E66: Nick Taber

Nick Taber is a blogger and youtuber who writes about and discusses authoritarianism in school systems, the mental health industry, and the troubled-teen industry. He’s a proponent of true self-awareness and growth, and a believer in developing human potential. In our conversation we discussed awareness, perspective, conflict, being strong willed, troubled-teen industry, psychological abuse, brainwashing, Taoism, Ralph Waldo Emerson, healing trauma, bibliotherapy, youth mental health treatment, authentic self, programming, wilderness therapy, therapeutic boarding schools, punishment, threats, social isolation, reeducation camps, Maoist China, Brave New World Revisited, Aldous Huxley, experts, parents, parenting, Beautiful Boy, Tweek, China, Self-reliance, Bruce Levine, Why Anti-Authoritarians are Diagnosed as Mentally Ill, Gabor Mate, authority, natural authority, institutional authority, authoritarianism, feelings, healing modalities, somatic meditation, nature, and consciousness. Episode Details: Guest Name: Nick Taber Website: https://imaginal-cell.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/677145320084405 X: https://twitter.com/NickTaber Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@nicktaber2969/featured Gong Sound: 68261__juskiddink__bell4.wav Other Content from the Explorer Poet Download my latest writing: Myth for Modern Men: A Letter to My Son - https://explorerpoet.com/myth-for-modern-men/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theexplorerpoet/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheExplorerPoet Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIQxs0F0mGoEJYNNJx4ph5g Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Z9WKzUIWbq5qOJE1zmRJQ Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-explorer-poet-podcast/id1621189025 Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/ead95bf9-2f53-4965-8c29-b787a198891c/the-explorer-poet-podcast Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy85MmM5ZTY5NC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw?sa=X&ved=0CAMQ4aUDahcKEwjA6v_KhPn3AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQLA To hear more, visit theexplorerpoet.substack.com