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Modern Wisdom

#671 - Dr Steve Peters - The Science Of Reducing Stress & Building Confidence

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.74.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2023

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Dr Steve Peters is a psychiatrist, sports psychology consultant, a professor and an author. Our brain is largely a black box. It's very important to how we experience life and yet we have very little insight into why it behaves the way it does. Steve has spent an entire career researching the strategies that empower the human mind to perform at its best and the secret to unlocking our full potential? Expect to learn how the Chimp Paradox can help you understand your brain, how to work with our negative emotions, how to manage anxiety, whether it’s possible to have an entirely stress-free life, what you can do to build your self esteem, why imposter syndrome exists, whether mental dysfunctions are actually on the rise, how to better deal with major setbacks in life and much more... Sponsors: Get $150/£150 discount on the Eight Sleep Pod Cover at https://eightsleep.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 15% discount on Craftd London’s jewellery at https://craftd.com/modernwisdom (use code MW15) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Extra Stuff: Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello friends, welcome back to the show.

0:03.0

My guest today is Dr. Steve Peters.

0:05.3

He's a psychiatrist, sports psychology consultant,

0:08.1

a professor, and an author.

0:10.7

Our brain is largely a black box.

0:13.1

It's very important to how we experience life,

0:15.9

and yet we have very little insight

0:18.0

into why it behaves the way it does.

0:20.1

Steve has spent an entire career researching the strategies

0:23.2

that empower the human mind to perform at its best

0:25.6

and the secrets to unlocking our full potential.

0:28.6

Expect to learn how the chimp paradox

0:30.6

can help you to understand your brain,

0:32.6

how to work with our negative emotions,

0:34.7

how to manage anxiety, whether it's possible

0:36.8

to have an entirely stress-free life,

0:38.8

what you can do to build yourself a steam,

0:41.0

why imposter syndrome exists,

0:42.8

whether mental dysfunctions are actually on the rise,

0:45.8

how to better deal with major setbacks in life,

0:49.1

and much more.

0:51.4

This Monday, we have seven-time Mr. Olympia Champion

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