GUEST SERIES | Dr. Paul Conti: Tools and Protocols for Mental Health

Huberman Lab

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Science, Health & Fitness, Life Sciences

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🗓️ 27 September 2023

⏱️ 161 minutes

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Summary

This is episode 4 of a 4-part special series on mental health with Stanford and Harvard-trained psychiatrist Dr. Paul Conti, M.D. Dr. Conti explains what true self-care is and how our mental health benefits from specific self-care and introspection practices — much in the same way that our physical health benefits from certain exercise and nutrition habits. He describes how the foundation of mental health is an understanding of one’s own mind and the specific questions to ask in order to explore the conscious and unconscious parts of ourselves. He describes how this process can be done either on our own, through journaling, meditation and structured thought, or in therapy with the help of a licensed professional. He also explains how unprocessed trauma can short-circuit the process and how to prevent that, and the role of friendships and other relational support systems in the journey of self-exploration for mental health. People of all ages and those with and without self-introspection and therapy experience ought to benefit from the information in this episode. For show notes and additional resources, please visit hubermanlab.com. Thank you to our sponsors AG1: https://drinkag1.com/huberman BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/huberman Waking Up: https://wakingup.com/huberman Momentous: https://livemomentous.com/huberman Timestamps (00:00:00) Self Care (00:02:37) Sponsors: BetterHelp & Waking Up (00:05:34) What is Self-Care?, Foundation, Self-Understanding (00:13:18) Life Narratives (00:15:24) Journaling, Self-Inquiry & Therapy (00:24:41) Unconscious Mind, Salience & Journaling; Panic Attacks (00:28:20) Self-Inquiry; Grief & Death (00:33:23) Sponsor: AG1 (00:34:39) Self-Harm, Hopelessness & Therapy (00:37:27) Apprehension of Unconscious Mind Exploration (00:42:34) Mental Health Map: Cupboards, Agency & Gratitude, Generative Drive (00:54:18) Structure of Self, Unconscious Mind, Abscess Analogy (01:01:57) Exploring the Unconscious Mind, Curiosity, “Question the Givens” (01:10:48) Conscious Mind Exploration; Self Curiosity, Busyness (01:19:20) Exploring Defense Mechanisms, Character Structure (01:24:54) Self & Character Structure, “Tending the Garden” (01:32:45) Function of Self Cupboards (01:35:50) Self-Awareness Exploration, Mirror Meditation (01:38:34) Defense Mechanisms in Action & Self-Inquiry, Patterns (01:47:15) Salience Exploration, Grounding Meditation (01:52:37) Behavior & Self-Reflection; Phantom Driver Analogy (02:00:14) Self & Strivings; Empowerment & Humility (02:09:07) Challenges in Certain Life Domains (02:17:49) Friendships & Support, Social Media (02:23:50) Anger & Self-Care (02:34:18) Self-Care & Challenges (02:38:43) Zero-Cost Support, YouTube Feedback, Spotify & Apple Reviews, Sponsors, Social Media, Momentous, Neural Network Newsletter Title Card Photo Credit: Mike Blabac Disclaimer

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Huberman Lab guest series where I and an expert guest discuss science and science-based tools for everyday life.
0:08.0	I'm Andrew Huberman and I'm a professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine. of Today's episode deals with the topic of self-care. We hear the phrase self-care a lot nowadays,
0:26.2	but rarely if ever is self-care precisely defined. For instance, is self-care about
0:32.0	pampering oneself,
0:33.1	is it about self-acceptance,
0:35.0	is self-care about just making sure
0:37.1	we get enough sleep and enough exercise
0:39.1	and have healthy relationships?
0:40.7	Well, it turns out that yes, indeed, adequate self-care is about all of those things but true
0:45.4	self-care the topic of today's episode is about far more as it relates to our mental health.
0:50.8	True self-care is also about constructing a life narrative in which we frame
0:54.4	our past, our present, and future in a way that allows us to see what's gone
0:59.0	wrong, what's gone right, and the best path to navigate forward.
1:03.4	So in many ways, true self-care
1:05.3	is really about fostering a sense of self-awareness
1:08.2	and doing so within the context of a framework
1:11.1	that is known to work. And today today Dr. Paul Conte shares with us
1:14.8	exactly how to do that. He also touches on some of the things that if not properly
1:19.5	understood and processed can inhibit our ability to take excellent care of ourselves
1:24.4	including how to properly process traumatic experiences something that he is
1:28.6	expert in among many other topics as well. He also touches on some of the things that can potentially
1:33.6	serve as barriers to excellent self-care, including traumatic experiences and
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