Why Things Hurt and How We Learn

Listen to a conversation about the role of acceptance in feeling better.  Bad shit happens all the time.  It may not be your fault, but it will likely be your job to clean up and deal with your own predicament.  Brent and Matt talk about the importance of learning the roles of the professionals around you, the roots of empathy, owning your issues and giving off the illusion that you are holding it all together.  BiosBrent 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 & Resources⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠: Books, Articles, Courses & YouTube Channel teaching you how to be more comfortable being you⁠Work With Matt⁠: Solve long standing education problems by working with Matt!⁠EnvisionPhysio.com⁠: Brent’s Two Multidisciplinary health clinics in Vancouver, Canada⁠RemixYourEducation⁠: 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 Learn⁠Brent’s Books:⁠Why Things Hurt: Life Lessons from an Injury Prone Physical Therapist⁠⁠Why We Hurt: Understanding How To Be Comfortable In Your Own Body⁠Brent’s Courses:⁠IMS Dry Needling: Online Mentorship for Physiotherapists, Physicians⁠⁠Making Life Your Workout: A Practical Guide To Posture⁠SocialsFollow Brent & Matt:Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt_HowWeLearn⁠YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠Facebook Page: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠Follow Brent:Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠FaceBook: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠LinkedIn: ⁠/brentstevenson

Releasing tension from your body creates a temporary state of being that usually feels more comfortable and can show you that there are different experiences of being you.  We are all regenerating sources of tension for different reasons.  Body work, needling, meditation and breathwork can all help you release tension while you work at understanding how to stay in a comfortable version of yourself.BiosBrent 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 & Resources⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠: Books, Articles, Courses & YouTube Channel teaching you how to be more comfortable being you⁠Work With Matt⁠: Solve long standing education problems by working with Matt!⁠EnvisionPhysio.com⁠: Brent’s Two Multidisciplinary health clinics in Vancouver, Canada⁠RemixYourEducation⁠: 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 Learn⁠Brent’s Books:⁠Why Things Hurt: Life Lessons from an Injury Prone Physical Therapist⁠⁠Why We Hurt: Understanding How To Be Comfortable In Your Own Body⁠Brent’s Courses:⁠IMS Dry Needling: Online Mentorship for Physiotherapists, Physicians⁠⁠Making Life Your Workout: A Practical Guide To Posture⁠SocialsFollow Brent & Matt:Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt_HowWeLearn⁠YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠Facebook Page: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠Follow Brent:Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠FaceBook: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠LinkedIn: ⁠/brentstevenson

Your subconscious autopilot tends to brace muscles both as a postural strategy and as a reactive emotional response.  Bracing simplifies the task of holding yourself up against gravity and is a means of physically dealing with shame, anxiety and fear.  Too much bracing or gripping is compressive on your body and starts to get uncomfortable.BiosBrent 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 & Resources⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠: Books, Articles, Courses & YouTube Channel teaching you how to be more comfortable being you⁠Work With Matt⁠: Solve long standing education problems by working with Matt!⁠EnvisionPhysio.com⁠: Brent’s Two Multidisciplinary health clinics in Vancouver, Canada⁠RemixYourEducation⁠: 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 Learn⁠Brent’s Books:⁠Why Things Hurt: Life Lessons from an Injury Prone Physical Therapist⁠⁠Why We Hurt: Understanding How To Be Comfortable In Your Own Body⁠Brent’s Courses:⁠IMS Dry Needling: Online Mentorship for Physiotherapists, Physicians⁠⁠Making Life Your Workout: A Practical Guide To Posture⁠SocialsFollow Brent & Matt:Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt_HowWeLearn⁠YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠Facebook Page: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠Follow Brent:Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠FaceBook: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠LinkedIn: ⁠/brentstevenson

Your body is more than a vehicle to walk your head around.  It helps you see, feel and experience the world; pain is part of that experience.  Listen to a fifteen-minute conversation about how and why things hurt from physical, emotional and theoretical perspectives.   BiosBrent 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 & Resources⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠: Books, Articles, Courses & YouTube Channel teaching you how to be more comfortable being you⁠Work With Matt⁠: Solve long standing education problems by working with Matt!⁠EnvisionPhysio.com⁠: Brent’s Two Multidisciplinary health clinics in Vancouver, Canada⁠RemixYourEducation⁠: 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 Learn⁠Brent’s Books:⁠Why Things Hurt: Life Lessons from an Injury Prone Physical Therapist⁠⁠Why We Hurt: Understanding How To Be Comfortable In Your Own Body⁠Brent’s Courses:⁠IMS Dry Needling: Online Mentorship for Physiotherapists, Physicians⁠⁠Making Life Your Workout: A Practical Guide To Posture⁠SocialsFollow Brent & Matt:Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt_HowWeLearn⁠YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠Facebook Page: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠Follow Brent:Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠FaceBook: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠LinkedIn: ⁠/brentstevenson

