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• Professor of Neurobiology & Ophthalmology @stanford.med @stanford • Neuroscience Research & Education • Host of the Huberman Lab podcast
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What’s the one habit you struggle most to stay consistent with?
In today’s episode, we sit down with Andrew Huberman, professor & neuroscientist at Stanford and host of @hubermanlab, to unpack the science behind building a mind that performs under pressure and never collapses when it matters most.
Here’s what we discussed:
-Building a Stronger Mind: The daily habits that can help you become mentally resilient over the long term.
-Engineering Your Morning: How your morning routine, cortisol rhythm, and light exposure influence energy and focus.
-Mastering Pressure & Anxiety: Why we freeze under pressure and how to train yourself to take action anyway.
-The Long Game of Success: A three-phase approach to building consistency, discipline, and lasting success.
-What Makes Winners Different: Why successful people experience the same setbacks and despair but respond differently.
Catch the full episode here:
YouTube Channel: Raj Shamani
Spotify Channel: Raj Shamani Figuring Out
Until then, keep figuring out! 🚀
#rajshamani #figuringout
867.6K likes · 11.5K comments · 01 Sep 2026
THE AGITATION FROM ERRORS THAT ACCOMPANIES YOUR GENUINE ATTEMPTS TO DO SOMETHING NEW ARE WHAT TRIGGER NEUROPLASTICITY & LEARNING •
Excerpt from @joerogan @joeroganexperience podcast out now @spotifypodcasts where we discussed how (and why, at a biological level) doing hard things makes doing other hard things feel easier, let’s you access more appreciation and leads to a sense of peace.
We also discussed how some degree of frustration from making errors while trying to learn is a *necessary* component of stable learning.
Most people back away from that agitation. But it literally reflects the release of neuromodulators that tell your brain connections to change.
Understanding this fact can help you learn anything faster. Recognize what the agitation is and that, in the context of learning, it’s a good thing. You don’t want to be overly stressed, but you need to be agitated and focused on the task at hand. And making errors through genuine attempts.
Forget learning in a flow state. There is no learning in flow and there is no flow in learning. Flow is the expression of what you already can do.
Our discussion also covered mental health from different perspectives, why it took me eight years and four complete rewrites before finally releasing my book Protocols, and much more.
Thank you, Joe for hosting me and for your questions and the discussion, and for your support all these years.
Also, thank you @jamievernon and team for all you do to make the JRE what it is. Much gratitude.
You can find the podcast @spotifypodcasts @spotify as well as other places podcast are found.
Thank you for your interest in science!
75.6K likes · 710 comments · 15 Sep 2026
@hubermanlab shares a sleep trick with Jimmy! #FallonTonight
565.9K likes · 2,769 comments · 15 Sep 2026
LEVERAGING PARALLEL PATHWAYS, EXERCISE & COLD TO FOCUS & LEARN BETTER •
Moderate to intense exercise increases your levels of alertness and thereby your ability to focus. That focus increases your opportunity to learn new information and skills.
**But exercise itself does not make you smarter per se** You still have to engage in the active process of learning and self directed neuroplasticity.
I cover the details of that and the underlying science in chapter 6 of my book Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body
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Deliberate cold exposure increases peripheral adrenaline and dopamine and central (meaning within the brain) norepinephrine — and emerging evidence suggests it also increases dopamine within the mesolimbic brain reward pathways.
Together these three molecules: dopamine, norepinephrine, and adrenaline, are referred to as the catecholamines.
Understanding how they work in parallel in the body and brain, and how to stimulate their release in the body and brain can be very useful for health, focus, learning, and much more.
It also explains a lot such as why you actually “get” energy from exercise.
All of this and more also covered in Protocols Ch 3: on stress control, and raising your stress threshold.
PS: The response to the book has been wonderful. Thank you ever so much to all who have read or listened to the book and shared some of what you’ve learned with others!
More important than any protocol are the principles and the mechanisms behind them. Stay curious about scientific mechanisms and principles and you’ll be able to best navigate the health landscape now and forward.
And as always, thank you for your interest in science!
#neuroscience #science #ciencia #neurociencia #protocolsbook
05 Nov 2026
Andrew Huberman on the best advice he ever got: figure out the most real work you can do every day, consistently, and find a way to reset every week.
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04 Nov 2026
Stop overthinking your recovery.
