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  The Surprising Connection Between Your Body and Mind with Dr. Chris Motley 28.07.2026 1h 40min

  Have you ever gotten a clean bill of health and still felt like something was wrong? What if the anxiety, the brain fog, the thing you can't explain isn't in your head, but a story your body inherited?Dr. Chris Motley is a functional medicine practitioner and acupuncturist based in Nashville, and the host of the Ancient Health Podcast. For over 22 years, he's blended Chinese medicine, kinesiology, and biofeedback with Western diagnostics to find what standard testing misses — the chronic weaknesses that don't show up on a bloodwork panel but show up in how we sleep, how we digest, and how we carry stress in our bodies.In this episode, Dr. Motley and Miles talk about how inflammation from food can weaken the blood-brain barrier and surface in surprising ways — and why the weakest organ in your body often maps straight back to how your parents and grandparents lived. Today, you'll learn how to read your body's own signals, why curiosity heals faster than fear, and what it actually looks like to get to the root of a problem instead of managing its symptoms.In this conversation, you'll learn:How chronic inflammation from food can weaken the blood-brain barrier and show up as anxiety, depression, or brain fogHow to read your body's own signals — sleep patterns, digestion, even facial features — the way a functional medicine practitioner doesHow your weakest organ can map directly back to how your parents and grandparents livedWhy processed food, not just screens, may be driving the rise in childhood behavioral changesHow the gut-brain axis connects what you eat to how you feel within hoursWhy getting curious about a weakness — instead of afraid of it — is the first step to healing itSimple, low-cost first steps to a more fulfilled, healthier life anyone can start todayIf this stirred something in you, Onsite offers a range of experiences to do life-changing work around your story and stored trauma that your body is asking for. Learn more at experienceonsite.com Follow Human School:YouTube - Human School PodcastInstagram - @humanschoolofficialThreads - @humanschoolofficialTikTok - @humanschoolofficial What We Discuss:00:00:00 – Meet Dr. Chris Motley00:02:41 – Why He Left a Growing Practice00:08:19 – The Danger of Expertise Without Curiosity00:12:04 – Meeting Overwhelmed Patients with Optimism00:13:50 – How Motley Found His Interest in Medicine00:17:51 – Motley’s Story Through His Gallbladder00:23:30 – Where He Starts with Every New Patient00:28:00 – Are Emotions Hiding Inside Our Organs?00:33:54 – The Benefits of Integrated Medicine: Treating Mind & Body00:42:36 – The Anxious Patient 00:47:51 – "What You Eat Is What You Think"00:52:44 – The Health Goal Every Day00:55:06 – Your Gut is Your Second Brain: Explaining Gut-Brain Axis01:01:06 – Drivers of the Mental Health Crisis Happening Now01:05:54 – Why Do We Have So Many Food Allergies?01:06:45 – People, Food, & the ADD and ADHD Rise01:08:51 – The Habit Change to Reset Your System01:11:58 – Motley’s “Basic” Steps Towards Physical Wellness01:14:01 – Miles’s Steps Toward Emotional Wellness01:16:47 – What is behind Chronic Constipation?01:17:54 – Getting Back into Your Body01:25:22 – What Your Face Reveals About Your Story01:27:50 – Ancient Practices over Modern Technology01:33:06 – Motley Outside of Medicine 01:35:41 – The Lesson Weaving Throughout 22 Years PracticingThis episode is a conversation between practitioners sharing personal experience and professional perspective — it is not medical advice. Please consult your own physician or healthcare provider before making any changes to your health, diet, or treatment plan.
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  Tori Kelly: What It Means To Be More Than Your Gift 17.07.2026 1h 14min

  Have you ever believed you're only worthy of attention when you're performing and perfect?What if the thing you fear your kid will inherit is the exact thing you've never worked through yourself? Tori Kelly, a Grammy-winning vocalist who's been sharing her voice with the world since she was a kid, sits down with Miles for a conversation about identity, motherhood, and what happens when the performance stops. Tori opens up about growing up in a mixed-race householdwhere she often felt othered, getting signed at 12 and "shelved" before she'd lived enough life to have something to say, and the lie she quietly believed for years: that she wasn't worthy of attention unless she was singing. She talks about touring stadiums with Ed Sheeran while pregnant, writing her new album, God Must Really Love Me, in two weeks while holding her newborn son, and why his first cry made the record. Tori and Miles go deep into the perfectionism she traces back to her earliest days on stage, the phone cleanses she uses to fight comparison, and why motherhood has made her want her son to see her mess up, say sorry, and be human. Miles shares a mentor's metaphor about gratitude that reframes how you see whatever you're circling right now, and Tori tells the story of the drive where the phrase "God must really love me" came out of her mouth before it became an album title. Ever notice the pattern you're trying to protect your kids from is usually the one you haven't fully worked through yourself? Onsite's Living Centered Program for parents and adults ready to finally do their own work, not just manage everyone else's. It's not about becoming a perfect parent; It's about becoming an honest one. Learn more at experienceonsite.com In this conversation, you'll learn:How to Trace Perfectionism Back to the Stage Instead of the Story You Tell YourselfHow to Stop Performing for Approval and Start ActuallyFeeling ItHow Becoming a Parent Can Break a Pattern You Didn't Know You Were RepeatingHow to Use a Phone Cleanse to Get Your Voice Back FromComparisonHow to Write an Album in Two Weeks Once You Stop Editing YourselfHow to Let Your Kids Watch You Mess Up on PurposeHow to Reframe a Career "Setback" as the Setup for Something BetterHow Growing Up Feeling "Othered" Shapes the Way You Tell the Truth LaterHow to Turn Gratitude Into a Practice Instead of a MoodHow to Know the Difference Between Being a Vocalist andBeing Yourself Follow Human School:YouTube - Human School PodcastInstagram - @humanschoolofficialThreads - @humanschoolofficialTikTok - @humanschoolofficial What We Discuss:00:00:00 – Meet Tori Kelly00:01:51 – Her Grand Ole Opry Debut, One Night Before ThisConversation00:05:34 – Genre-less on Purpose00:08:41 – The Vocalist Everyone Expects, the Storyteller She's Becoming00:10:51 – The Soundtrack of Her Childhood00:12:43 – Signed at 12 & Promised the World00:23:05 – A Career Built on Slow Builds, Not Big Breaks00:28:24 – How Becoming a Mom Rewired Her as an Artist00:29:24 – Touring Stadiums With Ed Sheeran While Pregnant00:31:13 – What Motherhood Cracked Open00:36:29 – She Doesn't Want Her Son Thinking He Has to BePerfect00:38:46 – Tracing Her Perfectionism Back to the Root00:40:59 – How Approval Got Tangled Up With Her Voice00:47:31 – The Phone Cleanse That Gave Her Mind Back00:56:06 – The Story Behind "God Must Really Love Me"01:01:46 – The Vulture Metaphor: Reframing Gratitude01:04:41 – Congruence, Not Perfection01:09:25 – Her Husband and Life on Tour01:13:34 – Ending on the Only Line That Fits
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  Sissy Goff & David Thomas: What It Means to Raise Capable Kids 09.07.2026 1h 31min

