual exercise called "space-time bridging" that involves stepping through different time domains and extending the perception of time by focusing on internal states, immediate environment, and the larger world.
36:20
The speaker expresses gratitude for the audience's interest in the podcast and science.
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