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Curled up in bed, outraged, spinning, crying, despondent, or terrified? Maybe you've felt all of these things in the last few days. This episode doesn't rehash the recent tragedies, but helps guide you from fear and anger to right action.  Tait and Jenny walk through the steps listed below and also share some creative ways to help. For example, you don't need to throw a huge gala, it could be just 20 friends and neighbors.  WHAT NOT TO DO: 1) Don't let your fear and anger spin you into an unorganized ball of rage and then show up at non-profit activist meetings trying to change everything. Take a beat.2) Don't yell at your friends and family or accuse people of not doing enough before you've done an honest assessment of yourself and your actions. 3) Don't ignore your feelings.4) Don't assume that one big, heroic act on your part is going to fix the problem. It will take a million little acts, sustained over a long period of time. WHAT TO DO:1) Let yourself feel the anger, anguish, fear, depression. Go through it fully. Journal, read, rest. Take a few days to go through this, reflect, and recharge. The problems aren't going to go away while you do this. They will still be there when you are calmer and clearer. 2) Work through the Social Change Ecosystem map and workbook (link at bottom). This will help you identify where you can be of service and help you move out of a paralyzed, overwhelmed state. You can't do everything and you only have so many resources of time, emotional strength, and money. This framework will help you figure out how you can help consistently over a long period of time rather than in one short burst of anger and fear. 3) When you get to a meeting, honor the work that has been going on for years before you got angry enough to get involved. Listen, learn, and lend your gifts and talents. 4) Ask yourself what keeps you up at night. This will help guide you to what's deeply felt at your core. If we are going to give our time and energy to helping over a sustained period of time, we have to feel deeply connected to the cause. Quotes shared in this episode: "Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for." -Seamus Heaney"Anger is initiatory, not transformative." -Ruth KingReferenced in episode: Social Change Ecosystem Map https://buildingmovement.org/our-work/movement-building/social-change-ecosystem-map/Mariame Kaba http://mariamekaba.com/Closing song: "Here Comes The Sun" Nina SimoneREBEL HUMAN REPORT: subscribe at https://www.therebelhuman.com/newsletterLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rebel-humanSUBSCRIBE to Rebel Human YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RebelHumanSCHOOLS PROGRAM: https://www.therebelhuman.com/schoolsWEBSITE: https://www.therebelhuman.com/

This episode is about self-advocacy and fierce advocacy for your health. Tait starts out telling her story about a gynecologist trying to prescribe her estrogen without doing proper blood work, claiming she was moving into menopause. After getting another opinion from Dr. Richard Rock, she found out that wasn't the problem at all and she actually had a tumor on her pituitary gland. She explains what would've happened if she hadn't advocated for herself. They discuss the difference between advocating on behalf of someone else versus advocating for oneself.  Not everyone is standing up to or questioning doctors and they discuss how you can feel more comfortable doing so. What happens when you're depleted and really sick? What does your voice and vocal cords have to do with it? Jenny talks about how to make it easier to share your voice and disrupt the people pleasing status quo. You can take up space and make noise! SING! CHANT! Are you holding things in? Holding things back? This will be good information for you. Tait shares her challenges with saying some words and a little on interoception and exteroception and how moving fluidly between the two can be helpful when feeling anxious. They also discuss how mindful meditation can lead to apathy and an unhealthy detachment. Their funnies include their made up character, Carol Featherington. Good For My Mind Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63wYcrA5cXDx3AzWwvZ1ly?si=8c4de9f74c3044fdClosing song: Sing by Jon Batiste + Tori KellyREBEL HUMAN REPORT: subscribe at https://www.therebelhuman.com/newsletterLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rebel-humanSUBSCRIBE to Rebel Human YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RebelHumanSCHOOLS PROGRAM: https://www.therebelhuman.com/schoolsWEBSITE: https://www.therebelhuman.com/

In this long awaited episode, Jenny and Tait share the pseudo-science and misinformation around colonics, ayahuasca, homeopathy, "adrenal fatigue," drinking your own urine, "detoxing," lemon water, and alkaline water. Is ayahuasca a way to instant enlightenment and an "ego death"? Will your life change by taking "adrenal support" supplements? Do we need to "detox"? Will lemon water help us digest and lose weight? What is homeopathy? Tait explains how you shouldn't stop the search after being told you have "adrenal fatigue" by a naturopath since that's not a real medical diagnosis. Adrenal Deficiency is a true diagnosis. Their funnies include Tait's Mom's list of Four Life Lessons and the "witchy" video Jenny made for Tait. Referenced Dr. Jen Gunter, author of Vagina Bible and Menopause ManifestoClosing song: Witchy Woman by EaglesREBEL HUMAN REPORT: subscribe at https://www.therebelhuman.com/newsletterLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rebel-humanSUBSCRIBE to Rebel Human YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RebelHumanSCHOOLS PROGRAM: https://www.therebelhuman.com/schoolsWEBSITE: https://www.therebelhuman.com/

Listen to this episode with HEADPHONES. Grief is one of the most painful of human experiences. We hope this help give your nervous system a little break while you are grieving. This won't make everything better but it will take care of your body and brain so you can continue on breathing and healing. REBEL HUMAN REPORT: subscribe at https://www.therebelhuman.com/newsletterLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rebel-humanSUBSCRIBE to Rebel Human YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RebelHumanSCHOOLS PROGRAM: https://www.therebelhuman.com/schoolsWEBSITE: https://www.therebelhuman.com/

