Human School

Miles Adcox
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We’ve been taught everything except how to be human. In a world obsessed with output, Human School is where we study what happens within. This podcast was born from a journal entry during a breakdown. A reminder that struggle isn’t weakness - it’s instruction. Human School reframes pain as purpose, productivity as presence, and leadership as inner clarity. We’re building the education we never got. Through stories, tools, and raw conversations, we help people stop performing their lives–and start participating in them. Welcome to Human School.

  1. 3d ago

    Is Your Gut Connected to Your Mental Health? with Funcitonal Medicine Practitioner, Dr. Chris Motley

    Have you ever gotten a clean bill of health and still felt like something was wrong? What if the anxiety, the brain fog, the thing you can't explain isn't in your head, but a story your body inherited? Dr. Chris Motley is a functional medicine practitioner and acupuncturist based in Nashville, and the host of the Ancient Health Podcast. For over 22 years, he's blended Chinese medicine, kinesiology, and biofeedback with Western diagnostics to find what standard testing misses — the chronic weaknesses that don't show up on a bloodwork panel but show up in how we sleep, how we digest, and how we carry stress in our bodies. In this episode, Dr. Motley and Miles talk about how inflammation from food can weaken the blood-brain barrier and surface in surprising ways — and why the weakest organ in your body often maps straight back to how your parents and grandparents lived. Today, you'll learn how to read your body's own signals, why curiosity heals faster than fear, and what it actually looks like to get to the root of a problem instead of managing its symptoms. In this conversation, you'll learn: How chronic inflammation from food can weaken the blood-brain barrier and show up as anxiety, depression, or brain fogHow to read your body's own signals — sleep patterns, digestion, even facial features — the way a functional medicine practitioner doesHow your weakest organ can map directly back to how your parents and grandparents livedWhy processed food, not just screens, may be driving the rise in childhood behavioral changesHow the gut-brain axis connects what you eat to how you feel within hoursWhy getting curious about a weakness — instead of afraid of it — is the first step to healing itSimple, low-cost first steps to a more fulfilled, healthier life anyone can start today If this stirred something in you, Onsite offers a range of experiences to do life-changing work around your story and stored trauma that your body is asking for. Learn more at experienceonsite.com   Follow Human School: YouTube - Human School Podcast Instagram - @humanschoolofficial Threads - @humanschoolofficial TikTok - @humanschoolofficial   What We Discuss: 00:00:00 – Meet Dr. Chris Motley 00:02:41 – Why He Left a Growing Practice 00:08:19 – The Danger of Expertise Without Curiosity 00:12:04 – Meeting Overwhelmed Patients with Optimism 00:13:50 – How Motley Found His Interest in Medicine 00:17:51 – Motley’s Story Through His Gallbladder 00:23:30 – Where He Starts with Every New Patient 00:28:00 – Are Emotions Hiding Inside Our Organs? 00:33:54 – The Benefits of Integrated Medicine: Treating Mind & Body 00:42:36 – The Anxious Patient 00:47:51 – "What You Eat Is What You Think" 00:52:44 – The Health Goal Every Day 00:55:06 – Your Gut is Your Second Brain: Explaining Gut-Brain Axis 01:01:06 – Drivers of the Mental Health Crisis Happening Now 01:05:54 – Why Do We Have So Many Food Allergies? 01:06:45 – People, Food, & the ADD and ADHD Rise 01:08:51 – The Habit Change to Reset Your System 01:11:58 – Motley’s “Basic” Steps Towards Physical Wellness 01:14:01 – Miles’s Steps Toward Emotional Wellness 01:16:47 – What is behind Chronic Constipation? 01:17:54 – Getting Back into Your Body 01:25:22 – What Your Face Reveals About Your Story 01:27:50 – Ancient Practices over Modern Technology 01:33:06 – Motley Outside of Medicine 01:35:41 – The Lesson Weaving Throughout 22 Years Practicing This episode is a conversation between practitioners sharing personal experience and professional perspective — it is not medical advice. Please consult your own physician or healthcare provider before making any changes to your health, diet, or treatment plan.

