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Welcome to The Sober Lens

Gen X Are They Still Drinking?

Being An Addict with Hayden Panettiere

Rich Roll, Iboga, and the Question Nobody Wants to Ask

What We Gain When We Give Up Booze

The Hungry Ghost

Does Meditation Belong On SubStack?

The Hidden Stress of Optimization: What GLP-1s, Biohackers, and Burnout Have in Common

The New Burnout Doesn’t Look Like Burnout

AI and your nervous system 😱

When all else fails — 🙏🏼 I pray.

Not Everyone Should Be Funny!

You Have Decades of Experience. Your Interviewer Was in Sixth Grade When You Were Closing Million Dollar Deals.

The Job Search Is Not Broken. Your Nervous System Just Knows the Truth.

One Year Since My Nervous System Said No

The Nervous System of Someone Who Has Held It Together Too Long

The Loneliness Of Nervous System Collapse

The High-Achiever’s Version of Addiction

I Thought I Was Volunteering at the Zoo.

Recovery Didn’t End When I Got Sober

I Came Back From Vacation… and Went Straight Back to Bed

Employee Engagement Is Not Falling. The Nervous System Is Signaling Distress.

The Stress Of Going On Vacation

The Quiet Grief of Outgrowing a Version of Yourself

The Acceleration Decade Needs a Nervous System Strategy

Calming the nervous system

Gunpoint, Bruises and Why The Body Finishes the Story When the Mind Cannot

Nervous system capacity 🐕🌊

What My Houseplants Are Teaching Me About the Vagus Nerve

Speaking with strangers

The Value of Thoughtfulness in a Speedy Culture

Everyday like Friday 🌊

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The Loneliness We Don’t Talk About

Worm digging🌊 🪱

Not feeling great

Why Forgiveness Matters

Activation 🌊

The Beach Is Not a Luxury. It Is a Lifeline.

Do you remember being free?

Identity 🥹🌊

My friend Boone 🦏

Social Currency and Your Nervous System

Finding Joy 😊

Two Irish Wolfhounds, One Couch, and a 10 A.M. Hound Alarm

Sunrise or Sunset

Amphibians and the Nervous System: Why Regulation Is About Adaptabilit

Your Nervous System Doesn’t Know It’s a Chatbot

When Death Doesn’t Make Sense to the Nervous System

Live with Lane Kennedy

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My Waist Wasn’t Just a Number — It Was a Threat Level

How does silence feel? Live with Lane Kennedy

Are you sure you're calm? Live with Lane Kennedy

Why Your Nervous System Doesn’t Heal Through Control

An unknown stressor Live with Lane Kennedy

Be like a bird and regulate Live with Lane Kennedy

Would you watch dental hygiene videos? Live with Lane Kennedy

Live with Lane Kennedy

Why is this happening - Live with Lane Kennedy

My Tech Executive Who Couldn’t Turn Off

Don’t be afraid to be still Live with Lane Kennedy

Rumination Stress Live with Lane Kennedy

Mini Practice Live with Lane Kennedy

Psychedelics, and a Dysregulated Nervous System

Shift Perspective a Moment Live with Lane Kennedy

Do this practice and feel better ✌🏽Live with Lane Kennedy

Why I Go to the Beach Every Day

Everyone Is Getting Sober Now. That Wasn’t True When I Did.

3 Signs Your Nervous System Is Overloaded

I LOVED Celsius Until I Didn't

Did You Know That Your DNA Explains Why Advice Feels Stressful

Intentional TimeLive with Lane Kennedy

Where are the surfers? Live with Lane Kennedy

Why Generic Health Advice Will Never Work for Me or You!

What Is Your Pattern Disrupt Today?

What Wellness Gurus Do When You Disagree

Your Phone Isn’t Just a Device — It’s a Stress Machine

Are you tracking? Live with Lane Kennedy

What is your secret place to regulate? Live with Lane Kennedy

A Meditation for When Intentions Feel Heavy

Quitter’s Day Isn’t a Character Flaw. It’s a Nervous-System Problem.

Why High-Performing Women Burn Out Differently

When Someone You Love Shuts Down

Crab season Live with Lane Kennedy

Live with Lane Kennedy

Why Meditation Can Feel Unsafe After Certain Environments or Otherwise

When “Care” Becomes a Cover

Don’t Like It? Don’t Join.

Why One Body’s Calm Is Another Body’s Chaos

When “I’m Not a Cult” Is the Loudest Line in the Room

Live with Lane Kennedy

The Cost of Loving (or Working for) a Narcissist

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Why Regulation Beats Optimization: What Nervous Systems Actually Need to Heal

Things I Don’t Do Anymore in the Name of Wellness

Dysautonomia, Explained: My Nervous System Reacts to Things That “Shouldn’t Matter”

Returning to Neutral: A Practice for When Everything Feels Like Too Much

When the Nervous System Is Still at War: After the Exit