Tait and Jenny share details of their personal stories around their relationship to worth. Tait only existed in the eyes of other people's praise. She also shares how that led to an addiction to alcohol. Jenny felt unworthy of the roof over her head because she felt she didn't measure up to expectations of beauty and fitness she was taught was the most important attribute. That along with being gang raped in seventh grade led to a decades long eating disorder. They share the tools they used, the ones they wish they had, and how their Rebel Human Five Dials approach would've applied to their 20 year old selves. Jenny shares the nuts and bolts of how the Five Dials could've worked on her 20 year old self and how it could've updated the operating system that was her brain. They talk through the tools necessary to go from the "mind hell" to feeling ok and connected. Five Dials: movement, breath, mantra, eye focus, and non-sleep deep rest.Who do you spend your time with? They also discuss the effect others can have on your sense of self-worth. Their funnies cover Jenny's "hungry dogs hunt best" comment, her practice of acquiring matching outfits for herself and Tait, and Tait's video of her doing her happy scarecrow Hammertime dance. Should they do a photo shoot in their matching outfits? Closing Song: Can't Touch This by MC HammerSUBSCRIBE and LEAVE A REVIEW please! :)REBEL HUMAN REPORT: subscribe at https://www.therebelhuman.com/newsletterLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rebel-humanSUBSCRIBE to Rebel Human YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RebelHumanSCHOOLS PROGRAM: https://www.therebelhuman.com/schoolsWEBSITE: https://www.therebelhuman.com/

Tait and Jenny discuss the mental health effects of ruminating and procrastinating. Tait tells her latest health challenge story and how the steroids she has to take have put her back into the mental state she experienced in her teens and how that helps her be more compassionate. Jenny shares what it's like when depression visits her and how that also reignites her compassion. Tait experiences what it feels like to try to meditate when feeling her steroid induced anxiety.  She shares how she uses Rebel Human tools to regain control over her physiology, self-concept, and mindset. They share their unique ways of procrastinating including starting another branch of their business, doing research, cleaning and more. Jenny talks about the benefits of procrastination and how to get back on track. Their funnies cover a new creative project: creative 80s style exercise videos. Closing song: Physical by Olivia Newton JohnSUBSCRIBE and LEAVE A REVIEW please! :)REBEL HUMAN REPORT: subscribe at https://www.therebelhuman.com/newsletterLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rebel-humanSUBSCRIBE to Rebel Human YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RebelHumanSCHOOLS PROGRAM: https://www.therebelhuman.com/schoolsWEBSITE: https://www.therebelhuman.com/

Tait and Jenny discuss how magic, tarot cards, mystics, psychics, and mediums play into our human psychology. They explain the connections between these "magical" practices and the placebo effect. They share some examples of how "magical" our own powers are as well. Tait shares some placebo studies, question the ethics of how placebos are presented, and they agree it's important to live in the mystery, acknowledging that we humans don't understand everything. They also share how to tell if your relationship with the mysterious arts is harmful or not. Their funnies cover an update on their weird art film.   Closing song: Strange Magic by Electric Light OrchestraSUBSCRIBE and LEAVE A REVIEW please! :)REBEL HUMAN REPORT: subscribe at https://www.therebelhuman.com/newsletterLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rebel-humanSUBSCRIBE to Rebel Human YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RebelHumanSCHOOLS PROGRAM: https://www.therebelhuman.com/schoolsWEBSITE: https://www.therebelhuman.com/

Jenny starts out sharing her covid experience while in quarantine, including her manic hair cutting episode. They move onto goals, the role of tracking, and the neurocircuitry of goal pursuit. Tait shares how she got herself to the top of her field as a dancer at the age of 16 and how a dance class has a built in reward system. She also shares her theory of why she and Jenny didn't need external motivators while in recovery. They discuss the neurotransmitters of our goal pursuit circuitry:Amygdala (fear, worry)Basal ganglia (go/no go)Lateral prefrontal cortex (executive functions)Dopaminergic (motivation) Soft addictions are harder to change than when you are at rock bottom. They discuss using the surprising technique of fear as a motivator, using the dopamine (the motivation molecule) reward system, different kinds of visualizations, the power of eye focus and how that can double the chances that you meet your goal. They discuss how tracking can help with awareness, establishing a baseline, identifying problems, and focusing attention. Also, have you chosen the right goal? They discuss how to know if you have a goal that is attainable. The funnies: Tait tells the story of her family's tradition of posing with the Easter ham and the "ham van". SUBSCRIBE and LEAVE A REVIEW please! :)REBEL HUMAN REPORT: subscribe at https://www.therebelhuman.com/newsletterSUBSCRIBE to Rebel Human YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RebelHumanSCHOOLS PROGRAM: https://www.therebelhuman.com/schoolsWEBSITE: https://www.therebelhuman.com/

Starting with how Tait procrastinates, Jenny and Tait then move on to explaining their scaffolded approach to Rebel Human skill acquisition. They explain why some people get frustrated with meditation and feel they can't do it. They explain the difference between Mindfulness Meditation and their foundational skills approach and why Mindfulness Meditation isn't for everyone.They discuss why they've chosen not to use the word "yoga" or "meditation" in their schools program, how  we can set ourselves up for success when learning these skills, how teens and adults can learn to actually change their "state", and their Level I, II, and III scaffolded approach to teaching. Their funnies include Tait's ziplining adventure, Jenny's scorpian bite, their "weird tolerance", and Jenny's idea for an activity she wanted to do on the retreat. End song: "Wind Of Change" by ScorpiansSUBSCRIBE and LEAVE A REVIEW please! :)REBEL HUMAN REPORT: subscribe at https://www.therebelhuman.com/newsletterSUBSCRIBE to Rebel Human YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RebelHumanSCHOOLS PROGRAM: https://www.therebelhuman.com/schoolsWEBSITE: https://www.therebelhuman.com/