  How do you help an anxious child build real confidence instead of just managing their fear?What if the very thing keeping your kid unsafe is how hard you're working to protect them? Sissy Goff and David Thomas are two of the most trusted voices in child and adolescent mental health today, counselors at Daystar Counseling Ministries and hosts of the popular Raising Boys and Girls podcast. With more than three decades combined sitting across from kids and their families, they've become go-to resources for parents navigating anxiety, emotional development, and resilience in childhood. Their new New York Times Bestselling book, Capable, just carried them through a national press tour, including a stop on the Today Show, and for good reason: it takes on one of the most urgent questions facing parents right now. In this conversation, Sissy, David, and Miles unpack why so many kids today aren't just anxious; they're increasingly unwilling to try, and what parents can actually do to build resilience instead of just managing symptoms. They talk through the difference between attunement and over-protection, why "trust your gut" might be the most important piece of parenting advice out there, and how to set healthy boundaries around technology and social media without shutting your kids out of the world they're growing up in. It's a grounded, hopeful conversation about childhood anxiety, parenting under pressure, and what it actually takes to raise capable, confident kids in an overwhelmed world. Your kids are watching you more closely than they're listening to you. Onsite's Living Centered Program is a place for parents ready to do their own work, so the patterns they pass down are worth passing on. Learn more at experienceonsite.com. Follow Human School:YouTube - Human School PodcastInstagram - @humanschoolofficialThreads - @humanschoolofficialTikTok - @humanschoolofficial For more resources and tools from Sissy Goff & David Thomas, visit raisingboysandgirls.com or follow along on Instagram @raisingboysandgirls. In this conversation, you'll learn:How to Tell Attunement From Rescuing Your KidHow to Read the Emergency Behind Their AnxietyHow to Stop Outsourcing Instincts to Strangers OnlineHow to Decide When They Get a Phone or Social AccountHow to Turn a Hard No Into a Creative YesHow to Use "Trust the Process" in Their Hardest StretchHow to Spot a Problem They Should Solve ThemselvesHow to Rebuild Your Resilience Before Teaching ItHow to Hold Grief and Purpose at the Same TimeHow to Give Your Kids a Front-Row Seat to Your GrowthHow to Raise a Capable Kid Without Raising an Anxious OneHow to Pick Two Parenting Voices You Actually Trust What We Discuss:00:00:00 – Meet Sissy Goff and David Thomas00:04:21 – Over-Correction: the Field's New Blind Spot00:05:35 – Catching Up & Life After the Capable Press Tour00:08:31 – The Soap Opera Character & Camp Job that Shaped Careers00:14:02 – A Working 32-Year Partnership 00:17:09 – Sissy’s Dog Who Came to Work & Comforted Teen's Tears 00:20:20 – Sammy, Onsite’s Beagle Who Escorted Every New Guest00:30:15 – Backstage at the Today Show00:36:58 – What This Work Taught Them About Being Human00:41:55 – A National State of Emergency Hiding in Plain Sight00:49:32 – Escape and Avoidance Feel Like Good Parenting00:53:29 – What Attunement Actually Looks Like00:59:25 – “Go in the Strength You Already Have”01:03:22 – What's Really Underneath a Lack of Confidence01:10:56 – Trust the Process, Even in Their Hardest Stretch01:18:25 – Is my child ready for technology?01:26:18 – Doing Your Own Work Is the Greatest Gift to Your Kids01:27:16 – A Look Inside Daystar Counseling Ministries
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  Bobby Bones: The Work That Success Can't Do 02.07.2026 1h 15min

  What's the real difference between showing up for someone and rescuing them?Can a single pair of socks undo years of not letting yourself feel anything?Bobby Bones went from a campus radio station in Arkansas to the National Radio Hall of Fame, two #1 New York Times bestsellers, and a syndicated morning show heard by millions, turning his own story into a reason other people feel less alone in theirs. He sits down with Miles Adcox eight weeks into fatherhood, in a season that's forced him to slow down after two decades of never having to.Bobby opens up about being raised by a 16-year-old motherwho struggled with addiction his whole childhood, the trailer he bought her the first time he made real money, and the hard lesson in what enabling actually looks like when you love someone who's sick. He reveals the moment a stranger's kindness at a therapy intensive at Onsite finally broke him open, and shares the four-letter word his mother never said but it’s the one his grandmother said so consistently it became the only safety he knew. Miles and Bobby go deep into being triggered by both praise and criticism, why Bobby only checks hiscomments on Tuesdays, and the grief of having a daughter who'll never meet the grandmother who shaped him most. In this conversation, you'll learn:How to Turn Your Own Insecurities Into a Bridge for Someone Else'sHow to Tell the Difference Between Supporting Someone in Addiction and Enabling ThemHow to Stay Consistent With Someone Even When It Feels Like Nothing Is ChangingHow to Recognize When Both Praise and Criticism Are Actuallya ThreatHow to Build Boundaries So Social Media Doesn't Run YourNervous SystemHow to Respond Instead of React When You Feel ChallengedHow to Find Safety in a Relationship After a ChildhoodWithout ItHow to Let a Stranger's Small Act of Kindness Actually LandHow to Talk to Your Kids About the Parts of Your Story ThatStill HurtHow to Know You Were Consistent Enough, Even When Nothing Else Felt Certain Feeling stuck in patterns you can't quite name? Onsite'sLiving Centered Program is built for people ready to slow down and do the deeper work that creates real change. Learn more at experienceonsite.com.Follow Human School:YouTube - Human School PodcastInstagram - @humanschoolofficialThreads - @humanschoolofficialTikTok - @humanschoolofficialWhat We Discuss:00:00:00 – Meet Bobby Bones00:03:47 – Why every performer is secretly insecure00:05:09 – The secret to connecting with people in interviews00:15:47 – Finding the line between public and private life00:17:56 – Getting rejected to 2 Bestsellers00:22:32 – Bobby’s Mom: 16 years old, no support, and anaddiction that never let go00:31:57 – What to say to someone who is supporting an addict00:38:06 – "I wish our baby could meet my mom"00:39:33 – The four-letter word his grandma never stoppedsaying00:47:11 – Why compliments feel like threats to him00:50:29 – The boundaries that keep him from spiraling online00:53:35 – Property and therapy: the two best investments he'smade00:58:27 – His Onsite story he's never told quite like this01:07:03 – The TEDx talk that flopped & the one that gothim back on stage01:11:06 – What watching his wife become a mom taught himabout love01:13:43 – His message to his daughter, twenty years from now
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  Reece Weaver: What Comes After the Dream 25.06.2026 1h 30min

  Have you ever lived a dream so fully that you felt the quiettug to walk away?  Not because it failed you, but because something new was calling.What does it look like to anchor your identity in somethingthat can never be taken from you, even when everything you've built your life around closes a chapter? Reece Weaver spent her entire third season as a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader (DCC) carrying a decision nobody outside her closest circle knew about yet. The preacher's granddaughter from Jacksonville, Florida who started dancing at three, earned a scholarship to the University of Alabama —where she also met her husband Will — and felt something shift in her chest the moment she walked into AT&T Stadium as a sophomore. In the years to follow she has become the most-followed DCC in the franchise's history, a breakout presence on Netflix's America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders,and then spent a year in therapy, prayer, and conversation with people she trusts, processing a feeling of “what’s next?” she couldn't explain and couldn't ignore.In this conversation, Miles Adcox and Reece gets to the story underneath her retirement announcement. Reece opens up about the mental and emotional toll that the spotlight created long before the headlines caught up. She talks about the comparison trap that quietly became perfectionism, not being able to ignore people’s opinions and critiques on social media, her mom's reminder that "if that crown ever gets too tight, we can easily take it off," and why the word "retirement" still doesn't sit right with her. Miles and Reece also get to explore the joy of this next season and what is to come: a book, new hometown, being a cheerleader to her friends, and open hands for more opportunities.  In this conversation, you'll learn:How to Know When a Dream Is Finished vs. When You AreHow to Separate Your Identity from the Thing You're Best AtHow to Let "Two Things Can Be True" Change YourNext DecisionHow to Carry Perfectionism Without Being Carried By ItHow to Survive Being Watched Without Being Defined By ItHow to Hear the Tug Before It Becomes a RoarHow to Find Community That Tells You the TruthHow to Serve Something Bigger Than Your Own Highlight ReelHow to Take a Leap of Faith Into a Blank CanvasHow to Turn a Page Without Calling It Quitting The conversations we have on Human School are shaped by thework happening every day at Onsite. Stuck in the same emotional patterns? Onsite's Living Centered Program helps you slow down, go deeper, and do the inner work that changes things. Learn more at experienceonsite.com. Follow Human School:YouTube - Human School PodcastInstagram - @humanschoolofficialThreads - @humanschoolofficialTikTok - @humanschoolofficial What We Discuss:00:00:00 – Meet Reece Weaver00:04:10 – Jacksonville, Florida & the Preacher's Granddaughter00:09:39 – "I Was a Sponge" — How It All Started at Three00:22:33 – Dance as an Expressive Therapy00:24:34 – When Dance Becomes Your Whole Identity00:27:44 – Who defines your identity? 00:32:42 – What Belonging Really Means00:33:46 – One Song, Two Auditions, & Dreams She Didn't Know Yet00:37:22 – Running Out on Bryant-Denny for the First Time00:39:32 – Learning to Fail Well00:42:21 – Where Perfectionism Really Comes From00:50:18 – How Cutthroat Is It Inside the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders?00:55:37 – Reminder from Mom: "If That Crown Ever Gets Too Tight"00:59:17 – What to Tell a Young Girl in the Comparison Trap01:02:18 – America’s Team: The Dallas Cowboys01:06:52 – The Cotton Bowl Moment That Changed Everything01:09:47 – The Mental Weight Nobody Talks About01:17:05 – What’s next for Reece?01:19:59 – Moving Onto the Next Phase of Life – Goodbye DCC01:23:17 – Why She Refuses the Word "Retirement"01:26:47 – What the Tears are Saying
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  Clea Shearer: Refusing to Waste Pain 18.06.2026 1h 10min

