3min chapter

The Psychology Podcast cover image

Andrew Huberman || Optimize Your Brain

The Psychology Podcast

CHAPTER

Is Your Emotional State Affecting Your Life?

Psychologists have found that people can adjust their emotions by simply changing their relationship between their internal world, what we call interroception. So for instance, if i am very alert and it's time to sleep, and i can actively calm myself by using particular approaches, then i can suddenly go from being stressed to feeling great because i'm falling asleep or sleepy. And so there are tools to do this. We look at emotions through the lens of this autonomic nervous system. That brings us to the word states. States are something that are, i think, more tractable than the word emotions. The foundation of alertness or calmness is kind of tilting back and forth of a

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode