The Mind Body Prescription

This book by John Sarno has been genuinely recommended 2 times across 2 different shows: Diary of a CEO, Joe Rogan. The people who vouched for it on air: Amjad Masad, guest. It comes up in conversations about consciousness, exercise & strength, focus & dopamine, motivation & discipline, productivity & performance. The earliest recommendation we indexed is from May 2023 and the most recent from Jul 2025. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

• “the thing that like really got me over the hump and this this one was crazy... the mind body prescription... John Sarno.”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “the thing that like really got me over the hump”
  Amjad Masad · The Joe Rogan Experience · Jul 202502:36:38

  Said during "Joe Rogan Experience #2344 - Amjad Masad". The episode features Amjad Masad: Founder and CEO of Replit, an AI-powered platform that lets anyone build software by prompting from their phone. A Palestinian-Jordanian immigrant, former Facebook engineer, and outspoken commentator on tech, free speech, and the Israel-Palestine conflict. Replit's Amjad Masad makes the optimistic case that AI turns everyone into an entrepreneur, between riffs on Gaza, censorship, and lifting.

• “I don't know if you've read Mind Body Prescription. Uh it's it's an old book, but it basically is is a lot of people read it for back pain. And it's incredible”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “And it's incredible”
  guest · The Diary of a CEO · May 202301:13:57

  Said during "No.1 Habit & Procrastination Expert: We've Got ADHD Wrong! Break Any Habit & Never Be Distracted!". The episode features Nir Eyal: Behavioral design expert and author of Hooked and Indistractable, known as a leading authority on habit formation and procrastination. Nir Eyal explains why distraction is an emotion-regulation problem, how to become indistractable, and why ADHD is overdiagnosed.