    Is Your Gut Connected to Your Mental Health? with Funcitonal Medicine Practitioner, Dr. Chris Motley

  2. Jul 17

    Tori Kelly: What It Means To Be More Than Your Gift

    Have you ever believed you're only worthy of attention when you're performing and perfect? What if the thing you fear your kid will inherit is the exact thing you've never worked through yourself?   Tori Kelly, a Grammy-winning vocalist who's been sharing her voice with the world since she was a kid, sits down with Miles for a conversation about identity, motherhood, and what happens when the performance stops.   Tori opens up about growing up in a mixed-race householdwhere she often felt othered, getting signed at 12 and "shelved" before she'd lived enough life to have something to say, and the lie she quietly believed for years: that she wasn't worthy of attention unless she was singing. She talks about touring stadiums with Ed Sheeran while pregnant, writing her new album, God Must Really Love Me, in two weeks while holding her newborn son, and why his first cry made the record.   Tori and Miles go deep into the perfectionism she traces back to her earliest days on stage, the phone cleanses she uses to fight comparison, and why motherhood has made her want her son to see her mess up, say sorry, and be human. Miles shares a mentor's metaphor about gratitude that reframes how you see whatever you're circling right now, and Tori tells the story of the drive where the phrase "God must really love me" came out of her mouth before it became an album title.   Ever notice the pattern you're trying to protect your kids from is usually the one you haven't fully worked through yourself? Onsite's Living Centered Program for parents and adults ready to finally do their own work, not just manage everyone else's. It's not about becoming a perfect parent; It's about becoming an honest one. Learn more at experienceonsite.com   In this conversation, you'll learn: How to Trace Perfectionism Back to the Stage Instead of the Story You Tell YourselfHow to Stop Performing for Approval and Start ActuallyFeeling ItHow Becoming a Parent Can Break a Pattern You Didn't Know You Were RepeatingHow to Use a Phone Cleanse to Get Your Voice Back FromComparisonHow to Write an Album in Two Weeks Once You Stop Editing YourselfHow to Let Your Kids Watch You Mess Up on PurposeHow to Reframe a Career "Setback" as the Setup for Something BetterHow Growing Up Feeling "Othered" Shapes the Way You Tell the Truth LaterHow to Turn Gratitude Into a Practice Instead of a MoodHow to Know the Difference Between Being a Vocalist andBeing Yourself  Follow Human School: YouTube - Human School Podcast Instagram - @humanschoolofficial Threads - @humanschoolofficial TikTok - @humanschoolofficial   What We Discuss: 00:00:00 – Meet Tori Kelly 00:01:51 – Her Grand Ole Opry Debut, One Night Before ThisConversation 00:05:34 – Genre-less on Purpose 00:08:41 – The Vocalist Everyone Expects, the Storyteller She's Becoming 00:10:51 – The Soundtrack of Her Childhood 00:12:43 – Signed at 12 & Promised the World 00:23:05 – A Career Built on Slow Builds, Not Big Breaks 00:28:24 – How Becoming a Mom Rewired Her as an Artist 00:29:24 – Touring Stadiums With Ed Sheeran While Pregnant 00:31:13 – What Motherhood Cracked Open 00:36:29 – She Doesn't Want Her Son Thinking He Has to BePerfect 00:38:46 – Tracing Her Perfectionism Back to the Root 00:40:59 – How Approval Got Tangled Up With Her Voice 00:47:31 – The Phone Cleanse That Gave Her Mind Back 00:56:06 – The Story Behind "God Must Really Love Me" 01:01:46 – The Vulture Metaphor: Reframing Gratitude 01:04:41 – Congruence, Not Perfection 01:09:25 – Her Husband and Life on Tour 01:13:34 – Ending on the Only Line That Fits

