Episode 25

Erik: Embracing Change

Published on: 9th November, 2023

In this episode, Erik talks about exercise, aging, his complicated relationship with masculinity, as well as his strong belief in growth and change.

Content Warnings for talk about bullying.

This episode was recorded October 14, 2023.

No episode will release on Thanksgiving.

Next episode will be released December 7, 2023.

References:

White Fragility, book by by Robin DiAngelo

"There’s something curious about professors in my experience... typically, they live in their heads... They look upon their body as a form of transport for their heads." - Ken Robinson, speech "Do Schools Kill Creativity"

Younger Next Year, book by Chris Crowley and Henry S. Lodge

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About the Podcast

Keep the Mess
Messy Conversations with Messy People
Conversations about dissociation and embodiment; how our experiences and identities shape our relationship with our bodies. Each episode shows how messy and beautiful it is to be human as we attempt to connect with ourselves and each other.

Episodes release every other Thursday.

About your host

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Eden Alexander M

a Christian, a missionary kid, a queer transman, a creator, a student and survivor of mental illness, an addict in recovery; someone who chafes at the constraints of such boxes and labels