Untangling Ourselves

With safety at stake, dogs pose a challenge to principles of connection and non-coercion. Dogs can be scary! So what happens when, instead of seeing “bad” behavior, we see anxiety and plea for help? Anita from Brave Dog Training Online shares her journey toward trusting relationships and trauma-informed dog training. Time Stamps 6:24 Psychology of trauma-informed human and dog relationships 21:21...

When voices resonate together, it’s not just to make music. That resonance can shake loose our bodies, our emotions, our relationships, and our power. Lee Hoffman is a professor of vocal music, choir director, and singer whose compassion, humility, and insight create spaces safe enough for everyone to use their voice. CW: Mentions of CSA, genocide, feminicide, anti-LGBTQ hate crimes Episode artwor...

Supriya Narang is a play practitioner, witch, neurodivergent unschooling mom, soap artist, and community organizer. Supriya shares how the expectations and humiliations of motherhood changed her personally and professionally. She offers practical tips about community building, a feminist manifesto on neurodivergent motherhood, and a guiding principle of trusting—and seeing—the most marginalized pe...

Rayne shares a story about inner conflict, growing up autistic and surrounded by both disability rights advocacy and evangelical Christianity. They decided early on to “just take the demerit”: discovering that although it may sting, liberation is possible when—in an oppressive system of high control religion, ableism, and patriarchy—you decide to just get on with what you believe is right, regardl...

CW: References to child sexual abuse, religious abuse, and death due to systemic vulnerability. Podcast cover image by Dave Lowenstein , used under Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND Creative Commons License via Justseeds . Modified with podcast text. Dandelion Seeds: https://sacdandelion.org 3:05 Andrea’s childhood catching lizards and being a good mormon 10:33 Why she was invested in...

CW addresses gun violence Podcast cover image by Landon Sheely , used under Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND Creative Commons License via Justseeds , modified with podcast title text. Support the artist here . 1:46 Statement from Becca Good published in the Minnesota Star Tribune 4:39 “On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs” by Renee Nichole Macklin Good, read by Andrea Schrimp 7:06 “Good...

Show Notes Ep 4: More K-Pop with Rob Cunningham How does an experimental music aficionado become a K-pop fan? Always on the search for mind-blowing sound (see part one of his story in Epiosde 3), Rob reoriented to fun and living in the present during the pandemic. This led him to K-pop and its spectacular, dramatic audiovisual abundance. We talk about K-pop’s relationship to 80s music, Rob's favor...

Show Notes for Ep 3: Pure Sound with Rob Cunningham Rob has been searching for innovative, mind-blowing sounds ever since he was a little kid watching MTV in 1980s suburban Los Angeles. He tells his story of searching through rap, goth, metal, punk, industrial, electronic, experimental, 80s, and classical music. In part two we'll talk about kpop. You can find playlists and reviews at his blog: htt...

Who is a "typical suburban mom"? And what if they were never taught to people please? I talk to Sue Patterson about showing up authentically, partnering with your kids, and using your voice—even when it’s shaky. In many different spaces, from facebook groups to the school cafeteria, Sue meets people where they are, right now. Sue is a coach and podcaster whose website, Unschooling Mom2Mo...

How does deprogramming from a Christian Campus Cult in the 1980s connect with supporting parents as they navigate neurodivergence today? Delia Tetelman shares her story. Deprogramming didn’t stop with leaving the cult, it’s helped her with parenting, unschooling, mental health, and disability justice. Delia and I are part of the admin team for a free support group, Unschooling Every Family. The gr...

Welcome to Untangling Ourselves What leads you in those moments when you realize, "You must change your life"? What joys, creative projects, values, or sense of purpose guide your next step and help you untangle yourself from bias and limiting beliefs? Coming soon. Archaic Torso of Apollo , by Rainer Maria Rilke