How to Biohack the Brain to Remove Emotional Triggers | Dave Asprey - EP 739
Passion Struck with John R. Miles
John R. Miles
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🗓️ 10 March 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
- The Biological Basis of Triggers: Why your emotional reactions are often a sign of mitochondrial dysfunction rather than a lack of willpower.
- The Reset Process: Dave’s step-by-step framework for tracing an emotional sensation to its origin and "reprogramming" the response.
- Forgiveness as a Biohack: How releasing past grievances serves as a "control-alt-delete" for your nervous system, freeing up energy for your future.
- The Mattering Narrative: Why the belief "I don't matter" is a biological glitch installed before your prefrontal cortex was formed, and how to rewrite it.
- Neurofeedback and Brain States: The role of technology in accessing alpha and theta states to accelerate psychological healing and cognitive performance.
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up next on PassionStruck. |
| 0:02.1 | There are 40-something core traumas that people can tune into at some point in another. |
| 0:08.0 | And one of them is, I don't matter. |
| 0:09.6 | I'm not lovable. |
| 0:10.7 | No one loves me. |
| 0:11.8 | I'm all alone. |
| 0:12.7 | There's this long list of things that are all nuanced. |
| 0:16.5 | And any of those beliefs is not actually true, but it feels true if you're stuck in that. And most of the programming comes long before you're an adult, before you even had a prefrontal cortex to judge it. So since it was already there before your prefrontal cortex formed, you're going to believe it to be true until it's questioned. And it'll create suffering in your life. This is just part of growing up. |
| 0:38.8 | Welcome to Passionstruck. I'm your host, John Miles. |
| 0:42.0 | This is the show where we explore the art of human flourishing and what it truly means to live |
| 0:47.5 | like it matters. Each week, I sit down with change makers, creators, scientists, and everyday |
| 0:52.8 | heroes to decode the human experience |
| 0:55.3 | and uncover the tools that help us lead with meaning, heal what hurts, and pursue the fullest |
| 1:00.9 | expression of who we're capable of becoming. Whether you're designing your future, |
| 1:05.3 | developing as a leader, or seeking deeper alignment in your life, this show is your |
| 1:10.2 | invitation to grow with purpose |
| 1:11.7 | and act with intention. Because the secret to a life of deep purpose, connection, and impact |
| 1:17.3 | is choosing to live like you matter. |
| 1:26.4 | Hey friends and welcome back to episode 739 of Passionstruck. For the past few episodes, we've been |
| 1:32.9 | exploring a theme that sits at the center of this series. Life Beyond the Script. What happens |
| 1:38.8 | when the version of life you've been living, the identity, the role, the path you thought you were supposed to follow |
| 1:45.7 | stops fitting. Last week in my conversation with Joan London, we explored what it means to |
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