What Paul Conti has said about Self-reflection and introspection
2 quotes · 1 episode · May 4, 2026
Paul Conti, Psychiatrist quoted on psilocybin and the unconscious mind, has been quoted on Self-reflection and introspection 2 times in 1 episode of Huberman Lab, most recently on May 4, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Conti attributes widespread anxiety about being alone with oneself to a lack of leadership in the mental health field and mental health stigma.
“I think that comes from a lack of leadership mentality. in the mental health field and then the stigma of mental health and our fears”
Huberman Lab: Tools to Bolster Your Mental Health & Confidence | Dr. Paul Conti (May 4, 2026) · Listen from 23:03
Conti argues each person needs an individual balance of reflection and action, with too little doing risking learned helplessness.
“But if we're doing too little, then we can feel idle and there can be a sense of learned helplessness”
Huberman Lab: Tools to Bolster Your Mental Health & Confidence | Dr. Paul Conti (May 4, 2026) · Listen from 22:47
Episodes
Tools to Bolster Your Mental Health & Confidence | Dr. Paul ContiHuberman Lab · May 4, 2026 · 2 h 10 min
Andrew Huberman and psychiatrist Paul Conti discuss self-reflection, agency, behavior change, trauma, intrusive thoughts, and happiness, drawing on Conti's book What's Going Right?
Paul Conti on other topics
- Behavior change and agency · 3 quotes
- What's Going Right? (book) · 2 quotes
- Happiness · 1 quote
- Good and evil in religion · 1 quote
- Negativity bias · 1 quote
- Childhood trauma · 1 quote
- Intrusive thoughts · 1 quote
- Self-talk · 1 quote