Matt & Brent talk with police officer, and Coach Talk Training educator Andy Stuart about how to effectively communicate with kids. Three dads discuss the ins-and-outs of language in teaching kids to learn the new physical skills involved in sports. They talk about the importance of descriptive language and the challenges that come with helping volunteer parent-coaches communicate with a spectrum of kids learning to play. BiosAndy Stuart is passionate about sports and developing youth athletes to build a lifelong love of sports. Andy has dedicated time and energy to minor sports as a parent of three amazing children, as a coach and as an executive member of a not-for-profit, youth sports organization.  Andy’s professional experience in policing and over a decade of instructing child forensic interviewing has given him insight into how to tailor communication between adults and children. Visit Andy's Coach Talk Training website here.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 & Resources⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠: Books, Articles, Courses & YouTube Channel teaching you how to be more comfortable being you⁠Work With Matt⁠: Solve long standing education problems by working with Matt!⁠EnvisionPhysio.com⁠: Brent’s Two Multidisciplinary health clinics in Vancouver, Canada⁠RemixYourEducation⁠: 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 Learn⁠Brent’s Books:⁠Why Things Hurt: Life Lessons from an Injury Prone Physical Therapist⁠⁠Why We Hurt: Understanding How To Be Comfortable In Your Own Body⁠Brent’s Courses:⁠IMS Dry Needling: Online Mentorship for Physiotherapists, Physicians⁠⁠Making Life Your Workout: A Practical Guide To Posture⁠SocialsFollow Brent & Matt:Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt_HowWeLearn⁠YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠Facebook Page: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠Follow Brent:Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠FaceBook: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠LinkedIn: ⁠/brentstevenson

Brent recently pursued a two-hour guided breathing journey and tells Matt about his experience.  The two discuss altered states and different ways to tap into your nervous system to access what you may be inadvertently embodying.  They talk about the role of the practitioner in holding space for someone while they confront and build tolerance for uncertainty.  Matt and Brent facilitate the ups and downs, and successes and failures of their clients to help them learn and grow while feeling supported.  They discuss the importance of accessing core experiences before trying to use a lot of words to understand what is happening in your body.  BiosBrent 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 & Resources⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠: Books, Articles, Courses & YouTube Channel teaching you how to be more comfortable being you⁠Work With Matt⁠: Solve long standing education problems by working with Matt!⁠EnvisionPhysio.com⁠: Brent’s Two Multidisciplinary health clinics in Vancouver, Canada⁠RemixYourEducation⁠: 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 Learn⁠Brent’s Books:⁠Why Things Hurt: Life Lessons from an Injury Prone Physical Therapist⁠⁠Why We Hurt: Understanding How To Be Comfortable In Your Own Body⁠Brent’s Courses:⁠IMS Dry Needling: Online Mentorship for Physiotherapists, Physicians⁠⁠Making Life Your Workout: A Practical Guide To Posture⁠SocialsFollow Brent & Matt:Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt_HowWeLearn⁠YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠Facebook Page: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠Follow Brent:Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠FaceBook: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠LinkedIn: ⁠/brentstevenson

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.BiosBrent 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 & Resources⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠: Books, Articles, Courses & YouTube Channel teaching you how to be more comfortable being you⁠Work With Matt⁠: Solve long standing education problems by working with Matt!⁠EnvisionPhysio.com⁠: Brent’s Two Multidisciplinary health clinics in Vancouver, Canada⁠RemixYourEducation⁠: 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 Learn⁠Brent’s Books:⁠Why Things Hurt: Life Lessons from an Injury Prone Physical Therapist⁠⁠Why We Hurt: Understanding How To Be Comfortable In Your Own Body⁠Brent’s Courses:⁠IMS Dry Needling: Online Mentorship for Physiotherapists, Physicians⁠⁠Making Life Your Workout: A Practical Guide To Posture⁠SocialsFollow Brent & Matt:Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt_HowWeLearn⁠YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠Facebook Page: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠Follow Brent:Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠FaceBook: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠LinkedIn: ⁠/brentstevenson