    Tori Kelly: What It Means To Be More Than Your Gift

  3. Jul 9

    Sissy Goff & David Thomas: What It Means to Raise Capable Kids

    How do you help an anxious child build real confidence instead of just managing their fear? What if the very thing keeping your kid unsafe is how hard you're working to protect them?   Sissy Goff and David Thomas are two of the most trusted voices in child and adolescent mental health today, counselors at Daystar Counseling Ministries and hosts of the popular Raising Boys and Girls podcast. With more than three decades combined sitting across from kids and their families, they've become go-to resources for parents navigating anxiety, emotional development, and resilience in childhood. Their new New York Times Bestselling book, Capable, just carried them through a national press tour, including a stop on the Today Show, and for good reason: it takes on one of the most urgent questions facing parents right now.   In this conversation, Sissy, David, and Miles unpack why so many kids today aren't just anxious; they're increasingly unwilling to try, and what parents can actually do to build resilience instead of just managing symptoms. They talk through the difference between attunement and over-protection, why "trust your gut" might be the most important piece of parenting advice out there, and how to set healthy boundaries around technology and social media without shutting your kids out of the world they're growing up in. It's a grounded, hopeful conversation about childhood anxiety, parenting under pressure, and what it actually takes to raise capable, confident kids in an overwhelmed world.   Your kids are watching you more closely than they're listening to you. Onsite's Living Centered Program is a place for parents ready to do their own work, so the patterns they pass down are worth passing on. Learn more at experienceonsite.com.   Follow Human School: YouTube - Human School Podcast Instagram - @humanschoolofficial Threads - @humanschoolofficial TikTok - @humanschoolofficial   For more resources and tools from Sissy Goff & David Thomas, visit raisingboysandgirls.com or follow along on Instagram @raisingboysandgirls.   In this conversation, you'll learn: How to Tell Attunement From Rescuing Your KidHow to Read the Emergency Behind Their AnxietyHow to Stop Outsourcing Instincts to Strangers OnlineHow to Decide When They Get a Phone or Social AccountHow to Turn a Hard No Into a Creative YesHow to Use "Trust the Process" in Their Hardest StretchHow to Spot a Problem They Should Solve ThemselvesHow to Rebuild Your Resilience Before Teaching ItHow to Hold Grief and Purpose at the Same TimeHow to Give Your Kids a Front-Row Seat to Your GrowthHow to Raise a Capable Kid Without Raising an Anxious OneHow to Pick Two Parenting Voices You Actually Trust  What We Discuss: 00:00:00 – Meet Sissy Goff and David Thomas 00:04:21 – Over-Correction: the Field's New Blind Spot 00:05:35 – Catching Up & Life After the Capable Press Tour 00:08:31 – The Soap Opera Character & Camp Job that Shaped Careers 00:14:02 – A Working 32-Year Partnership 00:17:09 – Sissy’s Dog Who Came to Work & Comforted Teen's Tears 00:20:20 – Sammy, Onsite’s Beagle Who Escorted Every New Guest 00:30:15 – Backstage at the Today Show 00:36:58 – What This Work Taught Them About Being Human 00:41:55 – A National State of Emergency Hiding in Plain Sight 00:49:32 – Escape and Avoidance Feel Like Good Parenting 00:53:29 – What Attunement Actually Looks Like 00:59:25 – “Go in the Strength You Already Have” 01:03:22 – What's Really Underneath a Lack of Confidence 01:10:56 – Trust the Process, Even in Their Hardest Stretch 01:18:25 – Is my child ready for technology? 01:26:18 – Doing Your Own Work Is the Greatest Gift to Your Kids 01:27:16 – A Look Inside Daystar Counseling Ministries

