Dr. David Spiegel On Mind-Body 'Tranceformation' Through Hypnosis

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Rich Roll

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 17 October 2022

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Summary

This is a conversation about the science, neurobiology and use cases for clinical hypnosis with the world’s leading researcher and clinician in the field, Dr. David Spiegel. Dr. Spiegel is the associate chair of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine, the director of the Stanford Center on Stress and Health, and has published over 480 journal articles, 170 book chapters, and a whopping 13 books on the subject of hypnosis and related topics. Hypnosis is unfortunately a loaded term, one I admittedly met with skepticism. But as you’ll soon discover, clinical hypnosis, as opposed to ‘stage’ hypnosis, is a genuine and efficacious therapeutic protocol that induces a unique brain state—one that can be leveraged to improve everything from sleep states to high performance. It can be a powerful tool against addiction. And hypnosis has proven efficacious in the alleviation of trauma-related symptoms such as anxiety, chronic pain, and more. In this episode, Dr. Spiegel explains hypnosis, distinguishes the ‘stage’ variety from the clinical definition, and dispels the many myths associated with the field. We discuss the many aforementioned efficacious use cases for hypnosis, and a process Dr. Spiegel calls 'tranceformation'. Finally, we cover helpful tools for self-hypnosis, a simple test to gauge your own receptivity to hypnosis, and many other topics. Watch: YouTube. Read: Show notes. Today's Sponsors: Athletic Greens: athleticgreens.com/richroll Levels: levels.link/RICHROLL Calm: calm.com/richroll. LMNT: drinkLMNT.com/RICHROLL For a special discount on the Reveri mobile app (iOs & Android), visit reveri.com/richroll where you will be entitled to purchase a yearly or lifetime membership at a reduced price. I receive no benefit or remuneration from this offer. Please enjoy what I think you will find to be a truly fascinating, potentially life-altering conversation. Peace + Plants, Rich

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0:00.0	The brain can really control what's going on in the body even in rather extreme circumstances.
0:07.0	The major evolutionary advantage we have as humans is this big brain on the top of our bodies.
0:11.9	It's connected to every organ in the body, but it doesn't come with a user's manual
0:15.8	and so we don't take full advantage of what it can do.
0:19.8	And we underestimate, we tend to think that the real treatments in medicine are ingestion,
0:24.8	injection or incision.
0:27.0	The body is like a broken car, you just replace the part and everything will be fine.
0:30.8	And otherwise you're not really doing anything, you're just talking to the person.
0:34.5	People worry, hypnosis means losing control.
0:37.2	It doesn't.
0:38.2	It means enhancing control of your brain and of your experience.
0:41.7	So part of what gives truth to what they're experiencing is they're feeling in control
0:46.6	when they're doing it.
0:48.1	And they're saying, you know, I know what I could control, I have to face what I couldn't
0:52.3	control.
0:53.3	Frankly, that's the only way we humans are going to survive.
0:55.6	We have to face our own vulnerabilities.
0:58.0	Having the strength and ability to face it, strengthens you what doesn't weaken you.
1:13.0	The Rich Roll Podcast.
1:16.4	Today we're going to talk about hypnosis, the science and neurobiology of what today's
1:21.9	guest calls transformation, trans with a CE.
1:27.3	And the many efficacious use cases for it.
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