There is so much information that has been sitting with academic and medical communities for decades and Huberman is giving it to the public and changing lives. Incredible work.
This is what boggles my mind. It feels like it's been "locked up" rather than sitting with medical communities. There is hardly anyone who I respect more in this life than Dr. Andrew Huberman!
I think that’s an issue with the medical system and big companies than it is with the scientific community. Same with politicians they don’t really value new scientific research as much as they used to. At least in America idk how it is in other countries
@@LifeFilmz exactly, it's corporations who don't benefit from people educating themselves and governments who want to keep control over their population through all kinds of means and the more educated people are the harder they are to control. It's fucking depressing. We are lucky to still be able to access relatively uncensored YT content because that's absolutely not the case in many countries.
1 I am not a native speaker of English and not much training in science, but these talks are delivered so well that I understand so easily and learn a lot. 2 how come these precious knowledge and interesting talks are all free? It’s a blessing to have access to them. Thank you Andrew. Loving sciences and scientists.
Dr Hubberman changed my life. Because of his teachings I practice yoga nidra everyday, don’t have bright lights at home, get up early each day to absorb the early son rays, and practice intermittent fasting for over 4 years now. I’m 45 looking like 35. I believe my ADHD has been reduced immensely, and my overall demeanor changed favorably. My family and I are deeply impacted by this wonderful man.
Thank you I'm new and I am trying to make serious changes. Just got off anxiety meds and trying to find my own natural balance. Doing a lot of research.
@@nannetteortiz-mulhall574just try practicing more frontal lobe work. Try to be present in the moment. Less tech use. Be mindful. Write journal for racing thoughts n clear your mind. Go for early morning walk. I hope these would help. Practice not to procrastinate and live in clutter free home
For lack of a better term, Gina was an absolutely delightful guest that brings a true passion, insight, and wisdom regarding a rather difficult topic to understand. Thank you so very much for introducing me to such a tremendous source of information. Feel free to geek out as needed - it's much appreciated.
I really wish there was a free sleep study I could sign up for! I’ve struggled to sleep for the past 10 years. I am awake when the rest of the world is sleeping and I am sleeping when everyone else is awake. Trying to switch the sleep schedule on my own is the hardest thing I have ever done and I feel like it’s dangerous
Absolutely! And I truly appreciate her bringing up prayer and the positive effects that can have. This is not talked about enough, and I believe it takes courage so I am grateful she did.
I think one of the things I love about Huberman's podcast is that he finds these scientists who are publishing great work, then has them come in and explain the work in a way that the layman can understand them. I'm never going to read all of these academic publications (often because they're behind expensive paywalls which sucks, but I digress), and even if I did, I'm not sure that I would be able to turn the salient points into actionable steps. Thank you Dr. Huberman for being a potent force for good! I would have watched/listened to an interview twice as long with Dr. Poe - both of you are such fascinating speakers.
Thanks a lot Andrew for having such an important aspect of our life explained so beautifully and cogently through Dr.Gina Poe.I am sure millions around the world will benefit from her advice and improve not only their sleep but their life in general.A heartfelt thanks to Dr.Poe, you and your team!
I don't know what I've been doing until this point, but I take an hour long walk every day, and since I just discovered your channel, I always listen to it on Spotify. The amount of proper scientific information that is explained in such a manner that even a simple guy like myself can understand it and learn from it is simply invaluable! Thank you so much for your content!
At 1:05 I felt a huge amount of compassion for people suffering from PTSD. The neurological reason supporting/ causing/ setting up the body to have no choice but to emotionally replay the moments after the traumatic experience as though we are back in time (because those neurons are) … wells up my heart to better understand, appreciate, and empathize with the feelings they have no choice but to feel because that’s the neurological pathways they live through. Omg 🤯
Reading this comment knowing there are those that have empathy towards us. Thank you. I've had to cut my family off for not understanding even the basics and keep forcing me to relive trauma even more than my brain does already. Gives me hope for the world that there are people with hearts out there.
I don’t know whether you will ever know this Andrew but my life has changed completely since I began listening to your podcasts. My life was stuck in between the self help books or motivational videos. When I came across this channel on RUclips in January this year. I thought that may be these podcasts are specifically designed for me😅 but yes almost everyone is going through the same. Whether it was on dopamine, sleep, memory, stress etc. Every podcast just blew my mind away like I was telling myself that yes this is what I was looking for. Thank you Andrew , thank you.
I agree entirely, and it's transformed my perspective on how toxic I was to myself before. Those motivational videos make you feel inadequate by telling you that you're not achieving your dreams because you just don't want it badly enough, and that you're not waking up at 3am to start the day. After watching them with eye-catching scenery, you might feel a rush before bed but in the morning, it's torture battling against habits. Self-help books have 3 main sections: The first tells you how amazing the book is, and how many people it has helped. "I was poor, then I wrote this book and now I'm rich!" Section 2 is about anecdotal things that worked for them personally. They will list out 10 different things that they recall doing towards a goal but without knowing which ones were actually effective. Section 3 is about their other books. When it comes to the science based approach, I understand now the nutrition required to build the foundations for impulse control and habit keeping. This also applies to the protocols for optimising sleep, exercise and neurotransmitters. Another key thing about this podcast for me is that the information is being given for free so there isn't a suggestion for a particular product and that for me keeps me more open minded to what is being said.
After following ALL of your suggestions and purchasing great blackout curtains, I finally have been getting great sleep. Even after waking up at 3 am for a bathroom break (without turning on the light) I go right back to sleep, something I've been unable to do for 20 years. One odd side effect for the first few weeks were feelings of depression. I can only assume my brain is rewiring after two decades of sleep deprivation. Thank you from the bottom of my heart 💕. I tell EVERYONE I know about your podcasts.
I always enjoy Dr. Andrew’s podcasts. Some of them are truly a life-changer for me. This interview was an eye opener because I used to be a night owl for so many years. I’d stay up until 2:00 am, waking up around 9:00 am or later. I’d been always feeling so lazy, sluggish, tired, low energy level, and feeling depressed but when I decided to change my daily routine and started waking up at 5:00 - 6:00 am in the morning everyday, my entire life has drastically shifted. I have a lot more energy, I feel motivated, positive, and productive everyday. I only sleep about 6 hours but I’ve been perfectly fine for several months now. I realized the importance of following the natural rhythm of the sun & earth if I want to be at optimal health physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Dr. Andrew Huberman, Thank you so much for all that you do. 🙏🏼💗
I'm so glad you were able to move to a better schedule that suited you!!! My only question is "were you really ever a night owl." I am a dedicated night owl, and when I have to change my sleep schedule as we all often do, I am a basket case for days! I can always make oneself wake up (alarm) but it is nearly impossible to make one fall asleep! I don't worry too much about the "natural rhythm of the sun and earth" as that is nearly impossible depending where you are at the moment. I'm a generation older than you would be my guess. News came on at 7 (dinner time) (school didn't start til 9am in those days and if you played a sport you would make it home by 6pm.) and 11pm news followed by Johnny Carson. never mind my 3 hrs of homework in between. I love the peace at night and the chaos in the am not so much. so each of us has our own schedules that work best for us. Times have changed and everything is now two hours earlier. There has been much written that school starting so early is actually detrimental for kids so why so early? two styles and they fit two types of people. again, glad you found you rhythm!
@@jumpeight thanks for your insight, I do see why so many like sleeping through the morning hours. Luckily my morning hours are the most quiet times, so I love my early mornings, watching the sunrise. peace.
I'm in the same process of changing my sleeping patterns. This podcast has also opened my eyes to the benefits of going to bed earlier for optimal health as well. Thanks for your encouraging post!
