Books Mentioned in This Podcast
We Who Wrestle with God
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Episode: Dr. Jordan Peterson: How to Best Guide Your Life Decisions & Path
Maps of Meaning
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Episode: Dr. Jordan Peterson: How to Best Guide Your Life Decisions & Path
The Sacred and the Profane
Buy on AmazonI would start with 'The Sacred and the Profane' by Mircea Eliade and also Eric Neumann’s book 'The Origins and History of Consciousness.'
Episode: Dr. Jordan Peterson: How to Best Guide Your Life Decisions & Path
The Origins and History of Consciousness
Buy on AmazonI would start with 'The Sacred and the Profane' by Mircea Eliade and also Eric Neumann’s book 'The Origins and History of Consciousness.'
Episode: Dr. Jordan Peterson: How to Best Guide Your Life Decisions & Path
The Discovery Of The Unconscious
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Episode: Dr. Jordan Peterson: How to Best Guide Your Life Decisions & Path
Protocols
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Episode: Dr. Jordan Peterson: How to Best Guide Your Life Decisions & Path
Becoming a Supple Leopard
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Episode: Dr. Kelly Starrett: How to Improve Your Mobility, Posture & Flexibility
The Spinal Engine
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Episode: Dr. Kelly Starrett: How to Improve Your Mobility, Posture & Flexibility
Anatomy Trains
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Episode: Dr. Kelly Starrett: How to Improve Your Mobility, Posture & Flexibility
Eat Smarter
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Episode: Dr. Kelly Starrett: How to Improve Your Mobility, Posture & Flexibility
The Psychology of Money
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Episode: Morgan Housel: Understand & Apply the Psychology of Money to Gain Greater Happiness
The Psychology of Money
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Episode: Morgan Housel: Understand & Apply the Psychology of Money to Gain Greater Happiness
The Psychology of Money
Buy on AmazonTo learn more about Morgan's work and to find links to his two superb books, The Psychology of Money and Same as Ever, please see the links in the show note captions.
Episode: Morgan Housel: Understand & Apply the Psychology of Money to Gain Greater Happiness
Same as Ever
Buy on AmazonTo learn more about Morgan's work and to find links to his two superb books, The Psychology of Money and Same as Ever, please see the links in the show note captions.
Episode: Morgan Housel: Understand & Apply the Psychology of Money to Gain Greater Happiness
Why We Sleep
Buy on AmazonThis is based on some work that I will provide a reference for, which was published in the journal Science. Matt Walker also discusses studies done by others in his book Why We Sleep.
Episode: Using Science to Optimize Sleep, Learning & Metabolism | Huberman Lab Essentials
Count Down
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Episode: Dr. Shanna Swan: How to Safeguard Your Hormone Health & Fertility
The Obesogen Effect
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Episode: Dr. Shanna Swan: How to Safeguard Your Hormone Health & Fertility
A Poison Like No Other
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Episode: The Effects of Microplastics on Your Health & How to Reduce Them
The Anxious Generation
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Episode: Ari Wallach: Create Your Ideal Future Using Science-Based Protocols
The Coddling of the American Mind
Buy on AmazonBut I think between what you're saying and what Jonathan Haidt, who was on this podcast, the author of 'Anxious Generation,' 'Coddling of the American Mind,' professor at NYU, etc., has said, I'm starting to really believe that, yes, the human brain can focus on past, present, or future, or some combination, but that something about the architecture of our technologies and our human interactions, because those are so closely interwoven, that's taking place now has us really locked in the present, in stimulus and response.
Episode: Ari Wallach: Create Your Ideal Future Using Science-Based Protocols
A Fighter's Heart
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Episode: Ari Wallach: Create Your Ideal Future Using Science-Based Protocols
Steve Jobs
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Episode: Ari Wallach: Create Your Ideal Future Using Science-Based Protocols
Living Your Dying
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Episode: Ari Wallach: Create Your Ideal Future Using Science-Based Protocols
Statistics for the Social Sciences
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Episode: Dr. Charan Ranganath: How to Improve Memory & Focus Using Science Protocols
Why We Remember
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Episode: Dr. Charan Ranganath: How to Improve Memory & Focus Using Science Protocols
Mating in Captivity
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Episode: Esther Perel: How to Find, Build & Maintain Healthy Romantic Relationships
The State of Affairs
Buy on AmazonShe's also the author of best-selling books such as "Mating in Captivity" and "The State of Affairs."
