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The Human Upgrade · August 27, 2026 · 1h 1m

Learn THIS And You’ll Become Impossible To Trigger : 1526

Dave Asprey, Jonny Miller
Show Notes

Jonny Miller, founder of Nervous System Mastery and host of Inner Frontier, joins Dave Asprey to break down the three skills behind nervous system mastery: interoception, self-regulation, and emotional fluidity. They discuss the half-life of reactivity, a measurable way to track emotional recovery, and why free diving serves as high-stakes meditation. The conversation covers grief, co-regulation, and the cost of incongruence, including Dave’s $100 million lesson from a business betrayal. Jonny shares how community speeds healing and introduces his Breath Buddy device for teaching kids nervous system regulation.

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Novel

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Half-Life of Reactivity28:54
Jonny introduces the half-life of reactivity as a measure of how quickly someone returns to baseline after being triggered.
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Highlights

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The Three Skills of Nervous System Mastery04:28
Jonny explains that interoception, self-regulation, and emotional fluidity are the core learnable skills for nervous system mastery.
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Free Diving as High-Stakes Meditation22:52
Jonny describes how free diving acts as a direct feedback loop for unclenching and surrender, turning breathwork into high-stakes meditation.
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Co-Regulation and Grief Healing11:52
Jonny shares that co-regulation with friends and community significantly shortens the grieving process.
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Congruence Over Composure35:33
Dave and Jonny argue that aligning your inner and outer state matters more than maintaining a composed facade under pressure.
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Editorial

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Dave’s $100M Business Betrayal35:33
Dave recounts a costly business betrayal that reshaped how he evaluates trust and intuition in partnerships.
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Misc

✧Jonny lost his fiancée and mother, experiences that deepened his understanding of grief and co-regulation.
✧Dave shares how a business betrayal costing $100 million reshaped his intuition for partnerships.
✧Jonny is developing the Breath Buddy, a device to teach children nervous system regulation.
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