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ResourceThe Best Career Path if You Have ADHD
Dr. John Kruse argues that for many people with ADHD, the best career is not one 50-year career but a series of shorter ones, such …
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ResourceHow to Control Your Metabolism by Thyroid & Growth Hormone | Huberman Lab Essentials
In this Essentials episode, Huberman explains thyroid hormone and growth hormone as the two systems most significant for setting …
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ResourceHow Sunlight Protects Against Flu
Dr. Roger Seheult explains how researchers used the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, which peaked in summer under varied humidity, temperature …
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ResourceHow to Achieve Inner Peace & Healing | Dr. Richard Schwartz
Huberman speaks with Dr. Richard Schwartz, founder of Internal Family Systems therapy, which focuses less on relationships with …
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ResourceThe Importance of Sunlight for Health & Well-Being
Dr. Roger Seheult argues that many people go weeks without even 15 minutes of sunlight, commuting before sunrise, working indoors …
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ResourceThe Best Red & Infrared Light Source(s) for Mitochondrial, Eye & Hormone Health
Huberman answers the question of the best source of red and infrared light by arguing that sunlight is still the best, regardless of …
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ResourceHow to Control Hunger, Eating & Satiety | Huberman Lab Essentials
In this Essentials episode, Huberman explains how hormones and the nervous system jointly control hunger and satiety. Huberman …
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ResourceHow Long Wavelength Light from Leaves Enhances Mitochondrial Function
The speaker explains that leaves, grass and anything with chlorophyll are highly reflective of infrared light, so a sunny green …
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ResourceHow to Enhance Your Immune System | Dr. Roger Seheult
Huberman speaks with Dr. Roger Seheult, a board-certified pulmonologist and sleep medicine physician who works in intensive care, …
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ResourceThe Mind-Muscle Connection & Its Impact on Strength Gains
Huberman explains that the ability to contract a muscle hard through attention alone, even without weight or resistance, may signal …
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ResourceHow to Build Strength & Endurance
The guest explains that combining lifting and running depends on the lifting goal. He says heavy, low-repetition strength work aimed …
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ResourceHow to Optimize Testosterone & Estrogen | Huberman Lab Essentials
Huberman explains that testosterone and estrogen are present in everybody and that their ratios shape their effects, with the …
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ResourceHow to Make Better Decisions | Dr. Michael Platt
Dr. Michael Platt describes decision-making as an old primate process, arguing that much of what he studies in other Old World …
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ResourceHow Hormones Shape Sexual Development | Huberman Lab Essentials
Huberman explains how sexual development moves from chromosomal sex to gonadal sex, describing genes on the Y chromosome, including …
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ResourceHow to Build Strength, Endurance & Flexibility at Any Age | Pavel Tsatsouline
Pavel Tsatsouline argues that strength is the foundational quality on which other fitness qualities are built, and that it should be …
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ResourceThe Science of Emotions & Relationships | Huberman Lab Essentials
Huberman explains that emotions are not single labels such as happy or sad, but states built from several dimensions, including …
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ResourceUsing Your Mind to Control Your Physical Health & Longevity | Dr. Ellen Langer
Dr. Ellen Langer defines mindfulness not as meditation, but as a way of being centred on actively noticing, and describes two …
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ResourceUse the “MIQ Process” to Excel in Any Endeavor
Josh Waitzkin describes his MIQ, or most important question, process as training people to discover what matters most rather than …
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ResourceHow to Increase Motivation & Drive | Huberman Lab Essentials
Huberman explains motivation through dopamine, describing the ventral tegmental area and nucleus accumbens as the core accelerator …
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ResourceThe Art of Learning & Living Life | Josh Waitzkin
Josh Waitzkin, a former chess prodigy who became an international master and later pursued martial arts, philosophy and foiling, …
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ResourceHow Foods & Nutrients Control Our Moods | Huberman Lab Essentials
Huberman explains emotions around food as a push-pull of attraction and aversion rooted in brain-body circuits, with the vagus nerve …
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ResourceHow Social Connection Increases Happiness
Dr. Laurie Santos explains that people do not need to transform their circumstances to feel happier, and that major changes such as …
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ResourceCharting the Architecture of the Universe & Human Life | Dr. Brian Keating
Dr. Brian Keating, a cosmologist who has built telescopes at the South Pole, discusses the origins of the universe, Earth's …
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ResourceHow to Identify Stars vs. Planets Based on Light
Dr. Brian Keating explains that a star's twinkling, called scintillation, happens because a distant star appears almost point-like …
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