Your Brain Is More Stressed Than You Think: How to Reset Your Nervous System | Dr. Patrick Porter

About this episode

What if the problem isn't that you're too stressed—but that your brain never gets the chance to recover?

In this episode of More U, Dom and Dr. Ben sit down with Dr. Patrick K. Porter, founder and CEO of BrainTap, for a rapid-fire conversation about brain health, stress, sleep, neuroplasticity, nervous-system regulation, and human performance. 

Patrick explains why recovery is just as important as exertion, how chronic stress can affect the brain, why deep sleep matters, and how light, breathwork, meditation, and brainwave entrainment may influence the nervous system. 

The conversation also explores BrainTap, a technology that uses synchronized light, sound, and vibration to help train different brain states. Patrick explains how it is used for stress, sleep, recovery, mental preparation, and performance. 

They also get into some fascinating—and controversial—ideas about pain, sleep, circadian rhythm, jet lag, breathwork, heart-rate variability, productivity, and why sometimes doing less and recovering better can actually make you more productive. 

In this episode:

🧠 How stress affects the brain
 😴 Why sleep is critical for brain recovery
 💡 Why light may be more important than you think
 🌬️ Breathwork & nervous-system regulation
 ⚡ How brainwave entrainment works
 🧠 Neuroplasticity and training the brain
 📱 Technology and brain health
 ✈️ Why Patrick says jet lag is really “light lag”
 💪 Recovery, performance & productivity
 🎯 How to train your brain for different parts of the day

🎧 Watch the full episode now on More U.

This conversation is for educational purposes and is not a substitute for medical advice.

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