Why Things Hurt and How We Learn

Brent Stevenson and Matt Giammarino

New podcast featuring two fathers and long term friends: physiotherapist Brent Stevenson and educational consultant Matt Giammarino. Be a fly on the wall listening to two dads discussing the similarities and differences of helping people within the education and healthcare systems, and as parents. Matt & Brent both run private businesses filling in the cracks of publicly funded systems. They are both dad's to multiple teenagers. Brent is the co-owner of Envision Physiotherapy in Vancouver, Canada, and authors WhyThingsHurt.com Matt is currently working as a Special Education Consultant

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  1. 28 JANV.

    Issues In Your Tissues

    We all experience and explore the world through our bodies as the interface.  Hear Brent explain how the distributed network of your nervous system holds memories and intelligence throughout your body, not just in your brain.  Listen in to a ranging conversation on organ transplants, Neuralink, busy brains, self-regulation, and learned helplessness.  Physios and tutors become an external form of regulation for clients and students while attempting to shift the control back to the individual via teaching, exposure and mindful practice. Bios Brent Stevenson has been a physiotherapist in Vancouver, Canada for over 20 years.  He is married and has three teenagers, two cats and a dog.  He co-owns and operates two multi-disciplinary health clinics, has written two books explaining how our bodies actually work, and has developed online courses on his website ⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠.  Brent has known Matt since they were fourteen years old and approached him about doing this podcast after seeing the parallels between helping struggling teenagers and helping adults in pain.   Matt Giammarino is a lifelong learner and nerd who helps people who learn differently. His goal is to help them succeed and thrive in school and life! He is an educator with 25-years teaching kids, parents, and teachers, an entrepreneur exploring the intersection of business, technology and education, and a researcher with publications on self-regulation, mathematical flexibility, help-seeking and more.  Matt brings his experience, student-centered approach and warm, friendly teaching style to learners of all ages in his special education practice. When he’s not doing that, he’s working on his next song, building technology tools, hanging with his wife, kids, and dog, or chatting with Brent about everything and anything!  Sponsors & Resources ⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠: Books, Articles, Courses & YouTube Channel teaching you how to be more comfortable being you ⁠Work With Matt⁠: Solve long standing education problems by working with Matt! ⁠EnvisionPhysio.com⁠: Brent’s Two Multidisciplinary health clinics in Vancouver, Canada ⁠RemixYourEducation⁠: Remix it all – your AI, your IQ, your grocery list – with our innovative tools that’ll make you smarter, happier, and more able to learn.   Show notes & clips visit our website ⁠Why Things Hurt & How We Learn⁠ Brent’s Books: ⁠Why Things Hurt: Life Lessons from an Injury Prone Physical Therapist⁠ ⁠Why We Hurt: Understanding How To Be Comfortable In Your Own Body⁠ Brent’s Courses: ⁠IMS Dry Needling: Online Mentorship for Physiotherapists, Physicians⁠ ⁠Making Life Your Workout: A Practical Guide To Posture⁠ Socials Follow Brent & Matt: Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt_HowWeLearn⁠ YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠ Facebook Page: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠ Follow Brent: Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠ YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠ FaceBook: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠/brentstevenson

    21 min

  2. 13 JANV.

