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The Science Of Reducing Stress & Building Confidence - Dr Steve Peters - #671

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.65.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2023

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Dr Steve Peters is a psychiatrist, sports psychology consultant, a professor and an author. Our brain is largely a black box. It's very important to how we experience life and yet we have very little insight into why it behaves the way it does. Steve has spent an entire career researching the strategies that empower the human mind to perform at its best and the secret to unlocking our full potential? Expect to learn how the Chimp Paradox can help you understand your brain, how to work with our negative emotions, how to manage anxiety, whether it’s possible to have an entirely stress-free life, what you can do to build your self esteem, why imposter syndrome exists, whether mental dysfunctions are actually on the rise, how to better deal with major setbacks in life and much more... Timestamps: (00:00) The Basics of the Chimp Paradox (06:22) Why Instinctive Reactions Are Evolutionary (09:48) Can Anyone Develop their Emotional Skills? (13:50) How to Start Understanding Our Emotions (16:50) The Link Between Emotional Control & Self-Esteem (23:21) What is a Ghost Emotion? (26:12) How to Stabilise Your Mind in the Heat of the Moment (30:50) Defining Our Values, Beliefs & Drives (36:35) What We Misunderstand About Our Values (45:13) Tensions Between Peace of Mind & Happiness (48:12) What Steve Has Learned from the NHS About Burnout (58:11) The Truth About Mental Robustness & Resilience (1:02:58) Steve’s Philosophical Underpinnings (1:13:14) Where to Find Steve Extra Stuff: Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello friends, welcome back to the show.

0:03.0

My guest today is Dr. Steve Peters.

0:05.3

He's a psychiatrist, sports psychology consultant,

0:08.1

a professor, and an author.

0:10.7

Our brain is largely a black box.

0:13.1

It's very important to how we experience life,

0:15.9

and yet we have very little insight

0:18.0

into why it behaves the way it does.

0:20.1

Steve has spent an entire career researching the strategies

0:23.2

that empower the human mind to perform at its best

0:25.6

and the secrets to unlocking our full potential.

0:28.6

Expect to learn how the chimp paradox

0:30.6

can help you to understand your brain,

0:32.6

how to work with our negative emotions,

0:34.7

how to manage anxiety, whether it's possible

0:36.8

to have an entirely stress-free life,

0:38.8

what you can do to build yourself a steam,

0:41.0

why imposter syndrome exists,

0:42.8

whether mental dysfunctions are actually on the rise,

0:45.8

how to better deal with major setbacks in life,

0:49.1

and much more.

0:51.4

This Monday, we have seven-time Mr. Olympia Champion

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