This book by Jean-Dominique Bauby came up once on Andrew Huberman in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: guest. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
What it is
In 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby was the editor in chief of French Elle, the father of two young children, a forty-three-year-old man known and loved for his wit, his style, and his impassioned approach to life. By the end of the year he was also the victim of a rare kind of stroke to the brain stem. After twenty days in a coma, Bauby awoke into a body that had all but stopped working: only his left eye functioned, allowing him to see and, by blinking, to make clear that his mind was unimpaired.
Every time it came up
Breathing for Mental & Physical Health & Performance | Dr. Jack Feldman
“There's a great book called "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" about a young man who this happens to”— guest
The guest here is Dr. Jack Feldman: A distinguished professor of neurobiology at UCLA and a pioneer of the neuroscience of breathing. He discovered the pre-Botzinger complex and the second brainstem oscillator that generate the patterns of breathing. The neuroscientist who founded the field of breathing science explains how breath rhythms control your emotions, focus, fear, and brain health.
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