    Code Red: When To Start Worrying

    What are the signs that you need to start taking action to help your child struggling at school or your loved one dealing with chronic pain?  Matt and Brent dive into the urgency of disengagement, learning disabilities, dissociation, and loss of hope in both children and adults.  There is nuance involved in redirecting lost souls to help them find some agency in their experience and feelings of control in their lives.  The season finale further explores how to help struggling people discover and accept that things can be different. Bios Brent Stevenson has been a physiotherapist in Vancouver, Canada for over 20 years.  He is married and has three teenagers, two cats and a dog.  He co-owns and operates two multi-disciplinary health clinics, has written two books explaining how our bodies actually work, and has developed online courses on his website ⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠.  Brent has known Matt since they were fourteen years old and approached him about doing this podcast after seeing the parallels between helping struggling teenagers and helping adults in pain.   Matt Giammarino is a lifelong learner and nerd who helps people who learn differently. His goal is to help them succeed and thrive in school and life! He is an educator with 25-years teaching kids, parents, and teachers, an entrepreneur exploring the intersection of business, technology and education, and a researcher with publications on self-regulation, mathematical flexibility, help-seeking and more.  Matt brings his experience, student-centered approach and warm, friendly teaching style to learners of all ages in his special education practice. When he’s not doing that, he’s working on his next song, building technology tools, hanging with his wife, kids, and dog, or chatting with Brent about everything and anything!  Sponsors & Resources ⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠: Books, Articles, Courses & YouTube Channel teaching you how to be more comfortable being you ⁠Work With Matt⁠: Solve long standing education problems by working with Matt! ⁠EnvisionPhysio.com⁠: Brent’s Two Multidisciplinary health clinics in Vancouver, Canada ⁠RemixYourEducation⁠: Remix it all – your AI, your IQ, your grocery list – with our innovative tools that’ll make you smarter, happier, and more able to learn.   Show notes & clips visit our website ⁠Why Things Hurt & How We Learn⁠ Brent’s Books: ⁠Why Things Hurt: Life Lessons from an Injury Prone Physical Therapist⁠ ⁠Why We Hurt: Understanding How To Be Comfortable In Your Own Body⁠ Brent’s Courses: ⁠IMS Dry Needling: Online Mentorship for Physiotherapists, Physicians⁠ ⁠Making Life Your Workout: A Practical Guide To Posture⁠ Socials Follow Brent & Matt: Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt_HowWeLearn⁠ YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠ Facebook Page: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠ Follow Brent: Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠ YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠ FaceBook: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠/brentstevenson

    35 min

  3. 6 JANV.

    Spectrums of You: Hypermobility & Consciousness

    Some of us are loose jointed.  Some of us are autistic.  We all exist on spectrums both physically and mentally.  Hypermobile people have genetically stretchier soft tissues making them more flexible, but can feel stiffer because their muscles brace to hold everything together.  A discussion on the experience of being you between two professionals that try their best to help people struggling with their bodies and their minds. Bios Brent Stevenson has been a physiotherapist in Vancouver, Canada for over 20 years.  He is married and has three teenagers, two cats and a dog.  He co-owns and operates two multi-disciplinary health clinics, has written two books explaining how our bodies actually work, and has developed online courses on his website ⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠.  Brent has known Matt since they were fourteen years old and approached him about doing this podcast after seeing the parallels between helping struggling teenagers and helping adults in pain.   Matt Giammarino is a lifelong learner and nerd who helps people who learn differently. His goal is to help them succeed and thrive in school and life! He is an educator with 25-years teaching kids, parents, and teachers, an entrepreneur exploring the intersection of business, technology and education, and a researcher with publications on self-regulation, mathematical flexibility, help-seeking and more.  Matt brings his experience, student-centered approach and warm, friendly teaching style to learners of all ages in his special education practice. When he’s not doing that, he’s working on his next song, building technology tools, hanging with his wife, kids, and dog, or chatting with Brent about everything and anything!  Sponsors & Resources ⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠: Books, Articles, Courses & YouTube Channel teaching you how to be more comfortable being you ⁠Work With Matt⁠: Solve long standing education problems by working with Matt! ⁠EnvisionPhysio.com⁠: Brent’s Two Multidisciplinary health clinics in Vancouver, Canada ⁠RemixYourEducation⁠: Remix it all – your AI, your IQ, your grocery list – with our innovative tools that’ll make you smarter, happier, and more able to learn.   Show notes & clips visit our website ⁠Why Things Hurt & How We Learn⁠ Brent’s Books: ⁠Why Things Hurt: Life Lessons from an Injury Prone Physical Therapist⁠ ⁠Why We Hurt: Understanding How To Be Comfortable In Your Own Body⁠ Brent’s Courses: ⁠IMS Dry Needling: Online Mentorship for Physiotherapists, Physicians⁠ ⁠Making Life Your Workout: A Practical Guide To Posture⁠ Socials Follow Brent & Matt: Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt_HowWeLearn⁠ YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠ Facebook Page: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠ Follow Brent: Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠ YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠ FaceBook: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠/brentstevenson