    Sissy Goff & David Thomas: What It Means to Raise Capable Kids

  4. Jul 2

    Bobby Bones: The Work That Success Can't Do

    What's the real difference between showing up for someone and rescuing them? Can a single pair of socks undo years of not letting yourself feel anything? Bobby Bones went from a campus radio station in Arkansas to the National Radio Hall of Fame, two #1 New York Times bestsellers, and a syndicated morning show heard by millions, turning his own story into a reason other people feel less alone in theirs. He sits down with Miles Adcox eight weeks into fatherhood, in a season that's forced him to slow down after two decades of never having to. Bobby opens up about being raised by a 16-year-old motherwho struggled with addiction his whole childhood, the trailer he bought her the first time he made real money, and the hard lesson in what enabling actually looks like when you love someone who's sick. He reveals the moment a stranger's kindness at a therapy intensive at Onsite finally broke him open, and shares the four-letter word his mother never said but it’s the one his grandmother said so consistently it became the only safety he knew. Miles and Bobby go deep into being triggered by both praise and criticism, why Bobby only checks hiscomments on Tuesdays, and the grief of having a daughter who'll never meet the grandmother who shaped him most.   In this conversation, you'll learn: How to Turn Your Own Insecurities Into a Bridge for Someone Else'sHow to Tell the Difference Between Supporting Someone in Addiction and Enabling ThemHow to Stay Consistent With Someone Even When It Feels Like Nothing Is ChangingHow to Recognize When Both Praise and Criticism Are Actuallya ThreatHow to Build Boundaries So Social Media Doesn't Run YourNervous SystemHow to Respond Instead of React When You Feel ChallengedHow to Find Safety in a Relationship After a ChildhoodWithout ItHow to Let a Stranger's Small Act of Kindness Actually LandHow to Talk to Your Kids About the Parts of Your Story ThatStill HurtHow to Know You Were Consistent Enough, Even When Nothing Else Felt Certain  Feeling stuck in patterns you can't quite name? Onsite'sLiving Centered Program is built for people ready to slow down and do the deeper work that creates real change. Learn more at experienceonsite.com. Follow Human School: YouTube - Human School Podcast Instagram - @humanschoolofficial Threads - @humanschoolofficial TikTok - @humanschoolofficial What We Discuss: 00:00:00 – Meet Bobby Bones 00:03:47 – Why every performer is secretly insecure 00:05:09 – The secret to connecting with people in interviews 00:15:47 – Finding the line between public and private life 00:17:56 – Getting rejected to 2 Bestsellers 00:22:32 – Bobby’s Mom: 16 years old, no support, and anaddiction that never let go 00:31:57 – What to say to someone who is supporting an addict 00:38:06 – "I wish our baby could meet my mom" 00:39:33 – The four-letter word his grandma never stoppedsaying 00:47:11 – Why compliments feel like threats to him 00:50:29 – The boundaries that keep him from spiraling online 00:53:35 – Property and therapy: the two best investments he'smade 00:58:27 – His Onsite story he's never told quite like this 01:07:03 – The TEDx talk that flopped & the one that gothim back on stage 01:11:06 – What watching his wife become a mom taught himabout love 01:13:43 – His message to his daughter, twenty years from now

