The Shocking Benefits of Hypnosis: Erase Anxiety, Reduce Stress & Heal Trauma | Dr. David Spiegel

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Dr. David Spiegel is the Associate Chair of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine, Director of the Center on Stress and Health, and Medical Director of the Center for Integrative Medicine. He is one of the world’s leading experts on the clinical use of hypnosis and how it can be used to manage stress, anxiety, and overall wellbeing.

Today on the show we discuss: why most people stay trapped in anxiety and bad habits, the truth about what hypnosis really is and why it’s often misunderstood, how hypnosis can quickly calm your body and rewire your brain’s alarm system, the shocking science showing hypnosis can reduce anxiety in minutes, practical tools you can use daily to erase stress and build confidence, how hypnosis helps heal trauma and break phobias, and much more.

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