Dr. David Spiegel is a Stanford psychiatrist and one of the world’s most respected experts in the field of hypnosis. We talked about how our minds can make our bodies feel better, how hypnosis has helped his clients, why hypnosis is a good fit for climbers, breathing exercises for relaxation or focus, his new Reveri App, and much more. Dr. Spiegel does a self-hypnosis session with Steven to relieve stress and anxiety and you can follow along!

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Show Notes:

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Nuggets:

(00:00:00) – Intro

(00:02:46) – Dr. Spiegel’s background

(00:08:51) – My experience with Reveri

(00:10:45) – Trying out being different

(00:14:47) – Compassion for your body

(00:16:35) – The stage hypnosis hustle

(00:18:58) – Hypnotizability

(00:23:51) – Cognitive flexibility

(00:25:36) – The long-term effects of self-hypnosis

(00:30:21) – Hypnosis is gaining control

(00:36:31) – Is hypnotizability learnable?

(00:45:20) – Climbing styles and hypnotizability

(00:46:48) – Hypnotizability Test

(00:57:55) – Discussing my results

(01:00:10) – Anxiety

(01:01:48) – Novelty, memory, and visualization

(01:07:30) – More about hypnotizability

(01:13:52) – Hypnosis as a tool

(01:17:03) – Relieve Stress Hypnosis Session

(01:31:49) – Debrief of our session

(01:34:25) – Explaining the ritual

(01:38:45) – The Reveri App

(01:42:15) – How climbers should use the app

(01:47:14) – Breathing exercises

(01:54:19) – Putting it all together

(01:56:31) – Final thoughts

This is a full bonus episode for Patrons! Maddy and I catch up about our weekend sends, Maddy shares a few key nuggets from our main episode, and then gives us a 2-hour masterclass in endurance training! Listen to the end for three free endurance protocols from Lattice's new online course that you can use in your training.

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Nuggets:

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(00:07:30) – Key takeaways from our main episode

(00:40:45) – A masterclass in endurance training

Maddy Cope is a world-class rock climber and the head of education for Lattice Training. We talked about Maddy’s transition from dancing to climbing, living in a shack in the woods in Chamonix, and lessons from her personal reflections on climbing. We also talked about Lattice’s new online training course that Maddy was in charge of creating and gave a discount for listeners!

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Show Notes:

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Nuggets:

(00:00:00) – Intro

(00:04:09) – Food poisoning in the van

(00:09:03) – Home wall training

(00:13:59) – Overview

(00:15:49) – Dancing to climbing

(00:20:35) – Warrington

(00:27:31) – The Cham Shack

(00:34:57) – Discomfort

(00:36:19) – Comfort creep

(00:48:28) – Pleasure pointing

(00:54:08) – Being your biggest supporter

(01:05:22) – The joy of missing out

(01:11:40) – Not having a bucket list

(01:18:12) – Quitting social media and sponsorship

(01:22:20) – Half thereness

(01:26:11) – British over-modesty

(01:49:54) – Getting into training

(01:55:30) – Maddy’s role with Lattice

(01:57:46) – Lattice’s new training course

(02:07:47) – Who should buy the course?

(02:16:45) – Online vs. in-person coaching

(02:25:21) – Wrap up and discount code

(02:30:18) – Identifying blind spots

(02:36:15) – EXTRA teaser for Patrons!