I'm a chronic night owl who would love to be a morning person. I don't know why I am more alert at night. Mornings have always been a hard time for me. I hate the alarm clock and forcing myself up when I am enjoying my sleep but I never want to go to sleep when I'm fully awake. If I let myself sleep until I wake up naturally I will sleep until noon. I won't feel tired until 4 am. That means I am getting exactly 8 hours of sleep but not at the normal times. I have tried to change because it is not the most efficient time frame to live but I always fall back into this pattern. I am quite miserable when I get up early or force myself to sleep earlier too. Maybe I'm just a miserable maladjusted outlier. It would seem that I just can't fit into the regular pattern of society. Even in kindergarten my mother has to switch me to the afternoon class 🤷
Great podcast Andrew. It must have been a pleasure to host a woman like Gina who is not only brilliant at what she does but also talks about her work in such a joyful and passionate manner. I rarely see people smile as much as she does and her smiles seem to be spontaneous and genuine.
As someone who struggles with insomnia I feel absolutely fascinated by sleep podcasts. Thanks you for educating people, we really need the help and understanding of how to help ourself.
I suffered from insomnia for years. I decided to try dry fasting because I was really overweight. By hour 48ish of not eating and drinking, all my body wanted to do was sleep. I lost a good amount of body fat, as expected. But I didn't expect my ability to sleep to be restored, or my arthritic knees to feel stable and new. I need to do another 48hr dry fast to reset my hormones again.
My sleep schedule is upside down and I’m trying to reverse it on my own. I think it’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done. I am used to waking up at night drinking coffee when most people are getting ready to go to bed. I do hit training or do a long distance run And then I’m going to eat my first meal sometime in the morning and I shower and go to sleep during the day. I typically do this while fasting around 16 hours. I feel fine living on the schedule. But I feel terrible when I try reversing my normal schedule by staying up during the day , I am too dizzy and lightheaded. Good workout in. Are used to fasting before working out and it’s so hard when I try to reverse my schedule. I worry that it’s dangerous. What I’m doing without doctor supervision. But of course I don’t have money to have a doctor monitor me. I wish there was a sleep study I could enroll in, or some kind of guidance how to completely reverse an upside down schedule safely.
@@najaahamari4199 i’d have to stay in bed while doing this. I normally fast around 16 hours a day every single day, but I wake up at night and I go to bed during the day. When I try and change my schedule by myself and stay up during the day it is much harder for me to fast I feel weak and tired and I don’t exercise like I normally would when I wake up at night it is the hardest thing I’ve ever done trying to reverse my sleep wake cycle . I wish there was a guide how to do it safely.
@@HH-gv8mx in what way doctors could help you ? The only way is stay awake longer during the day to accumulate tiredness. Just try few hours at a time. You can do it :)
Dr Huberman is using his position and knowledge in the best way possible - This is the kind of content the internet was created for. Real practical information with science based advice. Kudos to you sir!
As a mental health practitioner this podcast has given me more insight into how the brain and sleep effect trauma in real terms than anything else I have ever heard.. outstanding And thank you both.
Hey Andrew, I have a request for a new topic. If you would, could you look into Dyslexia and exactly it functions. I know a big part of it has to do with the distance of your synapses and how the brain is wired. I personally have it and it's been a wild ride learning about it. The newer knowledge and understanding we have is incredible and our schools are unbelievably unprepared for children born with this. I'm 38 years old and only just now able to look back and grasp my past because of how much I know about my present and its effects. My wife is a special education teacher and is pursuing Orton Gillingham training because it is currently the best methods for helping those with dyslexia. Anyways, I figured as a neuroscientist this might send you down an awesome rabbit hole! Hope to see this as a podcast one day. Thank you for everything you do.
@Dee Wilkerson yeah. High IQ is part of what defines dyslexia. We are typically over performing in several areas but significantly struggling with reading. Iv recently done a battery of tests for all of this and my spacial awareness , visual and verbal memory was maxed on the charts. Also, interesting side note, I believe one of the job recruitment websites now offers dyslexia as a searchable feature. More and more businesses are realizing that dyslexic employees over perform in the world of architecture and engineering. It's an amazing gift and adaptation to have, but the brain power required to read is staggering.
@@TeKStaTuS I’m so glad to make this connection. Our 33 year old daughter was diagnosed with dysgraphia by the same John Hopkins doctor. I was working for a medical practice in Baltimore 12 years ago and the lead doctor told me one day that he had dyslexia. I was amazed by that. He is a great surgeon and human being. He recommended the doctor at JH. Both my daughter and son started community college at 16. My son stopped after completing all the Cad and computer classes they offered. If only, schools were equipped to work with brilliant students. Just think how it would help advance so many areas. Thank you for any information. I will pass it on to him. He owns his own business after working a corporate job for 8 yrs.
WOW! I am so blessed to be listening and watching this video Dr Huberman, been watching for about a year. Making some real changes starting with quitting my anxiety meds and developing more natural healthier lifestyle. Esp. sleep habits. I love Dr Poe she's an angel. I realized the years I spent being an night owl are hurting me now. I also take care of my mom the past ten years, who has Alzheimer's. Real bummer. Its an honor to care for her we've gotten so close in the more recent month. And my dad has Asperges, he's high function and really helps mom a lot. Yeah, keep me in your prayers. thanks so much for letting me share.
Please, please do an interview on Eastern Medicine (TCM, specifically). I'm a doctoral researcher adjacent to that field and the connections between epigenetics, mitochondrial chemistry, metabolics, nutrition, etc. are phenomenal. The herbal chemistry and understanding of our connections to the earth, seasons, and circadian cycles is so in line with many of our new scientific knowledge. It is fascinating and should be better understood by all.
Yes！！ I traveled to Asia this year and found out most people, not only in China but also in Japan, trust TCM more than western medicine, they say it has no "secondary effects" and that it is effective. Now I've been trying to learn more, so a Huberman episode on this topic would be great!
I never get enough of learning about sleep! Lack of sleep is what led me to Huberman Lab in the first place. I very much enjoyed learning from Dr Poe! Also her hair is so cool!!!
I have listened to every single podcast. I really enjoy your podcasts on sleep. I used to have difficulty with sleep and took supplements. Except for B-12 and D-3, I now take no supplements, not even for sleep. What helped me most was the information on exposure to the sun at dawn and at dusk. I now do this every day. I also go out wearing shorts mid-day to get some melatonin absorbed into my skin. My diet is plant-exclusive with no added salt, oil or sugars, including refined carbs. Also, I do not consume alcohol, tobacco or other substances. I think the clean diet (no processed food) along with the light exposure and regular movement/exercise has really helped my sleep and energy levels. I routinely wake before my alarm clock and am sometimes surprised by how much the amount of sleep I need appears to have reduced while my energy levels seem to have increased. I am in my late 40's, so I was surprised to see how much being in sync with the Circadian rhythms and light impacted my sleep quality and overall energy. (The other factors were already in place, so I do attribute the shift to synching with the circadian rhythms and to the consistent exposure to dawn/dusk light.) I liked that this show talked about lucid dreaming. I have had one lucid dream. I knew I was dreaming, and I wanted to get out/wake up. I didn't not like it. I am really not interested in having another one of those experiences. Would you do a show on the liver and the impact of processed foods and supplements on it? I think of Robert Lustig who has said, "protect the liver, feed the gut" and now have concerns about using supplements unnecessarily because of how they could potentially affect the liver and contribute to NAFLD.
Having been a complex trauma sufferer since way before psych 'knew' it existed, my gratitude for how the advances in neuro-science, and your ever increasingly helpful dissemination of its knowledge, grows by the day. Just removing the shame some psych methodologies heap on (treatment resistant, transference/ counter theories, the concept of 'will'') from sufferers ' emotional state and thought processes is huge. All done with your signature deep humility , good humor, and respect. Thank you so much for your work. Each time I listen I learn something freeing that allows me to live a richer, more nuanced, more meaningful life...at 67. Special thanks to Dr. Poe. Even the soothing sound of your voice, positively reinforces the important and life changing message you have to share. Pax +
I really loved this interview, Dr Gina Poe was wonderful. Would love a part 2 with her. Also interesting to hear more about the differences with women and sleep as it can be impacted by their ester cycle, menopause and PCOS.
