EP 217: Dr. David Spiegel
May 6, 2024
Dr. David Spiegel is a Stanford psychiatrist and one of the world’s most respected experts in the field of hypnosis. We talked about how our minds can make our bodies feel better, how hypnosis has helped his clients, why hypnosis is a good fit for climbers, breathing exercises for relaxation or focus, his new Reveri App, and much more. Dr. Spiegel does a self-hypnosis session with Steven to relieve stress and anxiety and you can follow along!
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Nuggets:
00:00:00 – Intro
00:02:46 – Dr. Spiegel’s background
00:08:51 – My experience with Reveri
00:10:45 – Trying out being different
00:14:47 – Compassion for your body
00:16:35 – The stage hypnosis hustle
00:18:58 – Hypnotizability
00:23:51 – Cognitive flexibility
00:25:36 – The long-term effects of self-hypnosis
00:30:21 – Hypnosis is gaining control
00:36:31 – Is hypnotizability learnable?
00:45:20 – Climbing styles and hypnotizability
00:46:48 – Hypnotizability Test
00:57:55 – Discussing my results
01:00:10 – Anxiety
01:01:48 – Novelty, memory, and visualization
01:07:30 – More about hypnotizability
01:13:52 – Hypnosis as a tool
01:17:03 – Relieve Stress Hypnosis Session
01:31:49 – Debrief of our session
01:34:25 – Explaining the ritual
01:38:45 – The Reveri App
01:42:15 – How climbers should use the app
01:47:14 – Breathing exercises
01:54:19 – Putting it all together
01:56:31 – Final thoughts