Opening with paradoxes, polarities, and contradiction, then moving onto the findings from our schools program study. Tait and Jenny love hard data! Jenny reads some student testimonials and Tait explains her research process, powerful findings, hierarchical lineal modeling, and running multiple sensitivity analyses to really make sure we are getting the full story from the data. The Rebel Human For Schools program works!Jenny talks about how impressed she is with Tait's research skills. Their funnies cover how cranky Tait gets when she doesn't feed and water herself, and they share some tips on better sleep.  They update the Tait and Her Stones story and they share a story about their difference in risk tolerance.Student testimonials: https://www.therebelhuman.com/schoolsIf you would like your child's school to have our program, write us at info@therebelhuman.comSong Of Myself (1892 version) https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45477/song-of-myself-1892-versionEnd song: "It's A Privilege To Pee" from UrinetownSUBSCRIBE and LEAVE A REVIEW please! :)REBEL HUMAN REPORT: subscribe at https://www.therebelhuman.com/newsletterSUBSCRIBE to Rebel Human YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RebelHumanSCHOOLS PROGRAM: https://www.therebelhuman.com/schoolsWEBSITE: https://www.therebelhuman.com/

"Play is the highest form of research." Albert EinsteinAdults forget how great play is for our brains. Tait explains what happens in the brain when we play (when we keep it non-competitive) and how play enhances her research. Did you know that endogenous opioids are released in the brain during play? Jenny shares ideas for ways adults can work play into their lives easily. They also share what the components of play are.  Tait shares a playful twist on thinking "what is my best self?" by shifting it to "what is my favorite self?".They discuss how they both like wearing weird combinations of clothes and share their funnies: Jenny's vacation squats and Tait's experience on a boat as a non-boat person. Tinker Dabble Doodle Try by Dr. Srinivasan Pillay https://drsrinipillay.com/resource/tinker-dabble-doodle-try/Our other Explicit Podcast episode, "Cleavages" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cleavages-explicit/id1508029970?i=1000473024252The Jonny Spot episode featuring the Ass Luge https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tgif-taco-party/id1507677695?i=1000486943431SUBSCRIBE and LEAVE A REVIEW please! :)REBEL HUMAN REPORT: subscribe at https://www.therebelhuman.com/newsletterSUBSCRIBE to Rebel Human YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RebelHumanSCHOOLS PROGRAM: https://www.therebelhuman.com/schoolsWEBSITE: https://www.therebelhuman.com/

Tait and Jenny discuss the difference between self-actualization and self-transcendence, along with the connections they have. Tait explains what it physically feels like for her when she feels a sense of self-transcendence. How does wonder and awe factor in to it? Can you experience it immediately? Jenny explains a small part of what's happening in the brain when we experience it. Is sitting quietly meditating? Not really. They explain what the difference in brain states. They also cover the "soft addiction" that can happen with meditation. When does it become navel gazing? They talk about Rebel Human curriculum and how it trains you in resilience, equanimity, and transcendence simultaneously so students can bring their different brain states out into the world. Jenny shares how much practicing it took for her to do a large portion of her healing. Tait talks about "putting in the work" and how life isn't fair. My Stroke Of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor:  https://bookshop.org/books/my-stroke-of-insight-a-brain-scientist-s-personal-journey/9780452295544TED Talk by Jill Bolte Taylor: https://youtu.be/UyyjU8fzEYUSUBSCRIBE and LEAVE A REVIEW please! :)REBEL HUMAN REPORT: subscribe at https://www.therebelhuman.com/newsletterSUBSCRIBE to Rebel Human YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RebelHumanSCHOOLS PROGRAM: https://www.therebelhuman.com/schoolsWEBSITE: https://www.therebelhuman.com/

Tait and Jenny talk about how stress can uncover what we really care about and how it can help connect us to our purpose. They discuss the stress that comes from people pleasing and caring what others think, while acknowledging that people may hate us for not caring. Jenny shares two of the exercises around stress and spinning out that she had retreat participants do last week in Mexico. They are fun for you to do too! Tait shares how she personally engaged with the exercise. Tait explains why it's not true that we are meant to multitask and that the brain is designed to focus on one thing at a time. Their funnies cover their made up character, Equanimy, a purple and pink winged horse, and how Jenny's bowls got her stopped at airport security. Closing song: "Everybody Hates Me" by The Japanese HouseWho's doodling: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1988-09-08-0060440175-story.htmlAre We Hard Wired To Doodle? https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20140930-are-we-hardwired-to-doodleTinker, Dabble, Doodle, Try by Dr. Srinivasan Pillay https://drsrinipillay.com/resource/tinker-dabble-doodle-try/SUBSCRIBE and LEAVE A REVIEW please! :)REBEL HUMAN REPORT: subscribe at https://www.therebelhuman.com/newsletterSUBSCRIBE to Rebel Human YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RebelHumanSCHOOLS PROGRAM: https://www.therebelhuman.com/schoolsWEBSITE: https://www.therebelhuman.com/

