Essentials: Using Hypnosis to Enhance Mental & Physical Health & Performance | Dr. David Spiegel

In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, my guest is Dr. David Spiegel, MD, the Associate Chair of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Director of the Center on Stress and Health, and Director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. We discuss the science and clinical applications of hypnosis, including how hypnosis works in the brain. We examine the evidence-based uses of clinical and self-hypnosis for pain, trauma, phobias, sleep and stress, and explain how to gauge your own level of "hypnotizability." We also outline practical ways to access these tools, from working with a trained clinician to using structured self-hypnosis protocols. Show notes: https://go.hubermanlab.com/KsO42nz Huberman Lab Essentials are short episodes focused on essential science and protocol takeaways from past full-length Huberman Lab episodes. Watch the full-length episode:    • Using Hypnosis to Enhance Health & Perform...   Watch more Huberman Lab Essentials episodes:    • Huberman Lab Essentials   Timestamps 00:00:00 David Spiegel 00:00:20 What is Hypnosis?; Clinical vs Stage Hypnosis 00:02:33 Brain & Hypnosis, Cognitive Flexibility 00:06:14 ADHD, Self-Hypnosis & Focus 00:07:16 Stress Reduction, Mind-Brain Connection; Improve Sleep, Phobias 00:10:35 Narrative & Hypnosis, Mental State Change; Reframing Trauma 00:16:44 Naming Importance; Clinical Hypnotist, Durability of Hypnosis, Reveri App 00:19:17 Obsessive Thoughts, OCD, Hypnosis 00:20:35 Hypnotizability, Spiegel Eye Roll Test, Eye-Brain Connection 00:23:51 Trauma Recovery, Deliberate Self-Exposure to Pain or Trauma, Control 00:25:57 Mind-Body Connection, Control; Reframing Pain, Tool: Opportunity for Action 00:28:42 Children & Hypnosis; Group Hypnosis 00:30:29 Breathing in Hypnosis, Cyclic Sighing, Relaxation 00:32:06 Peak Performance & Hypnotic States 00:33:15 Reveri Hypnosis App, Finding Clinical Hypnotist; Acknowledgements Disclaimer & Disclosures: https://www.hubermanlab.com/disclaimer