105. Why Isn’t Everyone Healing Through Safety Instead of Force? with Dr. Dave Rabin

What if healing doesn’t come from trying harder — but from feeling safer?

In this episode of Why Isn’t Everyone Doing This?, Emily is joined by psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Dave Rabin for a wide-ranging conversation about trauma, touch, psychedelics, and the nervous system.

Dr. Dave explains why safety is the biological prerequisite for healing, how touch communicates calm faster than language, and why the body must feel regulated before insight can integrate. Together, they explore the science of oxytocin, the vagus nerve, vulnerability, and why ancient healing wisdom is now being confirmed by modern neuroscience.

This episode is science-based, deeply human, and profoundly regulating.

Chapters

00:00:00 — Vulnerability as the gateway to healing
00:04:18 — What “psychedelic” actually means
00:09:42 — Why safety comes before transformation
00:15:36 — Touch and the nervous system
00:22:14 — Oxytocin, trust, and calm
00:29:08 — Why force doesn’t heal trauma
00:36:41 — Ancient medicine meets neuroscience
00:43:27 — Self-touch and co-regulation
00:50:12 — Intuition vs. wearables
00:57:19 — Making safety a daily practice
01:04:03 — Integration that actually lasts
01:11:22 — Healing as remembering safety

About Dr. Dave Rabin

Dr. Dave Rabin is a board-certified psychiatrist and neuroscientist, and co-founder of Apollo Neuroscience. He has spent over 15 years researching chronic stress, trauma, and non-invasive healing modalities, including MDMA-assisted therapy, touch-based regulation, and nervous system resilience.

🌐 Website: https://www.drdave.io

📸 Instagram: @drdaverabin

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