Dr. David Spiegel on the Huberman Lab Podcast: Using Hypnosis to Enhance Health & Performance
Watch this transformative interview between Andrew Huberman and Associate Chair of Psychiatry at Stanford School of Medicine and Reveri Founder, Dr. David Spiegel.
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"We underestimate our ability to regulate and change responses—to be cognitively, emotionally, and somatically flexible."
— Dr. David Spiegel on the Huberman Lab Podcast
Episode Highlights
In this episode of the Huberman Lab Podcast, Dr. David Spiegel, a world-leading expert on hypnosis, explores how this powerful tool can reshape the mind and body.
- Watch Dr. Spiegel explain how hypnosis changes brain function and why it’s a science-backed way to enhance focus, reduce pain, and improve mental health.
- Learn how hypnosis compares to meditation, psychedelic therapy, and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)—and why it can work faster than traditional talk therapy.
- Discover the Spiegel Eye-Roll Test, a simple way to measure your hypnotizability, and how this trait affects your ability to tap into altered states of consciousness.
- Find out how self-hypnosis can improve sleep, lower stress, and help rewire negative thought patterns—no special training required.
Show Notes
- 00:00:00 Dr. David Spiegel MD, Hypnosis
- 00:09:09 Clinical Hypnosis
- 00:16:45 Stage Hypnosis
- 00:20:25 Neurobiology of Hypnosis
- 00:26:04 ADHD
- 00:28:22 Hypnosis for Stress & Sleep
- 00:32:12 Hypnosis to Strengthen Neural Connections
- 00:37:19 Restructuring Trauma Narratives
- 00:45:14 Ketamine Therapy
- 00:50:07 Self-directed Hypnosis, Reveri
- 00:56:53 Eliminating Obsessive Thoughts, Superstitions
- 01:01:50 ‘Hypnotizability’, the Spiegel Eye-roll Test
- 01:15:36 EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing)
- 01:21:43 Confronting Stress & Trauma
- 01:27:56 The Mind-Body Connection
- 01:31:35 Dealing with Grief
- 01:35:45 Hypnosis in Children & Groups
- 01:40:06 Drug Therapies & Hypnosis
- 01:42:39 Breathing Patterns, Peak Performance