What up family, welcome to episode 339 of The Genius Live, let's go.

What's going on, everybody? Greetings from London UK. I'm your host Max Lugovier,

a filmmaker, health and science journalist in New York Times best-selling author.

I've dedicated my life to unraveling the science behind how our choices,

including what we eat and how we live, affect our cognitive and physical performance,

how we feel, our health span and our risk for disease. This podcast is all about how to live in

that optimal state, which I call living like a genius. On today's episode of The Show,

I'm super excited to welcome to The Genius Live for the first time, my new friend Dr. John Deloney.

Dr. Deloney is a national best-selling author, mental health and wellness expert,

and the host of the Dr. John Deloney show. He holds two PhDs, one in counselor education and

supervision and another in education administration. He spent two decades working as a senior

leader, researcher and professor at multiple universities, and he spent years also working in crisis

and emergency response. He spends his time teaching people how to reclaim their lives from the

madness of the modern world. And to that end, he put out a new book just this month called

Building a Non-Anxious Life. On top of celebrating that release, which I'm super excited for,

we have a widely spanning and enriching conversation about a myriad of different topics related

to mental health and building a non-anxious life. We're going to talk about the importance of

taking back control and choosing freedom in order to stop feeling lost and unmotivated. We're going

to touch on how to create a life that doesn't leave you feeling constantly spun up and instead

leaves you feeling enriched so that you have control over your thoughts. We're going to talk about

the impact of social media on connection and the need for genuine human interaction. And ultimately,

we're going to circle back to finding balance, taking control of one's mental faculties and building

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