    23 min

  4. 2025-12-30

    A.I. Consuming Your Family

    Are you staying ahead of your kids and your parents use of artificial intelligence?  AI is rapidly changing how our kids learn, how our doctors diagnose, and how our parents research their aches and pains.  Listen to a discussion on the risks and benefits of the evolving technology of teaching our kids and keeping us healthy.  Matt & Brent start with a tangent about coffee, alcohol and TENS machines before they go down the rabbit hole of how AI is starting to impact their jobs and their families.  Bios Brent Stevenson has been a physiotherapist in Vancouver, Canada for over 20 years.  He is married and has three teenagers, two cats and a dog.  He co-owns and operates two multi-disciplinary health clinics, has written two books explaining how our bodies actually work, and has developed online courses on his website ⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠.  Brent has known Matt since they were fourteen years old and approached him about doing this podcast after seeing the parallels between helping struggling teenagers and helping adults in pain.   Matt Giammarino is a lifelong learner and nerd who helps people who learn differently. His goal is to help them succeed and thrive in school and life! He is an educator with 25-years teaching kids, parents, and teachers, an entrepreneur exploring the intersection of business, technology and education, and a researcher with publications on self-regulation, mathematical flexibility, help-seeking and more.  Matt brings his experience, student-centered approach and warm, friendly teaching style to learners of all ages in his special education practice. When he’s not doing that, he’s working on his next song, building technology tools, hanging with his wife, kids, and dog, or chatting with Brent about everything and anything!  Sponsors & Resources ⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠: Books, Articles, Courses & YouTube Channel teaching you how to be more comfortable being you ⁠Work With Matt⁠: Solve long standing education problems by working with Matt! ⁠EnvisionPhysio.com⁠: Brent’s Two Multidisciplinary health clinics in Vancouver, Canada ⁠RemixYourEducation⁠: Remix it all – your AI, your IQ, your grocery list – with our innovative tools that’ll make you smarter, happier, and more able to learn.   Show notes & clips visit our website ⁠Why Things Hurt & How We Learn⁠ Brent’s Books: ⁠Why Things Hurt: Life Lessons from an Injury Prone Physical Therapist⁠ ⁠Why We Hurt: Understanding How To Be Comfortable In Your Own Body⁠ Brent’s Courses: ⁠IMS Dry Needling: Online Mentorship for Physiotherapists, Physicians⁠ ⁠Making Life Your Workout: A Practical Guide To Posture⁠ Socials Follow Brent & Matt: Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt_HowWeLearn⁠ YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠ Facebook Page: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠ Follow Brent: Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠ YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠ FaceBook: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠/brentstevenson