At 33:18 Dr. Huberman mentions how he’s a Dad, and it occurred to me with a smile that not only is he a brilliant scientist and podcaster, but an awesome Dad. Thanks for this great podcast btw! It’s like valuable information gold!
I really appreciated that question (towards the end) on sleep and addiction. I’ve been trying to end an eating disorder (bulimia) and one of the hurdles I keep encountering is that if I don’t binge/purge I struggle to fall and stay asleep. This is giving me an added perspective on what the problem might be 🙏
Phenomenal episode, Andy! Thank you for hosting Dr. Gina Poe. She was great to listen to, and the science she shared further cemented the reasons to stay commitment to a regular routine.
Hey Gina Poe you are so amazingly smart, and you are so passionate about sleep science 😴 Way cool 😎 to learn from you! Thank you Andrew for have such a great passionate scientist on your show! Thank you both for sharing your knowledge with the world 🌎
Thank you Dr Huberman for all the amazing information you're sharing with the world. Can you please do an episode about Complex PTSD? That would help a lot of people
All those guests which doing research about sleep impact to our daily basis has so calming voices, listening this pod you can fall asleap easily, just like I did with Matthew Walker's podcast.
Just when I thought I've heard everything we know about sleep, I am delighted and excited to learn more. Thanks so much to you and your team for putting out such interesting information on a weekly basis. Love my Mondays!
Really appreciated your carefully inserted PSA about bulldogs, their apnea and the genetic/health disadvantages we have bred into them. This appreciation is in addition to that which already exists for all of your content! Signed, a woeful bulldog-loving veterinarian
The information from the Huberman Lab podcasts is so incredibly useful and this specific one and especially the part about PTSD was mindblowing to me! Having worked as a physician (neurologist) with refugees of whom many suffer from PTSD, I feel like sending this to all my psychiatric colleagues and also psychotherapists I know (who can prescribe antidepressants in clinical settings under supervision in Germany)! It’s still so common practice to prescribe antidepressants for PTSD and we should rethink our treatment strategies asap! Thank you so much 🙏🏻!
It makes no sense to give anxious people antidepressants. They are merely soporific, at best. I'm still baffled that clinicians view anxiety and depression as comorbidities when they are neurologically and physiologically unrelated.
Andrew please do a episode/series on skin health specifically and best protocols for skin health and best forms of moisturisers etc for male/female would be greatly appreciated 🙌🏻
One never hear too often how important sleep is, meditation and mindfullness. Thank you for the gift. And thank you for the books list you passed on earlier on another episode. Those books are life changing and are giving me the education I was yearning for.
I've made it a personal practice to show up in my dreams and shut them down. Now, I don't dream nearly as often "I am the only who inhabits this thought sphere" ❤ Dr Gina Poe is so intellectual charismatic, I think I have a Platonic crush ❤
The information regarding PTSD and sleep has really given me some insight as to why my wife has trouble sleeping. I greatly appreciate you and Gina for this podcast.
This was one of the best episodes so far. Absolutely fascinating the whole way through. Never heard anyone explain the mechanisms present in trauma so well. Thank you Dr. Gina Poe!
Another great episode, and Dr. Gina Poe is just such a pleasure to listen to - I love her inflection and the way she passes information, it's clear her heart is in her work! As a lifelong terrible sleeper, it's really fascinating to hear the ins and outs of what happens during sleep, what crucial elements there are to sleep and patterns, and to bring in so many other tidbits that you talk about in other podcasts! This may get lost in the comments (and even in this lengthy comment), but I have been diving into epigenetics and genetic predisposition and would love an episode about that.
Just caught this episode with Dr. Poe. Terrific! My wife and I are in our middle sixties. Several comments in the podcasts triggered our desire to learn more about brain function during sleep for older adults. Like many boring boomers (my wife and I qualify) we now have the time to focus on becoming physically, mentally and spiritually healthier. We have come to understand how important sleep is for our health. We certainly can't be alone in this interest.
What an amazing interview with a beautiful and insightful human ♥️ Dr Poe is obviously highly intelligent and educated but has such a humble, calming presence. Great experience listening to this podcast, thank you ⚘️
I had a specific trauma in my past in which my 12 yr old choked and I couldn’t save her from dying. Several times a week when I’m falling into sleep, my heart begins to pound and I experience panic This recording has been so incredibly informative to what I’ve been experiencing
Because you fight with that thought just observe see feel that thought but without say it good or bad just see but don't try to escape that thought when we escape anything our mind always come back so answer is just observe without thoughts.
Andrew, please can we continue to number each podcast for citation purposes. The wealth of information and its effect in my personal life has been amazing and I love referencing your episodes in my writing. Thanks
Dr. Huberman! You are a treasure! I have been watching/listening to you for a few months and have learned so much! I know that you don' expect it but I paid for a premium subscription for the year as a way to support your important work and to thank you!
@@hubermanlab the people your helping the most probably don't even comment, I have been to several doctors and been on different medication and still not got a diagnosis for anything. Ive been watching you for around 6 months now and I'm slowly putting all the pieces together and feel better than I ever have about my metal health/well-being..Thankyou so much for sharing your knowledge in such a clear and factual way. Please carry on for along as possible because nobody else is doing it like this.
Thanks for this doing this podcast. If you have Dr. Poe return to the podcast I would love to hear from her about how persons (such as myself) who are suffering from PTSD can utilise sleep to overcome it or how to improve sleep while suffering PTSD. Thanks again, Dr. Huberman!
Start with guided meditations or even just background sounds of rain or waves- whatever you find relaxing. I started 4yrs ago with that as I was sleeping 3 to 4 hrs a night.....tell yourself that you are safe (if you are ofc)..you can retrain your brain. I now play a rain sounds meditation and I'm asleep in less than 5 minutes and now avg 6 hours a night of sleep.
Just asking for clarification on the matter of regular sleep times and growth hormone release: Does going to sleep EARLIER than usual negatively impact this release in the same way, is it completely fine or something inbetween? Thanks for always putting the most valuable tools imaginable in our hands for free.
Absolutely one of the best guests you’ve had. An expert who could really hone in on the most clinically salient applications of an otherwise dense topic. Love to hear from women scientists, Dr. Huberman 👍👍
I LOVE that Dr Poe stated that she is a Christian and uses prayer when yoga was mentioned! Many of us Christians do not practice yoga due to it being part of a religious practice from a non-Christian religion.
The quality of this YT channel is absolutely unparalleled. I've been using RUclips as the main source of information for many years but never has there been anything so high quality as this channel. It's impossible to express in words how much this has helped me and and everyone else. I hope that this channel will be around for as long as possible to keep providing us with the tools to help us make the best decisions.
Thank you so much for all your incredibly enlightening podcasts, Dr. Huberman! I was so glad to see Dr. Poe as one of your guests. I especially appreciated her sharing about transcendental meditation and prayer as a way to help clear the mind.
You dont know how helpful this is for someone with extreme sleep issues and PTSD. GERD Anxiety but mostly during sleep in REM sleep I clench my jaw and wake up with a burning mouth and white mucus. I ve been trying emdr and psychedelics, lots of different stuff like fasting and probiotics, even fecal transplants. I improved a lot but lot to go. Learned a lot from this podcast!
