Episode 601: Dr. Spiegel: The Science of Hypnosis: How to Rewire Your Brain and Break Bad Habits

About this episode

We all have habits we want to break, whether it's overthinking, procrastinating, emotional eating, or constantly stressing about things we can't control. But even when we know exactly what we need to change, our brains can make it incredibly difficult to follow through. So how much control do we actually have over our thoughts and behaviors? We dive deeper into this in Habits & Hustle with Dr. David Spiegel. We talk about the science of hypnosis, how it can help people break bad habits, manage anxiety, improve sleep, and even change how they experience pain. We also get into why some people are more hypnotizable than others, the connection between overthinking and self-sabotage, and what happened when Dr. Spiegel actually tried to hypnotize me. Dr. Spiegel is a Stanford psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and one of the world's leading experts on clinical hypnosis. He's published more than 400 scientific papers and spent decades researching how the brain influences our physical and emotional responses. He explains what actually happens in the brain during hypnosis, why our thoughts can keep us stuck in old patterns, and how techniques like self-hypnosis and breathwork can help us bet