Tait and Jenny discuss how we can change our relationship to stress to bring about a more adaptive physiological, affective, and cognitive response. They cite a few jaw dropping studies (re: weight loss, appetite suppression, blood pressure, cortisol) that explain just how powerful mindset is. Tait dissects the value of wearables and gives her opinion about sleep trackers, which is very much against the status quo right now. They tell a few stories from the women's retreat, from which they just returned share their funnies about being roommates in Mexico. Jenny likes clean surfaces and makes Tait do hard physical challenges she doesn't want to do. Tait asks Jenny how many flights of stairs they climbed. Because they climbed up and down multiple times per day and because there were different spots built into the hillside property, it's difficult to pinpoint exactly how many flights that main hike was. The most Jenny climbed in one day was 106 flights. CORRECTION: We used the word "excrete" improperly. Excrete is used when talking about the release of waste.  We should have used the word "secrete." Hormones are secreted and waste is excreted. Our apologies!Dr. Alia Crum studies: https://mbl.stanford.edu/publicationsCLOSING SONG WITH CRYSTAL SINGING BOWLS: "Party Of One" by J You can find her here: https://www.redletterj.com/J's work: https://www.redletterj.com/videosMentored by J: https://www.redletterj.com/coachingSUBSCRIBE and LEAVE A REVIEW please! :)REBEL HUMAN REPORT: subscribe at https://www.therebelhuman.com/newsletterSUBSCRIBE to Rebel Human YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RebelHumanSCHOOLS PROGRAM: https://www.therebelhuman.com/schoolsWEBSITE: https://www.therebelhuman.com/

Tait and Jenny discuss the science of anxiety, free floating anxiety, specific anxiety, the body's budget, our brain's predictions, why it's happening and how to alleviate it. How does resilience, equanimity, and transcendence, the Rebel Human core competencies work with anxiety? What is transcendence? Tait and Jenny answer these questions and share the hope in developing the skills that can reset our system, heal the interoceptive networks in the brain.They share a few of the findings from their survey of teachers from Evanston Township High School where 3,600 students are learning Rebel Human practices. Because of the mask, it sounds like Tait says “sunshine in your eyebrows” when in fact she said “sunshine in your eyeballs.” It also sounds like she refers to Lisa Feldman Barret as a “political psychologist” when she actually said “clinical psychologist.” Little did we know that our funnies would come when we listened back to the podcast and heard the interesting twists the mask added!REFERENCESHow Emotions Are Made by Lisa Feldman BarrettSUBSCRIBE and LEAVE A REVIEW please! :)REBEL HUMAN REPORT: subscribe at https://www.therebelhuman.com/newsletterSUBSCRIBE to Rebel Human YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RebelHumanSCHOOLS PROGRAM: https://www.therebelhuman.com/schoolsWEBSITE: https://www.therebelhuman.com/

Jenny and Tait discuss how getting back up on the horse can happen multiple times a day. They share the ways that they often get back on the horse and what ways they tend to fall. Tait tells of her pandemic kidney stones and flood, and why she needs to drink more water. Jenny talks about what happens when she doesn't meditate and getting her strength back. Referenced in show: Motivational Water Bottle - https://probttlshop.com/shop/probttl-32oz-motivational-glass-water-bottle/Rebel Human Water Bottle - https://www.therebelhuman.com/product-page/rebel-aviator-wide-mouth-bottleREBEL HUMAN REPORT: subscribe at https://www.therebelhuman.com/newsletterSUBSCRIBE to Rebel Human YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RebelHumanSCHOOLS TEASER VIDEO: https://www.therebelhuman.com/schools-videoSCHOOLS PROGRAM: https://www.therebelhuman.com/schoolsWEBSITE: https://www.therebelhuman.com/SUBSCRIBE and LEAVE A REVIEW please! :) Also, let us know what song you want us to sing at the end of the next podcast.

Allostasis, affective circumplex, emotional concepts, emotional granularity, how emotions differ among cultures, and what anger looks like in different cultures. Jenny and Tait discuss how emotions help give meaning to feelings and what our brain's main job is.  They also cover what the emotion guilt can do for us.Their funnies give you the definition of huckmuck and zoopsia! Jenny also tells the story of Tait's expert googling skills. References: Psychologist Kelly McGonigal urges us to see stress as a positive - https://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend?language=enPutting It Together with Barbara Streisand - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZRZj5HWSr0Butter by Tribe Called Quest - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB9PiW68yQgSample from Gary Bartz - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwweKIwlLus&t=65sSUBSCRIBE and LEAVE A REVIEW please! :) Also, let us know what song you want us to sing at the end of the next podcast.REBEL HUMAN REPORT: subscribe at https://www.therebelhuman.com/newsletterSUBSCRIBE to Rebel Human YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RebelHumanSCHOOLS TEASER VIDEO: https://www.therebelhuman.com/schools-videoSCHOOLS PROGRAM: https://www.therebelhuman.com/schoolsWEBSITE: https://www.therebelhuman.com/

Jenny and Tait explain SEAC (stop, exhale, attend, connect), a part of their Rebel Human®  For Schools program. It's something we can all use so it's not just for students. They also share their funnies: Jenny's botch up of a YouTube visual and Tait's adamant push for Jenny to watch ALL of the Beatles documentary. SEAC poster: https://www.therebelhuman.com/seacmusic credit: cover of Across The Universe by Andrew HuangSUBSCRIBE and LEAVE A REVIEW please! :)REBEL HUMAN REPORT: subscribe at https://www.therebelhuman.com/newsletterSUBSCRIBE to Rebel Human YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RebelHumanSCHOOLS TEASER VIDEO: https://www.therebelhuman.com/schools-videoSCHOOLS PROGRAM: https://www.therebelhuman.com/schoolsWEBSITE: https://www.therebelhuman.com/

This week we need some deep calm. Jenny guides you through a 15 minute sound bath using crystal singing bowls and the gong. You can lay down and listen for some deep, nap-like calm. It can even ease you into a nap. Or you can listen while driving or doing other chores and allow the sounds to give you a mental and aural cleanse. SUBSCRIBE and LEAVE A REVIEW please! :)SUBSCRIBE to Rebel Human YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RebelHumanSCHOOLS TEASER VIDEO: https://www.therebelhuman.com/schools-videoSCHOOLS PROGRAM: https://www.therebelhuman.com/schoolsWEBSITE: https://www.therebelhuman.com/

