These are recommended for educational and supplemental purposes and are not meant to replace professional therapy. I do often talk about these concepts with my clients and decided to put these on one page. I choose YouTube because of the free access, and I do not receive any financial gain for these recommendations. Please use your own discernment.
Sleep Tips
Having quality and enough sleep is so fundamental for our health and well, being, and I highly recommend practicing effective sleep hygiene. These are long but very informative and science-based:
Sleep Toolkit: Tools for Optimizing Sleep & Sleep-Wake Timing | Huberman Lab
7 Tips for Better Sleep | Live Q&A feat. Body & Brain TV
Stress Relief
Brief videos for stress-relief:
Andrew Huberman Demonstrates the Best Breathing Technique for Stress Relief | The Tonight Show
How to stimulate your vagus nerve and why you should try it. Deepak Chopra
Vagus Nerve Activation | 10 Minute Daily Routines
Guided Meditations
Dr. Chopra mentioned slowing down breathing helps with activating vagus nerve. Here are some meditations that I recorded in 2018 for SJSU students. Try not to judge yourself if these are difficult to follow, especially if you’re new to meditations.
- Intro to Mindfulness Recording. Includes two brief guided practices.
- Mindful Eating.
- Physical Mindfulness, including brief body scan and walking meditation practices.
Science of Happiness (subjective well-being)
This is 3 hours long (!) with Dr. Andrew Huberman, but helpful science-based info (I put videos on 1.25 or 1.5-speed. That’s just my preference, though sometimes I do rewind to really integrate a concept):
How to Achieve True Happiness Using Science-Based Protocols | Dr. Laurie Santos
8.30-minute one from Dr. Laurie Santos:
How to be happier in 5 steps with zero weird tricks | Laurie Santos
Ellen J. Lin, PhD 