I’d love to hear more about antidepressants seeing how common they are becoming with my generation. With the rise of anxiety and depression as well would we can do to lower the effects of these conditions and how maybe to substitute for the medication
Sleep is the Foundation of HIgh-Performance and our overall well-being. Take this information into your everyday practice to enhance learning, Focus and state management! Another fantastic Episode! 🎧
This is extremely insightful and now makes me want to hear about the correlation between sleep and spirituality. Because there are a number of people that have dreams and such events then happen in real life. Anyway, this episode has nudged me to now hold my sleep more sacred and just value it. Thank you Dr. Huberman and Dr. Joe. You guys rock!
I love how she brings in being a Christian and prayer as a way to calm down and sleep. I’m also a scientist and a Christian, and I suffer from insomnia. Prayer brings comfort and relaxation in a way that nothing else can.
I LOVED this interview, really beautiful work and fascinating work. I think I smiled more listening/watching this one than any other. Really delightful.
I keep coming back to this particular practice when I’m off yoga for a bit and I want to gently get back in. Thank you so much for this gentle guidance 🙏
I love your videos Prof . I Hope someday you will dedicate an episode on subliminal messages, isochronic tones and binaural beats with your valued expertise on neuroscience.
This is probably the best podcast I’ve ever listened to on sleep. I hope she writes a book to expand on those topics especially on spindles on learning and memories
Recently discovered this channel and I’m absolutely hooked! Always such interesting topics! Thank you for helping and educating so many people. I love science 🤓
I am so grateful to all the scientists for their hard work. Dr. Andrew is right. We physicians implement into practice the results of their research. New tools ,tecknics,new understanding,new mechanism of action,new pharmacy all this enormous armamentarium is given to us by these humble and talented scientists to help people.
Such a great episode! Thank you again! You guys came really close to it, but I would love to hear what Gina (and also Andrew) has to say about sleep paralysis.
So much great information! I would love to hear your take on managing stress in the academic/learning environment - so many of my students are overwhelmed and stressed with the pressure they put on themselves, it seems to really impact their learning. It would be a fantastic resource to direct my students to (adult learner at the college/university level).
❤Thank you! 00:12:34 probably happens more often than not. Getting my sleep in order, with your guest and your educated guidance and caring, will enable me to rule out sleep, or lack of sleep, as a or the health problem instead of my kidneys, white blood cell count or my hemoglobin etc. count. I and probably many others wish we could travel to the experts like you!❤
Great podcast. Only issue I have is saying if someone sleeps a lot or “oversleeps” they could have cancer is a bit much. Shouldn’t scare people like that.
Would have been different if she listed a lot of things, and cancer just happened to be somewhere in the list. But her just blurting that out as the first thing is extremely irresponsible.
I know what sleep is for. I don't like to sleep but I know I need it. Thanks to this discussion regarding sleep, I will try to get 7 hours of sleep. Especially since I tend to forget more than I'd like to admit
Hi Dr. Huberman, the red pill you took for sleeping should be made of Spine Date Seed/Sour jujube seed/Suan Zao Ren, which is a seed from a type of small and sour date and people in China use it for sleep. It is herb based, all natural, and very effective. Hope it helps!
As a new Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner graduate these podcasts are so helpful to solidify concepts learned in school. It is a new way of “studying” for the Boards that I never envisioned but truly enjoy. The fact that Dr. Huberman is easy on the eyes is a BONUS. I love his nerdouts sooo much 😂 I they’re 🔥
As someone with a fair bit of lucid dreaming experience I can tell you that when I really focused on getting better at it there were times when I started remembering a dream moment as if it was a real memory and I'd have to correct myself. And I've wondered about whether my sleep is actually as restful as it should be, probably not. And I'm fairly sure it can be stressful too. But it can also be really satisfying. But more often than not there would be a longing to return to it. It's hard to balance reality and lucid dreaming when you really go far with this. But on the upside I can also say that my ability to get have more control over nightmares will probably reduce stress. What Gina says about her own nightmare experience is right on the money imo. Also THE triggers for me to be able to lucid dream are quite unique and also a bit frustrating haha. 1. I notice I need to pee and I'm endlessly looking for a bathroom in the dream and some privacy to do it but I cannot find it, and this happens often so I recognize it. 2. I'm finally peeing in the dream but I notice that it's actually not relieving my urge to pee and I realize I'm dreaming because this has happened so many times now that I know I'm not really peeing.(Luckily I don't pee in bed when this happen, otherwise I'd actually notice the relief in the dream and wake up lol) 3. I'll have a super dry mouth in real life and I notice it in my dream and I'm looking for water to drink and if I am able to find it I will notice that it's actually not slaking my thirst at all, and this happened so many times that it has served as a trigger to realize I'm dreaming again. The downside of these is that for 1. and 2. I basically can lucid dream for as long as I'm able to hold my pee lol. Also the best way to train lucid dream imo is to snooze like every 10-20 minutes for hours, you'll be able to drop in and out of the same dreams quite often and simply continue them and be more lucid. Because this abuses those first moments of falling asleep where you can be more aware still. You can even sometimes decide what you want to dream about but this has been the hardest part for me. Also there's something that I call the Dream Ai and there's like a prewritten story. Basically what I mean by that is that the NPC's in my dream(other people/entities etc) tend to be pre-programmed by my subconscious and even with a lot of lucid dreaming experience I tend to be unable to change their programming. I'd basically be awake in a world that's already programmed to followed a certain story and the NPCs will just follow their programmed lines and don't have much room to change how they act. This also goes for the setting that I become lucid in, like if my dream was taking place in an airplane terminal or whatever then usually this is where I'm stuck. I've only been able to completely change the setting I started in once or twice.
There is so much information that has been sitting with academic and medical communities for decades and Huberman is giving it to the public and changing lives. Incredible work.
This is what boggles my mind. It feels like it's been "locked up" rather than sitting with medical communities. There is hardly anyone who I respect more in this life than Dr. Andrew Huberman!
I think that’s an issue with the medical system and big companies than it is with the scientific community. Same with politicians they don’t really value new scientific research as much as they used to. At least in America idk how it is in other countries
Nobel peace for a RUclips channel ?! 😅
This is what gives me so much mad respect for this man!!
@@LifeFilmz exactly, it's corporations who don't benefit from people educating themselves and governments who want to keep control over their population through all kinds of means and the more educated people are the harder they are to control. It's fucking depressing. We are lucky to still be able to access relatively uncensored YT content because that's absolutely not the case in many countries.
I think I speak for everyone when I say Andrew Huberman is an absolute blessing to the world
why
Changing my life for the better with each podcast
Dont speak for me unless youre a politician;p but Andrew huberman is an absolute blessing to the world
@@flatearth7800 because
1 I am not a native speaker of English and not much training in science, but these talks are delivered so well that I understand so easily and learn a lot.
2 how come these precious knowledge and interesting talks are all free? It’s a blessing to have access to them.
Thank you Andrew. Loving sciences and scientists.
Andrew is a blessing
Use duolingo:)
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@@derekrodrigues6890❤😊😊
Dr Hubberman changed my life. Because of his teachings I practice yoga nidra everyday, don’t have bright lights at home, get up early each day to absorb the early son rays, and practice intermittent fasting for over 4 years now. I’m 45 looking like 35. I believe my ADHD has been reduced immensely, and my overall demeanor changed favorably. My family and I are deeply impacted by this wonderful man.
which habit helped you overcome ADHD?
@@mb31the addition of everything on their comment, I assume
Thank you I'm new and I am trying to make serious changes. Just got off anxiety meds and trying to find my own natural
balance. Doing a lot of research.
@@nannetteortiz-mulhall574just try practicing more frontal lobe work. Try to be present in the moment. Less tech use. Be mindful. Write journal for racing thoughts n clear your mind. Go for early morning walk. I hope these would help. Practice not to procrastinate and live in clutter free home
@@nannetteortiz-mulhall574 So glad you are off your anxiety meds! 👍👍
Andrew doesn’t know how much he is helping so many people …. with proper knowledge!!
