The Chemistry of Connection

the goop podcast

Gwyneth Paltrow

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

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🗓️ 14 July 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

“If you get to some of the fundamental issues that are causing the unrest, you don’t need these Band-Aids,” says Julie Holland, a psychiatrist who specializes in psychopharmacology. Holland is the author of Weekends at Bellevue, Moody Bitches, and most recently, Good Chemistry. Today, she’s explaining the science of connection—with self, with partners, with family, with the cosmos. Holland has researched and studied what good chemistry looks like in the body and how someone can develop it using tools beyond prescription medications. She shares techniques and practices that support the production of oxytocin (a neurotransmitter and hormone that’s key for connection) and allow us to operate from the parasympathetic state, which is conducive to healing and connecting. And she breaks down profound lessons from psychedelic experiences and research that can inform and potentially revolutionize the way we relate to one another. (For more, see The goop Podcast hub.) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Don't hold anything too tightly. Just wish for it, want it, let it come from the
0:10.6	intention of real truth for you, and then let it go. For me our soul is like it's
0:16.8	unbound, it's limitless, but we will use words to limit ourselves. When people
0:23.2	stop believing that somebody's got your back or Superman's coming we turn to
0:28.9	ourselves and that's where you become empowered. Courageous participation attracts
0:35.3	positive things. I'm Gwyneth Paltrow. This is the Goop podcast, bringing together
0:42.0	thought leaders, culture changers, creatives, founders and CEOs, scientists,
0:47.6	doctors, healers and seekers, here to start conversations because simply asking
0:53.1	questions and listening has the power to change the way we see the world.
0:57.6	Today is no exception. I'll let Elise fill you in on her extraordinary guest.
1:03.5	All right, over to Elise.
1:06.8	Julie Holland is a psychiatrist who specializes in psychopharmacology with a practice in New York City.
1:12.9	She's the author of an incredible book called Moody Bitches and also a new book called Good
1:17.6	Chemistry, which I just read and loved. Today we're talking about the science of connection and how
1:23.2	today's world constantly puts us in fight or flight mode, which has a negative effect on everything
1:28.9	from our sleep to our metabolism to our libido, rinse and repeat. Julie shares a few tools to help
1:34.8	us get back into the parasympathetic mode, like left nostril breathing and a method called
1:39.9	havening, which is also critical for people who don't have anyone to touch during COVID.
1:45.1	We talk about the impact of childhood trauma has on us individually and we also talk about how the
1:50.4	United States in particular is dealing with its own trauma from its past and its impact on the
1:56.5	rest of the world. We also talked about the spiritual components of connection and how they intersect
2:01.5	with science. We talk about cannabis, MDMA assisted psychotherapy and the role that psychedelics play
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