Dr. Dave Rabin is a board-certified psychiatrist and neuroscientist who co-founded Apollo Neuroscience, the company behind the Apollo wearable built around vagus nerve stimulation and stress recovery. He joined Sean Kelly on the Digital Social Hour, recorded at Dave Asprey's conference, to talk about stress, sleep, and how modern technology affects the body's ability to recover.
The conversation moves quickly from the science of HRV and deep sleep into bigger questions about attention, generational trauma, and where psychedelic research may be headed next.
About Dr. Dave Rabin
Dr. Dave Rabin trained as a psychiatrist and neuroscientist before co-founding Apollo Neuroscience, where he serves as chief medical officer, applying his clinical background to wearable technology designed around nervous system regulation.
His work sits at the intersection of clinical psychiatry and consumer health technology. He continues to research and speak on sleep science and trauma, and discusses his book, A Simple Guide to Being Alive, along with the future of psychedelic-assisted therapy.
What Dr. Dave Rabin and Sean Kelly Talked About
- His clinical view on why constant phone use overstimulates the nervous system
- How Apollo's vibration and vagus nerve stimulation approach relates to stress recovery
- Why he considers HRV a key marker for tracking recovery, not just fitness
- His research perspective on deep sleep, REM cycles, and jet lag
- Why he sees Gen Z's relationship with screens as a factor in attention and learning
- How trauma may be passed down through generations, through the lens of epigenetics
- His take on the emerging research behind MDMA-assisted and psychedelic therapy
- Why he frames recovery and rest as something that has to be scheduled, not left to chance
Why This Conversation Matters
Dr. Dave Rabin brings a clinical, research-driven lens to topics often discussed only in vague wellness terms, including stress, sleep, and nervous system recovery. His work translating neuroscience research into wearable technology makes this conversation a useful primer on the science behind regulation and rest.
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About Sean Kelly & the Digital Social Hour
Sean Kelly is an entrepreneur and the host of the Digital Social Hour, one of the fastest-growing interview podcasts in the world, where he sits down with entrepreneurs, athletes, creators, and cultural voices for candid, long-form conversations. The show draws over 100 million views a month across platforms. Explore more guest features on SeanKelly.io.
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