Dr. Laurie Santos

But if you walked into your doctor's office, you're saying, doctor, you know, I'm having chest pains. I'm having acute cardiac arrest right now. Your doctor wouldn't be like, well, get on the treadmill. You know, like for a half hour a day, like your doctor would, you know, an emergency intervention would take place. And I think it's worth recognizing that our mental health works the same way.

But if you walked into your doctor's office, you're saying, doctor, you know, I'm having chest pains. I'm having acute cardiac arrest right now. Your doctor wouldn't be like, well, get on the treadmill. You know, like for a half hour a day, like your doctor would, you know, an emergency intervention would take place. And I think it's worth recognizing that our mental health works the same way.

But if you walked into your doctor's office, you're saying, doctor, you know, I'm having chest pains. I'm having acute cardiac arrest right now. Your doctor wouldn't be like, well, get on the treadmill. You know, like for a half hour a day, like your doctor would, you know, an emergency intervention would take place. And I think it's worth recognizing that our mental health works the same way.

The kinds of things I'm talking about are in some sense preventative medicine. You know, they're there so that you don't wind up in a state of kind of acutely feeling clinically depressed or suicidal or something worse. Right. You know, you they're there so that you can protect your mental health so you don't get to that point.

The kinds of things I'm talking about are in some sense preventative medicine. You know, they're there so that you don't wind up in a state of kind of acutely feeling clinically depressed or suicidal or something worse. Right. You know, you they're there so that you can protect your mental health so you don't get to that point.

The kinds of things I'm talking about are in some sense preventative medicine. You know, they're there so that you don't wind up in a state of kind of acutely feeling clinically depressed or suicidal or something worse. Right. You know, you they're there so that you can protect your mental health so you don't get to that point.

But if you're experiencing true depression, you know, hard for you to do your daily activities or anxiety so powerful that you're experiencing panic attacks, that's a sign that you might need professional help. All the hacks I mentioned are good.

But if you're experiencing true depression, you know, hard for you to do your daily activities or anxiety so powerful that you're experiencing panic attacks, that's a sign that you might need professional help. All the hacks I mentioned are good.

But if you're experiencing true depression, you know, hard for you to do your daily activities or anxiety so powerful that you're experiencing panic attacks, that's a sign that you might need professional help. All the hacks I mentioned are good.

You know, once you get out of that acute state, just like the heart attack person, as soon as you get out of experiencing cardiac arrest, the next step is going to be to go back to some of those preventative measures once you kind of get out of the hospital. And I think the same thing is true for clinical parts of these diseases.

You know, once you get out of that acute state, just like the heart attack person, as soon as you get out of experiencing cardiac arrest, the next step is going to be to go back to some of those preventative measures once you kind of get out of the hospital. And I think the same thing is true for clinical parts of these diseases.

You know, once you get out of that acute state, just like the heart attack person, as soon as you get out of experiencing cardiac arrest, the next step is going to be to go back to some of those preventative measures once you kind of get out of the hospital. And I think the same thing is true for clinical parts of these diseases.

You might also want to go back to experiencing gratitude and meditating in these things. But it is important to get acute care if the mental health situation you're in is acute.

You might also want to go back to experiencing gratitude and meditating in these things. But it is important to get acute care if the mental health situation you're in is acute.

You might also want to go back to experiencing gratitude and meditating in these things. But it is important to get acute care if the mental health situation you're in is acute.

Yeah. I mean, I think, you know, one of the nice things about this being all of this stuff being evidence based is that It allows you to kind of do your own experimentation. Right. The answer of how much meditation you, you know, particular podcast listener need might depend on all kinds of things. Right. And so the key is to sort of try it out.

Yeah. I mean, I think, you know, one of the nice things about this being all of this stuff being evidence based is that It allows you to kind of do your own experimentation. Right. The answer of how much meditation you, you know, particular podcast listener need might depend on all kinds of things. Right. And so the key is to sort of try it out.

Yeah. I mean, I think, you know, one of the nice things about this being all of this stuff being evidence based is that It allows you to kind of do your own experimentation. Right. The answer of how much meditation you, you know, particular podcast listener need might depend on all kinds of things. Right. And so the key is to sort of try it out.

One thing we know, though, is that sometimes it takes less than you really expect. Take something like gratitude. There's evidence that just scribbling down three things that you're grateful for every day, that can be enough to significantly boost your well-being in as little as two weeks. Like, it doesn't take that much time.

One thing we know, though, is that sometimes it takes less than you really expect. Take something like gratitude. There's evidence that just scribbling down three things that you're grateful for every day, that can be enough to significantly boost your well-being in as little as two weeks. Like, it doesn't take that much time.