Episode: Esther Perel: How to Find, Build & Maintain Healthy Romantic Relationships
Summary of Marc Brackett's Permission to Feel
Buy on AmazonThank you for joining me for today's discussion with Dr. Mark Brackett, to learn more about his work and to find links to his book, Permission to Feel, which by the way, I highly recommend, as well as other links to his laboratory and other resources please see the links in the show note captions.
Episode: Dr. Marc Brackett: How to Increase Your Emotional Intelligence
Finding Your Way in a Wild New World
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Episode: Dr. Martha Beck: Access Your Best Self With Mind-Body Practices, Belief Testing & Imagination
Beyond Anxiety
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Episode: Dr. Martha Beck: Access Your Best Self With Mind-Body Practices, Belief Testing & Imagination
Protocols
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Episode: Dr. Martha Beck: Access Your Best Self With Mind-Body Practices, Belief Testing & Imagination
Life's Messy, Live Happy
Buy on AmazonRight now I'm working on some bonus chapters of my book. And while I'm a pretty motivated person, I'm excited to share that information with the world, I must say that setting aside time to do these bonus chapters has been challenging because I've got a lot else going on.
Episode: AMA #18: Cold Therapy Advice, Skin Health Tips, Motivation, Learning Strategies & More
Dopamine Nation
Buy on AmazonRegarding Huberman Lab resources, if you search for addiction on hubermanlab.com, you’ll find specific timestamps, primarily from an episode with Dr. Anna Lembke, the director of the Dual Diagnosis Addiction Clinic at Stanford, who wrote Dopamine Nation and skillfully describes the underlying biological mechanisms related to dopamine and addiction treatment. You can overcome addiction; people achieve sobriety.
Episode: AMA #18: Cold Therapy Advice, Skin Health Tips, Motivation, Learning Strategies & More
Why We Sleep
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Episode: Dr. Matthew Hill: How Cannabis Impacts Health & the Potential Risks
Forever Strong
Buy on AmazonTo learn more about her work and find links to her book, Forever Strong, as well as links to her excellent podcast and website with additional resources, please see the show notes and captions.
Episode: How to Exercise & Eat for Optimal Health & Longevity | Dr. Gabrielle Lyon
The New Menopause
Buy on AmazonThank you for joining me for today's discussion with Dr. Mary Claire Haver. To learn more about her work, please see the link to her website in the show notes, as well as the link to her excellent book, 'The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts.'
Episode: Dr. Mary Claire Haver: How to Navigate Menopause & Perimenopause for Maximum Health & Vitality
The Galveston Diet
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Episode: Dr. Mary Claire Haver: How to Navigate Menopause & Perimenopause for Maximum Health & Vitality
It's Not Hysteria
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Episode: Dr. Mary Claire Haver: How to Navigate Menopause & Perimenopause for Maximum Health & Vitality
Rabid
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Episode: Dr. Diego Bohórquez: The Science of Your Gut Sense & the Gut-Brain Axis
The Wisdom of the Body
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Episode: Dr. Diego Bohórquez: The Science of Your Gut Sense & the Gut-Brain Axis
Memoirs of a Stomach
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Episode: Dr. Diego Bohórquez: The Science of Your Gut Sense & the Gut-Brain Axis
Creating a Life
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Episode: Dr. James Hollis: How to Find Your True Purpose & Create Your Best Life
The Eden Project
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Episode: Dr. James Hollis: How to Find Your True Purpose & Create Your Best Life
Living Between Worlds
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Episode: Dr. James Hollis: How to Find Your True Purpose & Create Your Best Life
Under Saturn's Shadow
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Episode: Dr. James Hollis: How to Find Your True Purpose & Create Your Best Life
Swamplands of the Soul
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Episode: Dr. James Hollis: How to Find Your True Purpose & Create Your Best Life
The End of Craving
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Episode: Dr. Casey Means: Transform Your Health by Improving Metabolism, Hormone & Blood Sugar Regulation
The Dorito Effect
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Episode: Dr. Casey Means: Transform Your Health by Improving Metabolism, Hormone & Blood Sugar Regulation
Outlive
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10 to 25
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Episode: Dr. David Yeager: How to Master Growth Mindset to Improve Performance
Man's Search for Meaning
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Episode: Dr. David Yeager: How to Master Growth Mindset to Improve Performance
Cultures of Growth
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Episode: Dr. David Yeager: How to Master Growth Mindset to Improve Performance
The End of Poverty
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Episode: Dr. David Yeager: How to Master Growth Mindset to Improve Performance
A Fighter's Heart
Buy on AmazonI think it was Sam Sheridan who wrote 'A Fighter's Heart,' an excellent book, and for anyone, male or female, age—who's interested in the human spirit, I recommend 'A Fighter's Heart' because it's about the different fight sports, but it's really about the path of self-discovery that occurs in various martial arts.