    Bobby Bones: The Work That Success Can't Do

  5. Jun 25

    Reece Weaver: What Comes After the Dream

    Have you ever lived a dream so fully that you felt the quiettug to walk away?  Not because it failed you, but because something new was calling. What does it look like to anchor your identity in somethingthat can never be taken from you, even when everything you've built your life around closes a chapter?   Reece Weaver spent her entire third season as a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader (DCC) carrying a decision nobody outside her closest circle knew about yet. The preacher's granddaughter from Jacksonville, Florida who started dancing at three, earned a scholarship to the University of Alabama —where she also met her husband Will — and felt something shift in her chest the moment she walked into AT&T Stadium as a sophomore. In the years to follow she has become the most-followed DCC in the franchise's history, a breakout presence on Netflix's America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders,and then spent a year in therapy, prayer, and conversation with people she trusts, processing a feeling of “what’s next?” she couldn't explain and couldn't ignore. In this conversation, Miles Adcox and Reece gets to the story underneath her retirement announcement. Reece opens up about the mental and emotional toll that the spotlight created long before the headlines caught up. She talks about the comparison trap that quietly became perfectionism, not being able to ignore people’s opinions and critiques on social media, her mom's reminder that "if that crown ever gets too tight, we can easily take it off," and why the word "retirement" still doesn't sit right with her. Miles and Reece also get to explore the joy of this next season and what is to come: a book, new hometown, being a cheerleader to her friends, and open hands for more opportunities.   In this conversation, you'll learn: How to Know When a Dream Is Finished vs. When You AreHow to Separate Your Identity from the Thing You're Best AtHow to Let "Two Things Can Be True" Change YourNext DecisionHow to Carry Perfectionism Without Being Carried By ItHow to Survive Being Watched Without Being Defined By ItHow to Hear the Tug Before It Becomes a RoarHow to Find Community That Tells You the TruthHow to Serve Something Bigger Than Your Own Highlight ReelHow to Take a Leap of Faith Into a Blank CanvasHow to Turn a Page Without Calling It Quitting  The conversations we have on Human School are shaped by thework happening every day at Onsite. Stuck in the same emotional patterns? Onsite's Living Centered Program helps you slow down, go deeper, and do the inner work that changes things. Learn more at experienceonsite.com.   Follow Human School: YouTube - Human School Podcast Instagram - @humanschoolofficial Threads - @humanschoolofficial TikTok - @humanschoolofficial   What We Discuss: 00:00:00 – Meet Reece Weaver 00:04:10 – Jacksonville, Florida & the Preacher's Granddaughter 00:09:39 – "I Was a Sponge" — How It All Started at Three 00:22:33 – Dance as an Expressive Therapy 00:24:34 – When Dance Becomes Your Whole Identity 00:27:44 – Who defines your identity? 00:32:42 – What Belonging Really Means 00:33:46 – One Song, Two Auditions, & Dreams She Didn't Know Yet 00:37:22 – Running Out on Bryant-Denny for the First Time 00:39:32 – Learning to Fail Well 00:42:21 – Where Perfectionism Really Comes From 00:50:18 – How Cutthroat Is It Inside the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders? 00:55:37 – Reminder from Mom: "If That Crown Ever Gets Too Tight" 00:59:17 – What to Tell a Young Girl in the Comparison Trap 01:02:18 – America’s Team: The Dallas Cowboys 01:06:52 – The Cotton Bowl Moment That Changed Everything 01:09:47 – The Mental Weight Nobody Talks About 01:17:05 – What’s next for Reece? 01:19:59 – Moving Onto the Next Phase of Life – Goodbye DCC 01:23:17 – Why She Refuses the Word "Retirement" 01:26:47 – What the Tears are Saying

    Reece Weaver: What Comes After the Dream

  6. Jun 18

    Clea Shearer: Refusing to Waste Pain

    Have you ever fought the hardest battle of your life and then not known what to do once it was over? What if the story you thought defined you was actually the prologue to something even bigger?   Clea Shearer is co-founder of The Home Edit — the brand, the Netflix show, the New York Times bestselling books. But the Clea in this conversation has spent four years navigating a cancer journey her own doctors call a medical anomaly. From her diagnosis to a double mastectomy, followed by many emergency surgeries, she has faced complications most people never encounter. And she's done it all publicly, because she made a promise in Paris the day after her diagnosis: she was going to make her cancer purposeful.   Miles and Clea go into all sides of facing a cancer treatment, especially the ones no one mentions. She opens up about the depression that hit after ringing the bell, being medically induced into menopause, losing her breast for the third time, and the first real fight she and her husband, John, had in 21 years. But she also shares how making her suffering public became the thing that saved her, why she considers cancer one of the great honors of her life, and what she's learned about building community and finding purpose on the other side.   In this conversation, you'll learn: How to find purpose in the middle of the worst thing that's ever happened to youHow the “ring the bell” moment can become its own kind of rock bottomHow illness fatigue affects even the most loving support systemsHow to receive help without guilt or resistanceHow sharing your story publicly can become the thing that heals youHow to tell the difference between relief and healing and why you need bothHow to rebuild meaning when you don't know what you were fighting for anymoreHow the community becomes your greatest medicine when nothing else worksHow to find the honor inside the hardest thing you've never asked forHow to keep going when you don't know if there's another side  Whether you're navigating grief, burnout, or a quiet sensethat something feels off, Onsite’s Living Centered experience gives you the tools, the community, and the space to change. Learn more at experienceonsite.com.   Follow Human School: YouTube - Human School Podcast Instagram - @humanschoolofficial Threads - @humanschoolofficial TikTok - @humanschoolofficial   What We Discuss: 00:00:00 – Meet Clea Shearer 00:03:31 – Hot Flashes & Getting Drop-Kicked Into Menopause 00:06:23 – Diagnosis Day: March 8, 2022 00:07:45 – What Happens After Active Treatment Ends 00:13:35 – The Medical Anomaly Nobody Wants to Be 00:17:52 – The Dark Month No One Saw Coming 00:21:05 – Eight Surgeries and a Year of Reconstruction 00:26:47 – Losing Her Breast for the Third Time 00:29:28 – The Undertow Nobody Else Could See 00:34:25 – The First Real Fight in 21 Years of Marriage 00:38:28 – 2026: The Year of the Fire Horse 00:42:48 – Presence Over Words: Horse Therapy 00:49:30 – The Two Things the Human Brain Fears Most 00:50:06 – Champagne, a Kindle, and Unconventional Coping 00:52:02 – Why She's Never Really Done Therapy 00:54:02 – Inner-Circle Friendship: Sitting Like a Chicken on an Egg 00:56:14 – Community Is the Most Powerful Antidote 01:00:30 – The Moment in Paris That Changed Everything 01:04:46 – Why Cancer Became the Honor of Her Lifetime 01:06:04 – A taste of what they didn’t get to

