How To Take Full Control Of Your Mind: Prof. Steve Peters, The Chimp Paradox | E96

This conversation gave me so many personal epiphanies, I implore you to watch right to the end…. Thank you for all being here 🙏🏽 Hit like and subscribe with a chance to watch these conversations live

I like to think of the chimp as the inner child, and we must parent our inner child daily without judgement.

This guy is an absolute legend! Chimp Paradox is one of the most useful books for everyone

Imagine a world in which a majority of psychiatrists were this brilliant, compassionate, insightful, and connected to others? He is a true light, thank you both!

I always start my Monday morning listening to your pod while working out. This was one of the most insightful conversations yet and definitely the one I've taken the most away from. Thank you! ❤

If anyone reads this, a good habit I manifested years ago was to never have a bad day, there will be moments or instances where your day may be bad, but moments after or when you get home if anyone asks just simply say my day was good! and smile more

“It’s not the fear of failure, it’s fear of not being able to deal with the consequences of failure”. Spot on! When I ‘fail’ at something, especially at work, I fear the consequences of my line manager’s next move, since I feel (there’s that ‘chimp’!) that he/she will take over the situation: “ I am now going to make a decision on your mistake! ” My ‘chimp’ takes over and thinks, ‘Oh no, my line manager’s going to do something bad to me!’, fight, flight, or freeze! Prof Steve Peters is genius! I am currently reading the book and never has a book hit the spot as accurately as this one! Now I know why I have felt vulnerable in spite of my intelligence.

He’s really good Steven. These podcasts are really helping me. I run my own business and also play golf. When I play golf I have ‘unmanageable thoughts’. Thank you Steven - you deserve every success. Dal ati (keep going), Iestyn from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

One of the most important podcasts ever recorded. Stunning insight into the human mind

Only a quarter of the way through the chimp paradox. This has totally change the way I address my anxiety. I reccomend it to anyone at any stage in there life.

What a brilliant man. I’ve never read his book but it’s now on my to-do list. Learned so much I can’t believe this is free 🥳

Only 20 minutes in but so much of this is resonating that it could be one of the most impactful conversations I’ve ever heard! All types of emotion are being triggered by this and I will have to delve into this mans work following this. Great pod! 👍

Can always rely on this podcast for my Monday mornings ❤️

This really made me see the light during a really dark day, it's been 2 months after I broke up and I'm constantly going through highs and lows asking my self why am I feeling this way even though I've been the one who ended it. Thank you Steven for sharing your personal story with us, I'm now more aware of my feelings and think I can get through this with less self judgment.

Time stamp 42:30 Wow. This may be the single thing that I will use to drag myself out of my years long heartbreak downward spiral…. As also, Stephen asks the questions we are all wanting answers to. I really loved, and needed this DOAC. Thank you 🙏

When planning my week ahead, I always look forward to your Monday podcast as one of the highlights. I sometimes use it as a reward for completing some of my dreaded tasks and I prefer to watch it on YouTube than Spotify. The expressions, gestures, transparency, vulnerability, all make for an enriching experience. Thanks for making this happen.

You can hear the empathy and kindness in Prof. Steve's voice when he speaks. This hour & 15 min interview honestly felt like 30 minutes—it was a really enjoyable and insightful convo. Looking forward to listening to your 2nd (more recent) interview together!

I'm just finishing listening to the Chimp Paradox audiobook. It really is amazing. I used to think of myself as being a duality of a constructive and destructive self, but I knew it was too much of a simplistic model. The model of the human, chimp and computer is much better. The idea of harmonising with the chimp and not trying to ever overpower it is groundbreaking. I need to practise coordinating with it and finding ways to fulfil its needs. The "million pound question" was also a great insight for me. I'm going to have to read The Chimp Paradox multiple times to absorb the information.

Loved that analogy he made about our baseline being those values (integrity/honesty/service etc) we choose being who we are, and just that the chimp/computer gets in the way. Brilliant 👏🏽 👏🏽

😊 I'm smiling like the proverbial "Cheshire Cat " after watching this podcast this morning! Thank you so much. What an incredible start to the day & week😊 Thank you Prof. Peters, thank you Mr Bartlett & thank you to everyone involved in creating these fantastic podcasts. This one has really given me lots to think about & consider.🤗 wishing everyone a wonderful week 🤗