Jenny and Tait explain explore the five dials we can turn in any given moment to shift our physiology: breath, mantra, eye focus, movement, and non-sleep deep rest (NSDR). Each dial washes the brain in different chemicals depending on what shift you would like. Once we understand how to turn these dials and when, we then have autonomy over our whole system. Tait explains the autonomic nervous system, respiratory sinus arrhythmia, optic flow, stress response, and how we can reverse engineer our state. This helps you have control, safety, and calm over the holidays.   They explain how they are teaching students the two parts of learning so they can retain what they learn in class. And how can you sleep better at night? They explain the trick. Jenny reads the "Message To Students" from their Rebel Human For Schools program. This is the message that helps teens understand WHY they are doing these practices in school and how they can program their brains rather than be programmed by social media and advertising. It also assures them that every culture has a history of contemplative practices and that this isn't a religion. They end with their "funny" about Tait's vision for Jenny's sound bath prep using a formula one contraption and their plan to make an art film. SUBSCRIBE and LEAVE A REVIEW please! :)SUBSCRIBE to Rebel Human YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RebelHumanSCHOOLS TEASER VIDEO: https://www.therebelhuman.com/schools-videoSCHOOLS PROGRAM: https://www.therebelhuman.com/schoolsWEBSITE: https://www.therebelhuman.com/

Jenny and Tait discuss how Rebel Human is democratizing wellness through their Triple A Principle (teaching practices that can be done anywhere, anytime, by anyone), the concept of wellness capital, and how their schools program is addressing this. Jenny explains the power of mantra and Tait explains what happens in the brain when your eye focus shifts. Their funny for this episode involves apes and they close out with a Cyndi Lauper ballad. www.therebelhuman.comWATCH at : https://www.youtube.com/c/rebelhumanSUBSCRIBE to the Rebel Human Report: https://www.therebelhuman.com/newsletter

Join Jenny and Tait, co-founders of Rebel Human, as they discuss why they decided to stop using Facebook and Instagram, both personally and professionally. Learn a little bit about the biology and psychology of why social media is so addictive, and what you can do to gain more autonomy over your use. Jenny and Tait talk about their personal experiences with social media and how it has been for them since they have logged off.Books/Articles mentioned:Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity--and Will Determine the Fate of the Human RaceLiu, C., Goel, P., & Kaeser, P. S. (2021). Spatial and temporal scales of dopamine transmission. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 22(6), 345-358.Light phone https://www.thelightphone.com/About Rebel Human: A rebel human is someone who has the strength and clarity of purpose to go against norms in order to bring about constructive change for themself and the world around them. They do the hard thing when it's the right thing.Rebel Human offers a video-based program for high schools, classes, retreats, small-group and corporate events and trainings that build rebel humans: individuals who push back against norms that are harmful to themselves and others and act in accordance with their values regardless of the status quo. Science Based - If we want to change our physiology in real time we need to use things that are both under our control AND connected to the autonomic nervous system. These are our entry points for change. Breath, focus, movement, and self-talk are these entry points. These are the “dials you can turn” in any given moment to dramatically change how you show up for your life.The programming at Rebel Human uses movement, meditation, and creative expression to develop the core competencies of resilience, equanimity, and transcendence (read our FAQs for more on these), the building blocks of a rebel human. Movement strengthens the nervous system, building resilience in the body that translates to resilience in our lives. Meditation actively trains the brain to process and navigate difficult emotions with equanimity and clarity. Creative expression allows a reimagining of a better world for ourself and others while actively connecting us with our values and greater purpose. The world needs more rebel humans, learn to be one now.​Rebel Human was founded by Jenny Arrington and Tait Medina, Ph.D. Read more about them HERE.www.therebelhuman.comSchool Program: https://www.therebelhuman.com/schoolsSign up for the Rebel Human Report: https://www.therebelhuman.com/newsletterYouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/rebelhuman

Jenny and Tait discuss the topic of forgiveness. This was the topic this week at Rebel Human. All the classes were crafted around the topic. Tait and Jenny share the things that came up in their own journey of exploring forgiveness. Tait explains what thing Jenny is doing that is creeping her out. She also reads The Prayer of St. Francis and talks about the deep excavation that AA does around forgiveness. She also shares how she can be atheist and still use these prayers. Tait has been sober for 20 years and shares a bit about her earlier work around forgiveness supported by AA. Jenny reads the email she wrote to the community on forgiveness. Rebel Human provides courses and a blueprint on how to be a human being, guided by values, purpose, meaning. Backed by research, informed by neuroscience, positive psychology, somatic therapy, yogic philosophy and practices, sociology, creative expression, and history, Rebel Human courses teach the core competencies (resilience, neutrality, and transcendence) giving you the skills to live a life of purpose, while connected to something greater. You can find them at www.rebelhumantv.comwww.instagram.com/therebelhumanwww.facebook.com/therebelhumanFree Sound Baths: https://www.therebelhuman.com/soundbathSUBSCRIBE, leave a review, and win a Rebel Human survival kit!

