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How to Make Yourself Unbreakable | DJ Shipley

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How to Make Yourself Unbreakable | DJ Shipley

Huberman Lab

Oct 06

How to Make Yourself Unbreakable | DJ Shipley

How to Make Yourself Unbreakable | DJ Shipley

Huberman Lab

Huberman Lab

Oct 06

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My guest is DJ Shipley, a retired Tier 1 operator Navy SEAL and now a top public educator on how to build mental and physical health and reach top-level performance in any endeavor. DJ’s life is one marked by extraordinary strivings, wins, setbacks and com...

Highlights

In this powerful conversation, former Navy SEAL and resilience expert DJ Shipley shares the hard-earned lessons from a life defined by extreme challenges, personal transformation, and recovery. From the battlefield to rehabilitation and mental health advocacy, he reveals how disciplined routines, mindset shifts, and emerging therapies can forge unshakable resilience in anyone.

04:03

Improving physical health can directly restore mental well-being after injury

10:54

I compartmentalize my time to be fully present for my family after work.

20:49

The brain seeks a stable state like a ball bearing in a trench, and modern distractions such as social media can artificially provide it.

27:11

A workout makes you a better family member and teammate

31:27

What may seem selfish is actually selfless when it comes to self-care

42:25

Vernon Griffith gets elite athletes to prioritize mobility work despite resistance.

47:01

NSDR involves listening to an audio script for deep body relaxation with simple breathing exercises, a powerful tool for everyone

54:36

Not everyone should make it through BUD/S—embrace the misery as the price of admission.

1:00:31

Believing you can overcome anything defines BUD/S success

1:07:01

Emotional compartmentalization is critical to surviving the mental toll of losing comrades.

1:13:27

Many top Navy SEALs have poor family relationships due to their devotion to work.

1:16:28

Public comments can cause lasting damage to families and legacies when false theories about deceased loved ones are spread.

1:24:01

The military narrative that leaving special ops means a less fulfilling life

1:35:06

Matt Roberts showed heroism by repeatedly getting shot while rescuing a corpsman.

1:47:59

Sober for the first time in a decade, facing the aftermath of TBI and addiction

1:58:15

Survival attributed to completing the electrical circuit with both hands

2:00:57

Vernon Griffith saved my life through consistent training and mentorship.

2:04:38

After using 5-MeO-DMT, I believe in a higher power and divine intervention.

2:17:11

One step further can lead you out of the darkest moments

2:28:53

5-MeO-DMT brings total dissolution of self, space, and time.

2:40:31

The treatment was worth the trauma for my family.

2:45:35

Ibogaine can rapidly eliminate long-term addictions and reset substance dependence

3:01:11

Dogs provided life-saving comfort during struggles with depression and suicidal ideation in the SEAL teams

3:12:39

Keeping the core flexed helped alleviate lower back issues, a practice recommended by Vernon.

3:17:50

VO2 max remains extremely high without dedicated training after 15 years in the program

3:32:10

People learn more from hardships than from success stories like climbing Everest.

3:38:08

Wearing a GBRS hat means representing your country well and with honor.

Chapters

DJ Shipley

00:00

Mental & Physical Health, Tools: Morning Routine & Micro-wins

04:03

Balancing Work & Family, Tools: Compartmentalization, "Control the Controllable"

08:35

Sponsors: Rorra & BetterHelp

13:46

Phones, Social Media vs Focus, Negativity, Tool: Consistency & Sleep

16:25

Routine & Stressors, Exercise & Benefits, Tool: Morning Workout

23:05

Body Awareness, Hurt vs Injury

29:24

Physical Injury & Rehab; Exercise; Mobility, Tool: 5-Day Workout Program

33:53

Sponsors: AGZ by AG1 & Eight Sleep

44:26

Skateboarding, Career, Navy SEAL, BUD/S & Embracing Discomfort

47:29

BUD/S, Motivation & Mental Resilience

56:13

Navy SEALs, Iraq War & Casualties, Compartmentalization

1:02:18

Public Press; Extortion 17, Operation Red Wings; Death of Friends

1:08:41

High Performers, Social Media Negativity & Legacy

1:16:25

Sponsor: Function

1:19:37

Family Legacy, Military & Purpose, Navy SEAL Culture, Wife & Relationship

1:21:24

Second Deployment, Helplessness & Trauma, Inspiration & Reverence

1:30:10

Skydiving, Injury & Mental Resilience; Medical Retirement & Addiction

1:38:30

Art Therapy, Skateboarding, Electrocution & Recovery

1:49:17

Physical Recovery, Trainer Vernon Griffith

2:00:57

Miracles, Higher Power; Work & Life Tension

2:04:38

Sponsor: ROKA

2:12:52

Physical & Mental Posture, Suicide, Depression, Tool: Control the Controllable

2:14:39

Suicide, Mental Health & Darkest Hour, Ibogaine, 5-MeO-DMT

2:21:22

Ibogaine & Empathy, 5-MeO-DMT & Ego Death; Returning Home, Tool: Dials Not Switches

2:31:18

Psychedelics, Mental Health Plasticity; Veterans' Solutions, Addiction

2:42:42

Medical Ibogaine, Anger, Numbing Out & Hate; Dogs

2:50:39

GBRS Program, High Standards, Functional Fitness, Tool: Fitness Test

3:03:42

Self-Care, Longevity & Fitness, GBRS Program

3:17:50

Self-Respect, Tools: 20-Minute Walk & Relationships; Micro-wins

3:24:45

Acknowledgements, American Flag Hat, Patriotism

3:32:57

Zero-Cost Support, YouTube, Spotify & Apple Follow, Reviews & Feedback, Sponsors, Protocols Book, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter

3:40:00

Transcript

DJ Shipley: I had a lot of emotional stuff happen to me in that second deployment. You know, my idol, Matty Roberts, I've talked about him a couple times. I really, really hung on to that dude. Like, he was my true north. He was the guy. And when he got sh...