And can you believe it’s all free! He is just amazing.
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I get emotional thinking how selfless that really is. So much useful content for every type of person.
@@ndi5670 It's not free for his sponsors. Still, he's a God😄👍
Sleep has become a top priority for me and my mental health. Once I made it a priority, it made a world of difference. I'm so glad for this episode!
Check out the work of Dr. Stasha Gominak.
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For lack of a better term, Gina was an absolutely delightful guest that brings a true passion, insight, and wisdom regarding a rather difficult topic to understand. Thank you so very much for introducing me to such a tremendous source of information. Feel free to geek out as needed - it's much appreciated.
Yes there was a quality of delight and joy in her presence!
Well said.
True 😊
I really wish there was a free sleep study I could sign up for! I’ve struggled to sleep for the past 10 years. I am awake when the rest of the world is sleeping and I am sleeping when everyone else is awake. Trying to switch the sleep schedule on my own is the hardest thing I have ever done and I feel like it’s dangerous
Absolutely! And I truly appreciate her bringing up prayer and the positive effects that can have. This is not talked about enough, and I believe it takes courage so I am grateful she did.
Dr. Poe is so peaceful, wise, and humble! What an absolute wealth of information! PLEASE have her back again soon!
I think one of the things I love about Huberman's podcast is that he finds these scientists who are publishing great work, then has them come in and explain the work in a way that the layman can understand them. I'm never going to read all of these academic publications (often because they're behind expensive paywalls which sucks, but I digress), and even if I did, I'm not sure that I would be able to turn the salient points into actionable steps. Thank you Dr. Huberman for being a potent force for good! I would have watched/listened to an interview twice as long with Dr. Poe - both of you are such fascinating speakers.
Thanks a lot Andrew for having such an important aspect of our life explained so beautifully and cogently through Dr.Gina Poe.I am sure millions around the world will benefit from her advice and improve not only their sleep but their life in general.A heartfelt thanks to Dr.Poe, you and your team!
I don't know what I've been doing until this point, but I take an hour long walk every day, and since I just discovered your channel, I always listen to it on Spotify.
The amount of proper scientific information that is explained in such a manner that even a simple guy like myself can understand it and learn from it is simply invaluable!
Thank you so much for your content!
At 1:05 I felt a huge amount of compassion for people suffering from PTSD. The neurological reason supporting/ causing/ setting up the body to have no choice but to emotionally replay the moments after the traumatic experience as though we are back in time (because those neurons are) … wells up my heart to better understand, appreciate, and empathize with the feelings they have no choice but to feel because that’s the neurological pathways they live through. Omg 🤯
I have PTSD and finally after 10 years and 3 different rounds of therapy I am freed of replaying my child death
@@carlao7157 I'm so happy to hear that! Bless you!
Reading this comment knowing there are those that have empathy towards us. Thank you. I've had to cut my family off for not understanding even the basics and keep forcing me to relive trauma even more than my brain does already. Gives me hope for the world that there are people with hearts out there.
I don’t know whether you will ever know this Andrew but my life has changed completely since I began listening to your podcasts. My life was stuck in between the self help books or motivational videos. When I came across this channel on RUclips in January this year. I thought that may be these podcasts are specifically designed for me😅 but yes almost everyone is going through the same. Whether it was on dopamine, sleep, memory, stress etc. Every podcast just blew my mind away like I was telling myself that yes this is what I was looking for. Thank you Andrew , thank you.
I agree entirely, and it's transformed my perspective on how toxic I was to myself before.
Those motivational videos make you feel inadequate by telling you that you're not achieving your dreams because you just don't want it badly enough, and that you're not waking up at 3am to start the day. After watching them with eye-catching scenery, you might feel a rush before bed but in the morning, it's torture battling against habits.
Self-help books have 3 main sections: The first tells you how amazing the book is, and how many people it has helped. "I was poor, then I wrote this book and now I'm rich!"
Section 2 is about anecdotal things that worked for them personally. They will list out 10 different things that they recall doing towards a goal but without knowing which ones were actually effective.
Section 3 is about their other books.
When it comes to the science based approach, I understand now the nutrition required to build the foundations for impulse control and habit keeping. This also applies to the protocols for optimising sleep, exercise and neurotransmitters. Another key thing about this podcast for me is that the information is being given for free so there isn't a suggestion for a particular product and that for me keeps me more open minded to what is being said.
@@simonwilson7581 i completely agree with you.
After following ALL of your suggestions and purchasing great blackout curtains, I finally have been getting great sleep. Even after waking up at 3 am for a bathroom break (without turning on the light) I go right back to sleep, something I've been unable to do for 20 years. One odd side effect for the first few weeks were feelings of depression. I can only assume my brain is rewiring after two decades of sleep deprivation. Thank you from the bottom of my heart 💕. I tell EVERYONE I know about your podcasts.
Add a humidifier too! ❤️😴😴😴
I always enjoy Dr. Andrew’s podcasts. Some of them are truly a life-changer for me. This interview was an eye opener because I used to be a night owl for so many years. I’d stay up until 2:00 am, waking up around 9:00 am or later. I’d been always feeling so lazy, sluggish, tired, low energy level, and feeling depressed but when I decided to change my daily routine and started waking up at 5:00 - 6:00 am in the morning everyday, my entire life has drastically shifted. I have a lot more energy, I feel motivated, positive, and productive everyday. I only sleep about 6 hours but I’ve been perfectly fine for several months now. I realized the importance of following the natural rhythm of the sun & earth if I want to be at optimal health physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Dr. Andrew Huberman, Thank you so much for all that you do. 🙏🏼💗
I'm so glad you were able to move to a better schedule that suited you!!! My only question is "were you really ever a night owl." I am a dedicated night owl, and when I have to change my sleep schedule as we all often do, I am a basket case for days! I can always make oneself wake up (alarm) but it is nearly impossible to make one fall asleep! I don't worry too much about the "natural rhythm of the sun and earth" as that is nearly impossible depending where you are at the moment. I'm a generation older than you would be my guess. News came on at 7 (dinner time) (school didn't start til 9am in those days and if you played a sport you would make it home by 6pm.) and 11pm news followed by Johnny Carson. never mind my 3 hrs of homework in between. I love the peace at night and the chaos in the am not so much. so each of us has our own schedules that work best for us. Times have changed and everything is now two hours earlier. There has been much written that school starting so early is actually detrimental for kids so why so early? two styles and they fit two types of people.
again, glad you found you rhythm!
@@jumpeight thanks for your insight, I do see why so many like sleeping through the morning hours. Luckily my morning hours are the most quiet times, so I love my early mornings, watching the sunrise. peace.
I'm in the same process of changing my sleeping patterns. This podcast has also opened my eyes to the benefits of going to bed earlier for optimal health as well. Thanks for your encouraging post!
I'm a chronic night owl who would love to be a morning person. I don't know why I am more alert at night. Mornings have always been a hard time for me. I hate the alarm clock and forcing myself up when I am enjoying my sleep but I never want to go to sleep when I'm fully awake. If I let myself sleep until I wake up naturally I will sleep until noon. I won't feel tired until 4 am. That means I am getting exactly 8 hours of sleep but not at the normal times. I have tried to change because it is not the most efficient time frame to live but I always fall back into this pattern. I am quite miserable when I get up early or force myself to sleep earlier too. Maybe I'm just a miserable maladjusted outlier. It would seem that I just can't fit into the regular pattern of society. Even in kindergarten my mother has to switch me to the afternoon class 🤷
Thank you for having Dr. Poe. She was a pleasure to listen to. Aside from great knowledge, she has an unusually pleasant voice.
Great podcast Andrew. It must have been a pleasure to host a woman like Gina who is not only brilliant at what she does but also talks about her work in such a joyful and passionate manner. I rarely see people smile as much as she does and her smiles seem to be spontaneous and genuine.
yes I felt the same way.