Episode: Coleman Ruiz: Overcoming Physical & Emotional Challenges
Fearless
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Episode: Coleman Ruiz: Overcoming Physical & Emotional Challenges
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
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Episode: Coleman Ruiz: Overcoming Physical & Emotional Challenges
The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
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Episode: Coleman Ruiz: Overcoming Physical & Emotional Challenges
Waking Up
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Episode: Coleman Ruiz: Overcoming Physical & Emotional Challenges
Why Buddhism is True
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Episode: Coleman Ruiz: Overcoming Physical & Emotional Challenges
Range
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Episode: Coleman Ruiz: Overcoming Physical & Emotional Challenges
Why We Sleep
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Episode: Dr. Matt Walker: The Biology of Sleep & Your Unique Sleep Needs | Huberman Lab Guest Series
Why We Sleep
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Episode: Dr. Matt Walker: The Biology of Sleep & Your Unique Sleep Needs | Huberman Lab Guest Series
Slow Productivity
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Episode: Dr. Cal Newport: How to Enhance Focus and Improve Productivity
Deep Work
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Episode: Dr. Cal Newport: How to Enhance Focus and Improve Productivity
Deep Work
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Episode: Dr. Cal Newport: How to Enhance Focus and Improve Productivity
Unashamedly Superhuman
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Episode: How Placebo Effects Work to Change Our Biology & Psychology
Deep Work
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Episode: Dr. Kay Tye: The Biology of Social Interactions and Emotions
A World Without Email
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Episode: Dr. Kay Tye: The Biology of Social Interactions and Emotions
Advice for a Young Investigator
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Episode: Dr. Kay Tye: The Biology of Social Interactions and Emotions
The Creative Act
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Episode: Rick Rubin: Protocols to Access Creative Energy and Process
Wherever You Go, There You Are
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Episode: Rick Rubin: Protocols to Access Creative Energy and Process
The 48 Laws of Power (Special Power Edition)
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Episode: Robert Greene: A Process for Finding & Achieving Your Unique Purpose
The Laws of Human Nature
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Episode: Robert Greene: A Process for Finding & Achieving Your Unique Purpose
Mastery
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Episode: Robert Greene: A Process for Finding & Achieving Your Unique Purpose
Mastery
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Episode: Robert Greene: A Process for Finding & Achieving Your Unique Purpose
Mastery
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Episode: Robert Greene: A Process for Finding & Achieving Your Unique Purpose
Longitude
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Episode: Robert Greene: A Process for Finding & Achieving Your Unique Purpose
Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition
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Episode: Robert Greene: A Process for Finding & Achieving Your Unique Purpose
Mastery
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Episode: Robert Greene: A Process for Finding & Achieving Your Unique Purpose
Mastery
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Episode: Robert Greene: A Process for Finding & Achieving Your Unique Purpose
Mastery
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Episode: Robert Greene: A Process for Finding & Achieving Your Unique Purpose
Mastery
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Episode: Robert Greene: A Process for Finding & Achieving Your Unique Purpose
Five Minds for the Future
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Episode: Robert Greene: A Process for Finding & Achieving Your Unique Purpose
The 33 Strategies of War
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Episode: Robert Greene: A Process for Finding & Achieving Your Unique Purpose
How Emotions Are Made
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Episode: Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett: How to Understand Emotions | Huberman Lab Podcast
Seven and a Half Lessons about the Brain
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Episode: Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett: How to Understand Emotions | Huberman Lab Podcast
The Body Keeps the Score
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Episode: Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett: How to Understand Emotions | Huberman Lab Podcast
