Dr. Flavio Explains Hypnosis & Inner Mastery

"Know thyself" was carved above the entrance to the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. Most of us believe we already do: ask who we are and we answer with a name, an address, a job. In this episode, Dr. Flávio explores what the ancients may really have meant by knowing, and offers a simple way to begin: observe where your own attention goes.
Through a thought experiment about a young mother whose baby starts screaming in a quiet restaurant, and a couple whose conflict over weight revealed a deeper pattern, he asks one question: is the focus of your attention on yourself and what others think of you, or on the person in front of you? And can that be trained?
In this episode
  • 0:00 The inscription at Delphi: know thyself
  • 0:51 The man who identified himself with a mirror
  • 2:14 The deeper meaning of "to know"
  • 2:58 How people react to the question "Who are you?"
  • 5:14 An exercise in self-observation
  • 6:45 The "scenarios" game
  • 8:11 Thought experiment: the crying baby in a quiet restaurant
  • 12:44 When attention is always on what others think
  • 13:55 A couple, twenty pounds, and a question never asked
  • 17:45 Infants, the problem of other minds, and Jung's individuation
  • 19:37 Where is your attention right now?
Read the article: Know Thyself: The Ancient Question We Still Get Wrong
Watch on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=rFxrqCRSLts
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This episode is educational and is not medical or psychological treatment advice. People experiencing substantial or persistent distress should seek appropriate qualified care.

What is Dr. Flavio Explains Hypnosis & Inner Mastery?

Clear, honest conversations about hypnosis, the mind, and what it takes to recover when stress, burnout, heartbreak, or a health challenge is taking too much of you.

Your host, Flávio Souza-Campos, MD, PhD, has practiced clinical hypnosis since 1996 and conducted more than 44,000 individual sessions. His training spans medicine, biomedical engineering, and philosophy, and he has been through serious personal difficulty himself. In plain language, he explains why understanding a problem is not the same as changing it, and what actually helps.

In this podcast:
• Clinical hypnosis and hypnotherapy: what hypnosis is, what it is not, and when it helps
• Stress, burnout, and breakdown in high-functioning professionals
• Heartbreak, betrayal, and rebuilding after loss
• Relationships, connection, and couples
• The subconscious mind, habits, and learned emotional responses
• Living with a health condition: sleep problems, IBS, menopause, and cancer-related distress
• Philosophy, meaning, and inner mastery
Plus conversations with hypnotists, coaches, therapists, and authors.

Two ways to work with Dr. Flávio
For comprehensive private coaching for physicians, surgeons, and attorneys: innermasteryworks.com
For one specific medical concern (hypnotherapy for IBS, sleep, menopause, and cancer-related distress): drflavio.com
Articles: innermasteryworks.com/blog

This podcast is educational and is not medical or psychological treatment advice.