    Clea Shearer: Refusing to Waste Pain

  7. Jun 11

    Conner Smith: What It Means To Keep a Soft Heart After Hard Things

    What does it actually look like to rebuild from the insideout — before the world even knows you needed to? What happens to a person when tragedy arrives not as a slowunraveling, but all at once — and the only thing left standing is who you actually are? What does it look like to grieve something you can't talkabout, for a family you can't reach, while the world keeps watching?   Country singer-songwriter Conner Smith landed his firstpublishing deal on Music Row at 16 years old. By 21, he was opening for his heroes. By 24, he'd gone independent, walked away from a label, and released a raw 10-song acoustic record, not because anyone told him to, but because it wasthe first music he ever actually believed in. In this conversation, Conner opens up to Miles about themoment he stopped writing songs for approval and started writing them for himself, why going independent felt less like a career risk and more like self-respect, and the story of June 8th — the night he was involved in a fatal accident. He shares how grief, silence, and the community that showed up becamethe foundation for the most important growth of his life, what it was like to sit with the family of the woman who died, and why honoring her legacy is now woven into who he's becoming.   The conversations we have on Human School are shaped by the work happening every day at Onsite. For more than 45 years, Onsite has helped people slow down, get honest about their stories, and experience meaningful change through world-class therapeutic experiences. Learn more at ⁠experienceonsite.com.   In this conversation, you'll learn: How to know when you're writing someone else's song with your own life How early success can quietly steal your sense of self How to rebuild your artistic identity from the inside out How to tell the difference between stewardship and striving How community carries you when you can't carry yourself How to redefine success before the milestone redefines you How forgiveness can be the most unexpected turning point in a tragedy How to let suffering shape you without letting it define youHow your greatest weakness becomes your greatest strength How to let people carry what you've spent your whole lifecarrying alone  Follow Human School: YouTube - Human School Podcast Instagram - @humanschoolofficial Threads - @humanschoolofficial TikTok - @humanschoolofficial   What We Discuss: 00:00:00 – Meet Conner Smith 00:04:49 – Growing Up Inside the Dream Before You're Ready 00:08:20 – What Thomas Rhett Taught Him About Priorities 00:10:23 – The Story behind Milestones 00:13:50 – When He Stopped Writing for Himself 00:16:06 – Songwriting & Why He Put the Record Out Anyway 00:21:41 – The First Time He Believed the Compliments 00:28:17 – Redefining Success Without Losing the Dream 00:31:34 – Stewardship vs. Striving 00:34:16 – "Industry Plant": The Song That Got Him in Trouble 00:39:22 – What Happens Before You Find Who You Are 00:41:26 – What He Told a 14-Year-Old About to Sign a Deal 00:47:20 – June 8th: The Night Everything Stopped 00:50:33 – The Weight No One Could Prepare Him For 00:54:46 – Getting Help Early Helped 01:01:48 – Forgiveness Around a Table with Miss Dot's Family 01:03:03 – Miss Dot & Why Her Legacy Matters 01:05:34 – How Tragedy Changed Him 01:14:00 – The 18-Year-Old Who Shared His Story 01:15:32 – Friends Who Showed Up Without Asking 01:18:09 – Transactional vs. Transformational Relationships 01:27:11 – Closing Blessing for Listeners