How Emotions Are Made
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Episode: Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett: How to Understand Emotions | Huberman Lab Podcast
Emotion in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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Episode: How to Increase Your Willpower & Tenacity | Huberman Lab Podcast
Never Split the Difference
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Man Without a Gun
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Fool's Paradise
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Episode: Dr. Paul Conti: How to Build and Maintain Healthy Relationships | Huberman Lab Guest Series
Touch
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Episode: Dr. David Linden: Life, Death & the Neuroscience of Your Unique Experience
The Language Instinct
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Episode: Dr. Maya Shankar: How to Shape Your Identity & Goals
The Black Poets
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Episode: Dr. Maya Shankar: How to Shape Your Identity & Goals
The 4-Hour Work Week
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Episode: Tim Ferriss: How to Learn Better & Create Your Best Future | Huberman Lab Podcast
Built to Move
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Episode: Tim Ferriss: How to Learn Better & Create Your Best Future | Huberman Lab Podcast
Tools of Titans
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Episode: Tim Ferriss: How to Learn Better & Create Your Best Future | Huberman Lab Podcast
Don't Shoot the Dog
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Episode: Tim Ferriss: How to Learn Better & Create Your Best Future | Huberman Lab Podcast
Pihkal
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Episode: The Science of MDMA & Its Therapeutic Uses: Benefits & Risks | Huberman Lab Podcast
Where the Red Fern Grows
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Episode: Dr. Immordino-Yang: How Emotions & Social Factors Impact Learning | Huberman Lab Podcast
Emotions, Learning, and the Brain
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Episode: Dr. Immordino-Yang: How Emotions & Social Factors Impact Learning | Huberman Lab Podcast
Winter Swimming
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Episode: Dr. Susanna Søberg: How to Use Cold & Heat Exposure to Improve Your Health | Huberman Lab Podcast
Winter Swimming
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Episode: Dr. Susanna Søberg: How to Use Cold & Heat Exposure to Improve Your Health | Huberman Lab Podcast
Winter Swimming
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Episode: Dr. Susanna Søberg: How to Use Cold & Heat Exposure to Improve Your Health | Huberman Lab Podcast
Winter Swimming
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Episode: Dr. Susanna Søberg: How to Use Cold & Heat Exposure to Improve Your Health | Huberman Lab Podcast
Winter Swimming
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Episode: Dr. Susanna Søberg: How to Use Cold & Heat Exposure to Improve Your Health | Huberman Lab Podcast
Winter Swimming
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Episode: Dr. Susanna Søberg: How to Use Cold & Heat Exposure to Improve Your Health | Huberman Lab Podcast
Handbook of Cognitive Neuroscience
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Episode: Dr. Noam Sobel: How Smells Influence Our Hormones, Health & Behavior | Huberman Lab Podcast
Jaws
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Episode: Dr. Noam Sobel: How Smells Influence Our Hormones, Health & Behavior | Huberman Lab Podcast
Thinking, Fast and Slow
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Episode: Dr. Noam Sobel: How Smells Influence Our Hormones, Health & Behavior | Huberman Lab Podcast
The Telomere Effect
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Episode: Dr. Elissa Epel: Control Stress for Healthy Eating, Metabolism & Aging | Huberman Lab Podcast
The Stress Prescription
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Episode: Dr. Elissa Epel: Control Stress for Healthy Eating, Metabolism & Aging | Huberman Lab Podcast
Mindset
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Episode: Leverage Dopamine to Overcome Procrastination & Optimize Effort | Huberman Lab Podcast
The Circadian Code
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Episode: Dr. Satchin Panda: Intermittent Fasting to Improve Health, Cognition & Longevity | Huberman Lab
The Circadian Diabetes Code
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Episode: Dr. Satchin Panda: Intermittent Fasting to Improve Health, Cognition & Longevity | Huberman Lab
Zoological Philosophy
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Episode: Dr. Oded Rechavi: Genes & the Inheritance of Memories Across Generations | Huberman Lab Podcast
Darkness at Noon
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Episode: Dr. Oded Rechavi: Genes & the Inheritance of Memories Across Generations | Huberman Lab Podcast
What is Life?
