Behavior change and agency
Subject in Self-Improvement
Behavior change and agency has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Huberman Lab. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Paul ContiPsychiatrist quoted on psilocybin and the unconscious mind
Conti holds that although people get in their own way, they are not their own enemy, and there is always a reason behind self-obstruction.
“here the magic realization is that there is no enemy. That we can get in our own way”
Huberman Lab: Tools to Bolster Your Mental Health & Confidence | Dr. Paul Conti (May 4, 2026) · Listen from 1:19:53
Conti prefers collaboratively arrived-at goals over directives and emphasizes that small wins build toward larger change.
“small wins empower and embolden us to grow. to take a little bit more chances and get bigger wins”
Huberman Lab: Tools to Bolster Your Mental Health & Confidence | Dr. Paul Conti (May 4, 2026) · Listen from 1:05:24
Conti reports that in intensive treatment, patients often realize by the second day that much of what they do is habit rather than choice.
“by midway through the second day of an intensive process, the person wants to revisit almost everything”
Huberman Lab: Tools to Bolster Your Mental Health & Confidence | Dr. Paul Conti (May 4, 2026) · Listen from 55:25
Podcasts
- Huberman Lab · 1 episode
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?