Me too
As someone who struggles with insomnia I feel absolutely fascinated by sleep podcasts. Thanks you for educating people, we really need the help and understanding of how to help ourself.
I suffered from insomnia for years.
I decided to try dry fasting because I was really overweight.
By hour 48ish of not eating and drinking, all my body wanted to do was sleep.
I lost a good amount of body fat, as expected. But I didn't expect my ability to sleep to be restored, or my arthritic knees to feel stable and new.
I need to do another 48hr dry fast to reset my hormones again.
@@najaahamari4199 I’m glad you have found something that works for you 🙏
My sleep schedule is upside down and I’m trying to reverse it on my own. I think it’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done. I am used to waking up at night drinking coffee when most people are getting ready to go to bed. I do hit training or do a long distance run And then I’m going to eat my first meal sometime in the morning and I shower and go to sleep during the day. I typically do this while fasting around 16 hours. I feel fine living on the schedule. But I feel terrible when I try reversing my normal schedule by staying up during the day , I am too dizzy and lightheaded. Good workout in. Are used to fasting before working out and it’s so hard when I try to reverse my schedule. I worry that it’s dangerous. What I’m doing without doctor supervision. But of course I don’t have money to have a doctor monitor me. I wish there was a sleep study I could enroll in, or some kind of guidance how to completely reverse an upside down schedule safely.
@@najaahamari4199 i’d have to stay in bed while doing this. I normally fast around 16 hours a day every single day, but I wake up at night and I go to bed during the day. When I try and change my schedule by myself and stay up during the day it is much harder for me to fast I feel weak and tired and I don’t exercise like I normally would when I wake up at night it is the hardest thing I’ve ever done trying to reverse my sleep wake cycle . I wish there was a guide how to do it safely.
@@HH-gv8mx in what way doctors could help you ? The only way is stay awake longer during the day to accumulate tiredness.
Just try few hours at a time. You can do it :)
Andrew deserves 50 million subscribers, seriously. He's doing so much for Humanity
Dr Huberman is using his position and knowledge in the best way possible - This is the kind of content the internet was created for. Real practical information with science based advice. Kudos to you sir!
As a mental health practitioner this podcast has given me more insight into how the brain and sleep effect trauma in real terms than anything else I have ever heard.. outstanding
And thank you both.
Hey Andrew, I have a request for a new topic. If you would, could you look into Dyslexia and exactly it functions. I know a big part of it has to do with the distance of your synapses and how the brain is wired. I personally have it and it's been a wild ride learning about it. The newer knowledge and understanding we have is incredible and our schools are unbelievably unprepared for children born with this. I'm 38 years old and only just now able to look back and grasp my past because of how much I know about my present and its effects. My wife is a special education teacher and is pursuing Orton Gillingham training because it is currently the best methods for helping those with dyslexia. Anyways, I figured as a neuroscientist this might send you down an awesome rabbit hole! Hope to see this as a podcast one day. Thank you for everything you do.
Great idea! My 30 yr old son has it. He also has an 134 IQ.
@Dee Wilkerson yeah. High IQ is part of what defines dyslexia. We are typically over performing in several areas but significantly struggling with reading. Iv recently done a battery of tests for all of this and my spacial awareness , visual and verbal memory was maxed on the charts. Also, interesting side note, I believe one of the job recruitment websites now offers dyslexia as a searchable feature. More and more businesses are realizing that dyslexic employees over perform in the world of architecture and engineering. It's an amazing gift and adaptation to have, but the brain power required to read is staggering.
@@TeKStaTuS I’m so glad to make this connection. Our 33 year old daughter was diagnosed with dysgraphia by the same John Hopkins doctor. I was working for a medical practice in Baltimore 12 years ago and the lead doctor told me one day that he had dyslexia. I was amazed by that. He is a great surgeon and human being. He recommended the doctor at JH. Both my daughter and son started community college at 16. My son stopped after completing all the Cad and computer classes they offered. If only, schools were equipped to work with brilliant students. Just think how it would help advance so many areas. Thank you for any information. I will pass it on to him. He owns his own business after working a corporate job for 8 yrs.
Live this. I am an OG practitioner and would love to know more.
WOW! I am so blessed to be listening and watching this video Dr Huberman, been watching for about a year. Making some real changes starting with quitting my anxiety meds and developing more natural healthier lifestyle. Esp. sleep habits. I love Dr Poe she's an angel. I realized the years I spent being an night owl are hurting me now. I also take care of my mom the past ten years, who has Alzheimer's. Real bummer. Its an honor to care for her we've gotten so close in the more recent month. And my dad has Asperges, he's high function and really helps mom a lot. Yeah, keep me in your prayers. thanks so much for letting me share.
Please, please do an interview on Eastern Medicine (TCM, specifically). I'm a doctoral researcher adjacent to that field and the connections between epigenetics, mitochondrial chemistry, metabolics, nutrition, etc. are phenomenal. The herbal chemistry and understanding of our connections to the earth, seasons, and circadian cycles is so in line with many of our new scientific knowledge. It is fascinating and should be better understood by all.
Yes！！ I traveled to Asia this year and found out most people, not only in China but also in Japan, trust TCM more than western medicine, they say it has no "secondary effects" and that it is effective. Now I've been trying to learn more, so a Huberman episode on this topic would be great!
I'm a doctoral researcher in Eastern Medicine. if you have any specific questions, I would be happy to share resources
Just wonderful... man I can't thank you enough to be such amazing addition to my world...
I never get enough of learning about sleep! Lack of sleep is what led me to Huberman Lab in the first place. I very much enjoyed learning from Dr Poe! Also her hair is so cool!!!
I have listened to every single podcast. I really enjoy your podcasts on sleep. I used to have difficulty with sleep and took supplements. Except for B-12 and D-3, I now take no supplements, not even for sleep. What helped me most was the information on exposure to the sun at dawn and at dusk. I now do this every day. I also go out wearing shorts mid-day to get some melatonin absorbed into my skin. My diet is plant-exclusive with no added salt, oil or sugars, including refined carbs. Also, I do not consume alcohol, tobacco or other substances. I think the clean diet (no processed food) along with the light exposure and regular movement/exercise has really helped my sleep and energy levels. I routinely wake before my alarm clock and am sometimes surprised by how much the amount of sleep I need appears to have reduced while my energy levels seem to have increased. I am in my late 40's, so I was surprised to see how much being in sync with the Circadian rhythms and light impacted my sleep quality and overall energy. (The other factors were already in place, so I do attribute the shift to synching with the circadian rhythms and to the consistent exposure to dawn/dusk light.)
I liked that this show talked about lucid dreaming. I have had one lucid dream. I knew I was dreaming, and I wanted to get out/wake up. I didn't not like it. I am really not interested in having another one of those experiences.
Would you do a show on the liver and the impact of processed foods and supplements on it? I think of Robert Lustig who has said, "protect the liver, feed the gut" and now have concerns about using supplements unnecessarily because of how they could potentially affect the liver and contribute to NAFLD.
Having been a complex trauma sufferer since way before psych 'knew' it existed, my gratitude for how the advances in neuro-science, and your ever increasingly helpful dissemination of its knowledge, grows by the day. Just removing the shame some psych methodologies heap on (treatment resistant, transference/ counter theories, the concept of 'will'') from sufferers ' emotional state and thought processes is huge. All done with your signature deep humility , good humor, and respect. Thank you so much for your work. Each time I listen I learn something freeing that allows me to live a richer, more nuanced, more meaningful life...at 67.
Special thanks to Dr. Poe. Even the soothing sound of your voice, positively reinforces the important and life changing message you have to share. Pax +
I really loved this interview, Dr Gina Poe was wonderful. Would love a part 2 with her. Also interesting to hear more about the differences with women and sleep as it can be impacted by their ester cycle, menopause and PCOS.