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.BiosBrent 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 & Resources⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠: Books, Articles, Courses & YouTube Channel teaching you how to be more comfortable being you⁠Work With Matt⁠: Solve long standing education problems by working with Matt!⁠EnvisionPhysio.com⁠: Brent’s Two Multidisciplinary health clinics in Vancouver, Canada⁠RemixYourEducation⁠: 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 Learn⁠Brent’s Books:⁠Why Things Hurt: Life Lessons from an Injury Prone Physical Therapist⁠⁠Why We Hurt: Understanding How To Be Comfortable In Your Own Body⁠Brent’s Courses:⁠IMS Dry Needling: Online Mentorship for Physiotherapists, Physicians⁠⁠Making Life Your Workout: A Practical Guide To Posture⁠SocialsFollow Brent & Matt:Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt_HowWeLearn⁠YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠Facebook Page: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠Follow Brent:Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠FaceBook: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠LinkedIn: ⁠/brentstevenson

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.BiosBrent 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 & Resources⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠: Books, Articles, Courses & YouTube Channel teaching you how to be more comfortable being you⁠Work With Matt⁠: Solve long standing education problems by working with Matt!⁠EnvisionPhysio.com⁠: Brent’s Two Multidisciplinary health clinics in Vancouver, Canada⁠RemixYourEducation⁠: 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 Learn⁠Brent’s Books:⁠Why Things Hurt: Life Lessons from an Injury Prone Physical Therapist⁠⁠Why We Hurt: Understanding How To Be Comfortable In Your Own Body⁠Brent’s Courses:⁠IMS Dry Needling: Online Mentorship for Physiotherapists, Physicians⁠⁠Making Life Your Workout: A Practical Guide To Posture⁠SocialsFollow Brent & Matt:Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt_HowWeLearn⁠YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠Facebook Page: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠Follow Brent:Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠FaceBook: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠LinkedIn: ⁠/brentstevenson

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. BiosBrent 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 & Resources⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠: Books, Articles, Courses & YouTube Channel teaching you how to be more comfortable being you⁠Work With Matt⁠: Solve long standing education problems by working with Matt!⁠EnvisionPhysio.com⁠: Brent’s Two Multidisciplinary health clinics in Vancouver, Canada⁠RemixYourEducation⁠: 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 Learn⁠Brent’s Books:⁠Why Things Hurt: Life Lessons from an Injury Prone Physical Therapist⁠⁠Why We Hurt: Understanding How To Be Comfortable In Your Own Body⁠Brent’s Courses:⁠IMS Dry Needling: Online Mentorship for Physiotherapists, Physicians⁠⁠Making Life Your Workout: A Practical Guide To Posture⁠SocialsFollow Brent & Matt:Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt_HowWeLearn⁠YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠Facebook Page: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠Follow Brent:Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠FaceBook: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠LinkedIn: ⁠/brentstevenson

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.BiosBrent 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 & Resources⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠: Books, Articles, Courses & YouTube Channel teaching you how to be more comfortable being you⁠Work With Matt⁠: Solve long standing education problems by working with Matt!⁠EnvisionPhysio.com⁠: Brent’s Two Multidisciplinary health clinics in Vancouver, Canada⁠RemixYourEducation⁠: 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 Learn⁠Brent’s Books:⁠Why Things Hurt: Life Lessons from an Injury Prone Physical Therapist⁠⁠Why We Hurt: Understanding How To Be Comfortable In Your Own Body⁠Brent’s Courses:⁠IMS Dry Needling: Online Mentorship for Physiotherapists, Physicians⁠⁠Making Life Your Workout: A Practical Guide To Posture⁠SocialsFollow Brent & Matt:Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt_HowWeLearn⁠YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠Facebook Page: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠Follow Brent:Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠FaceBook: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠LinkedIn: ⁠/brentstevenson

