Dr. David Spiegel: The Meaning Of Hypnosis And How It Helps Heal Our Traumas | EP 448

Align Podcast

Aaron Alexander

Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition

4.8 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2023

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode of The Align Podcast, David Spiegel and I talk all things hypnosis. From the positive effects it can have on our physiology to the dark sides of the practice. We also discuss the relationship between our minds and bodies and whether we’re able to restructure our perception of pain and stress through thought. David tells us about the power of breathing for our brain activity and how it can act as a self-soothing practice. We also get into the meaning of trauma, how to overcome it and whether hypnosis can play a part in healing from it.

Dr. David Spiegel is Associate Chair of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Director of the Center on Stress and Health, and Medical Director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, where he has been a member of the academic faculty since 1975, and was Chair of the Stanford University Faculty Senate from 2010-2011. Dr. Spiegel has more than 40 years of clinical and research experience studying psycho-oncology, stress and health, pain control, sleep, hypnosis, and conducting randomized clinical trials involving psychotherapy for cancer patients. He has published thirteen books, over 400 scientific journal articles, and hundreds of book chapters on hypnosis, psychosocial oncology, stress physiology, trauma, and psychotherapy. His research has been supported by the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute on Aging, the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Fetzer Institute, the Dana Foundation for Brain Sciences, and the Nathan S. Cummings Foundation. He is Past President of the American College of Psychiatrists and the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis and is a Member of the National Academy of Medicine. He was invited to speak on hypnosis at the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2018.

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0:00.0	Welcome out to the line podcast. My name is Aaron Alexander and this is a place that we bring together
0:07.2	the world's leading experts in all things health and wellness to help you optimize your mind,
0:11.1	body and movement. Today's conversation is all about the intrinsic of hypnosis.
0:17.2	Today's guest is by far and away
0:19.6	the world's leading preeminent expert on all things hypnosis as well as psychiatry I would say Dr
0:24.7	David Spiegel is an American psychiatrist and the Wilson professor and associate chair
0:29.6	of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine.
0:33.0	He's also authored over 480 journal articles,
0:36.0	170 book chapters on hypnosis,
0:39.0	psychosocial oncology, stress,
0:41.0	or physiology, trauma, and psychotherapy. He has also published 13 books.
0:47.5	This conversation, we go into some places that he hasn't gone in other interviews.
0:51.9	I did that intentionally because I've
0:53.7	listened to all his interviews and I wanted to go outside of the typical here. So we talked
0:58.8	a lot about the mind in relation to the body in particular. We got into some research around
1:04.0	psychedelics and some of the different brain states comparing mindfulness
1:09.5	practices, the psychedelic experience as well as the hypnotic experience.
1:14.2	So y'all are in for a doozy on this one.
1:16.6	Thank you for subscribing so you get each week's episodes.
1:19.1	If you want to watch the video,
1:20.1	you can jump over to Spotify and see it there we appreciate the reviews on all channels and also we post two instructional videos on how to move better on the Aline Podcast YouTube page.
1:32.5	So check us out over there.
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