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145. Dr. Dave Rabin: HRV, Vagal Tone, and the Science of Safety for Performance and Mental Health
Chronic stress is quietly reshaping how we think, perform, sleep, and recover. In a world optimized for productivity, we rarely prioritize the one variable that determines long term resilience: recovery.
In this episode of Extend, we sit down with Dr. Dave Rabin, neuroscientist, psychiatrist, and co founder of Apollo Neuro, to unpack the science of vagal tone, heart rate variability, and how safety signals in the body drive peak performance and mental health. We break down the difference between eustress and distress, how unresolved trauma suppresses recovery, why HRV may be the most powerful…
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