⏰ Time Stamps

• [00:00] — Meet Dave Asprey, founder of the biohacking movement, author of Heavily Meditated, and father navigating the anxious generation.
  
  

• [02:10] — The Epidemic of Anxiety in Kids and Parents
  Why our kids aren’t “broken” — they’re overloaded. Dave explains how overstimulation and isolation are reprogramming young brains.
  
  

• [05:45] — Dave’s Childhood: Anxiety, Asperger’s, and Rebuilding His Brain
  How Dave reversed chronic anxiety, OCD, and oppositional defiance through experimentation, biology, and environment.
  
  

• [10:20] — The Science of Fear: How Mitochondria Drive Behavior
  The “Five F-Words” that explain every human reaction: Fear, Food, F*ing, Friend, and Forgiveness.**
  
  

• [14:35] — The Real Source of Anxiety: Your Hardware, Not Just Your Head
  Why anxiety starts in the body — and how biology, not willpower, drives our emotions.
  

• 17:40 — Parenting from Biology, Not Blame Parents unconsciously pass anxiety through their nervous systems to their kids.
  
  

• [20:05] — The “Until You Get a Job” Rule: Calm Authority in Action
  Dave’s viral line — “Until you get a job, it’s my rule.” What it really means about leadership, love, and healthy boundaries.
  

• [22:45] — Boundaries Are Love, Not Control
  Why calm consistency builds safety and why over-negotiating erodes trust and resilience.
  
  

• [25:50] — Forgiveness as a Nervous System Reset
  Dave’s eighth-step “Reset Process” — how forgiveness isn’t a thought but a state change that turns off chronic stress.
  
  

• [29:20] — The BICEP Method: Rewiring Dopamine and Motivation
  Brief, Intentional, Conscious Exposure to Pain — the neuroscience behind cold plunges, discomfort, and resilience training for kids and adults.

• [33:40] — From Panic to Peace: Parenting as Nervous System Leadership
  Dave’s blueprint for helping parents manage themselves first, so kids can model calm instead of chaos.
  
  

• [37:25] — Raising Resilient Kids in a Digital World Why screen time, dopamine addiction, and helicopter parenting make kids weaker — and how to reverse it.
  

• [40:30] — Lessons from the Wise Elders
  Dave’s call for multi-generational mentorship — why kids need guidance from adults who’ve actually suffered and learned.
  

• [44:05] — The Hard Truth About Comfort and Growth “If it’s scary, do it anyway.”
  Why resilience is built through discomfort — and how we’ve accidentally taught our kids to fear it.
  
  

• [47:10] — How to Reprogram Your Own Biology Dave’s closing advice: biohack your nervous system, set better boundaries, and raise kids who can face real life without fear.
  

• [50:15] — Final Thoughts: Calm Is the New Discipline Vivian and Dave close with hope for parents raising kids in the anxious generation — connection over control, calm over chaos.