    32 min

  5. 2025-12-23

    Dangers of a Diagnosis

    What is wrong with you?  Why is it happening?  How can you change it? Have you got past the first question?  A diagnosis can provide clarity, but it can also create behavioural problems.  Listen to Brent & Matt discuss the challenges of trying to de-pathologize clients after they have received a diagnosis.  Common language descriptions help build agency and avoid the fear connected to medical jargon.  A frank conversation about working with clients diagnosed with ADHD, Fibromyalgia, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, Degenerative Disc Disease and TMJ Disorder. Bios Brent Stevenson has been a physiotherapist in Vancouver, Canada for over 20 years.  He is married and has three teenagers, two cats and a dog.  He co-owns and operates two multi-disciplinary health clinics, has written two books explaining how our bodies actually work, and has developed online courses on his website ⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠.  Brent has known Matt since they were fourteen years old and approached him about doing this podcast after seeing the parallels between helping struggling teenagers and helping adults in pain.   Matt Giammarino is a lifelong learner and nerd who helps people who learn differently. His goal is to help them succeed and thrive in school and life! He is an educator with 25-years teaching kids, parents, and teachers, an entrepreneur exploring the intersection of business, technology and education, and a researcher with publications on self-regulation, mathematical flexibility, help-seeking and more.  Matt brings his experience, student-centered approach and warm, friendly teaching style to learners of all ages in his special education practice. When he’s not doing that, he’s working on his next song, building technology tools, hanging with his wife, kids, and dog, or chatting with Brent about everything and anything!  Sponsors & Resources ⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠: Books, Articles, Courses & YouTube Channel teaching you how to be more comfortable being you ⁠Work With Matt⁠: Solve long standing education problems by working with Matt! ⁠EnvisionPhysio.com⁠: Brent’s Two Multidisciplinary health clinics in Vancouver, Canada ⁠RemixYourEducation⁠: Remix it all – your AI, your IQ, your grocery list – with our innovative tools that’ll make you smarter, happier, and more able to learn.   Show notes & clips visit our website ⁠Why Things Hurt & How We Learn⁠ Brent’s Books: ⁠Why Things Hurt: Life Lessons from an Injury Prone Physical Therapist⁠ ⁠Why We Hurt: Understanding How To Be Comfortable In Your Own Body⁠ Brent’s Courses: ⁠IMS Dry Needling: Online Mentorship for Physiotherapists, Physicians⁠ ⁠Making Life Your Workout: A Practical Guide To Posture⁠ Socials Follow Brent & Matt: Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt_HowWeLearn⁠ YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠ Facebook Page: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠ Follow Brent: Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠ YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠ FaceBook: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠/brentstevenson

    28 min

  6. 2025-12-16

    Individuals Lost In Broken Systems

    Our systems are broken.  Schools are losing relevance for our kids.  Doctors and hospitals can’t keep up with their demands and pressures.  Listen to Brent & Matt discuss who is filling in the cracks in our public systems.  Hear the similar challenges facing both education and healthcare from two professionals that have started private businesses in publicly funded sectors.  It’s hard being an individual that doesn’t feel well and be reliant on a bloated bureaucratic system for help.  How do we advocate for ourselves? Bios Brent Stevenson has been a physiotherapist in Vancouver, Canada for over 20 years.  He is married and has three teenagers, two cats and a dog.  He co-owns and operates two multi-disciplinary health clinics, has written two books explaining how our bodies actually work, and has developed online courses on his website ⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠.  Brent has known Matt since they were fourteen years old and approached him about doing this podcast after seeing the parallels between helping struggling teenagers and helping adults in pain.   Matt Giammarino is a lifelong learner and nerd who helps people who learn differently. His goal is to help them succeed and thrive in school and life! He is an educator with 25-years teaching kids, parents, and teachers, an entrepreneur exploring the intersection of business, technology and education, and a researcher with publications on self-regulation, mathematical flexibility, help-seeking and more.  Matt brings his experience, student-centered approach and warm, friendly teaching style to learners of all ages in his special education practice. When he’s not doing that, he’s working on his next song, building technology tools, hanging with his wife, kids, and dog, or chatting with Brent about everything and anything!  Sponsors & Resources ⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠: Books, Articles, Courses & YouTube Channel teaching you how to be more comfortable being you ⁠Work With Matt⁠: Solve long standing education problems by working with Matt! ⁠EnvisionPhysio.com⁠: Brent’s Two Multidisciplinary health clinics in Vancouver, Canada ⁠RemixYourEducation⁠: Remix it all – your AI, your IQ, your grocery list – with our innovative tools that’ll make you smarter, happier, and more able to learn.   Show notes & clips visit our website ⁠Why Things Hurt & How We Learn⁠ Brent’s Books: ⁠Why Things Hurt: Life Lessons from an Injury Prone Physical Therapist⁠ ⁠Why We Hurt: Understanding How To Be Comfortable In Your Own Body⁠ Brent’s Courses: ⁠IMS Dry Needling: Online Mentorship for Physiotherapists, Physicians⁠ ⁠Making Life Your Workout: A Practical Guide To Posture⁠ Socials Follow Brent & Matt: Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt_HowWeLearn⁠ YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠ Facebook Page: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠ Follow Brent: Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠ YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠ FaceBook: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠/brentstevenson