  Have you ever fought the hardest battle of your life and then not known what to do once it was over?What if the story you thought defined you was actually the prologue to something even bigger? Clea Shearer is co-founder of The Home Edit — the brand, the Netflix show, the New York Times bestselling books. But the Clea in this conversation has spent four years navigating a cancer journey her own doctors call a medical anomaly. From her diagnosis to a double mastectomy, followed by many emergency surgeries, she has faced complications most people never encounter. And she's done it all publicly, because she made a promise in Paris the day after her diagnosis: she was going to make her cancer purposeful. Miles and Clea go into all sides of facing a cancer treatment, especially the ones no one mentions. She opens up about the depression that hit after ringing the bell, being medically induced into menopause, losing her breast for the third time, and the first real fight she and her husband, John, had in 21 years. But she also shares how making her suffering public became the thing that saved her, why she considers cancer one of the great honors of her life, and what she's learned about building community and finding purpose on the other side. In this conversation, you'll learn:How to find purpose in the middle of the worst thing that's ever happened to youHow the “ring the bell” moment can become its own kind of rock bottomHow illness fatigue affects even the most loving support systemsHow to receive help without guilt or resistanceHow sharing your story publicly can become the thing that heals youHow to tell the difference between relief and healing and why you need bothHow to rebuild meaning when you don't know what you were fighting for anymoreHow the community becomes your greatest medicine when nothing else worksHow to find the honor inside the hardest thing you've never asked forHow to keep going when you don't know if there's another side Whether you're navigating grief, burnout, or a quiet sensethat something feels off, Onsite’s Living Centered experience gives you the tools, the community, and the space to change. Learn more at experienceonsite.com. Follow Human School:YouTube - Human School PodcastInstagram - @humanschoolofficialThreads - @humanschoolofficialTikTok - @humanschoolofficial What We Discuss:00:00:00 – Meet Clea Shearer00:03:31 – Hot Flashes & Getting Drop-Kicked Into Menopause00:06:23 – Diagnosis Day: March 8, 202200:07:45 – What Happens After Active Treatment Ends00:13:35 – The Medical Anomaly Nobody Wants to Be00:17:52 – The Dark Month No One Saw Coming00:21:05 – Eight Surgeries and a Year of Reconstruction00:26:47 – Losing Her Breast for the Third Time00:29:28 – The Undertow Nobody Else Could See00:34:25 – The First Real Fight in 21 Years of Marriage00:38:28 – 2026: The Year of the Fire Horse00:42:48 – Presence Over Words: Horse Therapy00:49:30 – The Two Things the Human Brain Fears Most00:50:06 – Champagne, a Kindle, and Unconventional Coping00:52:02 – Why She's Never Really Done Therapy00:54:02 – Inner-Circle Friendship: Sitting Like a Chicken on an Egg00:56:14 – Community Is the Most Powerful Antidote01:00:30 – The Moment in Paris That Changed Everything01:04:46 – Why Cancer Became the Honor of Her Lifetime01:06:04 – A taste of what they didn’t get to
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  Conner Smith: What It Means To Keep a Soft Heart After Hard Things 11.06.2026 1h 29min

  What does it actually look like to rebuild from the insideout — before the world even knows you needed to?What happens to a person when tragedy arrives not as a slowunraveling, but all at once — and the only thing left standing is who you actually are? What does it look like to grieve something you can't talkabout, for a family you can't reach, while the world keeps watching? Country singer-songwriter Conner Smith landed his firstpublishing deal on Music Row at 16 years old. By 21, he was opening for his heroes. By 24, he'd gone independent, walked away from a label, and released a raw 10-song acoustic record, not because anyone told him to, but because it wasthe first music he ever actually believed in.In this conversation, Conner opens up to Miles about themoment he stopped writing songs for approval and started writing them for himself, why going independent felt less like a career risk and more like self-respect, and the story of June 8th — the night he was involved in a fatal accident. He shares how grief, silence, and the community that showed up becamethe foundation for the most important growth of his life, what it was like to sit with the family of the woman who died, and why honoring her legacy is now woven into who he's becoming. The conversations we have on Human School are shaped by the work happening every day at Onsite. For more than 45 years, Onsite has helped people slow down, get honest about their stories, and experience meaningful change through world-class therapeutic experiences. Learn more at ⁠experienceonsite.com. In this conversation, you'll learn: How to know when you're writing someone else's song with your own life How early success can quietly steal your sense of self How to rebuild your artistic identity from the inside out How to tell the difference between stewardship and striving How community carries you when you can't carry yourself How to redefine success before the milestone redefines you How forgiveness can be the most unexpected turning point in a tragedy How to let suffering shape you without letting it define youHow your greatest weakness becomes your greatest strength How to let people carry what you've spent your whole lifecarrying alone Follow Human School:YouTube - Human School PodcastInstagram - @humanschoolofficialThreads - @humanschoolofficialTikTok - @humanschoolofficial What We Discuss:00:00:00 – Meet Conner Smith00:04:49 – Growing Up Inside the Dream Before You're Ready00:08:20 – What Thomas Rhett Taught Him About Priorities00:10:23 – The Story behind Milestones00:13:50 – When He Stopped Writing for Himself00:16:06 – Songwriting & Why He Put the Record Out Anyway00:21:41 – The First Time He Believed the Compliments00:28:17 – Redefining Success Without Losing the Dream00:31:34 – Stewardship vs. Striving00:34:16 – "Industry Plant": The Song That Got Him in Trouble00:39:22 – What Happens Before You Find Who You Are00:41:26 – What He Told a 14-Year-Old About to Sign a Deal00:47:20 – June 8th: The Night Everything Stopped00:50:33 – The Weight No One Could Prepare Him For00:54:46 – Getting Help Early Helped01:01:48 – Forgiveness Around a Table with Miss Dot's Family01:03:03 – Miss Dot & Why Her Legacy Matters01:05:34 – How Tragedy Changed Him01:14:00 – The 18-Year-Old Who Shared His Story01:15:32 – Friends Who Showed Up Without Asking01:18:09 – Transactional vs. Transformational Relationships01:27:11 – Closing Blessing for Listeners
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  Alana Springsteen: Learning You Don't Have to Earn Love 04.06.2026 1h 4min

  What if the songs you've been writing were actually thetherapy you desperately needed? What if the version of you that felt like the black sheep your whole life was the one who would help the rest of us feel less alone? Alana Springsteen has been performing since before she knewwhat performing cost her. She signed her first publishing deal at 14, earned a gold record before she turned 25, CMT's Next Women of Country, and has shared stages with Keith Urban and Tyler Hubbard — all while quietly carrying a version of herself she hadn't yet figured out how to put down. Her sophomorealbum, I Hope This Helps, is the result of what happened when she stopped grinding and started digging. Miles and Alana go deep into the fear woven into her faith,the people-pleasing that had her questioning “why,” the EMDR session that surfaced a memory from four years old, and the eating disorder she kept hidden until she was finally ready to let her mom in. This is a conversation about what it costs to become who you were always meant to be and the honesty aboutthe journey to get there. In this conversation, you'll learn:How to Tell the Difference Between Faith and FearHow Performing for Love Slowly Erodes Your IdentityHow to Use Curiosity as a Tool for DeconstructionHow People-Pleasing Becomes a Mask You Can't Take OffHow to Pick Up the Mirror Instead of the MicroscopeHow EMDR Unlocks Childhood Memories Still Running Your Adult LifeHow to Recognize When Validation Has Become a DrugHow to Write Your Way Through Seasons That Would Otherwise Break YouHow to Let Your Parents See Who You Actually AreHow to Stop Waiting for Permission to Love Yourself The conversations we have on Human School are shaped by the work happening every day at Onsite. For more than 45 years, Onsite has helped people slow down, get honest about their stories, and experience meaningful change through world-class therapeutic experiences. Learn more at experienceonsite.com. Follow Human School:YouTube - Human School PodcastInstagram - @humanschoolofficialThreads - @humanschoolofficialTikTok - @humanschoolofficialWhat We Discuss:00:00:00 – Meet Alana Springsteen00:04:39 – The Two Years That Reshaped Everything00:08:02 – Growing Up in Small Town Virginia00:12:16 – The Gift and the Burden of a Religious Upbringing00:18:57 – Moving to Nashville at 1400:20:11 – Learning to See Your Parents as Human00:21:17 – Advice for those Questioning Faith00:23:27 – The Story Behind "Same God"00:29:57 – Learning to Trust Your Own Inner Voice00:31:48 – Wearing So Many Masks You Forget Your Own Face00:36:52 – Being Public Before You Know Yourself00:41:02 – Rick Rubin’s Influence on Creating Art00:45:42 – Learning to Love Yourself Without Conditions00:48:56 – EMDR Therapy and What It Surfaced00:51:49 – Picking Up the Mirror Instead of the Microscope00:56:52 – The Story Behind "Note to Self"01:00:13 – “It's Never Too Late to Have a Happy Childhood.”01:00:58 – Affirmations from Alana
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  Skylar Grey: The Courage to Be Yourself 28.05.2026 1h 50min

