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S51E4 What Happened Was...
...I was figuring out how to talk about all the Nazism and I didn't do the best job of figuring that out, lol.This week, more music and levity with greater clarity and boundaries.That's a win-win, so…
S51E3 What's Going On?
Marvin Gaye asked a simple question, linguistically, which carried with it the complexities and histories of his and his people's lives and experiences.What's going on?When we think about looking…
Five Perspectives, Actually
Episode two of my fifty-first season on this globular rock hurtling through time and space with yinz.Pretty miraculous, that.I'm happy to exist with you here and now. My life and your life…
S51E1 Three-Points Perspective Framework
Along with several young people I serve, I've begun using a framework of three existential perspectives to create a mindset and setting for existing in 2025.My three points, and the three points that…
D2D3: The Tower Crumbles; The World Emerges
The Tower crumbles, leaving us exposed and raw. Vulnerable. A scab picked too early. And out of the rubble? Emerges the human. A pure expression of The World, or the Universe. Sentient.…
S1E24 D2D2
Hi!I’m calling this episode D2D2, or: Driven to Drink, Part 2.I went back, listened to the D2D1 episode, and realized that I’d left quite a few unfinished thoughts and even sentences in my attempts…
S1E22 Driven to Drink
I am calling this one: On Becoming… Driven to Drink. ---Chronologically, and technically, it should be: Driven to Drink becoming… On Becoming…, which then becomes a confusing mess of wtf do I do with…
We Remain the Paradigm Shift
It's been four months, I know.Three podcasts in 6 months is not the way to grow, I know.And... the world being what it is at present? Growth isn't necessarily a goal at this point.What is? Harm…
We Are the Paradigm Shift
The tagline of all things On Becoming..., is, "Exploring existence and paradigm shifts in the time of COVID."And the bottom line, at this point in history, is that we are the paradigm shift. We must…
Twenty Twenty Five
Hey.It's been three months.Three goddam months that feel like three years, or thirty, or zero.So... hey. I'm thinking about the very moment in which we sit, looking out over the existential contexts…
And Now for Something Completely Different
Folks. How are you? Precarious? Ambivalent? Terrified? Angry? Sad? Confused? Unsure? All of the above, plus more? Something completely different?!! I feel you. I assure you you've come the right…
Moses, Mercy, and Me
On Becoming... ...an exploration of existence and paradigm shifts in the time of COVID. I'm putting that tag here because you will not hear it in the episode. Why? Because the intro was recorded in…
My Platinum Rule
In several weeks, I'll be presenting to a group of self-advocates who gather regularly to bolster, mentor, and support the voices of those who are too often ignored and diminished. My goal is to…
Buddha's In the Heart
While struggling to come up with a title for this episode, my spouse, who is not a fan of Dee-Lite or their ubiquitous hit, spit out, "Buddha's In the Heart," and it stuck. (Feelin' kinda high like a…
What I Mean When I Say...
This episode is a glossary of terms that I often use set in the spirit of play and existential joy. The material is serious and heavy, as any endeavor aimed at harm reduction should be. AND ALSO...I…
Assuming Competence
And there, in a space occupied by teenagers and young adults, many of whom have high enough support needs to have spent lifetimes with caregivers, teachers, clinicians, and other experts assuming…
...Self-Care and Room-Tone.
The spirit of play. This is my current life goal. Inhabiting the spirit of play. I used to be very fluent with this. 2016 - 2024 have provided a myriad traumas that have pushed my nervous system over…
The Hypocrisy of Harm Reduction
I've committed to routines of recharging my wellbeing batteries, to regulating my nervous system, to reconnecting with the spirit of play. Among several goals is this endeavor, that I engage in…
Metamorphosis & Healing
On Becoming...is about transformation across each present moment. We don't know and cannot explain what happens in the cocoon as the caterpillar becomes the butterfly or moth. It is a black box. …
Sanctuary: In Cook Forest
Sanctuary: A place of refuge or safety. From the Latin, Sanctus, meaning holy. Holy, from the Old English and Proto-Germanic, "whole." Also wholeness, being sound, or well. I've also seen…
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On Becoming... has published 27 episodes since April 2023, covering topics in Philosophy, Society & Culture.
On Becoming... is currently declining with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 26m.
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