    33 min

  7. 2025-12-16

    Toxic Shame

    There is a discrepancy between what you want and what you are willing to change to experience what you want.  Shame, regret and fixed mind sets tend to get in the way of a growth mentality.  Listen to Matt explain how parents can be curious not furious about their teens’ behaviours.  Hear how to challenge people to think and behave differently to help them help themselves.  Brent and Matt discuss creating agency in kids and clients that tend to play the role of the victim and have trouble self-regulating in the face of a challenge.    Bios Brent Stevenson has been a physiotherapist in Vancouver, Canada for over 20 years.  He is married and has three teenagers, two cats and a dog.  He co-owns and operates two multi-disciplinary health clinics, has written two books explaining how our bodies actually work, and has developed online courses on his website ⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠.  Brent has known Matt since they were fourteen years old and approached him about doing this podcast after seeing the parallels between helping struggling teenagers and helping adults in pain.   Matt Giammarino is a lifelong learner and nerd who helps people who learn differently. His goal is to help them succeed and thrive in school and life! He is an educator with 25-years teaching kids, parents, and teachers, an entrepreneur exploring the intersection of business, technology and education, and a researcher with publications on self-regulation, mathematical flexibility, help-seeking and more.  Matt brings his experience, student-centered approach and warm, friendly teaching style to learners of all ages in his special education practice. When he’s not doing that, he’s working on his next song, building technology tools, hanging with his wife, kids, and dog, or chatting with Brent about everything and anything!  Sponsors & Resources ⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠: Books, Articles, Courses & YouTube Channel teaching you how to be more comfortable being you ⁠Work With Matt⁠: Solve long standing education problems by working with Matt! ⁠EnvisionPhysio.com⁠: Brent’s Two Multidisciplinary health clinics in Vancouver, Canada ⁠RemixYourEducation⁠: Remix it all – your AI, your IQ, your grocery list – with our innovative tools that’ll make you smarter, happier, and more able to learn.   Show notes & clips visit our website ⁠Why Things Hurt & How We Learn⁠ Brent’s Books: ⁠Why Things Hurt: Life Lessons from an Injury Prone Physical Therapist⁠ ⁠Why We Hurt: Understanding How To Be Comfortable In Your Own Body⁠ Brent’s Courses: ⁠IMS Dry Needling: Online Mentorship for Physiotherapists, Physicians⁠ ⁠Making Life Your Workout: A Practical Guide To Posture⁠ Socials Follow Brent & Matt: Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt_HowWeLearn⁠ YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠ Facebook Page: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠ Follow Brent: Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠ YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠ FaceBook: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠/brentstevenson