  Have you ever felt like becoming quieter was the only way to survive being too much?What if the chaos you chased and the life you almost missed were both pointing you home? Skylar Grey is a five-time Grammy-nominated artist, SpotifyBillions Club member, and one of the most distinctive voices of the last two decades. Known for her work with Eminem and Dr. Dre, she sits down with Miles Adcox to talk about the parts of her story the highlight reel never shows: a 1,500-person Wisconsin town, being told she was too much, a friendship breakup she never forgot, and a teacher who said music wasn't a career — the last day she went back to class. Skylar opens up about retreating to an Oregon cabin afterher record deal fell apart, how that silence gave her "Love the Way You Lie," and the fears that kept her shrinking even as the world grew louder. She shares what it took to believe she deserved real love, why she's letting the wild little girl back out, and how Wasted Potential became a story she wrote for herself — one that might save someone else. In this conversation, you'll learn:How childhood fractures quietly shape your adult lifeHow being "too much" can become what makes youunforgettableHow to find yourself after the world trains it out of youHow to tell the difference between influence and inspirationHow burnout signals you've drifted from your own voiceHow fear of criticism shrinks your art and your lifeHow to know when you've earned the right to want what you wantHow polarizing art finds the people who need it mostHow to write through darkness without forcing a resolutionHow to build a life that makes the work worth doing The conversations we have on Human School are shaped by the work happening every day at Onsite. For more than 45 years, Onsite has helped people slow down, get honest about their stories, and experience meaningful change through world-class therapeutic experiences. Learn more at experienceonsite.com. Follow Human School:YouTube - Human School PodcastInstagram - @humanschoolofficialThreads - @humanschoolofficialTikTok - @humanschoolofficial What We Discuss:00:00:00 – Meet Skylar Grey00:02:19 – What it feels like to be truly seen00:04:25 – Turning 40 and why now was the time to tell her story00:06:49 – Growing up in a small town00:10:48 – The childhood fractures that still live in her00:13:50 – Carrying the past into the music industry00:19:12 – A Celtic harpist mom and a barbershop quartet dad00:21:36 – "Generations" – the duo that started her career00:24:11 – Going solo at 12 and buying her first piano00:27:18 – Influenced vs. inspired 00:34:24 – Tunnel vision work ethics00:41:30 – The teacher who said "music isn't a career"00:44:16 – Running off stage in tears & what the crowdfelt in it00:47:09 – Her message to those who feel like they don't belong00:51:29 – The grocery store pick-up line & dream partner00:54:03 – "Love the Way You Lie" Origin Story01:05:11 – How Eminem's "Stan" changed everything01:11:53 – What setbacks taught her01:14:16 – The burnout she didn't see coming01:16:18 – Why success scared her & fear held her back01:28:16 – "Bubble Grunge" Era 01:33:54 – The story behind "Bruises"01:37:06 – Her journey to the "That'll Be Fine" girl01:38:48 – What the younger Skylar would think of all this01:41:08 – Meet Time - the AI stuffed animal voiced by Skylar Grey
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  Tim Harris: Hugging the World Back Together 21.05.2026 1h 33min

  What if the most powerful thing you could offer the world wasn't your résumé or achievements, but simply your presence and a hug? Tim Harris is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, Special Olympics athlete, author of The Book of Hugs, host of the Big Heart Talks with Tim podcast, and founder of Tim's Big Heart Foundation. Raised in Albuquerque, Tim built a life around one belief: love, kindness, and connection can change everything. He ran Tim's Place: Breakfast, Lunch & Hugs, greeting every guest at the front door — all while living with Down syndrome, not in spite of who he is, but because of it. In this conversation, Tim shares about his seven steps to an awesome life, what he told a worried father whose baby would be born with Down syndrome, and why hugs are the best medicine in the world. Miles and Tim talk about their love of country music and feature a special performance of a country classic. These new best friends cover it all before Tim’s 5 o’clock flight home. In this conversation, you'll learn:How to be the light instead of complaining about the darknessHow to use your superpower to lift someone in their hardest momentHow to dream something and then do the work to make it realHow friendship becomes the foundation for everything worth buildingHow to lead with love in every room you walk intoHow kindness attracts more kindness back into your lifeHow to grieve loss while still showing up for the worldHow asking first makes connection strongerHow to recognize the gift in people that the world underestimatesHow to love someone for a thousand years, starting today Human School is powered by the work happening at Onsite, a place where people step out of their normal rhythms to do deeper healing work in community. Learn more here. Follow Human School:YouTube - Human School PodcastInstagram - @humanschoolofficialThreads - @humanschoolofficialTikTok - @humanschoolofficial More from Tim:Book Tim to Speak in your CommunityListen to Tim's PodcastFollow Tim on Instagram What We Discuss:00:00:00 – Meet Tim Harris00:03:02 – Country music fan since 13: Garth Brooks, Josh Turner & the deep cuts00:05:20 – Nashville coffee taste test00:10:39 – Tim's Big Heart Foundation00:13:42 – "Oh, yeah": the trademark and how his dad gave him the hype00:14:25 – Tim’s 7 steps to an awesome life00:16:05 – Tim's Place: Breakfast, Lunch & Hugs00:21:36 – Special Olympics USA Games Athlete: representing New Mexico00:26:55 – The Book of Hugs: monkeys, bananas, and the world's biggest softie00:30:21 – "Hugs are the best medicine to heal the world"00:39:25 – Grief and the friend who gave his book away before he passed00:43:14 – Speed dating, proposals, and dreaming about love00:44:57 – A special performance from Tim & Miles00:51:09 – Meeting Reba McEntire on the job01:02:28 – World Down Syndrome Day and Tim Tebow's Night to Shine01:13:41 – Emcee at the World Games & Hugging the Obamas01:18:21 – "We should love each other for a thousand years"01:19:03 - Tim makes Miles his new best friend — officially01:21:33 - Tim McGraw reached out about "Humble and Kind"01:23:01 - Nashville boots, cowboy hat, and a human school gift
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  Mary Bellofatto: What Happens When People Feel Truly Seen 15.05.2026 1h 58min