At 33:18 Dr. Huberman mentions how he’s a Dad, and it occurred to me with a smile that not only is he a brilliant scientist and podcaster, but an awesome Dad.
Thanks for this great podcast btw! It’s like valuable information gold!
Can she please get her own podcast? Loved listening to her!
I really appreciated that question (towards the end) on sleep and addiction. I’ve been trying to end an eating disorder (bulimia) and one of the hurdles I keep encountering is that if I don’t binge/purge I struggle to fall and stay asleep. This is giving me an added perspective on what the problem might be 🙏
I have the same issue, I can’t just binge on food.
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Incredible work and adorable guest. Thanks !
Always love being a fly on the wall in a room with two super smart people. 😍
Gotta say this, Dr Huberman's fandom are the most kind and respectful community
Phenomenal episode, Andy! Thank you for hosting Dr. Gina Poe. She was great to listen to, and the science she shared further cemented the reasons to stay commitment to a regular routine.
Dr Huberman, you’re a national treasure. Your content is award worthy.
Hey Gina Poe you are so amazingly smart, and you are so passionate about sleep science 😴 Way cool 😎 to learn from you! Thank you Andrew for have such a great passionate scientist on your show! Thank you both for sharing your knowledge with the world 🌎
Thank you Dr Huberman for all the amazing information you're sharing with the world. Can you please do an episode about Complex PTSD? That would help a lot of people
All those guests which doing research about sleep impact to our daily basis has so calming voices, listening this pod you can fall asleap easily, just like I did with Matthew Walker's podcast.
Just when I thought I've heard everything we know about sleep, I am delighted and excited to learn more. Thanks so much to you and your team for putting out such interesting information on a weekly basis. Love my Mondays!
Really appreciated your carefully inserted PSA about bulldogs, their apnea and the genetic/health disadvantages we have bred into them. This appreciation is in addition to that which already exists for all of your content! Signed, a woeful bulldog-loving veterinarian
The information from the Huberman Lab podcasts is so incredibly useful and this specific one and especially the part about PTSD was mindblowing to me! Having worked as a physician (neurologist) with refugees of whom many suffer from PTSD, I feel like sending this to all my psychiatric colleagues and also psychotherapists I know (who can prescribe antidepressants in clinical settings under supervision in Germany)! It’s still so common practice to prescribe antidepressants for PTSD and we should rethink our treatment strategies asap! Thank you so much 🙏🏻!
It makes no sense to give anxious people antidepressants. They are merely soporific, at best. I'm still baffled that clinicians view anxiety and depression as comorbidities when they are neurologically and physiologically unrelated.
@@travisn346recent long term studies finally show that anti depressants *are ineffective*
Andrew please do a episode/series on skin health specifically and best protocols for skin health and best forms of moisturisers etc for male/female would be greatly appreciated 🙌🏻
Yea! That would be helpful 😊
Absolutely. Been getting between 8.5 to 9.5 hours of sleep, and it's been a complete game changer. 💪😎💤
One never hear too often how important sleep is, meditation and mindfullness. Thank you for the gift. And thank you for the books list you passed on earlier on another episode. Those books are life changing and are giving me the education I was yearning for.
I've made it a personal practice to show up in my dreams and shut them down. Now, I don't dream nearly as often "I am the only who inhabits this thought sphere" ❤ Dr Gina Poe is so intellectual charismatic, I think I have a Platonic crush ❤
The information regarding PTSD and sleep has really given me some insight as to why my wife has trouble sleeping. I greatly appreciate you and Gina for this podcast.
This was one of the best episodes so far. Absolutely fascinating the whole way through. Never heard anyone explain the mechanisms present in trauma so well. Thank you Dr. Gina Poe!
Another great episode, and Dr. Gina Poe is just such a pleasure to listen to - I love her inflection and the way she passes information, it's clear her heart is in her work! As a lifelong terrible sleeper, it's really fascinating to hear the ins and outs of what happens during sleep, what crucial elements there are to sleep and patterns, and to bring in so many other tidbits that you talk about in other podcasts!
This may get lost in the comments (and even in this lengthy comment), but I have been diving into epigenetics and genetic predisposition and would love an episode about that.
Just caught this episode with Dr. Poe. Terrific! My wife and I are in our middle sixties. Several comments in the podcasts triggered our desire to learn more about brain function during sleep for older adults. Like many boring boomers (my wife and I qualify) we now have the time to focus on becoming physically, mentally and spiritually healthier. We have come to understand how important sleep is for our health. We certainly can't be alone in this interest.
Cool boomers 😎
What an amazing interview with a beautiful and insightful human ♥️ Dr Poe is obviously highly intelligent and educated but has such a humble, calming presence. Great experience listening to this podcast, thank you ⚘️
I had a specific trauma in my past in which my 12 yr old choked and I couldn’t save her from dying. Several times a week when I’m falling into sleep, my heart begins to pound and I experience panic This recording has been so incredibly informative to what I’ve been experiencing
Because you fight with that thought just observe see feel that thought but without say it good or bad just see but don't try to escape that thought when we escape anything our mind always come back so answer is just observe without thoughts.
Andrew, please can we continue to number each podcast for citation purposes. The wealth of information and its effect in my personal life has been amazing and I love referencing your episodes in my writing. Thanks
No matter how long his podcasts are, I always listen to every detail. Having access to this educational information free of cost is amazing.
I love how sleep is literally THE foundation for everything. Bad sleep -> bad day. Good sleep -> good day
Thank you, Andrew! ❤
Our true heroes in history are scientists. They benefit mankind. Thank you both!!!
Dr. Huberman! You are a treasure! I have been watching/listening to you for a few months and have learned so much! I know that you don' expect it but I paid for a premium subscription for the year as a way to support your important work and to thank you!
Thank you for the kind words and support!
@@hubermanlab the people your helping the most probably don't even comment, I have been to several doctors and been on different medication and still not got a diagnosis for anything. Ive been watching you for around 6 months now and I'm slowly putting all the pieces together and feel better than I ever have about my metal health/well-being..Thankyou so much for sharing your knowledge in such a clear and factual way. Please carry on for along as possible because nobody else is doing it like this.
Thanks for this doing this podcast. If you have Dr. Poe return to the podcast I would love to hear from her about how persons (such as myself) who are suffering from PTSD can utilise sleep to overcome it or how to improve sleep while suffering PTSD. Thanks again, Dr. Huberman!
Start with guided meditations or even just background sounds of rain or waves- whatever you find relaxing. I started 4yrs ago with that as I was sleeping 3 to 4 hrs a night.....tell yourself that you are safe (if you are ofc)..you can retrain your brain.
I now play a rain sounds meditation and I'm asleep in less than 5 minutes and now avg 6 hours a night of sleep.
Knowledge is power. I am incredibly thankful for this power you give us in these podcasts Dr. Huberman 💛
I just love your podcasts and feel so fortunate to have found them. I love science and how our brains work. Thank you!
Just asking for clarification on the matter of regular sleep times and growth hormone release: Does going to sleep EARLIER than usual negatively impact this release in the same way, is it completely fine or something inbetween? Thanks for always putting the most valuable tools imaginable in our hands for free.
Absolutely one of the best guests you’ve had. An expert who could really hone in on the most clinically salient applications of an otherwise dense topic. Love to hear from women scientists, Dr. Huberman 👍👍
I think this is one of your very best pod casts. Thank you both!😊🙃
One of my favourite podcast! Dr Hubberman we are all waiting Dr. Gina Poe to comeback! Keep bringing us those informations. Thank you again sir.
Dr. Poe is equally informative, engaging, and calming! What an awesome candidate for NSDR narration
Came here to say the same!
