585: The Real Reason Modern Life Feels So Overwhelming, and What to Do About It | Dave Rabin, MD PhD

Jul 8, 2026 · 1h 17m

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0:00What's going on everybody?
0:01Happy summer!
0:01It's episode 585 of The Genius Life.
0:05Let's Rock.
0:18The Genius Life.
0:23What's going on, everybody?
0:24Welcome back to The Genius Life.
0:26I'm your host, Max Lugavir.
0:28Hope you're having a great summer.
0:29I'm recording this from Vegas with my family, where we are absolutely sweltering, but otherwise having a great time.
0:35Today's guest on the show is Dr.
0:37Dave Rabin.
0:38He's a board-certified psychiatrist, neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and author of the brand new book, A Simple Guide to Being Alive.
0:46In this episode, we talk about anxiety, not as something to suppress, but as information from the body, information worth listening to.
0:53Dave explains why safety is central to healing, learning, recovery, and performance.
0:57And we talk about why modern life may be overwhelming our nervous systems with more stimulation than we're built to handle.
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