  Have you ever met someone who spent 50 years healing others and somehow became more human with every one of those years? What would it mean to stop hiding behind your busyness, your title, or your phone, and let someone actually see you? Mary Bellofatto is a pioneer in mental health who has spent five decades walking the hardest terrain human experience offers — trauma, disordered eating, addiction, grief, and couples work. With deep mastery in psychodrama, she has brought healing to therapy rooms across the world. At 81, she still wakes up excited, tears up at the thought of never retiring, and gets out of Ubers last because someone needs to finish their story. In this conversation, Mary opens up about what it means to be a catalyst without burning out, why loneliness is cured by learning to be alone, and how shame shields the grief we won't feel. She shares the moment a young man in Uganda said, "I'm just a boy," and freed himself from years of soldiers' shame. Miles and Mary go deep into disordered eating, including what she said in a bathroom that finally unlocked the real story underneath. Eighty years of hard-won wisdom, delivered with Arkansas common sense and lack of clinical jargon. In this conversation, you'll learn:How to Be a Catalyst Without Losing YourselfHow Loneliness Can Be Cured by Learning to Be AloneHow Shame Functions as a Shield for Unprocessed GriefHow to Widen Your Definition of Grief Beyond LossHow the Stories We Tell Ourselves Build a Lifetime Around a LieHow Psychodrama Unlocks What Talk Therapy Can't ReachHow to Hold Space Without Trying to Fix AnyoneHow to Recognize When Busyness Is a MedicatorHow Disordered Eating Is Really About DignityHow to Live Your Legacy Right Now — Not Someday Human School is powered by the work happening at Onsite, a place where people step out of their normal rhythms to do deeper healing work in community. Learn more at ⁠⁠experienceonsite.com⁠.Learn more about the Pastor's Living Centered Program through The Onsite Foundation at theonsitefoundation.org.Follow Human School:YouTube - Human School PodcastInstagram - @humanschoolofficialThreads - @humanschoolofficialTikTok - @humanschoolofficial What We Discuss:00:00:00 - Meet Mary Bellofatto00:04:31 - The Currency of Miracles00:05:55 - How to Hold Space Without Fixing Anyone00:09:37 - Wounded in Relationship, Healed in Relationship00:09:10 - The Airport Wave That Said Everything00:10:54 - Tears Are Actually Talking00:12:30 - Why Strangers Always Pour Their Stories Out to Her00:13:53 - Hugging Your Uber Drivers00:20:04 - What We Miss When We Hide Behind Technology00:21:52 - Grief in the Coffee Aisle00:23:22 - What Hurry Is Really Running From00:25:19 - Loneliness and the Courage to Be Alone00:26:44 - Shame Is the Shield00:29:57 - The Many Faces of Grief00:32:11 A - Country That Stopped Grieving00:40:18 - Does Kindness Still Work?00:43:06 - Trauma Is…00:44:18 - The Stories We Tell Ourselves vs What We Hear00:48:32 - How Mary Walks into a Room Full of Strangers00:52:11 14 - Years of Monthly Psychodrama Training01:00:38 - The Child Soldiers of Uganda01:03:37 - Rwanda After the Genocide01:05:02 - The Brain When People Move Their Bodies01:13:44 - Wisdom from 53 Years of Marriage01:22:27 - Disordered Eating Is Not Like Any Other Addiction01:35:58 - Mary Doubles for Miles Live, On Air01:41:19 - Legacy is the Now01:48:22 - Words to the World Right Now01:54:04 - Pastor’s Living Centered Program at Onsite01:55:08 - Five Grammy Moments from Mile’s North Star
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  Thomas Rhett: The Pressure to Get It "Right" 06.05.2026 1h 59min

  Have you ever stood in the middle of a life that looks great on paper and still felt like you were failing the people right in front of you?What if being hard on yourself isn't humility?  It's just the long way around to never believing you're enough? And what happens when the same obsessive drive that makes you world-class at your craft is the exact thing that makes it hard to just sit down and watch your kid eat cereal slowly? Miles sits down with his longtime friend for one of the most honest and wide-open episodes yet. Thomas Rhett brings all of himself — the songwriter who goes all in on everything he loves, the dad of five learning to trade productivity for presence, and the man doing the real work to make sure who his family experiences every day is the same person the world admires from a distance. This one is full of laughter, hard-won wisdom, and the kind of honesty that only happens between two people who genuinely trust each other. This conversation is about the guy who flips on the bedroom lights at 6:30 AM, trying to get five kids out the door, and wonders on the drive home if he loved them well at all that morning. The man who told a new friend upfront, "I'm not a good friend" — and actually believed it. The songwriter who can make strangers cry but struggles to list three ways he was showing up for his own kids. Miles and Thomas Rhett go deep into what it actually looks like to chase congruence, to be as present and real inside your home as you are when the world is watching. Thomas Rhett shares what his first trip to Onsite taught him about letting go, how a simple question from his counselor cracked something open about the way he sees himself as a father, why he's writing his most intentional album yet, and what he hopes his kids say about him long after the number ones stop counting. In this conversation, you'll learn:How to Stop Measuring Your Worth by Rooms That Aren't FullHow to Ask the Question: "How Do I Know I'm a Great Father?"How to Parent Five Kids Completely Differently Without Losing Your MindHow to Shed Your Stage Persona the Moment You Walk Through Your Front DoorHow to Redefine Success So You Can Actually Sleep at NightHow to Have the Friendship You Want Instead of the One You've Labeled Yourself WithHow to Live Like You Know You're Going to Die - Ecclesiastes editionHow to Stop Fixing and Start Being Present in the MessHow to Give Yourself the Dugout Grace Every Parent Desperately NeedsHow to Use Your Obsessive Nature as a Superpower Instead of a Trap Human School is powered by the work happening at Onsite, a place where people step out of their normal rhythms to do deeper healing work in community. Learn more: ⁠experienceonsite.com⁠.Follow Human School:YouTube - Human School PodcastInstagram - @humanschoolofficialThreads - @humanschoolofficialTikTok - @humanschoolofficial Chapters:00:00:00 – Meet Thomas Rhett Akins00:03:18 – Trucks, Gear & Going All In00:07:54 – Soundtrack of the Masters: A Career Highlight00:09:29 – Golf is a Metaphor for Life00:17:44 – Tiger Wood’s & Nick Saben’s Life Advice00:22:01 – The 6:30 AM Spiral with Five Kids00:24:17 – Wisdom from John Maxwell & Worst-Case Scenarios00:28:19 – The Question That Started This Friendship00:30:14 – What Raising Four Daughters is Teaching Him00:35:49 – The Discipline of Being Present00:41:23 – Work-Life Balance Is a Myth00:42:37 – "They Just Need to See Your Eyes"00:47:10 – What Breaks His Heart Most as a Dad00:52:07 – "How Do You Know You're a Great Father?"00:54:10 – The Coach’s Influence Still Impacting Him00:55:14 – Showing Up in Friendships 00:58:01 – The Round Table & A, B & C Friendships01:04:10 – Answering the “Great Father” Question01:20:30 – Ecclesiastes & Living Like You're Going to Die01:37:44 – Redefining What a “Hit” Actually Means01:43:32 – Onsite & The Rock in the River 01:47:52 – 36-Year-Old TR Would Tell 25-Year-Old TR01:52:49 – What He Hopes His Kids Will Remember
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  Jefferson Fisher: Communication That Changes Us 29.04.2026 1h 22min

  Stuck in the same emotional patterns? Onsite's LivingCentered Program is a five-day intensive that helps you slow down, go deeper, and do the inner work that changes things. Learn more at ⁠https://hubs.la/Q04dV_Xl0 Have you ever taught others how to communicate, but still lost it in your own kitchen? What if the best communicators in the world are still works in progress, and that's exactly the point? Jefferson Fisher is a board-certified trial attorney, NY Times bestselling author of The Next Conversation, and one of themost-followed voices on communication online. Behind the millions of views is a husband, a dad, and a fifth-generation attorney from small-town Texas still figuring it out in real time. In this conversation, Miles and Jefferson get into the real stuff — a flooded house, a morning fight, imposter syndrome, and why even the best communicators still have to earn their reps every day. Jefferson opens up about the moment being a public-facing person started changing his everyday life, why going to extremes in arguments almost never works, and the phrase his wife came up with mid-argument that changed how he sees conflict. Miles shares a raw moment from his kitchen and what happened when he finally stopped doubling down and let his wife bring the temperature down. In this conversation, you'll learn:How to Enter Hard Conversations with Something to Learn, Not Something to ProveHow the Ignition and Cooling Phases Work in Real ArgumentsWhy Affirming a Feeling First Is the Most Disarming Move You Can MakeHow Vulnerability Builds More Trust Than Any Credential on the WallHow to Stop Going to Extremes in Conflict and What to Do InsteadWhy the Best at Being Human Learn It From Living, Not StudyingHow to Tell the Difference Between a Reaction and a RepairHow Fame Makes the Very Things You Teach Harder to PracticeWhy What's Good for the Family Is Good for the BusinessHow to Let Go of the Conversation You Had Scripted in Your HeadFollow Human School:YouTube - Human School PodcastInstagram - @humanschoolofficialThreads - @humanschoolofficialTikTok - @humanschoolofficial What We Discuss:00:00:00 - Meet Jefferson Fisher00:03:54 - What law school doesn’t teach00:04:42 - How a trial attorney became a communication voice00:06:09 - Small Town Silsby, Texas00:08:14 - 800 friends to millions of strangers00:10:24 - Contrast is the unlock for building an audience00:27:17 - IBC Root Beer & A Story Told Twice 00:12:33 - His Dad Raised Him with Questions, not Answers00:19:57 - Imposter Syndrome feels different when your job istalking00:23:42 - Does he actually use any of this at home?00:29:18 - Miles's morning: A flooded house, a fight, and arepair00:38:08 - Ignition and cooling phases in action00:39:51 - The one move that stops almost any argument00:45:08 - One Take Videos: Just being Real on Camera00:47:45 - Have something to learn, not something to prove00:53:33 - Surrender as a daily practice00:57:19 - Even the experts are still chasing the tools theyteach01:01:48 - Why therapists send clients Jefferson's book01:06:41 - What Jefferson doesn't like about therapy01:14:26 - ‘Either way, it's good’— the phrase that reframed conflict01:15:39 - Embarrassment makes men double down instead of own it01:19:38 - Jefferson’s Motto on Choosing What’s Next01:21:05 - Projects in the works from Jefferson
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  Bob Goff: What It Feels Like to Be You Right Now 22.04.2026 1h 41min

