AMA #18: Cold Therapy Advice, Skin Health Tips, Motivation, Learning Strategies & More

Welcome to a special edition of the 18th Ask Me Anything (AMA) episode, part of Huberman Lab Premium. This episode is a recording of the live stream AMA, exclusive to our Premium members. We've decided to make the full-length version available to everyone, including non-members of Huberman Lab Premium.

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*Timestamps*
00:00 Introduction & Announcements
00:15 Supporting Mental & Physical Health Research
01:56 Exciting New Research Initiatives
03:39 Skin Health & Appearance
14:46 Cold Therapy Benefits & Guidelines
21:18 Self-Motivation Strategies
27:05 Understanding REM Sleep
28:45 Morning Routine: Exercise & Cold Exposure
29:17 The Importance of REM Sleep
29:49 Non-Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR) Protocols
31:27 REM Sleep Rebound & Compensation
32:55 Impactful School Strategies for Learning
34:19 Meditation & Micro Gaps in Learning
39:13 Physical Activity & Learning
41:01 Exploring Shilajit & Testosterone
47:51 Writing Process & Overcoming Obstacles
51:32 Addiction & Recovery Resources
53:47 Closing Remarks & Gratitude

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[CheoTownsend]

Glory!!! After so much struggles l now own a new house with an influx of $155, 000.00 every month God has kept to his words, my family is happy again everything is finally falling into place.God bless America 🇺🇲

[lindaohanraha-hanrahan]

I’m so excited to hear about that research you were speaking about in the beginning. It’s refreshing to see science think outside of the box with these things. People need to know that they have some control over things like depression and goal setting. The nervous system’s associations with the immune system has really fascinated me over the last decade or so due to my personal experiences. Thank you Andrew. 🙏🏼 I’ll watch the episode now. Lol.

[cececorss]

Great content as always! Would you consider doing an episode on bone health/density?

[brookes]

You deserve all the bulldogs!! Thank you for using your brilliance to educate us all 🙏

[MitchAcademy]

I need to get more sleep but I lie awake watching these podcasts about getting more sleep. I hope its acceptable

[bertalippert]

21:20 You can't delegate motivation. I remind those I support building new healthy habits of that often as they look for something external to motivate them like you mentioned. I really hope people link what you said about the work itself being a reward to help wire in the new behavior they're trying to create. It's a really powerful piece of the process of change people overlook only focusing on the outcome.

[lindahurley]

This is the first question and answer podcast I’ve listened to. I enjoyed it. Listened to many other of your interview programs. I’m kinda a science person all my life. Licensed media Al laboratory technologists working in mainstream diagnostics for ~40 years.

[ghma]

Thank you Andrew! Can’t wait for the announcement of the breakthrough discovery for depression healing protocol ! Your viewer and fan all the way from Saudi ❤

[gvantsamolloy]

Happy birthday Andrew🎉 Thank you so much for all your help 🫶

[raineydays]

As always, THANK YOU!!
Forever grateful for NSDR and much more!!!

[ancaroman]

I'm so excited to see dr Teo Soleymani soon 🎉🎉

[marinac]

@Andrew Huberman Awesome episode 👍🏻 feeling blessed for you giving us science based, practical advice 😊 thank you! ...longtime follower who just misses to see Costello from time to time - always remembering him & his relaxed nature🥰

[LadyAsmodeus]

ever since I started listening to the podcast in march, I quit smoking and started cold showering ( on full cold setting ) almost every day, and feeling much better~ now I'm working on reducing my caffeine addiction and trying to set rules when not to drink, cause it makes me unable to sleep well, but at the same time its hard to resist

[veryb.]

Thank you, I really don't have words to express my gratitude for what you do, I started following you because I am totally fascinated and attracted to the brain and everything about it, I would do anything to protect it and preserve it healthy but then I discovered a whole host of other very interesting notions and in addition you help me to improve my English, practically from Italy I am taking classes from a professor at Stanford not even in my dreams would I have believed such a thing possible. Thank you.🙏

[ShakedownSeven]

I support exciting work, especially in regards to physical health, mental health and improved performance 👊🏼

[jakejohnston-nr]

I really appreciate the work do in trying to help people better themselves by improving their health (or at least realize unhealthy habits in my case). I can honestly say that these videos have helped me a lot so far. Thanks.

[alaaa]

I'm adopting the "microgaping" method into my classroom! This is new to me 😊 thanks for sharing!!

[NakedTruthbyDrMelanie]

I like writing down goals and signing off on it. I use my Goal Strategy Checklist and Planner to state the goal and deadline, affirm my motivation and reward, list mini steps and check them off daily or weekly. 😊

[jarnohealth]

In terms of skin, dont forget to mention hyaluronic acid (oral), asthaxanitin & dermarolling!!

[Apollo]

Thank you very much for sharing those AMA's for free!