231. How to overcome fear with Laird Hamilton

Paul Saladino MD podcast

Paul Saladino, MD

Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2023

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Laird Hamilton, American big-wave surfer, is on the podcast today talking about his relationship with fear amongst other things such as our relationship with death, flow states, his diet and lifestyle choices, and his thoughts on sunscreen and sunglasses.

00:05:45 The contrarian mindset & Laird’s background

00:15:00 Tribalism and our relationship with death

00:36:50 Transcending fear

00:46:45 Experiencing flow states in nature

00:56:47 Sunscreen & sunglasses

01:00:10 Laird’s diet

01:18:30 Laird’s family life

01:27:45 What’s next for Laird?

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Transcript

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0:00.0	You know, I mean, listen, I think fear is a sign of intelligence.
0:03.8	On today's podcast, I have none other than a legend layered Hamilton.
0:08.7	Many of you know that I am an aspiring surfer.
0:11.2	I've been surfing for probably about five or six years, but really only within the last
0:14.6	two and a half years since I've been living in Costa Rica, have I been able to surf almost
0:19.0	every day.
0:20.0	In the next two and a half years, I've gotten a lot better, but layered Hamilton takes
0:23.6	it to a new level.
0:24.6	If you don't know layered Hamilton, there's a documentary on Netflix called Take Every
0:27.2	Wave, which is about his life.
0:29.5	He was one of the first to pioneer toe surfing and jaws outside of Maui and has done incredible
0:35.5	feats with surfing, surfing massive waves, surfing Chopu and Tahiti on incredible days.
0:41.0	I mean, he is really an incredible human.
0:43.4	And he has a very unique perspective on fear, health, relationships, raising children.
0:48.2	I really think there's a lot of gems in this podcast.
0:50.3	So hope you guys enjoy this one with legend layered Hamilton.
0:54.3	And I hope that I get to go work out with him when I'm in Los Angeles soon.
0:57.0	I think I'm going to make it happen.
0:58.0	I'm going to do some content and share that with you guys.
1:00.3	I just want to give a shout out to the sponsors of this podcast who make this free podcast
1:03.8	possible.
1:04.8	I want to start with my friends at BonCharge, B-O-N-C-H-A-R-G-E.com.
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