About this podcast
The Rebelling podcast is a thoughtful, emotionally honest podcast about identity, neurodivergence, and unlearning the pressure to be "normal." It has a mix of solo and interview episodes that are both curious and practical, about coping mechanisms, work, resources, relationships, and the inherited systems that shape our lives. It's the kind of podcast that makes you think differently about humanity, connection, and how we orient to reality.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 25 episodes
- Why Are Help & Care So Complicated? · 45 min · Season 2 Episode 5In this episode, Erin and I talk about the complicated relationship many of us have with having needs, receiving help and care, and over-giving. From childhood experiences of…
- Being In Relationship With Ourselves · 52 min · Season 2 Episode 4In this episode, Erin and I start with Lupe the dog. Lupe is anxious and needs to be soothed, and we wonder..why is it so much easier for us to meet the needs of others and not…
- What Does Adult Mean? · 59 min · Season 2 Episode 3This episode starts a conversation series with Erin Morper, and in this one we begin by talking about what adult means. That leads us to what we learn about self expression…
- Questioning How Work Works · 59 min · Season 2 Episode 2In this episode, I sit down for another conversation with Dana Calder, a queer, neurodivergent SVP in the fintech world and owner of EmberMind Consulting. Dana and I start with…
- Looking for Blind Spots · 16 min · Season 2 Episode 1In the first episode of year two, I’m looking at how magical thinking shows up in everyday life, not just as an individual coping strategy, but as something shaped by the systems…
- The Last Episode of Year One · 17 min · Season 1 Episode 19This is the last episode of Year One of Rebelling. What started as a conversation about neurodivergence grew into curiosity about humanity, systems, and what it really means to…
- Say it Out Loud and See How it Feels with Colin Ryan · 1 h 26 min · Season 1 Episode 18In this episode of the Social Security Series, I talk with financial speaker, storyteller, and comedian Colin Ryan. His new book, Epic Tiny Victories, blends humor and humanity…
- The Delusions of Independence with Keltie MacLaren · 1 h 6 minIn this episode of the Social Security Series, I sit down again with certified ADHD coach Keltie MacLaren for a candid conversation about relational rebelling: choosing…
- Stretch & Repair: Finding Security in Connection with Jen Andrew · 1 h 13 min · Season 1 Episode 16I've been wondering...what if social security wasn’t just a government program, but something we build together with the people in and around our lives? In this episode of the…
- Individualism and Individuality · 17 min · Season 1 Episode 15In the first episode of my Social Security series, I explore the difference between individuality and individualism, between being truly ourselves in connection with others, and…
- Redefining Social Security · 16 min · Season 1 Episode 14Today marks the start of a new series on Rebelling called Social Security. And I’m not talking about the monthly check you (hopefully) get someday. I mean actual social security…
- Being Understood with Keltie McLaren · 1 h 17 min · Season 1 Episode 13In this episode of Rebelling, I’m joined by certified ADHD coach Keltie McLaren, who works with values-driven independent creatives to help them stop fighting their brains and…
- One Year In · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 12It’s been a year since my autism diagnosis. In this solo episode, I reflect on what the year has been like, the relief of understanding myself, the grief of what was missed, and…
- Knowing What Heals with Jen Andrew · 1 h 10 min · Season 1 Episode 11In this episode of The Myth of Knowing series, I talk with Jen Andrew, who is finishing a two-year program in community herbalism and works in communications at a disability…
- The Body of Knowing with Melinda Staehling · 1 h 3 min · Season 1 Episode 10In this episode, I have a curiosity-led conversation with Melinda Staehling, a certified nutrition specialist and Menopause Society practitioner, to explore what it really means…
- The Business of Knowing: Rethinking Knowing at Work with Dana Calder · 1 h 36 min · Season 1 Episode 9In this episode, the second in the series The Myth of Knowing, I talk with Dana Calder, a queer neurodivergent SVP in the fintech world, about what it means to “know” in the…
- The Performance of Knowing · 24 min · Season 1 Episode 8This episode is the first in a series called The Myth of Knowing- the story that says we have to be certain, be the same, and always know the answer. But what if we didn’t have…
- Neuroqueering Addiction, Sobriety, and Recovery · 32 min · Season 1 Episode 7What if addiction isn’t a disease, but a way we’ve learned to cope? What if sobriety isn’t just about abstinence, but about sensing ourselves, how things make sense, and what…
- Who Do You Think You Are? · 29 min · Season 1 Episode 6I’ve been sitting with some big questions about identity for what feels like my whole life—what we call ourselves, what’s been put on us, what we outgrow, and what still feels…
- Belonging Isn't Always Obvious · 29 min · Season 1 Episode 5Something most of the neurodivergent people I talk to have in common is a sense of not belonging. Connecting is supposed to be natural—but for many of us, it never feels that…
