I'm doing a lot of deep breathing lately and I know I’m not alone. A helluva lot of Americans are feeling overwhelmed, discouraged, and preoccupied by a single question: What can I possibly do in response to a billionaire-funded fascist coup? Long-time friend of the pod, Susan McCulley, is here to help us find a few answers to that question. No, she's not a seasoned activist or recognizable political figure; she's an everyday...
This week on TDP… an encore presentation of an episode I dropped almost two years ago. Ep.59 is ripe for a reboot because fascism has come for America and much of what I speak to in this drop has become an everyday norm. I re-recorded the intro to reflect our current reality, and I hope you listen to the end, where I take a closer look at tone policing and why it works to silence us. (The right knowledge can help us to beat them at their own...
Some of you may be relieved to hear that today's release will turn our attention away from current events, circling back to a 'cult'ure series topic that is yet-unfinished. I recorded the bookend portions of this episode a couple of weeks ago, just as I was wrapping up my first term of graduate study at ASU. I was still actively recovering from Covid, but I sat down to press record anyway. I was feeling fired up and eager to share some recent...
I'm back. Because silence isn't an option right now. In this episode, I share how graduate study / critical inquiry into leadership and social psychology is helping me make sense of an upside-down world. Groupthink, aka hive mind, isn't just a 'culty' thing. For better and for worse, conformity happens everywhere along the political spectrum. I speak to how unspoken "display rules" keep us from speaking up, then make the argument that...
Hi friends. My apologies for the long lag time between episodes. I've been laid out with Covid for two weeks, and I'm just now coming up for air. 🥴 AND I'm finally sharing this convo that Monica Welty & I recorded back on January 29th. It's the first drop in a new series, Togethering, where I'll be inviting friends - both new and old - to chat out what's most alive for us in the moment. And in this moment in the U.S., a literal...
Ready or not, it's Inauguration Day / MLK Jr. Day here in the U.S. and I'm doing my best to stay grounded and connected in the ways that matter. Here's what's on my mind. January 20, 2025 | Ready Or Not: Inauguration Day, 'Meta' Madness, & Social Psych 101 DJT 2.Ugh - moving into this day & the next four years Context vs. Catastrophizing - who I'm looking to for solace and perspective Influence & the Collective - why I won't shut...
Welcome to the first Patreon release of 2025. January 4, 2025 | The Self-Help Grift: Who It’s Really Benefiting & Why It Can’t Save Us In this episode, I share: How the transition into 2025 feels different than in years past - in the best and worst ways. Why popular psychology regularly misses the mark when it comes to why we humans behave the way we do. What happens when self-help terms (ie. 'emotional intelligence') fall into the...
I'm back with another solo episode to share what's next with this work & why I hope you'll stick around as we take this work to whole new depths in 2025. December 13, 2024 >> Welcome to The Next Chapter In this episode, I share: What's next for me & this work. It's time to flip the whole top-down hierarchy on its head. The open question that I've been sitting with since the 'cult'ure series wrap and the investment I'm...
This week's drop is a very special 'cult'ure series bonus convo with friend of the pod, David Gallegos-Roybal. David is a Mestizo Native of New Mexico who some loyal listeners of the pod (particularly former 'Org' members) may recognize. David's husband, Mark Frossard, was features in Ep.60 & Ep.61 of the 'cult'ure series when we did a deep-dive into his painful separation from 'the Org' back in 2018. In this episode, David shares his own...
Candice is back on the main feed with a final #gotv reminder and a deep-dive into this thing we call 'hope' - what is it, really? She shares about her pre-election anxiety and how she's actualizing hope in the face of so muchness. Various definitions of hope are offered, then she digs into the groundbreaking work of her late mentor, C.R. Snyder, 'the hope guy', sharing what she learned in the late '90s torturing freshmen in his research...
