Dr. Leah Lagos
Clinical and Performance Psychologist, Private Practice. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Dr. Leah Lagos is an expert in heart rate variability biofeedback and resonant frequency breathing who consults with elite performers, including Olympic athletes and business executives. She is the author of Heart Breath Mind: Train Your Heart to Conquer Stress and Achieve Success.
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Everything Dr. Leah Lagos said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Dr. Lagos: Major Investing and Performance Decisions Require a Parasympathetic State
“Because if you're going out to a competitive event or making a, Let's say a big decision about how to spend money or invest. You want to be doing that from a parasympathetic state, not a sympathetic one.”
Dr. Lagos: Consistent meal timing creates physiological safety and maximizes HRV
“What I see more frequently is that when we time the expected time that you eat, irrespective of what you're eating, but that you eat generally at the same time, let's say seven o'clock, one o'clock, six o'clock, five days a week, the body feels safe. It can pr…”
Lagos: MRI Research Shows Resonant Breathing Prevents Brain Blood Vessel Constriction
“My colleagues at Rutgers looked at what happens To the brain during resonant frequency breathing. And what they found through MRIs was something called vasovagal constriction. So during stressful moments, the blood vessels would constrict to shunt blood flow a…”
Dr. Lagos: Innately High HRV Correlates With Endurance Athletes
“There's no magic number, and it very much depends on your body, your system, your experiences in life. There are some people just born innately with higher levels of HRV. They tend, it's interesting, Shane, they tend to be endurance athletes.”
Dr. Lagos: Moderate caffeine doesn't impact HRV, but five-plus cups harms performance
“Two cups of coffee for most people doesn't have a huge impact on heart rate variability such that if you're a performer and you have a competition, I would, I wouldn't say that having two cups of coffee is really going to impact you. Having five cups or more s…”
Dr. Lagos: 10-week breathing protocol automates parasympathetic stress response
“15 minutes, twice a day, 10 weeks, they've made, they've actually created a reflex where during stressful moments, the parasympathetic nervous system kicks in and helps to moderate.”
Dr. Lagos: Parasympathetic activation creates flow and responsiveness, not just calmness
“The parasympathetic is associated with flow, and I wanted to find that it's not being calm, okay? It's being open, engaged, aware, and able to be receptive to the needs of the moment.”
Dr. Lagos: Resonant Breathing Rate Matches Felt Comfort 90% of the Time
“If you can't get a hold of feedback, physiological feedback, 90% of the time, the rate that is someone's resonant frequency is the rate that just feels good.”
Dr. Lagos: Specific songs can heighten HRV for certain people
“Music, for some people, can really produce a heightened HRV effect, and, you know, Joe and I can talk with you later about some of the things that we did along with the breathing to maximize HRV in real time for specific performance states, but you have to fin…”
Lagos: Resonant Breathing Protocols Yield Tangible Cognitive Gains Around Week Seven
“It doesn't happen instantly. It happens around week seven. So if you are going through this process, weeks one through four, you optimize your baseline. By week four, you start to feel the significant ability to let go. And, but by week seven, the cognitive ch…”
Dr. Lagos: Positive Self-Talk Under Pressure Requires Prior Physiological Control
“That ability to inhibit negative self-talk, inhibit noise, inhibit fear, is physiologically mediated where you can choose it. And so the concept of, oh, just think positive or have positive self-talk is very hard for even the most elite of performers under hig…”
Dr. Lagos: Higher HRV Gives Greater Control Over Stress Responses
“So the larger your HRV, the more control you have over your autonomic response to stress before, during, and after a stressor.”
Dr. Lagos: Chronic alcohol consumption consistently lowers heart rate variability
“There is evidence, certainly, that chronic alcohol use chronically lowers HRV.”
Dr. Lagos: HRV and sleep quality share a bidirectional physiological relationship
“Certainly HRV, high HRV is associated with better sleep. Low HRV is associated with conditions like insomnia and sleep apnea. Non-restorative sleep will negatively impact HRV, so there is this circular effect”
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