Turning a Downward Spiral Into an Upward Spiral (Alex Korb, PhD)

Like Mind, Like Body

Curable Inc.

Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Neuroscientist, writer, consultant, and coach Dr. Alex Korb. Dr. Korb has studied the brain for over 15 years. The more closely he studies conditions like depression, anxiety, chronic pain, and addiction, the more he realizes that they’re not so separate from one another. Join us as Dr. Korb explains how the brain gets stuck in downward spirals and how we can play a role in turning them upside down. Advisory: This episode contains a brief story about suicide. If you are not in a position to listen to this story, please skip minutes 8-11 of the episode.

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0:00.0	This is like mind mind, like body, a podcast about the surprising ways our thoughts and feelings impact our physical health. I'm your host, Laura Sego, and on each
0:24.1	episode I will speak with researchers, physicians, and ordinary people who have incredible
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1:02.8	And it just so happens that a new boot camp is launching next week on Black Friday,
1:08.3	November 29th.
1:10.0	This boot camp is called Breaking the Cycle of Depression
1:14.2	and Pain. It's an online, self-guided, six-week boot camp that provides you with mini
1:21.2	neuroscience workshops, recorded video messages from Dr. Howard Schubner, who is one of the top
1:27.2	experts in depression and chronic pain,
1:29.8	a printable workbook, and much, much more. So keep an eye out for that. It will be launching at a 50%
1:37.6	discount this Black Friday, November 29th. Today's episode marks the beginning of a brand new season of like mind, like body, and we have
1:48.2	some fascinating guests lined up for you all.
1:51.7	One of the things we will be focusing on this season is the topic of mental health and chronic
1:57.1	pain, and today's episode will get us going in that direction. My guest today is
2:03.2	renowned neuroscientist, writer, consultant, and coach Dr. Alex Corb. Dr. Corb has studied the brain
2:11.1	for over 15 years and has published over a dozen peer-reviewed journal articles on depression,
2:20.3	neuromodulation, and other topics. He is also the author of The Upward Spiral, Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time.
2:29.3	Today, he will be joining us to discuss the overlap between depression and chronic pain in the brain and give some simple strategies for things you can do right now to break that downward spiral.
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