#126 – Matthew Walker, Ph.D.: Sleep and immune function, chronotypes, hygiene tips, and addressing questions about his book
“It’s not time that heals all wounds. It’s actually time during REM sleep and dreaming that provides this emotional convalescence.” — Matthew Walker, Ph.D.
#122 – Lori Gottlieb: Understanding pain, therapeutic breakthroughs, and keys to enduring emotional health
“Change happens gradually, then suddenly.” — Lori Gottlieb
SARS-CoV-2 and the host response: psychological stress
I’ve been thinking a lot about the role of psychological stress and how it relates to our response to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
#105 – Paul Conti, M.D.: The psychological toll of a pandemic, and the societal problems it has highlighted
“The virus isn’t plotting against us. It doesn’t have intelligence. It’s invisible. In order to unite, we have to recognize our shared humanity.” — Paul Conti
#101 – Ryan Holiday: Finding stillness amidst chaos
“One of the things that hobbies do . . . and a little bit of order and structure in our lives do, is they kind of just protect us from just reacting and reacting and reacting all the time.” — Ryan Holiday
#100 – Sam Harris, Ph.D.: COVID-19—Comprehending the crisis and managing our emotions
“This has been a period of time unlike any other in our lifetimes. . . there’s really no analogy.” — Sam Harris
#78 – Sasha Cohen: The price of achievement, and redefining success
“You can be a healthy, functioning human being, or you can be the best in the world at something, but you can’t be both.” — Sasha Cohen
#51 – Robert Sapolsky, Ph.D.: The pervasive effect of stress – is it killing you?
“The [stress response] system has been serving vertebrates, doing a lot of help for them for an awful long time, and it’s only been a very recent modification to instead secrete [cortisol] in response to thinking about taxes.” —Robert Sapolsky