Jenny and Tait talk about the program they are building to support school districts this Fall. As schools scramble, working day and night to prepare, they also acknowledge the programming holes. Additionally, we now know the toll that daily e-learning can take on kids. School systems don’t have the infrastructure to provide high quality supplemental instruction. We want to help. We’ve worked out the kinks around digital asynchronous learning. They talk about all the amazing teachers they’ve brought in to build the program, from a dancer who toured with Beyonce, Ashley Rockwell, to James Beard Grant Winner, Jasmine Sheth, to a recording artist, Jess Godwin, who has taught 40,000 people to write their song. They give a sneak peak of this new programming for schools and explain how it will get the kids inspired, off their screens to explore, and begin creating instead of consuming. Show notes:Ashley Rockwell at https://www.freemvmtshop.com/Jess Godwin https://jessgodwin.com/Jasmine Sheth https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/tasting-india-delivery-service-jasmine-sheth/Content?oid=81803858Rebel Human provides courses and a blueprint on how to be a human being, guided by values, purpose, meaning. Backed by research, informed by neuroscience, positive psychology, somatic therapy, yogic philosophy and practices, sociology, creative expression, and history, Rebel Human courses teach the core competencies (resilience, neutrality, and transcendence) giving you the skills to live a life of purpose, while connected to something greater. You can find them at www.rebelhumantv.comwww.instagram.com/therebelhumanwww.facebook.com/therebelhumanFree Sound Baths: https://www.therebelhuman.com/soundbathSUBSCRIBE, leave a review, and win a Rebel Human survival kit!

We are excited to have Ellen King on the show today, founder of Hewn. Hewn is a bakery that Ellen started out of her condo. Ellen talks about the ways she is a Rebel Human! In the beginning, she delivered bread with her 3 year old son on their way to preschool with their Burley brimming with loaves. It is now a household name in Evanston and beyond. Everything at Hewn is made in-house, from scratch daily. Ellen tells the story of her winding path to baking bread and how it helped her through depression. If she had medicated herself, or ignored her depression, she may not have jumped into bread baking with the intensity and dedication that she did. She may not have found herself, her gift, her business, and her community. She has been sharing her gift and feeding the community for years, and we are grateful.The word hewn—which means to give form or shape with heavy cutting blows by hand—is a way to connect the past with the future. In a time of big box stores and large chains, Hewn is a return back to a smaller, independently owned and operated bakery. Hewn: https://www.hewnbread.com/Rebel Human provides courses and a blueprint on how to be a human being, guided by values, purpose, meaning. Backed by research, informed by neuroscience, positive psychology, somatic therapy, yogic philosophy and practices, sociology, creative expression, and history, Rebel Human courses teach the core competencies (resilience, neutrality, and transcendence) giving you the skills to live a life of purpose, while connected to something greater. You can find them at www.rebelhumantv.comwww.instagram.com/therebelhumanwww.facebook.com/therebelhumanFree Sound Baths: https://www.therebelhuman.com/soundbathSUBSCRIBE, leave a review, and win a Rebel Human survival kit!

Jenny and Tait took their last episode, “Race to Nowhere” to heart and paused last week. They discuss what they did during that time of pausing their output of content, their new signature Rebel Human Training class, and their new assessment. They share their latest funny about how until 3:00pm, Tait is all science, then when the clock strikes, she turns into woo-woo witchy.They haven’t been singing enough lately, so it’s time to bring back their closeout song. Please send your requests for which song they should sing at the end of next episode. References:The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Traumaby Bessel A. van der Kolk https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18693771-the-body-keeps-the-score The Rebel by Albert Camushttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11990.The_Rebel?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=j4rLYvO3h6&rank=1Rebel Human provides courses and a blueprint on how to be a human being, guided by values, purpose, meaning. Backed by research, informed by neuroscience, positive psychology, somatic therapy, yogic philosophy and practices, sociology, creative expression, and history, Rebel Human courses teach the core competencies (resilience, neutrality, and transcendence) giving you the skills to live a life of purpose, while connected to something greater. References:The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Traumaby Bessel A. van der Kolk https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18693771-the-body-keeps-the-scoreYou can find them at www.rebelhumantv.comwww.instagram.com/therebelhumanwww.facebook.com/therebelhumanFree Sound Baths: https://www.therebelhuman.com/soundbathSUBSCRIBE, leave a review, and win a Rebel Human survival kit!Live: 07/13/20

Many people are racing back to the lives they had before. The stay-at-home order during the pandemic gave us an opportunity to slow down our lives and strip them down to what was most important. We don’t need to rush right back into the lives we had before mindlessly. There is a reckoning in our country, along with our own personal reckoning. Tait and Jenny talk about how they are honing the Rebel Human curriculum and brand awareness as they reimagine the future. Referenced in episode: Race To Nowhwere, directed by Vicki Abeles, Jessica Congdon, 2010 http://www.racetonowhere.com/Mitchell Black https://mitchellblack.com/collections/wallcoveringsRebel Human provides courses and a blueprint on how to be a human being, guided by values, purpose, meaning. Backed by research, informed by neuroscience, positive psychology, somatic therapy, yogic philosophy and practices, sociology, creative expression, and history, Rebel Human courses teach the core competencies (resilience, neutrality, and transcendence) giving you the skills to live a life of purpose, while connected to something greater. You can find them at www.rebelhumantv.comwww.instagram.com/therebelhumanwww.facebook.com/therebelhumanFree Sound Baths: https://www.therebelhuman.com/soundbathSUBSCRIBE, leave a review, and win a Rebel Human survival kit!

