457 - How to Use Hypnosis to Improve Sleep and Reduce Stress, Anxiety, and Pain with Stanford’s Dr. David Spiegel
457 - How to Use Hypnosis to Improve Sleep and Reduce Stress, Anxiety, and Pain with Stanford’s Dr. David Spiegel  
Podcast: High Capacity – Nervous System Regulation, Stress Management, Burnout Recovery, Somatic Tools, Anxiety, Boundaries, Overwhelm
Published On: Mon Jun 01 2026
Description: Every time you've gotten lost in a book, zoned out on a drive, or cried at a movie you've already seen, you’re in a special neurological state. And it turns out, that state is one of the most powerful things your nervous system can access. Most of us have just never thought to use it intentionally.That state is hypnosis. Stanford psychiatrist Dr. David Spiegel has spent 45 years researching exactly what it does in the brain and how to use it on demand for stress, pain, anxiety, and sleep.He teaches us a 60-second induction you can use anywhere, explains why your brain has its own internal pharmacy for anxiety relief (no prescription needed), and makes the case for why self-compassion is more neurologically effective for change than self-criticism.This conversation will change how you see what your nervous system is actually capable of.What You'll LearnWhat's actually happening in your brain during hypnosis, including why it turns down your stress response and increases your ability to feel and manage your bodyWhy calming the body first makes you dramatically better at handling whatever the stressor actually isHow your brain naturally produces the same compound that anti-anxiety medications target, and how to access it without a prescriptionWhy self-criticism is neurologically ineffective for change and what the research says works insteadHow to do a basic hypnotic induction in under 60 secondsReveri Self-Hypnosis App: www.reveri.com Use code HighCapacity for a 20% discount!--🧠 What's your capacity pattern? Take the free 2-minute quiz and unlock The Capacity Code — a personalized private podcast episode for your specific nervous system. → Take the Capacity Pattern Quiz--Ready to go deeper? Patterned to Present is open for early enrollment!!Ready to enroll and lock in the Founding Cohort rate? Learn more and enroll in Patterned to Present HERE.