The Shocking New Science Of How To Manage Your Stress - Dr Robert Sapolsky - #693

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10/14/23

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101m

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Dr Robert Sapolsky is a Professor at Stanford University, a world-leading researcher, and an author.

Stress is an inevitable part of human life. But what is stress actually doing to the human body when it happens for such a prolonged period of time? And what does science say are the best interventions to defeat it?

Expect to learn the crucial difference between short term and long term stress, how stress actually impacts the human system, the neurodevelopmental consequences of stress and poverty, how to detrain your dopamine sensitivity, what everyone doesn't understand about how hormones work, whether believing in free will is a useful world view, why there is a relationship between belief in free will and obesity and much more...

Timestamps:

(00:00) What Robert Wished People Knew About Stress (06:00) Where is the Threshold of Short-Term Stress Becoming Long-Term? (12:29) How Brain Development is Influenced by Mother’s Socioeconomic Status (25:50) Does Your Stress Impact Your Descendants? (29:00) Finding Solutions to Manage Stress (35:52) How to Better Enjoy the Good Things in Life (42:50) Can You Actually Detox from Dopamine? (53:18) Why Robert Wanted to Study Our Lack of Free Will (1:01:46) How Having No Conscious Agency Impacts Justice (1:11:10) The Myth of the Self-Made Man (1:32:43) How to Acknowledge Your Lack of Agency & Not Feel Depressed (1:40:22) Where to Find Robert

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October 12, 2023

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Connor Beaton is a men’s life coach, founder of ManTalks and an author focusing on men’s wellness and personal growth.

Men are often told that their problems would be fixed if they stopped being so stoic. If only they ceased hiding their emotions and started being more vulnerable, their mental health would improve. But is this actually the case? Does the world actually want vulnerable men?

Expect to learn whether men actually can show their vulnerability to the world, why a man’s pain is so important for his growth, whether modern therapy is failing men, why men have so many surface level relationships, how men can embrace anger and take back control of their minds, why so many men gauge their worth on how their business and relationship are doing, and much more...

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Dating in the modern world is more fraught than ever. Men and women are finding themselves confused and lost as they try to make sense of a mating landscape which becomes ever more difficult to navigate.

Expect to learn why Sadia’s Instagram has been banned 3 times, why nice guys have such a hard time in relationships, whether men and women can actually be friends, whether hot women tend to be crazier, how to stop being a jealous partner, whether body count actually matters, why married couples cheat, what Love Island is doing to our view of romance and much more...

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(00:00) The Widespread Belief That Love is Toxic (06:32) The Safety of the Inner Citadel (10:14) Consequences of the Rise of Sex Work (17:38) Psychology of Slut-Shaming (26:39) Why Nice Guys Suffer (35:37) Can Men & Women Be Friends? (46:05) The Many Failures of the Sexual Revolution (55:28) The Growing Trend of Childlessness (1:09:25) What Reality Shows Are Teaching Young People About Relationship (1:13:55) Transgender Dating Dynamics (1:22:04) Are Hot Girls More Crazy? (1:31:45) Is It Hard For Successful Men to Settle Down? (1:37:00) Feeling Jealous About a Partner’s Body Count (1:43:20) The Lost Treasure of Traditional Women (1:57:11) Are AI Girlfriends the Future? (2:07:23) Where to Find Sadia

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