  Stuck in the same emotional patterns? Onsite's Living Centered Program is a five-day intensive that helps you slow down, go deeper, and do the inner work that changes things. Learn more at experienceonsite.com What if the most meaningful thing you ever did wasn't whatmade you famous, but who you showed up for when nobody was watching? What if the key to getting unstuck isn't adding more to yourlife, but having the courage to quit something on a Thursday? Bob Goff — NYT bestselling author, founder of Love Does, andhonorary consul to Uganda — joins Miles Adcox for one of the most honest conversations in Human School history. These two have traveled conflict zones together, worked with San Quentin, and called each other in the gutted middle-of-the-night moments real friendships are made of. Bob opens up about walking away from law, stepping back fromspeaking, and handing over the nonprofit, he literally wrote the book on. He shares the four lies he tells himself daily and why naming them changed everything. He tells the story of Kabi — a Ugandan witch doctor convicted of child sacrifice — whom Bob prosecuted, befriended on death row, and watched transform an entire prison. They go deep on finding your "eight," the epidemic of loneliness, and why so many of us are surrounded by acquaintances but starving for real friendship. In this conversation, you'll learn:How to Use Context to Replace Judgment Before It Costs You a RelationshipHow to Know the Difference Between Self-Aware andSelf-AbsorbedHow to Find Your Eight and Stop Mistaking Acquaintances for FriendsHow to Quit Something Every Thursday and Why It's the Most Freeing PracticeHow to Stop Freeze-Framing People in Their Worst MomentHow to Replace "How Are You" with a Question ThatOpens a DoorHow to Recognize Your Tells and What They're ReallyProtectingHow to Catch Someone on the Bounce After the CraterHow to Connect Your Why Before You Make the MoveHow to Show Up for the Hard-to-Love Without an Agenda Follow Human School:YouTube - Human School PodcastInstagram - @humanschoolofficialThreads - @humanschoolofficialTikTok - @humanschoolofficial What We Discuss:00:00:00 Meet Bob Goff00:05:04 What San Quentin Taught Him About Context andJudgment00:07:24 17 Counts of Armed Robbery, an Xbox, and $1,100Total Haul00:11:44 Knowing Your Tells00:12:11 Guide vs. Sherpa: How Onsite Does It Differently00:13:17 Self-Aware vs. Self-Absorbed00:15:57 Choosing to Be Misunderstood00:22:03 A Hot Pink Castle and Grandparents Who Were NutsAbout Him00:23:41 Stop Asking “How Are You?”00:28:52 The Loneliness Epidemic00:30:59 The Polaroid Problem —Hesitating to Make the Call00:36:50 Your “Eight” Relationships00:37:56 Four Lies Bob Tells Himself and the Audit ThatExposes Them00:44:58 Setbacks Aren't Campsites00:45:36 Quitting His Own Law Firm Without Explanation00:46:10 Quit Something Every Thursday00:58:45 12 Daily Disneyland Tickets and What They Reveal01:05:19 If Your Brain Can See Itself, It Can Heal Itself01:10:33 How Bob Got Six Giraffes from a President01:19:30 Catching People on the Bounce01:25:32 The Story of Kabi01:35:30 The Most Surprising Thing About Great Friendship
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  Nicolle Galyon: A Life Rooted in What’s Real 16.04.2026 1h 39min

  Nicolle mentions her time at Onsite's Living Centered Group Intensive in this conversation and the transformation thathappened for her during that program. If you want to know more about that experience, visit experienceonsite.com or give our team a call at 1(800)341-7432.Have you ever built a life that looks like everything you wanted and realized you left the most important version of yourself behind?What if going home and getting quiet enough to hear yourself was actually the bravest thing you could do?Nicolle Galyon is one of country music's most decorated songwriters — BMI Songwriter of the Year, ACM Song of the Year winner, and the writer behind hits for Dan + Shay, Lee Brice, Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban, andcountless others. But beyond the number ones, Nicolle has done something harder: she stopped, looked inward, and rebuilt her life around what matters most. In this conversation, you'll learn: How to Recognize When Achievement Has Become Your Medicator How to Find the Childhood Script Running Your Life Without Permission How to Trade the Pressure of Outcomes for the Freedom of Loving the Process How Stillness Unlocks the Creativity That Noise Has Been Blocking How to Build a Career Without Losing Yourself in It How to Cultivate an Abundance Mentality When Someone You Love Is Winning How Community — Not Achievement — Is the Real Marker for a Meaningful Life How to Navigate Success in a Marriage Between Two Creatives How to Raise Kids Who Feel Belonging Instead of PressureHow to Know When It's Time to Go HomeFollow Human School: YouTube - Human School Podcast Instagram - @humanschoolofficial Threads - @humanschoolofficial TikTok - @humanschoolofficialMentioned in This Episode:Songs & Daughters - @songsanddaughtersNicolle's MusicWhat We Discuss: 00:00:00 – Meet Nicolle Galyon00:05:07 – Why Stillness Is Essential 00:07:51 – The Psychology of Boredom 00:15:08 – What Nicolle Rediscovered When She Finally Slowed Down 00:19:00 – Reframing Boredom 00:22:18 – Onsite's Living Centered Program Changed Everything 00:25:38 – Where the Drive to Achieve Really Came From 00:30:06 – Money Scripts And How They're Driving You00:35:20 – Why Success Still Makes Her Emotional 00:45:53 – Love or Money? The Exercise That Shifts Everything 00:49:08 – The Moment She Knew She Belonged in Nashville 00:56:09 – Navigating Rejection When the Odds Are Against You 01:00:56 – Falling in Love with the Process Over the Outcome 01:03:55 – Songs and Daughters: Mentoring the Next Generation of Women 01:08:44 – The Moment She Felt Like a Hypocrite and What She Did To Change It01:09:53 – Marrying a Songwriter01:13:16 – How to Build an Abundance Mentality in Any Relationship 01:16:19 – Sterling, Kansas Was Her Superpower All Along 01:25:41 – The Most Meaningful Song Nobody Knows 01:30:51 – How She Found Out "Tequila" Blew Up01:32:43 – What She Wants Her Kids to See in How She Lives 01:36:26 – Advice That Changed How Miles Shows up01:38:11 – Firstborn: A Letter Written for Her Children 01:39:10 – Closing: Go Do the Work So You Can Come Home More Completely
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  Hardy: Life, Fatherhood, and Figuring It Out as You Go 08.04.2026 1h 47min

