
Matthew LaBosco
@matthew_labosco • 45,329 subscribers
Nervous system specialist helping high-performing executives end chronic stress by retraining the nervous system to rest, recover, and perform again.
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High cortisol is the real reason you wake up at 3-4 AM. It also shaves 5 years off your life — tanks testosterone, locks belly fat, literally shrinks your brain. If I wanted to fix it without medication, here are 8 things I'd do every day: 1. No food 3 hours before bed.
Matthew LaBosco6,507,881 views • 1 month ago

High blood pressure doesn't start with salt. It starts with cortisol clamping your vessels, a heart that never gets to idle, and a nervous system with the gas pedal stuck down. Here are 7 science-backed ways to bring it down at the root: 1. Hum for 60 seconds.
Matthew LaBosco200,282 views • 4 days ago

Aging faster doesn't start with your genes. It starts with cortisol carving wrinkles into your face, a body cannibalizing its own muscle, and a nervous system stuck in survival mode. Here are 7 science-backed ways to slow the clock again: 1. Lift heavy 3 times a week.
Matthew LaBosco287,988 views • 7 days ago

Paul Saladino sleeps 9 hours straight. Perfect sleep score. He just shared his exact stack on a podcast — 7 sleep biohacks he runs every night. They all work for him. But here's why you can do all 7 and still wake at 3 AM: 1. Keep bedroom CO2 below 900 ppm.
Matthew LaBosco1,260,352 views • 1 month ago

Robert Sapolsky is the Stanford neuroscientist who proved stress ages you from the inside. Cortisol shrinks your brain, killing memory neurons — and it may not reverse. Here are 7 natural ways to slow the clock (without medication): 1. Cold water on your face.
Matthew LaBosco91,382 views • 5 days ago

High cortisol is the real reason your brain fog won't lift. It also kills memory, makes you snap at people you love, and shrinks your hippocampus. If I wanted to fix it without medication, here are 8 things I'd do every day: 1. Sunlight on skin in the first 30 minutes.
Matthew LaBosco804,822 views • 1 month ago

Jordan Peterson's wife: he's in 'another realm of pain.' Carnivore MD Paul Saladino — trained in psychiatry — says everyone calling it weakness missed the cause. On Valuetainment, he exposed 8 truths your psych doctor hides: 1) Benzo withdrawal can kill you.
Matthew LaBosco778,538 views • 1 month ago

Matthew Walker is the UC Berkeley sleep neuroscientist behind 'Why We Sleep' — he proved sleep loss drives heart disease, Alzheimer's, and immune collapse. On Joe Rogan, he revealed 6 "normal" habits that wreck your sleep, brain, and immune system: 1) Burning one night of sleep
Matthew LaBosco348,758 views • 1 month ago

In 2013, Kelly McGonigal gave a TED talk that changed everything about stress. 17M+ views for a reason. Her findings: • Believing stress is bad kills 20K yearly • Stress response has built-in healing • Caring creates resilience 8 lessons that change everything: 🧵
Matthew LaBosco155,011 views • 3 months ago

But here's what Sapolsky said matters most: Chronic stress shuts down the part of your brain that feels empathy — the anterior cingulate cortex. You become less tolerant. Less generous. More selfish. Stressed people aren't bad people. They're depleted people.
Matthew LaBosco109,045 views • 3 months ago

Andrew Huberman is a Stanford neuroscientist who's studied the brain for 25+ years. On Chris Williamson's podcast, he broke down what cortisol is doing to your energy, sleep, and burnout. 8 truths on why you're wired and exhausted: 1) Cortisol isn't your enemy — it's energy.
Matthew LaBosco42,384 views • 1 month ago

Dr. Sara Szal is the Harvard-trained physician who's tested 40,000+ patients' hormones. 90% had a cortisol problem they couldn't see. On Diary of a CEO, she revealed 7 patterns chronic cortisol is creating in your body right now: 1) Belly fat that "appeared out of nowhere"
Matthew LaBosco47,032 views • 1 month ago

Matthew Walker, the UC Berkeley scientist behind "Why We Sleep," found an hour of screens before bed delays melatonin, your sleep hormone, by ~3 hours. That's why you lie there wired and cortisol won't power down. 7 ways to fix your sleep: 1. Kill bright screens before bed.
Matthew LaBosco27,925 views • 1 month ago

Anxiety, depression, and burnout are not “all in your head... They’re in your gut. Your gut makes 90% of serotonin and 50% of dopamine. When the gut is inflamed, your mind suffers. Since your doctor won’t tell you this... Here are 7 ways to fix the gut–mind connection: 🧵
Matthew LaBosco104,269 views • 10 months ago

I'm 47. Stress trapped me for years, so I became obsessed with neuroscience. After 10000+ hours researching high performers, CEOs & athletes, my mind is now bulletproof. I helped 493+ people do the same. Master these 7 types of rest to change your life: 🧵
Matthew LaBosco78,561 views • 10 months ago