The Science Of Reducing Stress & Building Confidence - Dr Steve Peters - #671

**Chris Williamson** (0:00)
Hello friends, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Dr. Steve Peters. He's a psychiatrist, sports psychology consultant, a professor and an author. Our brain is largely a black box. It's very important to how we experience life, and yet we have very little insight into why it behaves the way it does. Steve has spent an entire career researching the strategies that empower the human mind to perform at its best and the secrets to unlocking our full potential. Expect to learn how the Chimp Paradox can help you to understand your brain, how to work with our negative emotions, how to manage anxiety, whether it's possible to have an entirely stress-free life, what you can do to build your self-esteem, why imposter syndrome exists, whether mental dysfunctions are actually on the rise, how to better deal with major setbacks in life, and much more. This Monday, we have seven-time Mr. Olympia champion, Phil Heath, on the podcast. I was unbelievably impressed with this guy. He is a fantastic communicator and he gives some information on this episode that he has never spoken about publicly before, including his PED use while he was in the Olympia, his relationship with Kai Green, the greatest rivalry in bodybuilding history. It is a phenomenal episode talking about inner and outer strength, mindsets, but everything, everything. It is great and it goes live this Monday. So make sure that you've hit the subscribe button or you're going to miss it. And you'll be sad. You'll be trez sad. In other news, this episode is brought to you by 8 Sleep. It is unbelievably hot here in Austin, Texas, and I'm being kept alive exclusively by my 8 Sleep. It is a liquid-cooled mattress topper that fits around your existing mattress, just like any other topper will do. And it actively cools and heats each different side of the bed. So if you sleep hot and your partner sleeps cold, this will help to make sure that you can normalize the temperature and stop any more arguments. 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