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Episode: Dr. Oded Rechavi: Genes & the Inheritance of Memories Across Generations | Huberman Lab Podcast
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
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Episode: Dr. Andy Galpin: Maximize Recovery to Achieve Fitness & Performance Goals | Huberman Lab
Women, Food, And Hormones
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Episode: Dr. Sara Gottfried: How to Optimize Female Hormone Health for Vitality & Longevity | Huberman Lab
The Hormone Cure
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Episode: Dr. Sara Gottfried: How to Optimize Female Hormone Health for Vitality & Longevity | Huberman Lab
The Hormone Cure
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Episode: Dr. Sara Gottfried: How to Optimize Female Hormone Health for Vitality & Longevity | Huberman Lab
The Hormone Cure
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Episode: Dr. Sara Gottfried: How to Optimize Female Hormone Health for Vitality & Longevity | Huberman Lab
The Hormone Cure
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Episode: Dr. Sara Gottfried: How to Optimize Female Hormone Health for Vitality & Longevity | Huberman Lab
Deep Work
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Episode: Dr. Sam Harris: Using Meditation to Focus, View Consciousness & Expand Your Mind | Huberman Lab 105
Extreme Ownership
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Episode: Jocko Willink: How to Become Resilient, Forge Your Identity & Lead Others | Huberman Lab Podcast 104
Way of the Warrior Kid
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Episode: Jocko Willink: How to Become Resilient, Forge Your Identity & Lead Others | Huberman Lab Podcast 104
On the Psychology of Military Incompetence
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Episode: Jocko Willink: How to Become Resilient, Forge Your Identity & Lead Others | Huberman Lab Podcast 104
Mastery
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Episode: Jocko Willink: How to Become Resilient, Forge Your Identity & Lead Others | Huberman Lab Podcast 104
Leadership Strategy and Tactics
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Episode: Jocko Willink: How to Become Resilient, Forge Your Identity & Lead Others | Huberman Lab Podcast 104
Dry
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Episode: Jocko Willink: How to Become Resilient, Forge Your Identity & Lead Others | Huberman Lab Podcast 104
This Is Your Mind On Plants
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Episode: Using Caffeine to Optimize Mental & Physical Performance | Huberman Lab Podcast 101
Steppenwolf
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Episode: Dr Lex Fridman: Navigating Conflict, Finding Purpose & Maintaining Drive | Huberman Lab Podcast #100
Brain Energy
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Episode: Dr. Chris Palmer: Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health
Wherever You Go, There You Are
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Episode: How Meditation Works & Science-Based Effective Meditations | Huberman Lab Podcast #96
Altered Traits
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Episode: How Meditation Works & Science-Based Effective Meditations | Huberman Lab Podcast #96
Einstein in Love
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Episode: Dr. Eddie Chang: The Science of Learning & Speaking Languages | Huberman Lab Podcast #95
Relax Into Stretch
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Episode: Fitness Toolkit: Protocol & Tools to Optimize Physical Health | Huberman Lab Podcast #94
Breaking Open the Head
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Episode: Dr. Nolan Williams: Psychedelics & Neurostimulation for Brain Rewiring | Huberman Lab Podcast #93
Dopamine Nation
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Episode: Nicotine’s Effects on the Brain & Body & How to Quit Smoking or Vaping | Huberman Lab Podcast #90
ALTERED STATES (English Edition)
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Episode: Focus Toolkit: Tools to Improve Your Focus & Concentration | Huberman Lab Podcast #88
Why We Sleep
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Breath
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Episode: Sleep Toolkit: Tools for Optimizing Sleep & Sleep-Wake Timing | Huberman Lab Podcast #84
Clearer, Closer, Better
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Episode: Dr. Emily Balcetis: Tools for Setting & Achieving Goals | Huberman Lab Podcast #83
The Secret
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Episode: Dr. Emily Balcetis: Tools for Setting & Achieving Goals | Huberman Lab Podcast #83
The Molecule of More
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Episode: Dr. Charles Zuker: The Biology of Taste Perception & Sugar Craving | Huberman Lab Podcast #81
Dopamine Nation
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Episode: Optimize & Control Your Brain Chemistry to Improve Health & Performance | Huberman Lab Podcast #80