    26 min

  8. 2025-12-16

    The Anatomy of Stress

    Emotions are called feelings because you feel them.  Your vagus nerve is part of the highway that transmits stress, anxiety and fear throughout your body.  Our behaviours and experiences are created and regulated via our nervous systems.  Explore the curious interactions between how you think and how you feel, and how that impacts how you learn and behave.  We all get stuck in grooves of thought and can rely too heavily on our autopilots.  Hear how a physio and a thoughtful teacher or mentor can help you get unstuck. Bios Brent Stevenson has been a physiotherapist in Vancouver, Canada for over 20 years.  He is married and has three teenagers, two cats and a dog.  He co-owns and operates two multi-disciplinary health clinics, has written two books explaining how our bodies actually work, and has developed online courses on his website ⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠.  Brent has known Matt since they were fourteen years old and approached him about doing this podcast after seeing the parallels between helping struggling teenagers and helping adults in pain.   Matt Giammarino is a lifelong learner and nerd who helps people who learn differently. His goal is to help them succeed and thrive in school and life! He is an educator with 25-years teaching kids, parents, and teachers, an entrepreneur exploring the intersection of business, technology and education, and a researcher with publications on self-regulation, mathematical flexibility, help-seeking and more.  Matt brings his experience, student-centered approach and warm, friendly teaching style to learners of all ages in his special education practice. When he’s not doing that, he’s working on his next song, building technology tools, hanging with his wife, kids, and dog, or chatting with Brent about everything and anything!  Sponsors & Resources ⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠: Books, Articles, Courses & YouTube Channel teaching you how to be more comfortable being you ⁠Work With Matt⁠: Solve long standing education problems by working with Matt! ⁠EnvisionPhysio.com⁠: Brent’s Two Multidisciplinary health clinics in Vancouver, Canada ⁠RemixYourEducation⁠: Remix it all – your AI, your IQ, your grocery list – with our innovative tools that’ll make you smarter, happier, and more able to learn.   Show notes & clips visit our website ⁠Why Things Hurt & How We Learn⁠ Brent’s Books: ⁠Why Things Hurt: Life Lessons from an Injury Prone Physical Therapist⁠ ⁠Why We Hurt: Understanding How To Be Comfortable In Your Own Body⁠ Brent’s Courses: ⁠IMS Dry Needling: Online Mentorship for Physiotherapists, Physicians⁠ ⁠Making Life Your Workout: A Practical Guide To Posture⁠ Socials Follow Brent & Matt: Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt_HowWeLearn⁠ YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠ Facebook Page: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠ Follow Brent: Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠ YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠ FaceBook: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠/brentstevenson

    25 min

  9. 2025-12-16

    The Importance of Being Weird

    Everyone has their quirks.  No one is normal, let’s stop pretending.  Listen to Brent and Matt discuss the importance of subcultures and the pressures of societal norms on both children and adults.  How do we empower people without enabling them to avoid challenge?  Hear two fathers of teenagers talk about the idea of asking for students consent to have them do things they don’t want to do.  How do we teach our kids to embrace their quirks and focus on the options they have today that did not exist for their parents. Bios Brent Stevenson has been a physiotherapist in Vancouver, Canada for over 20 years.  He is married and has three teenagers, two cats and a dog.  He co-owns and operates two multi-disciplinary health clinics, has written two books explaining how our bodies actually work, and has developed online courses on his website WhyThingsHurt.com.  Brent has known Matt since they were fourteen years old and approached him about doing this podcast after seeing the parallels between helping struggling teenagers and helping adults in pain.   Matt Giammarino is a lifelong learner and nerd who helps people who learn differently. His goal is to help them succeed and thrive in school and life! He is an educator with 25-years teaching kids, parents, and teachers, an entrepreneur exploring the intersection of business, technology and education, and a researcher with publications on self-regulation, mathematical flexibility, help-seeking and more.  Matt brings his experience, student-centered approach and warm, friendly teaching style to learners of all ages in his special education practice. When he’s not doing that, he’s working on his next song, building technology tools, hanging with his wife, kids, and dog, or chatting with Brent about everything and anything!  Sponsors & Resources WhyThingsHurt.com: Books, Articles, Courses & YouTube Channel teaching you how to be more comfortable being you Work With Matt: Solve long standing education problems by working with Matt! EnvisionPhysio.com: Brent’s Two Multidisciplinary health clinics in Vancouver, Canada RemixYourEducation: Remix it all – your AI, your IQ, your grocery list – with our innovative tools that’ll make you smarter, happier, and more able to learn.   Show notes & clips visit our website Why Things Hurt & How We Learn Brent’s Books: Why Things Hurt: Life Lessons from an Injury Prone Physical Therapist Why We Hurt: Understanding How To Be Comfortable In Your Own Body Brent’s Courses: IMS Dry Needling: Online Mentorship for Physiotherapists, Physicians Making Life Your Workout: A Practical Guide To Posture Socials Follow Brent & Matt: Instagram: @WhyThingsHurt_HowWeLearn YouTube: @WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn Facebook Page: @WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn Follow Brent: Instagram: @WhyThingsHurt YouTube: @WhyThingsHurt FaceBook: @WhyThingsHurt LinkedIn: /brentstevenson

