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.

Bios

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 & Resources

⁠WhyThingsHurt.com⁠: Books, Articles, Courses & YouTube Channel teaching you how to be more comfortable being you

⁠Work With Matt⁠: Solve long standing education problems by working with Matt!

⁠EnvisionPhysio.com⁠: Brent’s Two Multidisciplinary health clinics in Vancouver, Canada

⁠RemixYourEducation⁠: 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 Therapist⁠

⁠Why We Hurt: Understanding How To Be Comfortable In Your Own Body⁠

Brent’s Courses:

⁠IMS Dry Needling: Online Mentorship for Physiotherapists, Physicians⁠

⁠Making Life Your Workout: A Practical Guide To Posture⁠

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Follow Brent & Matt:

Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt_HowWeLearn⁠

YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠

Facebook Page: ⁠@WhyThingsHurtHowWeLearn⁠

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Instagram: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠

YouTube: ⁠@WhyThingsHurt⁠

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LinkedIn: ⁠/brentstevenson