  Real healing for real people. Onsite offers personal growth workshops and intensive therapeutic experiences just outside Nashville and San Diego. Learn more at experienceonsite.com. What does it actually take to stay human when the worldturns you into a commodity? And what happens when the panic attacks you've been outrunning finally catch up with you? HARDY is one of the most respected names on Music Row. With 18 number ones to his name, songs for Morgan Wallen, Florida Georgia Line, Blake Shelton, and Ella Langley, and his own albums, including Quit and Country! Country!, he's built something rare: a career that's loud and a character that's honest. But behind the stages and the chart success is a guy who survived a terrifying tour bus accident, quietly battled panic attacks, walked into an Onsite intensive and came out the other side with something most artists never find — a healthy relationship with all of it.In this conversation, HARDY opens up about the night his tour bus flipped on the interstate, what it was like to FaceTime his fiancée covered in blood right before getting in the ambulance, and how he spent a full year numbing his way through the aftermath before his nervous system finally sent the bill. He reveals how a golf-course panic attack convinced him it was time to make the call for help, what happened when EMDR walked him back to a hospital bed he doesn't even remember, and why that infant version of him is the one he wept for the hardest. He also talks candidly about new fatherhood, the decision to cut from 90 tour dates down to 34, and why he'd rather be the “Mayor of Music Row” than the biggest name on it. In this conversation, you'll learn:How to Recognize When You're Medicating Trauma Instead of Processing ItHow EMDR Can Reach Pain You Don't Consciously RememberHow to Tell the Difference Between a Panic Attack and aHeart Attack (and Why Your Brain Can Convince You of Either)How Becoming a Parent Reverses Your Perspective on Your Own ParentsHow to Write a Letter to Start the Difficult ConversationsHow to Fall Back in Love with Your Work After You've Burned OutHow Pre-Verbal Trauma Shapes the Anxiety You Feel TodayHow Sharing Your Story Out Loud Is Its Own Form of TherapyHow to Build a Generational Legacy Through Relationships, Not Just WealthHow to Stay Yourself When the Industry Wants to Put You in a Box Mentioned in This Episode:HARDY's feature in CMA Close Up MagazineEMDR Therapy — learn more and find a certified therapist:emdria.org/about-emdr-therapyFind an EMDR-trained therapist near you:emdria.org/find-a-therapist Follow Human School:YouTube - Human School PodcastInstagram - @humanschoolofficialThreads - @humanschoolofficialTikTok - @humanschoolofficial What We Discuss:00:00:00 – Meet HARDY00:02:57 – Life Right Now: The Road & a One-Year-Old00:03:49 – The Sleep Trainer Who Changed Everything00:08:10 – What Fatherhood Teaches You That Nothing Else Can00:09:45 – HARDY's Biggest Parenting Challenge00:13:12 – What 70 Years of Marriage Actually Requires00:17:13 – Becoming a Dad Rewired His View of His Own Parents00:19:25 – HARDY's Onsite Experience00:23:05 – Pre-Verbal Trauma and Why It Still Controls You00:25:52 – Combat Veterans on Trauma's Real Root00:29:11 – The Night the Bus Flipped00:42:47 – A Year of Numbing00:44:25 – Getting Back on the Bus for the First Time00:57:45 – Sharing Your Story With Another Human Is Enough01:02:02 – EMDR Finally Quieted the Noise01:03:37 – The Golf Course Panic Attack 01:08:20 – Post-Traumatic Growth: Turning Survival Into Empathy01:11:38 – Going Public About His Mental Health01:20:20 – Being a Good Hang Is Its Own Kind of Strategy01:23:42 – Bottomland, His Grandfather's Shotgun, and Coming Home01:31:23 – Following His Creative Instinct01:37:45 – When Saying No to Money Is the Right Call01:44:19 – The Modern Outlaws: Growing Up Together in Country Music01:47:06 – The Reminder about Anxiety We All Need
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  Dr. Jeffrey Balser: How Great Leaders Handle Hard Things 01.04.2026 1h 55min

  If this conversation moves you, Onsite might be the nextstep. Their immersive workshops are where people go to stop performing and start doing the real work. Visit experienceonsite.com or call 1(800) 341-7432 to find the experience best for you. What if the grief you buried as a teenager becomes the force that makes you human enough to lead thousands? What if the greatest leadership lessons come not from aboardroom, but from a bedside? Dr. Jeffrey Balser is the CEO and President of VanderbiltUniversity Medical Center, one of the most respected academic medical institutions in the world with 45,000 employees and over a billion dollars in annual community benefit. But beneath the title is a man who spent a lifetime learning what most leaders never slow down long enough to figure out: that the grief you don't deal with follows you into the boardroom, that the skills you build in crisis belong just as much at home, and that the most important thing you lead may not be on your org chart. In this conversation, Miles and Jeff move between thepersonal and professional, with the ease of two people who have spent years paying attention. They talk about losing a mother to cancer at sixteen, how he chose the wrong path in college, and what it cost to walk out of one room where a patient didn't survive and into the next where someone needed him at full capacity. They talk about the Saturday email that confirmed the COVID vaccine worked, how his wife is to credit for Melinda keeping Nashville's parks open during the city shutdown, and why he's had the same executive coach for 25 years. What emerges in this conversation is a portrait of a man leading one of America's great institutions not by having all the answers, but by staying honest about how much he still has to learn.  In this conversation, you'll learn:How to Turn Personal Tragedy Into Emotional Resilience That LastsHow to Lead Tens of Thousands Without Losing the Human in the RoomHow to Use the "Weekend Rule" to Build a CultureWhere People Like Each OtherHow to Bring Work Home Without Destroying What's Waiting for You ThereHow to Emotionally Regulate the Way ICU Doctors Are Trained ToHow to Clean Out the Parking Lot Before It Runs Your LifeHow to Focus on the Middle Third When Unpopular Decisions Make You a TargetHow to Communicate Through Crisis in a Way That Builds TrustHow to Think About AI in Healthcare Without Losing WhatMakes Medicine HumanHow to Know When Your Most Important Role Isn't on YourBusiness Card Follow Human School:YouTube - Human School PodcastInstagram - @humanschoolofficialThreads - @humanschoolofficialTikTok - @humanschoolofficialWhat We Discuss:00:00:00 – Meet Dr. Jeffery Balser00:03:32 – Backing Into Medicine Through Math andEngineering00:05:54 – Losing His Mother at 16 and a Surprising Mentor00:10:37 – How Early Grief Taught Him to Handle Hard Things00:14:27 – Professions Don’t Stay at the Door00:20:53 – How Nashville's Parks Stayed Open in COVID00:23:19 – Leaving Johns Hopkins When His Gut Said Stop00:28:28 – Why Admin Rewards Take Longer but Run Deeper00:31:30 – What People Say Right Before Dangerous Surgery00:34:55 – The Medical Training Every Leader Needs: The ParkingLot00:44:00 – Having the Same Executive Coach for 25 Years00:48:50 – Empathy Is a Two-Way Street00:50:57 – Leading 45,000: The Only Thing That Scales Is WhoYou Recruit00:54:53 – The Weekend Rule That Transformed Vanderbilt'sCulture00:59:20 – The Tension of Scaling & Culture01:04:00 – Communication is Critical01:07:30 – Leading Tennessee Through COVID01:13:30 – What COVID Taught Us01:15:09 – The Saturday Email He’ll Never Forget01:19:45 – The Role of Medical Services in Overall Health01:27:29 – AI Saved a Life Before Surgery01:34:07 – Where Leaders Should Aim Their Energy01:46:10 – What 40 Years of Leadership Taught Him AboutBeing a Father01:53:48 – What Matters Most When the Statue's Just for theBirds
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  Bear Rinehart: The Long Surrender to Freedom 25.03.2026 1h 43min