I LOVE that Dr Poe stated that she is a Christian and uses prayer when yoga was mentioned! Many of us Christians do not practice yoga due to it being part of a religious practice from a non-Christian religion.
The quality of this YT channel is absolutely unparalleled. I've been using RUclips as the main source of information for many years but never has there been anything so high quality as this channel. It's impossible to express in words how much this has helped me and and everyone else.
I hope that this channel will be around for as long as possible to keep providing us with the tools to help us make the best decisions.
Thank you so much for all your incredibly enlightening podcasts, Dr. Huberman! I was so glad to see Dr. Poe as one of your guests. I especially appreciated her sharing about transcendental meditation and prayer as a way to help clear the mind.
Whose mondays better because of andrew hubermans podcast ?
You dont know how helpful this is for someone with extreme sleep issues and PTSD. GERD Anxiety but mostly during sleep in REM sleep I clench my jaw and wake up with a burning mouth and white mucus. I ve been trying emdr and psychedelics, lots of different stuff like fasting and probiotics, even fecal transplants. I improved a lot but lot to go. Learned a lot from this podcast!
I can’t wait to listen to the episode after I get home from work. Thank you Dr. Huberman & guest!
Fascinating. The Blue Spot & clearing the thumb drive. You can absorb it on a rather artistic level. Dr Poe is an amazing teacher.
I’d love to hear more about antidepressants seeing how common they are becoming with my generation. With the rise of anxiety and depression as well would we can do to lower the effects of these conditions and how maybe to substitute for the medication
the clarity of explanation Dr. Poe exhibits is just point on
Andrew, you are simply amazing. Monday’s are the new black because of you. Thank you 🙏🏻
Best Episode on sleep I have ever seen! Dr Poe is absolutely wonderful and incredibly gorgeous 😍
Sleep is the Foundation of HIgh-Performance and our overall well-being. Take this information into your everyday practice to enhance learning, Focus and state management!
Another fantastic Episode! 🎧
This is extremely insightful and now makes me want to hear about the correlation between sleep and spirituality. Because there are a number of people that have dreams and such events then happen in real life.
Anyway, this episode has nudged me to now hold my sleep more sacred and just value it.
Thank you Dr. Huberman and Dr. Joe. You guys rock!
Long live Huberman Lab!
I love how she brings in being a Christian and prayer as a way to calm down and sleep. I’m also a scientist and a Christian, and I suffer from insomnia. Prayer brings comfort and relaxation in a way that nothing else can.
I LOVED this interview, really beautiful work and fascinating work. I think I smiled more listening/watching this one than any other. Really delightful.
This was my favorite Huberman Labs podcast to date. So grateful to have availability to this resource.
Fascinating insights into how sleep impacts our memory and emotions. Thanks for this podcast!
I keep coming back to this particular practice when I’m off yoga for a bit and I want to gently get back in. Thank you so much for this gentle guidance 🙏
I love your videos Prof . I Hope someday you will dedicate an episode on subliminal messages, isochronic tones and binaural beats with your valued expertise on neuroscience.
This is probably the best podcast I’ve ever listened to on sleep. I hope she writes a book to expand on those topics especially on spindles on learning and memories
Recently discovered this channel and I’m absolutely hooked! Always such interesting topics! Thank you for helping and educating so many people. I love science 🤓
I am so grateful to all the scientists for their hard work. Dr. Andrew is right. We physicians implement into practice the results of their research.
New tools ,tecknics,new understanding,new mechanism of action,new pharmacy all this enormous armamentarium is given to us by these humble and talented scientists to help people.
Such a great episode! Thank you again! You guys came really close to it, but I would love to hear what Gina (and also Andrew) has to say about sleep paralysis.
Same!!
So many good vibes.
How can a discussion be that ridiculously awesome ? ! ?
Thank you for sharing, have a wonderful day.
Good morning class, this is so timely after my struggles with insomnia for so long
Thanks! Love your videos!
So much great information! I would love to hear your take on managing stress in the academic/learning environment - so many of my students are overwhelmed and stressed with the pressure they put on themselves, it seems to really impact their learning. It would be a fantastic resource to direct my students to (adult learner at the college/university level).
❤Thank you! 00:12:34 probably happens more often than not. Getting my sleep in order, with your guest and your educated guidance and caring, will enable me to rule out sleep, or lack of sleep, as a or the health problem instead of my kidneys, white blood cell count or my hemoglobin etc. count. I and probably many others wish we could travel to the experts like you!❤
Great podcast. Only issue I have is saying if someone sleeps a lot or “oversleeps” they could have cancer is a bit much. Shouldn’t scare people like that.
Would have been different if she listed a lot of things, and cancer just happened to be somewhere in the list. But her just blurting that out as the first thing is extremely irresponsible.
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I know what sleep is for.
I don't like to sleep but I know I need it.
Thanks to this discussion regarding sleep, I will try to get 7 hours of sleep.
Especially since I tend to forget more than I'd like to admit
Hi Dr. Huberman, the red pill you took for sleeping should be made of Spine Date Seed/Sour jujube seed/Suan Zao Ren, which is a seed from a type of small and sour date and people in China use it for sleep. It is herb based, all natural, and very effective. Hope it helps!
Where can this herb be obtained? I struggle with insomnia despite medication.
As a new Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner graduate these podcasts are so helpful to solidify concepts learned in school. It is a new way of “studying” for the Boards that I never envisioned but truly enjoy. The fact that Dr. Huberman is easy on the eyes is a BONUS. I love his nerdouts sooo much 😂 I they’re 🔥
Great stuff as always Andrew! Would love a full episode on sunlight, all of its pros to its cons, how it can power us and how it can kill us :)
As someone with a fair bit of lucid dreaming experience I can tell you that when I really focused on getting better at it there were times when I started remembering a dream moment as if it was a real memory and I'd have to correct myself. And I've wondered about whether my sleep is actually as restful as it should be, probably not. And I'm fairly sure it can be stressful too. But it can also be really satisfying. But more often than not there would be a longing to return to it. It's hard to balance reality and lucid dreaming when you really go far with this.
But on the upside I can also say that my ability to get have more control over nightmares will probably reduce stress.
What Gina says about her own nightmare experience is right on the money imo.
Also THE triggers for me to be able to lucid dream are quite unique and also a bit frustrating haha.
1. I notice I need to pee and I'm endlessly looking for a bathroom in the dream and some privacy to do it but I cannot find it, and this happens often so I recognize it.
2. I'm finally peeing in the dream but I notice that it's actually not relieving my urge to pee and I realize I'm dreaming because this has happened so many times now that I know I'm not really peeing.(Luckily I don't pee in bed when this happen, otherwise I'd actually notice the relief in the dream and wake up lol)
3. I'll have a super dry mouth in real life and I notice it in my dream and I'm looking for water to drink and if I am able to find it I will notice that it's actually not slaking my thirst at all, and this happened so many times that it has served as a trigger to realize I'm dreaming again.
The downside of these is that for 1. and 2. I basically can lucid dream for as long as I'm able to hold my pee lol.
Also the best way to train lucid dream imo is to snooze like every 10-20 minutes for hours, you'll be able to drop in and out of the same dreams quite often and simply continue them and be more lucid. Because this abuses those first moments of falling asleep where you can be more aware still. You can even sometimes decide what you want to dream about but this has been the hardest part for me.
Also there's something that I call the Dream Ai and there's like a prewritten story.
Basically what I mean by that is that the NPC's in my dream(other people/entities etc) tend to be pre-programmed by my subconscious and even with a lot of lucid dreaming experience I tend to be unable to change their programming. I'd basically be awake in a world that's already programmed to followed a certain story and the NPCs will just follow their programmed lines and don't have much room to change how they act. This also goes for the setting that I become lucid in, like if my dream was taking place in an airplane terminal or whatever then usually this is where I'm stuck.
I've only been able to completely change the setting I started in once or twice.