@les7spellman has coached and tracked recovery in hundreds of athletes who have access to the most expensive recovery tools. What keeps showing up isn't glamorous: sleep a lot, eat pretty well, hydrate, do some low-level work, get sunlight early.
The two biggest levers he names to support recovery are early sunlight and consistent bedtimes. The second one is hard. In professional sport you have travel, practice and late starts that put an athlete's schedule all over the place. This is why having a plan B is important. Les and his team circle the late games and the long flights in advance and build the game plan to optimize recovery in unfavorable conditions:
- Eye mask on the plane
- Earbuds in with no music to block out the noise
- Magnesium timed right
- Get to sleep
What surprised Les was how deeply the players bought in. As one of them put it, in college he was doing the light bed every week, and he feels better now than he did then.
If a consistent bedtime can out-recover a six-figure machine, you probably don't have a tools problem.
Full episode with Les Spellman on building speed and agility is on my YouTube channel.
04 Nov 2026
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Access the Sublime & Live Your Best Life with Robert Greene
I’ve long been a fan of Robert Greene’s books, and indeed have recommended Mastery any time someone asks me for a positively life-changing book suggestion.
Recently, I sat down with him on the Huberman Lab podcast to discuss his latest book: Law of the Sublime. It’s absolutely incredible. And the discussion we had on the podcast is absolutely one of my favorite of all time.
Robert Greene is an expert on human nature, individual expression and personal growth. On the podcast and in his new book he explains the sublime— what it is and how to access it: in relationships, work, through observation, expression and more.
What emerges is a larger conversation about human consciousness, perception and ensuring your life is lived and experienced to the fullest.
Thank you @robertgreeneofficial for the incredible works you’ve put into the world and for being a guest on the podcast once again. It was an honor and a pleasure!
Thanks for Robert, this is a podcast you won’t want to miss!
Comment SUBLIME & I’ll DM you a link to the episode.
And as always, thank you for your interest in science!
02 Nov 2026
BOOKS, PODCASTS, COLLEAGUES & FRIENDS
Last week we wrapped up the final live event for this phase of the Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body, tour.
Six weeks of podcast guest appearances, TV, live events in NYC, Austin, LA & SF.
Last week I had the great pleasure of guest teaching alongside @scicomm (parent company to the HLP) co-founder @rmohr in a new course @stanford: The Creator Economy.
The course director is the amazing @mattabrahams — a colleague of mine at @stanfordgsb and one of the world experts in public speaking and communication. His book Think Faster Talk Smarter is simply awesome.
The course he started at Stanford includes greats like @markrober @mrbeast also guest lecturing.
Matt was a guest on my podcast a while back and his episode is still one of the most popular HLPs ever— and with good reason; he teaches you how to be an effective communicator in different environments— not just public speaking.
Turns out, Matt and I both published books with @simonandschuster @_simonelement so here we are displaying those.
I own and love Matt’s book. If you’re interested in being a better communicator using data supported tools check it out. You can find it and Protocols wherever books are sold.
The world of public education is massively changed, and all the different forms of communication: podcast, social media, etc., are growing in their relevance.
It’s been an honor and a thrill to be part of that evolution.
Thank you to all who came out for the live shows, who are reading and posting reviews about the book, to all the podcast listeners, hosts, Stanford and to you here on IG.
We have a lot more planned to expand the public education effort on health and performance and more, so stay tuned.
And as always, thank you for your interest in science!
@stanford @stanford.med
#neuroscience #science #ciencia #neurociencia book
01 Nov 2026
WHEN TO *NOT* TRUST YOUR THOUGHTS
During my recent podcast discussion with @rossedgley about motivation and how to access it using many mindsets — not just one, we arrived at the topic of circadian (cyclical) influences on mindset.
The major takeaway of that portion of podcast is this: the longer you have been awake and in particular when you are awake between the hours of 2 AM and 5 AM (this is assuming you are diurnal) your forebrain is not very good at regulating the aspects of your brain controlling emotionality, rationality, and strategic decision-making.
A different way to put this: you are seriously brain impaired during those hours.
Again, if you’re nocturnal because you work the night shift this is not the case for that 2 AM to 5 AM stretch but it is true for most people who follow a sleep-wake schedule of asleep sometime between 9pm and 12midnight and wake up 5-8am.
