Opening Up by Writing It Down

This book by James Pennebaker was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Andrew Huberman. The people who vouched for it on air: Andrew Huberman. It comes up in conversations about anxiety & stress, brain health, depression & mood, trauma & ptsd. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

"Expressing painful emotions is hard--yet it can actually improve our mental and physical health. Distinguished psychologist James W. Pennebaker has spent decades studying what happens when people take just a few minutes to write about deeply felt personal experiences or problems. This lucid, compassionate book has introduced tens of thousands of readers to an easy to use self help technique that has been proven to heal old emotional wounds, promote a sense of well being, decrease stress, improve relationships, and boost the immune system.

• “pener has actually spoken about and written about in by the way an excellent book that I've linked to in the show note captions where he talks about his experience in suffering pretty severely from asthma”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “an excellent book that I've linked to in the show note captions”
  Andrew Huberman · Huberman Lab · Nov 202300:54:31

  Said during "A Science-Supported Journaling Protocol to Improve Mental & Physical Health". The episode features Andrew Huberman: Stanford professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology and host of the Huberman Lab podcast. This is a solo episode with no guest. Huberman breaks down Pennebaker's expressive-writing protocol: four 15-30 minute sessions about your most stressful experience to improve mind and body.