Episode · Huberman Lab · 2024-04-08
Books mentioned on Overcoming Physical & Emotional Challenges | Coleman Ruiz
In this episode, my guest is Coleman Ruiz, a former Tier One U.S.
Andrew Huberman recommended A Fighter's Heart by Sam Sheridan and Fearless by Fiona Higgins. Coleman Ruiz recommended Fearless by Eric Blehm and The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell, and discussed The Bridge at Dong Ha by John Grider Miller, The End of Faith by Sam Harris, Waking Up by Sam Harris, Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright, The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, Spark by John J. Ratey and others, and Range by David J. Epstein. Also mentioned: Mindset by Carol S. Dweck.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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A Fighter's Heart
A Fighter's Heart by Sam Sheridan is a compelling non-fiction exploration of martial arts, fighting sports, and the profound personal transformation that occurs through physical struggle.
Recommended“I think it was Sam Sheridan who wrote A Fighter's heart uh an excellent book and for anyone male or female age who's interested in the human Spirit uh I recommend a Fighter's heart because it's about the different fight sports”
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Mindset
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S.
Discussed“So this is the essence of growth mindset long before Carol Dweck coined the phrase 'growth mindset.'”
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The Bridge at Dong Ha
Discussed“Colonel John Ripley is a guy who won the Navy cross in Vietnam um the book The The bridge of donga is about him... if you read the B the book to Bridget dong High you you are going to have no ability to understand why he's not dead”
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Fearless
Fearless by Eric Blehm is a military biography that chronicles the life and service of Adam Brown, a decorated SEAL Team Six operator who made the ultimate sacrifice in combat.
Recommended“This is perhaps a an opportunity to um put a call out there's a a wonderful book I think an important book that isn't so well known in the in the array of quote unquote military and seal books, um which is the book about Adam Brown.”
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Fearless
Fearless by Fiona Higgins is a biographical account detailing the extraordinary life, struggles, and resilience of Navy SEAL Adam Brown.
Recommended“the book about Adam Brown Yeah The Fearless book I heard they're going to make it into a movie but but what I um what I like about the book is um actually has very little to do with the SEAL Teams totally that's thing is that Adam um had a serious serious problem with addiction that he masked at”
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The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces examines the universal structure of comparative mythology and the hero's journey.
Recommended“one of the most important books in my life in the last 12 years has been Joseph Campbell's the hero with a thousand faces for the back end of the hero's journey and I haven't read it I know I should I know I should you should actually listen to it to listen to it it's better to I've probably”
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The End of Faith
The End of Faith by Sam Harris is a sharp critique of organized religion and a foundational text of New Atheism that questions the role of dogmatic belief in modern society.
Discussed“But also, I mean, I read Sam Harris's first book, 'The End of Faith' in 2006, and so I've followed him for 15 years, religiously read all of his books.”
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Waking Up
Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion by Sam Harris is an insightful exploration of meditation, consciousness, and the secular aspects of spiritual practice, bridging scientific rationality with inner awareness.
Discussed“I don't know him personally, so public stuff notwithstanding, that's not important to me, but 'Waking Up' and I took an online course with Robert Wright, who wrote 'Why Buddhism is True.'”
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Why Buddhism is True
Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright is an exploration of evolutionary psychology and ancient Buddhist philosophy that examines how the human mind creates suffering and how mindfulness can alter our perception of reality.
Discussed“I don't know him personally, so public stuff notwithstanding, that's not important to me, but 'Waking Up' and I took an online course with Robert Wright, who wrote 'Why Buddhism is True.'”
Where to get it
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The Body Keeps the Score
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk is a landmark scientific exploration of how psychological trauma physically alters the brain and body, storing deep emotional pain within human physiology.
Discussed“when I read this word in his book body keeps the score Alexia if that's a real thing where you can't put language to you know what's going on”
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Spark
Spark by John J.
Discussed“I mean, since it might go back to John Rady's little anecdote in "Spark."”
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Range
Range by David J.
Discussed“Like to use David Epstein's book title, right? It's range.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“I took an online course with Robert Wright who who wrote why Buddhism is true but that's really not what he's known for you know Princeton Professor”
“it's range like to use David Epstein's book title right it's range”