Jenny and Tait discuss the reckoning that’s happening, unveiling the truth of the past and looking at our current socio-political structure. They share the things that white people shouldn’t say anymore and talk about the tearing down and rebuilding they went through the day before taping this episode. In that tearing down, they discuss how to embody the alternatives, completely let go of the current state, and how Jenny entertained the alternate reality of selling widgets. They discuss reform vs. transformation and how transformation is a reimagining, a brand new way of being in the world. Resources and people referenced in the episode: FAN (Family Action Network) interview of Dr. Robin DiAngelo by Dr. Marcus Campbell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neV_GlvUGn4Rebel Human Radio Episode 11: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rebel-human-radio/id1508029970Robin Rue www.instagram.com/robin_5th_wardDr. Marcus Campbell www.instagram.com/drmarcusacampbellWhite Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh https://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/mcintosh.pdfYou can Jenny and Tait at www.rebelhumantv.comwww.instagram.com/therebelhumanwww.facebook.com/therebelhumanRebel Human training uses ancient tools and scientific knowledge of neurology to help people have the strength and clarity of purpose to do the hard thing when it's the right thing. The training helps you live in accordance with your values. Free Sound Baths: https://www.therebelhuman.com/soundbathSUBSCRIBE, leave a review, and win a Rebel Human survival kit

Tait and Jenny have a special guest this episode. They welcome Evanston’s 5th Ward Alderman Robin Rue to Rebel Human Radio. Evanston is the first municipality in the country to pass a resolution on reparations to their Black community and Robin Rue took the lead in bringing it to City Council for the vote. After years of ground work and months of negotiations, Robin got an almost unanimous vote and it passed. Robin talks with Jenny and Tait about her work and the necessity of reparations. Education isn’t going to close the wealth gap. Reparations can close that gap. White high school dropouts have more wealth than Black college graduates. White college graduates have seven times the wealth as Black college graduates. These are just a couple of examples among thousands that illustrate the wealth gap that isn’t closing. There is also a life expectancy gap so white people on average have 15 more years to accumulate wealth and build a financial legacy to hand down.Robin talks about what white people can be doing to help and what they can stay out of.Below are several resources that are referenced in the show: Evanston reparations fund that anyone can contribute to: https://www.cityofevanston.org/government/city-council/reparationsChicago Magazine article about Robin: http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/June-July-2020/Evanstons-Road-to-Reparations/?fbclid=IwAR0Otz2XJyQiXI9Rhj3WFjW5wb-1DyWF5pDYxm7s4YrmH6TF1z1VRwTMWOgThe Case For Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/Sunshine Enterprises: https://www.sunshineenterprises.com

Tait and Jenny cover living with uncertainty and share their personal experiences (suicide and divorce) of when they learned nothing was certain in life. Tait talks about her first foray into the world since the shelter-in-place order. They discuss how we can come through this pandemic with a new vision for the future and how we can be both uncertain and joyful at the same time. Their funnies include nipples, camel toe, an update on Tait’s hand signals, and the dirge that infiltrated a video. You can find them at www.rebelhumantv.comwww.instagram.com/therebelhumanwww.facebook.com/therebelhumanRebel Human TV has 15 livestream classes a week and an ever growing on-demand library. Classes include Family Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Vinyasa, Yin Yoga, Sound Healing, Meditation, 20:20:20 (an aerobics/vinyasa/meditation combo), and a children's show called Ms. Arrington's Atelier.A sampling of these classes and all of the children's shows can be found here free: https://www.therebelhuman.com/watch-community-tvFree Sound Baths: https://www.therebelhuman.com/soundbathSUBSCRIBE, leave a review, and win a Rebel Human survival kit!

Tait and Jenny discuss mental health stigma, and Tait discusses the results of a national study she co-authored. They share the beauty of newly released “Sad People” by Jess Godwin, and their personal emotional dips during the pandemic. They share their funny things like pantless Jenny during the sound bath, Tait’s interpretive dance-like hand signals, and they close out the show attempting to sing Air Supply’s “Without You.”“Sad People” by Jess Godwin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FM7UKeT84A“Anger is initiatory but it is not transformative. If we don’t move past anger, it turns from a wise messenger to a prison.” Ruth King, author of “Mindful of Race, Transforming Racism From the Inside Out.”Pescosolido, Bernice, Jack K. Martin, J. Scott Long, Tait R. Medina, Jo Phelan, Bruce G. Link. November 2010. "'A Disease Like Any Other' A Decade of Change in Public Reactions to Schizophrenia, Depression and Alcohol Dependence." American Journal of Psychiatry 167:1321-1330. http://taitmedina.com/2Medina-2011-ADiseaseLikeAnyOther.PDFPescosolid, Bernice. A., Tait R. Medina, Jack K. Martin, and J. Scott Long. 2013. "The 'Backbone' of Stigma: Identifying the Global Core of Public Prejudice Associated with Mental Illness." American Journal of Public Health 103(5):853-860. http://taitmedina.com/1Pescosolido-2013-BackboneOfStigma.pdfYou can find them at www.rebelhumantv.comwww.instagram.com/therebelhumanwww.facebook.com/therebelhumanRebel Human TV has 15 livestream classes a week and an ever growing on-demand library. Classes include Family Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Vinyasa, Yin Yoga, Sound Healing, Meditation, 20:20:20 (an aerobics/vinyasa/meditation combo), and a children's show called Ms. Arrington's Atelier.A sampling of these classes and all of the children's shows can be found here free: https://www.therebelhuman.com/watch-community-tvFree Sound Baths: https://www.therebelhuman.com/soundbathSUBSCRIBE, leave a review, and win a Rebel Human survival kit!

