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Dr. Paul Conti, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist and an expert in how to improve mental health and increase your sense of agency and wellbeing. He is also an expert in trauma treatment. We discuss practical tools you can use to gain insight into your natural strengths and to make better life choices on your own behalf. We explore how these tools can help overcome low motivation, intrusive thoughts and self-destructive bad habits. We also discuss how to balance internal reflection and external action to ensure you move your life forward in the right directions.
Show notes: go.hubermanlab.com/ignr1Bk
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Timestamps
00:00:00 Paul Conti
00:02:51 Self View; Tool: What's Going Right?; State Dependence
00:10:03 Sponsors: Helix Sleep & BetterHelp
00:12:44 Tool: Compassionate Curiosity; Falseness; Social Media
00:21:00 Doing vs Thinking; Self-Reflection
00:29:55 External vs Internal Processing, Balance
00:40:42 Sponsor: AG1
00:42:26 Quiet vs Verbal; Questions to Learn About Self
00:53:17 Examined Life & Reflection; Changing Unwanted Behavior
01:02:54 Making Positive Changes, Problem Solving
01:07:26 Sponsor: Function
01:09:03 Behavior Pattern Insight & Reclaiming Agency
01:17:06 Agency & Control; Getting in Your Own Way
01:22:49 Trauma, Living Intentionally; Internal Turmoil
01:29:08 Intrusive Thoughts, Tool: Self Talk Awareness; Dreams
01:34:10 Sponsor: Rorra
01:35:23 Trauma & Emotions; Healing Childhood Trauma
01:43:32 Photographs, Positive Climate for the Mind; Spirituality, Good & Evil
01:52:53 Happiness & Expectations; Death, Living a Good Life
02:03:10 Book Writing; Acknowledgements
02:07:25 Zero-Cost Support, YouTube, Spotify & Apple Follow, Reviews & Feedback, Sponsors, Protocols Book, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter
#hubermanlab #mentalhealth
Disclaimer & Disclosures: hubermanlab.com/disclaimer
Dr. Paul Conti, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist and an expert in how to improve mental health and increase your sense of agency and wellbeing. He is also an expert in trauma treatment. We discuss practical tools you can use to gain insight into your natural strengths and to make better life choices on your own behalf. We explore how these tools can help overcome low motivation, intrusive thoughts and self-destructive bad habits. We also discuss how to balance internal reflection and external action to ensure you move your life forward in the right directions.
Show notes: go.hubermanlab.com/ignr1Bk
Thank you to our sponsors
AG1: drinkag1.com/huberman
Helix Sleep: helixsleep.com/huberman
BetterHelp: betterhelp.com/huberman
Function: functionhealth.com/huberman
Rorra: rorra.com/huberman
Huberman Lab
Instagram: instagram.com/hubermanlab
Threads: threads.net/@hubermanlab
X: https://x.com/hubermanlab
Facebook: facebook.com/hubermanlab
TikTok: tiktok.com/@hubermanlab
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/andrew-huberman
Website: hubermanlab.com
Newsletter: hubermanlab.com/newsletter
Dr. Paul Conti
Website: drpaulconti.com
Books: amzn.to/4tOULFf
Pacific Premier Group: pacificpremiergroup.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dr-paul-m-conti-845074216
Timestamps
00:00:00 Paul Conti
00:02:51 Self View; Tool: What's Going Right?; State Dependence
00:10:03 Sponsors: Helix Sleep & BetterHelp
00:12:44 Tool: Compassionate Curiosity; Falseness; Social Media
00:21:00 Doing vs Thinking; Self-Reflection
00:29:55 External vs Internal Processing, Balance
00:40:42 Sponsor: AG1
00:42:26 Quiet vs Verbal; Questions to Learn About Self
00:53:17 Examined Life & Reflection; Changing Unwanted Behavior
01:02:54 Making Positive Changes, Problem Solving
01:07:26 Sponsor: Function
01:09:03 Behavior Pattern Insight & Reclaiming Agency
01:17:06 Agency & Control; Getting in Your Own Way
01:22:49 Trauma, Living Intentionally; Internal Turmoil
01:29:08 Intrusive Thoughts, Tool: Self Talk Awareness; Dreams
01:34:10 Sponsor: Rorra
01:35:23 Trauma & Emotions; Healing Childhood Trauma
01:43:32 Photographs, Positive Climate for the Mind; Spirituality, Good & Evil
01:52:53 Happiness & Expectations; Death, Living a Good Life
02:03:10 Book Writing; Acknowledgements
02:07:25 Zero-Cost Support, YouTube, Spotify & Apple Follow, Reviews & Feedback, Sponsors, Protocols Book, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter
#hubermanlab #mentalhealth
Disclaimer & Disclosures: hubermanlab.com/disclaimer
