Dr. David Spiegel

Well, thank you. I certainly, you know, I want to kind of...

banish the fear that people have about hypnosis and the misunderstanding you know we're we're sort of you remember rodney dangerfield you know he was the comedian who said i don't get no respect and he said they asked me to leave a bar so they could start happy hour you know it's people don't see hypnosis as the tool that it is and they see it as some weird thing that

banish the fear that people have about hypnosis and the misunderstanding you know we're we're sort of you remember rodney dangerfield you know he was the comedian who said i don't get no respect and he said they asked me to leave a bar so they could start happy hour you know it's people don't see hypnosis as the tool that it is and they see it as some weird thing that

you know, people do on stage or something. It's, it's an aspect of our brains that allows us to take control of things. It's not, it's not losing control. It's gaining control that you can modulate pain. You can control your sense of

you know, people do on stage or something. It's, it's an aspect of our brains that allows us to take control of things. It's not, it's not losing control. It's gaining control that you can modulate pain. You can control your sense of

relaxation so you can get to sleep or get back to sleep you can focus intently on your work there are athletes who who who use it you know tiger woods is one well-known example of an athlete who adele the singer uses it to to sing it can really help people focus their attention and and get in a better relationship with their own bodies control what's going on in their bodies and react better

relaxation so you can get to sleep or get back to sleep you can focus intently on your work there are athletes who who who use it you know tiger woods is one well-known example of an athlete who adele the singer uses it to to sing it can really help people focus their attention and and get in a better relationship with their own bodies control what's going on in their bodies and react better

to their bodies there's so much possibility that people can have from learning to identify it and use it that that's why i built reverie as a kind of legacy project i'm not going to be able to do this forever i love helping the people i'm have i have helped and still help but i just want it to be out there and available for people to use it for themselves i'm just explore it.

to their bodies there's so much possibility that people can have from learning to identify it and use it that that's why i built reverie as a kind of legacy project i'm not going to be able to do this forever i love helping the people i'm have i have helped and still help but i just want it to be out there and available for people to use it for themselves i'm just explore it.

It's an opportunity for people to make better use of their brains and their bodies.

It's an opportunity for people to make better use of their brains and their bodies.

I would say the best advice came from reading Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling, which is that what we are is about relationships and relating to ourselves, that don't get stuck in any one image of who you are, which is not so different from what you write about with mindfulness.

I would say the best advice came from reading Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling, which is that what we are is about relationships and relating to ourselves, that don't get stuck in any one image of who you are, which is not so different from what you write about with mindfulness.

Don't think about purple elephants.

Don't think about purple elephants.

Well, try it. You'll like it. I think that's the nice thing about it. The biggest risk is it might not work. There are no side effects. Opioids killed 88,000 Americans last year. Hypnosis has not succeeded yet in killing anybody. So I think try it. Our culture is so over-processed.

Well, try it. You'll like it. I think that's the nice thing about it. The biggest risk is it might not work. There are no side effects. Opioids killed 88,000 Americans last year. Hypnosis has not succeeded yet in killing anybody. So I think try it. Our culture is so over-processed.

It's all big companies, things, processing, and a lot of times what we do with our food and our medications and other things make us worse rather than better. So this is a do-it-yourself approach with some training, and that's what I want people to do.

It's all big companies, things, processing, and a lot of times what we do with our food and our medications and other things make us worse rather than better. So this is a do-it-yourself approach with some training, and that's what I want people to do.

My current purpose is helping people help themselves. That's what I want to do. And that's why I say all hypnosis is self-hypnosis. I'm not a magician. I'm not doing anything to you. And my purpose is to just spread it as widely as we can, as quick as we can.