Episode · Huberman Lab · 2025-10-06
Books mentioned on How to Make Yourself Unbreakable | DJ Shipley
My guest is DJ Shipley, a retired Tier 1 operator Navy SEAL and now a top public educator on how to build mental and physical health and reach top-level performance in any endeavor.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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U. S. Navy SEAL Guide to Fitness
The U.
Recommended“Mow the lawn and go skateboarding, and then as we transitioned, we got closer, it was turn it on, download the Stew Smith "Guide to Navy SEAL" prep, and did that like everybody else did.”
Where to get it
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Lone Survivor
Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell is a memoir detailing the harrowing experiences of a Navy SEAL team during Operation Red Wings in Afghanistan.
Discussed“Amazing book, I should say. I really enjoyed the book. The movie does, I think, a pretty good job of extracting some of the key moments from the book, but more than a movie or a book-”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Protocols
“For those of you that haven't heard, I have a new book coming out. It's my very first book. It's entitled "Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body." This is a book that I've been working on for more than five years...”