{"id":614,"date":"2025-12-05T08:01:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T08:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/optimalfitness-health.com\/?p=614"},"modified":"2025-12-05T08:01:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T08:01:03","slug":"essentials-using-hypnosis-to-enhance-mental-physical-health-performance-dr-david-spiegel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/optimalfitness-health.com\/?p=614","title":{"rendered":"Essentials: Using Hypnosis to Enhance Mental &amp; Physical Health &amp; Performance | Dr. David Spiegel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SOo4yNoaAoc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, my guest is Dr. David Spiegel, MD, the Associate Chair of Psychiatry &amp; Behavioral Sciences, Director of the Center on Stress and Health, and Director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>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 &#8220;hypnotizability.&#8221; We also outline practical ways to access these tools, from working with a trained clinician to using structured self-hypnosis protocols.<\/p>\n<p>Show notes: https:\/\/go.hubermanlab.com\/KsO42nz<\/p>\n<p>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: https:\/\/youtu.be\/PctD-ki8dCc<\/p>\n<p>Watch more Huberman Lab Essentials episodes: https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLPNW_gerXa4OGNy1yE-W9IX-tPu-tJa7S<\/p>\n<p>*Timestamps*<br \/>\n00:00:00 David Spiegel<br \/>\n00:00:20 What is Hypnosis?; Clinical vs Stage Hypnosis<br \/>\n00:02:33 Brain &amp; Hypnosis, Cognitive Flexibility<br \/>\n00:06:14 ADHD, Self-Hypnosis &amp; Focus<br \/>\n00:07:16 Stress Reduction, Mind-Brain Connection; Improve Sleep, Phobias<br \/>\n00:10:35 Narrative &amp; Hypnosis, Mental State Change; Reframing Trauma<br \/>\n00:16:44 Naming Importance; Clinical Hypnotist, Durability of Hypnosis, Reveri App<br \/>\n00:19:17 Obsessive Thoughts, OCD, Hypnosis<br \/>\n00:20:35 Hypnotizability, Spiegel Eye Roll Test, Eye-Brain Connection<br \/>\n00:23:51 Trauma Recovery, Deliberate Self-Exposure to Pain or Trauma, Control<br \/>\n00:25:57 Mind-Body Connection, Control; Reframing Pain, Tool: Opportunity for Action<br \/>\n00:28:42 Children &amp; 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