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?BiosBrent 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 & Resources⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠: Books, Articles, Courses & YouTube Channel teaching you how to be more comfortable being you⁠Work With Matt⁠: Solve long standing education problems by working with Matt!⁠EnvisionPhysio.com⁠: Brent’s Two Multidisciplinary health clinics in Vancouver, Canada⁠RemixYourEducation⁠: 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 Learn⁠Brent’s Books:⁠Why Things Hurt: Life Lessons from an Injury Prone Physical Therapist⁠⁠Why We Hurt: Understanding How To Be Comfortable In Your Own Body⁠Brent’s Courses:⁠IMS Dry Needling: Online Mentorship for Physiotherapists, Physicians⁠⁠Making Life Your Workout: A Practical Guide To Posture⁠SocialsFollow Brent & Matt:Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt_HowWeLearn⁠YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠Facebook Page: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠Follow Brent:Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠FaceBook: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠LinkedIn: ⁠/brentstevenson

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.   BiosBrent 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 & Resources⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠: Books, Articles, Courses & YouTube Channel teaching you how to be more comfortable being you⁠Work With Matt⁠: Solve long standing education problems by working with Matt!⁠EnvisionPhysio.com⁠: Brent’s Two Multidisciplinary health clinics in Vancouver, Canada⁠RemixYourEducation⁠: 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 Learn⁠Brent’s Books:⁠Why Things Hurt: Life Lessons from an Injury Prone Physical Therapist⁠⁠Why We Hurt: Understanding How To Be Comfortable In Your Own Body⁠Brent’s Courses:⁠IMS Dry Needling: Online Mentorship for Physiotherapists, Physicians⁠⁠Making Life Your Workout: A Practical Guide To Posture⁠SocialsFollow Brent & Matt:Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt_HowWeLearn⁠YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠Facebook Page: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠Follow Brent:Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠FaceBook: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠LinkedIn: ⁠/brentstevenson

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.BiosBrent 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 & Resources⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠: Books, Articles, Courses & YouTube Channel teaching you how to be more comfortable being you⁠Work With Matt⁠: Solve long standing education problems by working with Matt!⁠EnvisionPhysio.com⁠: Brent’s Two Multidisciplinary health clinics in Vancouver, Canada⁠RemixYourEducation⁠: 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 Learn⁠Brent’s Books:⁠Why Things Hurt: Life Lessons from an Injury Prone Physical Therapist⁠⁠Why We Hurt: Understanding How To Be Comfortable In Your Own Body⁠Brent’s Courses:⁠IMS Dry Needling: Online Mentorship for Physiotherapists, Physicians⁠⁠Making Life Your Workout: A Practical Guide To Posture⁠SocialsFollow Brent & Matt:Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt_HowWeLearn⁠YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠Facebook Page: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠Follow Brent:Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠FaceBook: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠LinkedIn: ⁠/brentstevenson

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.BiosBrent 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 & ResourcesWhyThingsHurt.com: Books, Articles, Courses & YouTube Channel teaching you how to be more comfortable being youWork With Matt: Solve long standing education problems by working with Matt!EnvisionPhysio.com: Brent’s Two Multidisciplinary health clinics in Vancouver, CanadaRemixYourEducation: 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 TherapistWhy We Hurt: Understanding How To Be Comfortable In Your Own BodyBrent’s Courses:IMS Dry Needling: Online Mentorship for Physiotherapists, PhysiciansMaking Life Your Workout: A Practical Guide To PostureSocialsFollow Brent & Matt:Instagram: @WhyThingsHurt_HowWeLearnYouTube: @WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearnFacebook Page: @WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearnFollow Brent:Instagram: @WhyThingsHurtYouTube: @WhyThingsHurtFaceBook: @WhyThingsHurtLinkedIn: /brentstevenson

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.BiosBrent 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 & Resources⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠: Books, Articles, Courses & YouTube Channel teaching you how to be more comfortable being you⁠Work With Matt⁠: Solve long standing education problems by working with Matt!⁠EnvisionPhysio.com⁠: Brent’s Two Multidisciplinary health clinics in Vancouver, Canada⁠RemixYourEducation⁠: 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 Learn⁠Brent’s Books:⁠Why Things Hurt: Life Lessons from an Injury Prone Physical Therapist⁠⁠Why We Hurt: Understanding How To Be Comfortable In Your Own Body⁠Brent’s Courses:⁠IMS Dry Needling: Online Mentorship for Physiotherapists, Physicians⁠⁠Making Life Your Workout: A Practical Guide To Posture⁠SocialsFollow Brent & Matt:Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt_HowWeLearn⁠YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠Facebook Page: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠Follow Brent:Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠FaceBook: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠LinkedIn: ⁠/brentstevenson