    Conner Smith: What It Means To Keep a Soft Heart After Hard Things

  8. Jun 4

    Alana Springsteen: Learning You Don't Have to Earn Love

    What if the songs you've been writing were actually thetherapy you desperately needed? What if the version of you that felt like the black sheep your whole life was the one who would help the rest of us feel less alone?   Alana Springsteen has been performing since before she knewwhat performing cost her. She signed her first publishing deal at 14, earned a gold record before she turned 25, CMT's Next Women of Country, and has shared stages with Keith Urban and Tyler Hubbard — all while quietly carrying a version of herself she hadn't yet figured out how to put down. Her sophomorealbum, I Hope This Helps, is the result of what happened when she stopped grinding and started digging. Miles and Alana go deep into the fear woven into her faith,the people-pleasing that had her questioning “why,” the EMDR session that surfaced a memory from four years old, and the eating disorder she kept hidden until she was finally ready to let her mom in. This is a conversation about what it costs to become who you were always meant to be and the honesty aboutthe journey to get there.   In this conversation, you'll learn: How to Tell the Difference Between Faith and FearHow Performing for Love Slowly Erodes Your IdentityHow to Use Curiosity as a Tool for DeconstructionHow People-Pleasing Becomes a Mask You Can't Take OffHow to Pick Up the Mirror Instead of the MicroscopeHow EMDR Unlocks Childhood Memories Still Running Your Adult LifeHow to Recognize When Validation Has Become a DrugHow to Write Your Way Through Seasons That Would Otherwise Break YouHow to Let Your Parents See Who You Actually AreHow to Stop Waiting for Permission to Love Yourself  The conversations we have on Human School are shaped by the work happening every day at Onsite. For more than 45 years, Onsite has helped people slow down, get honest about their stories, and experience meaningful change through world-class therapeutic experiences. Learn more at experienceonsite.com.   Follow Human School: YouTube - Human School Podcast Instagram - @humanschoolofficial Threads - @humanschoolofficial TikTok - @humanschoolofficial What We Discuss: 00:00:00 – Meet Alana Springsteen 00:04:39 – The Two Years That Reshaped Everything 00:08:02 – Growing Up in Small Town Virginia 00:12:16 – The Gift and the Burden of a Religious Upbringing 00:18:57 – Moving to Nashville at 14 00:20:11 – Learning to See Your Parents as Human 00:21:17 – Advice for those Questioning Faith 00:23:27 – The Story Behind "Same God" 00:29:57 – Learning to Trust Your Own Inner Voice 00:31:48 – Wearing So Many Masks You Forget Your Own Face 00:36:52 – Being Public Before You Know Yourself 00:41:02 – Rick Rubin’s Influence on Creating Art 00:45:42 – Learning to Love Yourself Without Conditions 00:48:56 – EMDR Therapy and What It Surfaced 00:51:49 – Picking Up the Mirror Instead of the Microscope 00:56:52 – The Story Behind "Note to Self" 01:00:13 – “It's Never Too Late to Have a Happy Childhood.” 01:00:58 – Affirmations from Alana

    Alana Springsteen: Learning You Don't Have to Earn Love
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We’ve been taught everything except how to be human. In a world obsessed with output, Human School is where we study what happens within. This podcast was born from a journal entry during a breakdown. A reminder that struggle isn’t weakness - it’s instruction. Human School reframes pain as purpose, productivity as presence, and leadership as inner clarity. We’re building the education we never got. Through stories, tools, and raw conversations, we help people stop performing their lives–and start participating in them. Welcome to Human School.

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  • Creator
    Miles Adcox
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    39
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Miles Adcox
  • Show Website
    Human School

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