    24 min

  10. BANDE-ANNONCE DE LA SAISON 1

    Season 1 Trailer

    A preview of Season 1. Brent & Matt have are dad's in their mid 40s that have known each other for 30 years. Be a fly on the wall as a physio and education consultant dive into how everybody is on a spectrum, how we experience pain, how we are all weird, and the nuance of helping people that are struggling. Bios Brent Stevenson has been a physiotherapist in Vancouver, Canada for over 20 years.  He is married and has three teenagers, two cats and a dog.  He co-owns and operates two multi-disciplinary health clinics, has written two books explaining how our bodies actually work, and has developed online courses on his website ⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠.  Brent has known Matt since they were fourteen years old and approached him about doing this podcast after seeing the parallels between helping struggling teenagers and helping adults in pain.   Matt Giammarino is a lifelong learner and nerd who helps people who learn differently. His goal is to help them succeed and thrive in school and life! He is an educator with 25-years teaching kids, parents, and teachers, an entrepreneur exploring the intersection of business, technology and education, and a researcher with publications on self-regulation, mathematical flexibility, help-seeking and more.  Matt brings his experience, student-centered approach and warm, friendly teaching style to learners of all ages in his special education practice. When he’s not doing that, he’s working on his next song, building technology tools, hanging with his wife, kids, and dog, or chatting with Brent about everything and anything!  Sponsors & Resources ⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠: Books, Articles, Courses & YouTube Channel teaching you how to be more comfortable being you ⁠Work With Matt⁠: Solve long standing education problems by working with Matt! ⁠EnvisionPhysio.com⁠: Brent’s Two Multidisciplinary health clinics in Vancouver, Canada ⁠RemixYourEducation⁠: Remix it all – your AI, your IQ, your grocery list – with our innovative tools that’ll make you smarter, happier, and more able to learn.   Show notes & clips visit our website ⁠Why Things Hurt & How We Learn⁠ Brent’s Books: ⁠Why Things Hurt: Life Lessons from an Injury Prone Physical Therapist⁠ ⁠Why We Hurt: Understanding How To Be Comfortable In Your Own Body⁠ Brent’s Courses: ⁠IMS Dry Needling: Online Mentorship for Physiotherapists, Physicians⁠ ⁠Making Life Your Workout: A Practical Guide To Posture⁠ Socials Follow Brent & Matt: Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt_HowWeLearn⁠ YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠ Facebook Page: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠ Follow Brent: Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠ YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠ FaceBook: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠/brentstevenson

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À propos

New podcast featuring two fathers and long term friends: physiotherapist Brent Stevenson and educational consultant Matt Giammarino. Be a fly on the wall listening to two dads discussing the similarities and differences of helping people within the education and healthcare systems, and as parents. Matt & Brent both run private businesses filling in the cracks of publicly funded systems. They are both dad's to multiple teenagers. Brent is the co-owner of Envision Physiotherapy in Vancouver, Canada, and authors WhyThingsHurt.com Matt is currently working as a Special Education Consultant

Informations

  • Créateur
    Brent Stevenson and Matt Giammarino
  • Années d’activité
    2025 - 2026
  • Épisodes
    10
  • Classement
    Contenu explicite
  • Copyright
    © Brent Stevenson and Matt Giammarino
  • Site Web de l’émission
    Why Things Hurt and How We Learn