Jenny and Tait review what they’ve been gripping on to too tightly. They share their new Rebel Human TV pricing inspired by asking themselves, “are we gripping on to anything?” They each share a personal story about a gripping attachment. Tait shares what happened when she wanted her son to read 100 books last summer. Jenny shares her list of businesses and projects she started, thinking that’s what she must do. They share their “funny” thing that has something to do with Tait’s behind the camera antics/direction, and end the episode by singing Pat Benatar’s dramatic “We Belong.”Tait tells the story about the shipwrecked boys. You can find more about it here: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what-happened-when-six-boys-were-shipwrecked-for-15-monthsYou can find them at www.rebelhumantv.comwww.instagram.com/therebelhumanwww.facebook.com/therebelhumanRebel Human TV has 15 livestream classes a week and an ever growing on-demand library. Classes include Family Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Vinyasa, Yin Yoga, Sound Healing, Meditation, 20:20:20 (an aerobics/vinyasa/meditation combo), and a children's show called Ms. Arrington's Atelier.A sampling of these classes and all of the children's shows can be found here free: https://www.therebelhuman.com/watch-community-tvFree Sound Baths: https://www.therebelhuman.com/soundbathSUBSCRIBE, leave a review, and win a Rebel Human survival kit!

Tait and Jenny share some of their personal shifts during the pandemic, and things they've noticed, like Tait's philosophical moment with the stove s'more. They talk about the hard last five steps and how it's worth sticking with it to get the big change.They share their funnies of the week involving Jenny ruining a beautiful moment with her daughter, and how Tait knows whether Jenny is still or the tech has crashed. They end class with the theme song from the 80s TV show, Great American Hero. You can find them at www.rebelhumantv.comwww.instagram.com/therebelhumanwww.facebook.com/therebelhumanRebel Human TV has 15 livestream classes a week and an ever growing on-demand library. Classes include Family Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Vinyasa, Yin Yoga, Sound Healing, Meditation, 20:20:20 (an aerobics/vinyasa/meditation combo), and a children's show called Ms. Arrington's Atelier. A sampling of these classes and all of the children's shows can be found here free: https://www.therebelhuman.com/watch-community-tvFee Sound Baths: https://www.therebelhuman.com/soundbathSUBSCRIBE, leave a review, and win a Rebel Human survival kit!

Tait and Jenny share stories from the past and how about their mindset has shifted. And they just kept coming back to the disciplined practice. Their baseline before they had this awareness of these practices, and their baseline now is drastically different. They discuss passion and purpose. Although passion may flair up and be the fire to get something started, it’s the discipline, commitment and hard work that leads to fulfillment. Ego may flair up and tell a story of largesse and fame, or a story of devastation and worthlessness. Jenny shares her experience of being carried away by passion and ego when starting a company years ago called Karma Trik and how that failed. They share their Funny thing of the day and it's a blooper involving Nu Shooz's "I Can't Wait."Jenny's show and tell is a passage from Ego Is The Enemy by Ryan Holiday, which supports their discussion on passion. ***Leave a review and subscribe*** to win a Rebel Human SWAG BAG SURVIVAL KITwww.instagram.com/therebelhumanwww.facebook.com/therebelhumanwww.rebelhumantv.com

Jenny and Tait share their latest challenges in the pivot and how they have to now iterate. They explore the things that are making them angry, the social equity cleavage and the "wellness" breast cleavage that is abundant. Their funny thing for the day involves almost crying, and their show and tell passage by Glennon Doyle may bring tender tears to listeners. They finish the episode with an unpracticed "Hit Me With Your Best Shot."LEAVE A REVIEW and be eligible to WIN a REBEL HUMAN SWAG BAG filled with Jenny and Tait's survival goodies. 7 Days Free classes at www.rebelhumantv.com

Tait and Jenny share what was starkly different in their work lives before the pandemic compared to after. Jenny talks about how different it is to teach to a camera, and Tait shares how her new role as TV producer has affected her emotionally and physically. They share their “funny thing,” Tait shares a quote on bitterness, they connect over how people have reacted to their “resting bitch face,” and they close out the episode by singing “Shadows of the Night.”LEAVE A REVIEW and be eligible to WIN a REBEL HUMAN SWAG BAG filled with Jenny and Tait's survival goodies. 7 Days Free classes at www.rebelhumantv.com

Tait and Jenny discuss their funny thing from the day, do show and tell, and each share a life struggle. Jenny asks "What glimmer of Rebel Human attributes shone through even through the struggle?" Tait discusses getting sober and Jenny shares her struggle with bulimia. Show and tell: Crystal singing bowlLEAVE A REVIEW and be eligible to WIN a REBEL HUMAN SWAG BAG filled with Jenny and Tait's survival goodies. 7 Days Free classes at www.rebelhumantv.com

Tait and Jenny explain why their company is called Rebel Human and begin to dig in to what it means to be a Rebel Human. They talk about how finding true health and change isn't pretty, it's hard work. They talk about their funny for the day, and as they do every episode, Show and Tell. This episode's Show and Tell is an excerpt from Pema Chodron's The Places That Scare You. LEAVE A REVIEW and be eligible to WIN a REBEL HUMAN SWAG BAG filled with Jenny and Tait's survival goodies. 7 Days Free classes at www.rebelhumantv.com

Experts told Tait and Jenny that what they were trying to build (a professional broadcast studio, live streaming, and subscription based product) would take a year. They did it in three weeks. On this first episode of Rebel Human Radio, they get their first opportunity to stop working, sit down, and talk about what they built. There is much more to process, but this was a start. They discuss their lowest moments over the last month, as they simultaneously took the hit of the pandemic and launched a new branch of their business. Jenny talks about body image and Tait discusses some self-doubt. They both share what would have them on the floor, face-down and crying. Equity, privilege, and women-owned businesses also get some time on this episode. A little singing and laughing rounds out the challenges. LEAVE A REVIEW and be eligible to WIN a REBEL HUMAN SWAG BAG filled with Jenny and Tait's survival goodies. 7 Days Free classes at www.rebelhumantv.com