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The James Altucher Show

How to Optimize Your Brain | Dr. Andrew Huberman

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Part of enjoying life is taking care of your brain. So I wanted to invite Dr. Andrew Huberman (one of the world's leading neuroscientists) back on to tell us how to create happy chemicals in our brains (naturally) and feel good more often.Here's a list of what we talked about:How to optimize your brain to be as happy as possible, as energetic as possible, and as smart as possibleHow to create more happy chemicalsHuman evolution and why our brain functions the way it doesThe purpose of serotonin, dopamine, and oxytocin, and how to create each of these dailyWhy gratitude helps us slow down and connectDifferent mental health drugs and supplementsThe power of sunlightCocaineHow to train your brain to focusWhat causes good sleepPubertyBooks we recommendHow to shake off the residue of the dayNootropicsand more!And if you want to learn more from Dr. Andrew Huberman, check out his Instagram account, @hubermanlab, which brings you new information directly from Stanford Medical School's Huberman Lab.https://www.instagram.com/hubermanlab/?hl=en------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book Skip the Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe  to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on Social Media:YouTubeTwitterFacebook ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

This is one of the most useful podcasts that I've ever done.

0:09.6

It's with Andrew Huberman, the neuroscientist.

0:13.0

We did this a while ago, but it 100% still applies now, which is basically all about the

0:19.3

neurochemicals in your brain and how to maximize them during the different times of day.

0:25.1

You have an optimal brain day from everything from performance, intelligence, pleasure,

0:33.2

sleep, relaxation, all the things you need to know for brain health with the chemicals in your brain.

0:42.7

This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

0:47.7

This is the James Altiger show.

1:00.0

So once again, Professor Andrew Huberman, Professor of Neuroscience at Stanford, we had

1:05.7

him on to talk about specific neuroscience, neurobiological ways of dealing with anxiety,

1:13.7

stress, the brain during this lockdown and quarantine.

1:18.8

But I got so curious about what are all the neurochemicals.

1:23.4

Like you keep hearing about dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin and their relationship to cortisol

1:28.2

and other stress chemicals.

1:30.3

How can I, I selfishly asked Andrew back on because I want to optimize in almost like

1:37.4

a superhero kind of fashion.

1:38.9

I want to optimize my brain to be as happy as possible as energetic as possible, as smart

1:45.2

as possible.

1:46.2

And so I want to know what practices I could put in place to basically boost my happy

1:51.2

chemicals if such a thing is possible.

1:53.6

So Professor Andrew Huberman, welcome back.

1:57.2

Thanks for having me.

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