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ResourceHow to Talk to Your Kids About Difficult Emotions
The speaker argues that what destabilizes a child is not seeing a parent sad, but seeing that sadness denied or explained with a …
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ResourceTools for Managing Stress & Anxiety | Huberman Lab Essentials
Huberman explains stress as a generic system for mobilizing brain and body, not a system designed for one threat, which means …
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ResourceOvercoming Guilt & Building Tenacity in Kids & Adults | Dr. Becky Kennedy
Dr. Becky Kennedy offers a distinctive account of guilt and argues that frustration tolerance is central to learning anything at any …
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ResourceControl Pain & Heal Faster With Your Brain | Huberman Lab Essentials
Huberman explains pain through the somatosensory system, describing sensors in the skin for pressure, heat, cold and vibration, and …
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ResourceHow Exercise Increases Energy
Huberman explains that exercise itself generates energy. He describes movement causing the adrenals to release adrenaline in the …
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ResourceTools for Increasing Motivation
The speaker explains that people and animals work harder as they near a goal, apparently because they can see a finish line or …
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ResourceShould You Exercise After a Poor Night’s Sleep?
Huberman answers that exercising after one poor night of sleep can help offset negative effects of sleep deprivation on brain …
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ResourceHow to Use Exercise to Improve Your Brain’s Health, Longevity & Performance
Huberman synthesizes a vast literature on exercise and the brain, discussing how resistance training and cardiovascular exercise of …
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ResourceOptimize Your Learning & Creativity With Science-Based Tools | Huberman Lab Essentials
Huberman explains that plasticity itself is not the goal; the goal is to access plasticity and direct it toward a chosen change. He …
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ResourceFirst Step of Self Improvement | Dr. Jordan Peterson
Dr. Jordan Peterson advises starting self-improvement by asking what bothers you about yourself, then fixing the things you can fix. …
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ResourceHow to Best Guide Your Life Decisions & Path | Dr. Jordan Peterson
Dr. Jordan Peterson discusses what it means to be human across psychology, neuroscience, story and personality states linked to …
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ResourceWhy Studying Without Your Phone Improves Focus
Dr. Laurie Santos advises college students to study without a phone nearby. She cites Princeton studies finding double-digit …
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ResourceHow to Learn Faster by Using Failures, Movement & Balance | Huberman Lab Essentials
Huberman explains that errors are the cue for neuroplasticity: mismatches between what we intend and what happens deploy …
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ResourceHow to Achieve True Happiness Using Science-Based Protocols | Dr. Laurie Santos
Dr. Laurie Santos presents research on lasting happiness, covering relationships of all kinds, hedonic adaptation and the difference …
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ResourceHow to Focus to Change Your Brain | Huberman Lab Essentials
Huberman explains neuroplasticity as the nervous system's built-in capacity to customize itself through experience, while noting …
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ResourceLife Advice: What to Aim For
The speaker says they do not want to use the word happy and would rather see someone joyful, describing joy as a state of mind and …
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ResourceHow to Use Curiosity & Focus to Create a Joyful & Meaningful Life | Dr. Bernardo Huberman
Dr. Bernardo Huberman, Andrew Huberman's father, reflects on a life in science spanning relativity theory, chaos theory and quantum …
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ResourceUnderstand and Use Dreams to Learn and Forget | Huberman Lab Essentials
Huberman explains sleep as a series of 90-minute cycles, with more slow-wave sleep early in the night and more REM sleep later, and …
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ResourceHow to Improve Your Mobility, Posture & Flexibility | Dr. Kelly Starrett
Dr. Kelly Starrett explains how to improve range of motion, movement patterns and posture for sport, cardiovascular exercise, …
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ResourceDo You Need to Weight Train to Failure?
The speaker, citing meta-analyses by his powerlifting coach Zac Robinson, answers that for hypertrophy you need to get close to …
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ResourceHow to Defeat Jet Lag, Shift Work & Sleeplessness | Huberman Lab Essentials
Huberman explains the circadian clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus, entrained by the light-dark cycle, with sleepiness as body …
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ResourceUnderstand & Apply the Psychology of Money to Gain Greater Happiness | Morgan Housel
Morgan Housel argues that most people get money wrong, tending toward extremes of saving too much or spending too much, and …
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ResourceWhy Venting Makes You & Others Feel Worse, Not Better
Dr. Ethan Kross explains that venting can strengthen bonds, because a listener's empathy shows they have your back, but venting …
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ResourceHow to Limit Your Exposure to Endocrine Disruptors
The speaker identifies the lining of cans as the primary source of BPA, and says reducing fluid intake from plastic vessels helps …
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