High-Intensity Training the Mike Mentzer Way
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Episode: Jeff Cavaliere: Optimize Your Exercise Program with Science-Based Tools | Huberman Lab Podcast #79
The Spinal Engine
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Episode: Ido Portal: The Science & Practice of Movement | Huberman Lab Podcast #77
Yoga Body
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Episode: Ido Portal: The Science & Practice of Movement | Huberman Lab Podcast #77
Stretching: Pocket Book Edition
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Episode: Improve Flexibility with Research-Supported Stretching Protocols
Trauma: The Invisible Epidemic
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Episode: Dr. Paul Conti: Therapy, Treating Trauma & Other Life Challenges | Huberman Lab Podcast #75
The Black Swan: Second Edition
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Episode: Dr. Paul Conti: Therapy, Treating Trauma & Other Life Challenges | Huberman Lab Podcast #75
Listening to Prozac
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Episode: Dr. Paul Conti: Therapy, Treating Trauma & Other Life Challenges | Huberman Lab Podcast #75
Dry
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Episode: Dr. Paul Conti: Therapy, Treating Trauma & Other Life Challenges | Huberman Lab Podcast #75
On Death and Dying
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Episode: The Science & Process of Healing from Grief | Huberman Lab Podcast #74
Good Anxiety
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Episode: Dr. Wendy Suzuki: Boost Attention & Memory with Science-Based Tools | Huberman Lab Podcast #73
Healthy Brain, Happy Life
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Episode: Dr. Wendy Suzuki: Boost Attention & Memory with Science-Based Tools | Huberman Lab Podcast #73
Chatter
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Episode: Dr. Wendy Suzuki: Boost Attention & Memory with Science-Based Tools | Huberman Lab Podcast #73
Good Anxiety
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Episode: Dr. Wendy Suzuki: Boost Attention & Memory with Science-Based Tools | Huberman Lab Podcast #73
Atomic Habits
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Episode: Dr. Wendy Suzuki: Boost Attention & Memory with Science-Based Tools | Huberman Lab Podcast #73
The Nature of the Beast
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Episode: Understanding & Controlling Aggression | Huberman Lab Podcast #71
An Introduction to Neuroendocrinology
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Episode: Dr. Kyle Gillett: How to Optimize Your Hormones for Health & Vitality
Dopamine Nation
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Episode: Controlling Sugar Cravings & Metabolism with Science-Based Tools | Huberman Lab Podcast #64
The 4-Hour Body
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Episode: Controlling Sugar Cravings & Metabolism with Science-Based Tools | Huberman Lab Podcast #64
The 4-hour Chef
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Episode: Controlling Sugar Cravings & Metabolism with Science-Based Tools | Huberman Lab Podcast #64
The Salt Fix
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Episode: Using Salt to Optimize Mental & Physical Performance | Huberman Lab Podcast #63
The Salt Fix
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Episode: Using Salt to Optimize Mental & Physical Performance | Huberman Lab Podcast #63
The Salt Fix
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Episode: Using Salt to Optimize Mental & Physical Performance | Huberman Lab Podcast #63
The Salt Fix
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Episode: Using Salt to Optimize Mental & Physical Performance | Huberman Lab Podcast #63
The Salt Fix
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Episode: Using Salt to Optimize Mental & Physical Performance | Huberman Lab Podcast #63
The Good Gut
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Episode: Dr. Justin Sonnenburg: How to Build, Maintain & Repair Gut Health | Huberman Lab Podcast #62
Dissociation
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Episode: Dr. David Spiegel: Using Hypnosis to Enhance Health & Performance
Attached
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The Development of the Unconscious Mind (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
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Spark
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
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Play It Away
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
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Episode: Dr. Jack Feldman: Breathing for Mental & Physical Health & Performance
Lifespan
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Episode: Dr. David Sinclair: The Biology of Slowing & Reversing Aging
The Warrior Diet
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Episode: Dr. David Sinclair: The Biology of Slowing & Reversing Aging