  Spend a few days getting honest, going deeper, and walking out lighter at Onsite. Visit ⁠experienceonsite.com⁠ to learn more or call 1-800-341-7432 to find the best experience for your story. Have you ever carried shame so long it started to weigh more than the life you were living?What if surrender isn't giving up, but the one move that sets everything free? Bear Rinehart is the frontman and voice of NEEDTOBREATHE — one of the most distinctive vocalists of his generation, whosesongs have filled arenas for two decades. But beneath the anthems is a man who spent years growing into what the world saw as a rock-and-roll frontman. As a preacher’s kid with social anxiety, a survivor of childhood trauma, and an artist who learned early that revealing too much could cost you everything, Bear has carried more than most people would guess from the stage.In this conversation, Miles and Bear share stories about shame, recovery, faith, fatherhood, and what it costs to finally step fully into who you are. What emerges is a portrait of two men in the middle of their own ongoing surrender, finding out in real time how much they have in common.That surrender became NEEDTOBREATHE’s newest project — The Long Surrender — the most personal record yet to the band, written by Bear in the early mornings, recorded in first takes, and built around the one lesson Bear keeps coming back to: that freedom isn't found by holding it together. It's found the moment you stop and let others into your healing. In this conversation, you'll learn:How to Recognize When Shame Is Masquerading as StrengthHow to Tell the Truth When You Fear Losing the RelationshipHow Surrender Becomes a Daily Practice, Not a One-Time EventHow to Create From Your Real StoryHow to Repair With Your Kids Before the Moment PassesHow to Know When Something You've Made Is True Enough to ReleaseHow to Build a Community That Goes DeeperHow to Use Influence for Impact Without Losing YourselfHow to Say Grateful 20 Years In When the World Wants MoreFollow Human School:YouTube - ⁠Human School Podcast⁠Instagram - ⁠@humanschoolofficial⁠Threads - ⁠@humanschoolofficial⁠TikTok - ⁠@humanschoolofficial⁠ What We Discuss:00:00:00 – Meet Bear Rinehart of NEEDTOBREATHE00:05:40 – “Do You Feel Known?” Bear's Honest Answer00:06:42 – Growing Up a Preacher's Kid with Social Anxiety 00:12:13 – Shame, the Church, and a Standard Nobody Could Meet00:14:17 – Recovery, Rethinking, and the Freedom of Powerlessness00:20:33 – What It Took to Finally Come Clean00:21:53 – Childhood Trauma: Why Everyone Kept It Quiet and What That Cost00:34:42 – Parenting Lessons From Their Kids00:40:15 – The Long Surrender: How the Song and Album Broke Open00:50:15 – How a Red Clay Strays Session Accidentally Led to an Album00:59:32 – The Night Before Long Surrender01:02:54 – Being Married to a Therapist01:06:57 – Why Deep Adult Friendships Are Rare and Worth Fighting For01:12:19 – A Deep Passion for Charity01:19:58 – Bear, The Athlete01:27:55 – From Club Rooms to Red Rocks01:30:50 – Bear's Musical Inspirations01:40:14 – Bear's Pre-Show Ritual & Meeting Springsteen01:42:50 – The Hope Beyond the Music
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  Kathleen Murphy: What It Means to Come Home to Yourself 23.03.2026 1h 39min

  If something in this episode resonated, it might be worth a conversation. Onsite offers intensive workshops near Nashville and San Diego for people navigating burnout, trauma, relationships, and addiction. One free call with their team can help you find the right fit. Visit ⁠experienceonsite.com⁠ or call 1-800-341-7432. Have you ever been so buried in survival that you couldn't feel your own worth? What if everything you survived was quietly shaping you into exactly the person someone else needs?Kathleen Murphy, M.A., LMFT, LPC, is one of the most respected trauma clinicians in the field. Before that, she was homeless, addicted, and living on the streets with a one-year-old daughter, cycling through fourteen treatment programs before her life changed.She opens up about her childhood trauma and how it stuck with her, growing up as "a sin" in her mother's eyes, and what it felt like to be "symbolically annihilated." She reveals how Viktor Frankl’s book, a newspaper found on the street, and a shelter bed that arrived two weeks instead of six months later changed everything — and how those experiences became the foundation for the way she teaches today. She goes deep on why our hearts are like music, how we tune each other back to the key of life, and what it really means to stop arguing with reality.In this conversation, you'll learn: How to Find Your "Heart Home" and Why It Changes Everything How Suffering Becomes Your Greatest Gift to Others How to Stop Arguing With Reality and What Changes When You Do How to Tell the Difference Between a Boundary and Reaching Your Limit How Borrowing Someone's Eyes Dissolves Conflict Without Losing Your Voice How to Tune Your Heart Back to the Key of Life How to Help Someone Without Giving Advice How to Wake Up From a Trance of Unworthiness How to Hear Someone New Even If They've Told You the Same Thing Before How to Let Your Mess Become Your MessageFollow Human School:YouTube - ⁠⁠Human School Podcast⁠⁠Instagram - ⁠⁠@humanschoolofficial⁠⁠Threads - ⁠⁠@humanschoolofficial⁠⁠TikTok - ⁠⁠@humanschoolofficial⁠For anyone who missed it or wants a replay, this episode is back in your feed!What We Discuss: 00:00:00 – Meet Kathleen Murphy 00:03:15 – Kathleen’s Onsite Story: a leap of faith and right timing00:05:45 –Our hearts are more like music than machines00:07:50 – A "heart home" and where you flourish00:08:57 – The ocean, the storm, and the nature of the mind 00:10:30 – How to know if you're in wellness00:13:00 – Who are you beyond your roles and your story? 00:22:04 –Learning to receive love00:30:19 – Symbolic annihilation00:32:55 – July 27th, 1983 00:35:21 – Standing in a courtroom at age six00:39:25 – The moment love broke through on the streets 00:47:08 – Stepping into full surrender 00:55:13 – A book and borrowed courage 00:59:30 – The Message on the wall & the right to be angry01:04:08 – The Wires are Crossed: Danger & Safety 01:20:15 – New vulnerability: saying the scary thing out loud01:24:34 – There’s clinical language…then there’s conversational language01:29:14 – Trauma becomes the goal 01:31:56 – The tool that dissolves arguments01:35:10 – Kathleen’s tool on how to hear someone like it's the first time 01:37:35 – Words to take with you
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  Chandler Moore: You Can't Heal What You Won't Let Anyone See 11.03.2026 1h 49min

  With campuses near Nashville and San Diego, Onsite supportspeople navigating burnout, relationship strain, addiction, trauma, or the sense that life feels off. Learn more at experienceonsite.com or call 1-800-341-7432. A simple conversation can be the first step toward living more fully.Have you ever carried a secret so heavy it started to collapse everything around you?What if the most honest thing you ever did was also thebravest — and changed everyone watching?Five-time Grammy winner Chandler Moore has led worship formillions, but behind the music was a story he hadn't told anyone. In this episode, Chandler opens up about childhood trauma, addiction, 40 days in inpatient treatment, and the therapeutic disclosure that changed his marriage and his life. He reveals how recovery is reshaping his new music, why safetywas his most important discovery, and how his biggest frustrations turned out to be his calling. Chandler goes deep into trusting your own reality, holdingtwo opposing truths, and finally stopping the performance, and how being the first in his family to do this work is now rippling into his kids, friendships, and art. In this conversation, you'll learn:How to Recognize That Safety Is the Foundation of AllHealingHow to Find the Ember When You Feel Like the Fire Is GoneHow Vulnerability Becomes a Gift Instead of a PerformanceHow to Stop Testing the Waters and Start Telling Your TruthHow Your Authenticity Has an Audience and How to Find ItHow "Playing to One" Helps You Connect WithThousandsHow to Debrief What You Consume So It Doesn't Consume YouHow Owning Your Story Changes the People Watching YouHow to Hold Two Opposite Truths at the Same TimeHow to Move From Inspiring People to Actually Impacting ThemFollow Human School:YouTube - Human School PodcastInstagram - @humanschoolofficialThreads - @humanschoolofficialTikTok - @humanschoolofficial What We Discuss:00:00:00 - Meet Chandler Moore00:02:15 - Why This Podcast Felt Like the Right First Step00:03:24 - Chandler's First Experience at Onsite00:07:20 - There's Always More Truth Than You Think You'reReady to Tell00:09:07 - Miles’s Treatment Journey and the Origin of HumanSchool00:11:50 - How Recovery Transformed Chandler's CreativeProcess00:15:00 - Being the First in His Family to Go to Therapy00:19:33 - Finding Safe People00:24:24 - The Mirror Moment00:33:09 - Therapeutic Disclosure: The Moment Things Changed00:36:15 - Embers: How to Find Your Fire When You FeelNothing00:39:39 - Vulnerability Is Not for Sale00:45:00 - Holding Two Things as True00:49:09 - The Heartbeat of Faith00:53:48 - How to Offload What You Consume Without BurningOut01:01:36 - The Cycle of Touring Artists01:07:38 - Mom's Letter01:17:05 - Chandler’s New Project01:19:42 - How Recovery Changed Chandler as a Father01:34:09 - The Johnny Cash Approach to Connection01:39:26 - Doubling: How Onsite Helped Reconstruct His Story01:43:11 - Stand in Your Divinity01:45:49 - The New Kind of Altar Call and Who It's ReallyFor