Essentials: Tools for Managing Stress & Anxiety

In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, I explain strategies
for managing stress, both in the short and long term, to enhance
overall well-being. I explain how the mind and body respond to
stress and how acute stress has immune-boosting benefits. I discuss
science-supported tools and supplements to better manage stress in
real time and protocols for raising one's stress threshold to build
resilience to life’s inevitable challenges. I also describe
practices to reduce chronic stress and maintain a balanced, healthy
life.  Huberman Lab Essentials are short episodes
(approximately 30 minutes) focused on essential science and
protocol takeaways from past Huberman Lab episodes. Essentials will
be released every Thursday, and our full-length episodes will still
be released every Monday. Read the full episode show notes at
hubermanlab.com. Thank you to our sponsors AG1:
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https://eightsleep.com/huberman Timestamps 00:00:00 Huberman Lab
Essentials; Emotions & Stress 00:02:37 What is Stress? 00:04:23
Short-Term Stress Response 00:06:49 Breathwork to Reduce Stress;
Tool: Physiological Sigh 00:11:52 Physiologic Sigh, Carbon Dioxide
& Rapid Stress Reduction 00:13:30 Sponsor: Function 00:15:18
Short-Term Stress, Positive Benefits, Immune System 00:18:22 Tool:
Deliberate Hyperventilation, Adrenaline & Infection 00:22:49
Sponsor: AG1 00:24:25 Raising Stress Threshold, Tool: Eye Dilation
00:28:24 Mitigating Long-Term Stress; Tool: Social Connection,
Delight 00:32:22 Sponsor: Eight Sleep  00:33:52 Melatonin,
Caution 00:35:00 L-theanine, Ashwagandha 00:36:13 Recap & Key
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