A SIMPLE GUIDE TO BEING ALIVE

David Rabin mixes science with spirituality in A SIMPLE GUIDE TO BEING ALIVE. He points out where systems create the martyrdom of burnout and offers a path out (caveat: sometimes suggesting the app he and his wife built). The book is filled with memorable quotes, but one of the most resonant is: “It (your nervous system) has just been dropped into an environment that looks like Times Square had a baby with a casino and raised it on espresso and Xanax.” Rabin has a lively, conversational style as he points out triggers set up intentionally to sell one something, and suggests tools to maneuver into a genuinely healthier mind-and-body set.