Self-Defined Human Podcast

J.S. Bach said “all you have to do is hit the right key at the right time and the instrument plays itself.” Ha. Tell that to the piano teachers on Facebook. (Actually, it’s great advice.) 0:01:40 – My history with math 0:06:10 – Advanced math vs Kindergarten math 0:10:34 – How real analysis is different 0:13:17 – My graduate math career 0:15:55 – Fac...

Hey! This work is important to me. Stay out of the way. I’m an INTP and my kindergarten teacher said I was “oppositional.” Learn about why I started this online persona, why I hate McMindfulness, why I’m not a school shooter, and why you should clean your damn room instead of bugging me. 0:00:19 – Why are you so angry at teachers? 0:00:56 – Why I invented this o...

Today, I’m having another conversation with my friend Samantha Faulhaber. Sam teaches jiu-jitsu and communication, and she does coaching and all kinds of cool things. She was the guest in the last episode , and she requested we have another conversation, because there were some things she wanted to ask me. What could they be? Let’s find out. 0:01:35 – Why Sam requested this talk....

Today’s guest is Samantha Faulhaber. Sam teaches mobility, jiu-jitsu, communication, and all sorts of other things. In this episode, we talk about meditation, spiritual entities, trauma, what it’s like to live in a flow state, baking, and why I started a podcast. 0:02:24 – Why Sam moved to North Carolina, universe walks. 0:08:12 – Living in a flow state. 0:13:22 – Why...

My guest is David Servias , a piano teacher and fellow Instagrammer ( @stuff.david.does ). Listen in as we chat about piano teaching, music practice, social media videos, theoretical computer science, and the eventual robot takeover of humankind. (0:01:55) Trying something new during a pandemic.(0:07:48) Videos are a type of practice.(0:10:35) Don't want to see ourselves on camera.(0:13:44) People...

Question: I'm nervous to post videos on social media. You should be nervous about it, because people might not be happy with what you're doing. I have a bunch of videos where I talk about things, experiences I've had, or sometimes just calling out people. I'm nervous to post that stuff. That does not make me comfortable to post those things. I have one video where I talk about a fantasy I have abo...

Meditation is the only way to fix your music technique. Too bad music teachers don’t care and only want to screw you over. Oh, and I found some great new freedom while recording this episode. Hope you enjoy. Don’t tell your teacher! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nomichaelhere.substack.com

Blake Shields Abramovitz is a meditation and yoga teacher in Los Angeles, as well as an actor. Today, we’ll be talking about the dark side of the meditation world, how Blake was canceled, the role of authenticity in meditation, the first 2020 US Presidential Debate, and many other topics. Timeline (0:02:35) Teaching meditation and yoga in progressive LA. (0:07:29) People want to know what team you...

What “f*** yoga” means. (0:01:57) What’s wrong with yoga teachers. (0:09:26) Why Fabi did teacher training. (0:17:30) What you learn in a 200 hour teacher training. (0:22:35) Why music classes are hard to teach. (0:26:43) When Fabi decided to teach yoga. (0:28:24) Teacher training for non-teachers. (0:31:15) Random talking videos. (0:36:06) Toxic positivity (0:39:34) Positive affirmations (0:40:43...

Let’s talk about mistakes. Those awful, horrible, rotten things. You know you’re not supposed to make them. Are you allowed to at least talk about them? Let’s find out.   If you give me a hard time about something, I’ll give you a free ticket to the fun house. The name is misleading. It’s more fun for me than it is for you. Sorry about that. I’ll give you a refund if you ask.   Y...

When you are suffering,  when you are in pain,  when you’re unhappy about something, you should be allowed to say something. That’s just how it should be. In this episode, I want to talk about piano teachers. Specifically, I want to talk about something that’s been happening recently. I’m not going to go into too many specific details about this, because I don’t want to get sued or anything like t...

҉T҉҉h҉҉e҉ ҉S҉҉e҉҉l҉҉f҉-҉D҉҉e҉҉f҉҉i҉҉n҉҉e҉҉d҉ ҉H҉҉u҉҉m҉҉a҉҉n҉ ҉P҉҉o҉҉d҉҉c҉҉a҉҉s҉҉t҉, ҉E҉҉p҉҉i҉҉s҉҉o҉҉d҉҉e҉ ҉3҉. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nomichaelhere.substack.com

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nomichaelhere.substack.com

This is the first episode of my podcast, Self-Defined Human. Let’s see where we go from here. Stop being a Victim. Be a Creator instead. Learn about the Drama Triangle vs. the Empowerment Dynamic. Two radically different paradigms for viewing your role in the world. The Drama Triangle comes from Stephen Karpman. The Empowerment Dynamic is from David Emerald. Transcript The first episode is about t...