2024-11-25
3 小时 9 分钟Welcome to the Huberman Lab podcast where we discuss science and science based tools for everyday life.
I'm Andrew Huberman and I'm a professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine.
And I'm wearing these red lens wind down ROKA glasses because we are recording this late at night, which is unusual for us.
And bright light in particular, short wavelength bright light in the blue and green part of the spectrum quashes melatonin and makes it hard to sleep.
And I want to sleep tonight.
These red lens glasses filter out the green and blue shortwave lengths that would otherwise disrupt my sleep.
My guest today is Dr.
Ethan Cross.
Dr.
Ethan Cross is a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan and the director of the Emotion and Self Control Laboratory.
He is also the author of the bestselling book the Voice in our head and how to harness it.
Today's discussion is a really special one because we discuss something that each and all of us have, which is a voice in our head that is our voice.
And that voice can range from encouraging to discouraging.
It can be repetitive in ways that can be very intrusive.
And it has a profound effect on our emotional state, our confidence, our levels of anxiety, and indeed what we are capable of achieving in life.
Dr.
Ethan Cross Laboratory has done groundbreaking research to understand what is the origin of this voice in our heads and can and should we control it.
And indeed the answer is yes.
Today's discussion gets into many things that people struggle with and many things that you can do to improve your life, such as how to regulate the chatter in your head, how to overcome ruminations and intrusive thoughts.
And we also discuss what to do with your actual voice.