So rather than despair about the thoughts that you have if you wake up in the middle of the night or worse— rather than making important decisions on the basis of those thoughts, understand that if you wait 4 to 6 hours (and ideally get some more sleep!) you’ll be significantly sharper, physically stronger and significantly more durable in both mind and body…
… and therefore able to make far better decisions.
This might seem like simple advice. Or even common sense. But most people don’t realize that their brain just doesn’t function well at those hours, and therefore trusting your thoughts in those hours is not a good idea. Unless you have to in an emergency, of course.
The brain is a wonderful organ, but just like many aspects of our biology, not all of its features are adaptive. I thought they come to you when you wake in the middle of the night our altered because of circadian mechanisms.
Listen to your thoughts accordingly. Lend weight to them accordingly. Make decisions on the basis of them accordingly.
And speaking of thoughts, let me know yours about this topic, whatever they may be. Put them in the comments section below.
Thank you for your interest in science!
22.5K likes · 277 comments · 30 Oct 2026
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Unlocking Persistent Motivation & Extreme Resilience | with @rossedgley
My guest on the Huberman lab podcast out today is Ross Edgley — a British ultra-endurance athlete and author known for completing extraordinary athletic feats by tapping into diverse sources of motivation and resilience.
We discuss the psychological and biological forces that allow people to persevere through extreme challenges.
Then we cover how to dynamically update your sense of purpose, emotions, philosophy, and personal narratives to expand your ability to overcome adversity of all kinds. We also discuss the brain circuits and science of fatigue and stress adaptation.
Ultimately, a new framework emerges that you can use to access persistent motivation.
This episode discusses neural circuits and biology related to motivation not previously covered on the Huberman Lab podcast.
Comment PERSIST and I’ll DM you were linked to the full episode.
And if you have topics or guest, you’d like me to consider for future episodes of the podcast, please put that in the comments below.
And there’s always, thank you for your interest in science!
@hubermanlab @stanford.med
#neuroscience #science #ciencia #neurociencia #persistence
8,713 likes · 320 comments · 26 Oct 2026
DOPAMINE, SURPRISE & “THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY”•
✍️ by @hubermanlab
Being in pursuit of something and especially, being right on the cusp of obtaining a reward is a very strong stimulus for dopamine release in the brain. But perhaps the greatest stimulus of all for dopamine release is when that is followed by positive surprise. - The name for it is “reward prediction error”.
When we anticipate a reward, and it is not obtained or is smaller than what we expected, our baseline level of dopamine drops below what it was prior to the entire pursuit. Eventually it returns to normal. But we learn something about the value of the pursuit that preceded that lower reward from the dopamine changes (aka dynamics).
This video was shot during my lab’s an expedition with @michaelmuller7 to collect footage of great white sharks for a fear/anxiety VR stimulus @stanfordmed - We wanted tuna for our dinner and we had one on the line… we were expecting a (meal) reward. A local great white reminded us that, when they are around, humans eat last.
However, the reward of seeing it breach was greater than the meal we would’ve had. - I’ll also never forget that incident because when we get a big and unexpected release of dopamine, it leaves an indelible mark on our memory. - You can start to see why dopamine is so fundamental to the evolution of every species. **It’s the chemical currency that tells us about the value of our experiences and efforts**.
156.6K likes · 1,579 comments · 25 Oct 2026
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What Makes Great Leaders & How to Live an Extraordinary Life | with Dr. Jared Diamond
My guest on the Huberman Lab podcast out now is Dr. Jared Diamond, PhD, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, physiologist, evolutionary biologist and Professor at UCLA.
We discuss the surprising and often chance events that shaped human history and leadership in politics, religion, business and athletics.
As one of the most influential public-facing scholars of the last 100 years, Dr. Diamond also shares his advice on how to pursue a career and life that reflects your unique interests and that makes a positive contribution to the world.
He also shares the tools he uses to keep his mind and body vigorous. Jared speaks 13 languages (! fluently !) and has succeeded in many different areas of science and other career tracks.
He has a relentlessly “committed to curiosity” mindset and at just shy of 90 years old is still firing on all cylinders!
Our discussion is one that will educate, dispel common myths about leaders and humans in general, and that no doubt will inspire you to be unabashedly yourself!
Please put any questions or comments or suggestions of guests or topics you’d like me to cover on the podcast below and as always, thank you for your interest in science!
@stanford @stanford.med @ucla
#neuroscience #science #ciencia #neurociencia #yourpath
9,997 likes · 740 comments · 19 Oct 2026
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