Hello everyone! Just wanted to share something with this community I believe you'd find interesting. I work full time as an online-based clinical hypnotherapist; as one would hardly find shocking, I find many of Huberman's insights and information to be fascinating and applicable to my work with people.

Somewhat recently, I found some articles and videos of him discussing the Ultradian cycle or ultradian rhythm. For those unfamiliar, the Ultradian cycle is our daily rhythm of focus and rest and controls everything from energy levels to cognitive function; it's around a 90-minute cycle. I am always examining my work and how to make it more effective, so I began an experiment.

Previously, my sessions were a clinical hour, 50 minutes. While I was successful and effective in my work, I always maintained a feeling that there was more I could do, something that was missing. Taking a few of my familiar clients, I switched them to 90-minute sessions. I picked familiar clients as I was already very familiar with their behavior, reactions and capacity for change.

The results were stunning. I felt like I was able to do all I needed to and could do within a single interaction and that alone was substantial to me. Beyond that, I could actually observe the concept in action. By the end of the 90 minutes, they were in a much more introspective, analytical state. They appeared tired, to be sure, but in reflective way that was ideal for capping off my work. Progress reports began to change at a much faster rate and while they remembered less of what we spoke about (oddly enough, a generally positive sign in my work), they accepted suggestion much more readily.

When it was all said and done, I couldn't deny what I was observing. Increasing the time to encompass most, if not all of an Ultradian cycle increased results and responsiveness. It utilized my own, even; by doing so allowed me to make full use of my own capacity to help them. I wasn't done, though. Most of the reason I became so passionate about my work is my curiosity. I experiment, observe and explore by nature; it is those things in action that both created my fascination with hypnosis and the trance state and one of the things that makes me stand out in my field. I'm not blowing my own horn, just clearing the spit-valve.

So, I began to take this 90-minute window and overlay it onto other things in my own life such as work projects, reading, recreation, etc. I have absolutely dreadful ADHD, so I wasn't expecting too terribly much but again I was surprised. My mind wandered less. It didn't stop... I wasn't dead... but I was definitely more focused, more motivated and much less overwhelmed. I then began to integrate that idea into the things I spoke about, much of my work being based around habits and behavioral change and yet again, the reported results couldn't be reasonably denied.

If you haven't yet, try it in your own life. See how you can partition things into 90-minute blocks, almost moving to something different for at least one cycle when you're done. Use it for rest periods too! I encourage my clients and anyone who will listen to me to go experiment. Play with the thing.

I'm curious, is anyone reading this already doing something similar in their own lives? Comment below if you are and let me know how and if you have any questions for me, ask away.