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Human School

Human School

De: Miles Adcox
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We’ve been taught everything except how to be human. In a world obsessed with output, Human School is where we study what happens within. This podcast was born from a journal entry during a breakdown. A reminder that struggle isn’t weakness - it’s instruction.

Human School reframes pain as purpose, productivity as presence, and leadership as inner clarity. We’re building the education we never got. Through stories, tools, and raw conversations, we help people stop performing their lives–and start participating in them.

Welcome to Human School.

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  • Dr. Jeffrey Balser: How Great Leaders Handle Hard Things

    Dr. Jeffrey Balser: How Great Leaders Handle Hard Things
    Apr 1 2026
    If this conversation moves you, Onsite might be the nextstep. Their immersive workshops are where people go to stop performing and start doing the real work. Visit experienceonsite.com or call 1(800) 341-7432 to find the experience best for you. What if the grief you buried as a teenager becomes the force that makes you human enough to lead thousands? What if the greatest leadership lessons come not from aboardroom, but from a bedside? Dr. Jeffrey Balser is the CEO and President of VanderbiltUniversity Medical Center, one of the most respected academic medical institutions in the world with 45,000 employees and over a billion dollars in annual community benefit. But beneath the title is a man who spent a lifetime learning what most leaders never slow down long enough to figure out: that the grief you don't deal with follows you into the boardroom, that the skills you build in crisis belong just as much at home, and that the most important thing you lead may not be on your org chart. In this conversation, Miles and Jeff move between thepersonal and professional, with the ease of two people who have spent years paying attention. They talk about losing a mother to cancer at sixteen, how he chose the wrong path in college, and what it cost to walk out of one room where a patient didn't survive and into the next where someone needed him at full capacity. They talk about the Saturday email that confirmed the COVID vaccine worked, how his wife is to credit for Melinda keeping Nashville's parks open during the city shutdown, and why he's had the same executive coach for 25 years. What emerges in this conversation is a portrait of a man leading one of America's great institutions not by having all the answers, but by staying honest about how much he still has to learn. In this conversation, you'll learn:How to Turn Personal Tragedy Into Emotional Resilience That LastsHow to Lead Tens of Thousands Without Losing the Human in the RoomHow to Use the "Weekend Rule" to Build a CultureWhere People Like Each OtherHow to Bring Work Home Without Destroying What's Waiting for You ThereHow to Emotionally Regulate the Way ICU Doctors Are Trained ToHow to Clean Out the Parking Lot Before It Runs Your LifeHow to Focus on the Middle Third When Unpopular Decisions Make You a TargetHow to Communicate Through Crisis in a Way That Builds TrustHow to Think About AI in Healthcare Without Losing WhatMakes Medicine HumanHow to Know When Your Most Important Role Isn't on YourBusiness Card Follow Human School:YouTube - Human School PodcastInstagram - @humanschoolofficialThreads - @humanschoolofficialTikTok - @humanschoolofficialWhat We Discuss:00:00:00 – Meet Dr. Jeffery Balser00:03:32 – Backing Into Medicine Through Math andEngineering00:05:54 – Losing His Mother at 16 and a Surprising Mentor00:10:37 – How Early Grief Taught Him to Handle Hard Things00:14:27 – Professions Don’t Stay at the Door00:20:53 – How Nashville's Parks Stayed Open in COVID00:23:19 – Leaving Johns Hopkins When His Gut Said Stop00:28:28 – Why Admin Rewards Take Longer but Run Deeper00:31:30 – What People Say Right Before Dangerous Surgery00:34:55 – The Medical Training Every Leader Needs: The ParkingLot00:44:00 – Having the Same Executive Coach for 25 Years00:48:50 – Empathy Is a Two-Way Street00:50:57 – Leading 45,000: The Only Thing That Scales Is WhoYou Recruit00:54:53 – The Weekend Rule That Transformed Vanderbilt'sCulture00:59:20 – The Tension of Scaling & Culture01:04:00 – Communication is Critical01:07:30 – Leading Tennessee Through COVID01:13:30 – What COVID Taught Us01:15:09 – The Saturday Email He’ll Never Forget01:19:45 – The Role of Medical Services in Overall Health01:27:29 – AI Saved a Life Before Surgery01:34:07 – Where Leaders Should Aim Their Energy01:46:10 – What 40 Years of Leadership Taught Him AboutBeing a Father01:53:48 – What Matters Most When the Statue's Just for theBirds
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    1 h y 55 m
  • Bear Rinehart: The Long Surrender to Freedom

    Bear Rinehart: The Long Surrender to Freedom
    Mar 25 2026

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    Have you ever carried shame so long it started to weigh more than the life you were living?

    What if surrender isn't giving up, but the one move that sets everything free?


    Bear Rinehart is the frontman and voice of NEEDTOBREATHE — one of the most distinctive vocalists of his generation, whosesongs have filled arenas for two decades. But beneath the anthems is a man who spent years growing into what the world saw as a rock-and-roll frontman. As a preacher’s kid with social anxiety, a survivor of childhood trauma, and an artist who learned early that revealing too much could cost you everything, Bear has carried more than most people would guess from the stage.


    In this conversation, Miles and Bear share stories about shame, recovery, faith, fatherhood, and what it costs to finally step fully into who you are. What emerges is a portrait of two men in the middle of their own ongoing surrender, finding out in real time how much they have in common.


    That surrender became NEEDTOBREATHE’s newest project — The Long Surrender — the most personal record yet to the band, written by Bear in the early mornings, recorded in first takes, and built around the one lesson Bear keeps coming back to: that freedom isn't found by holding it together. It's found the moment you stop and let others into your healing.

    In this conversation, you'll learn:

    • How to Recognize When Shame Is Masquerading as Strength
    • How to Tell the Truth When You Fear Losing the Relationship
    • How Surrender Becomes a Daily Practice, Not a One-Time Event
    • How to Create From Your Real Story
    • How to Repair With Your Kids Before the Moment Passes
    • How to Know When Something You've Made Is True Enough to Release
    • How to Build a Community That Goes Deeper
    • How to Use Influence for Impact Without Losing Yourself
    • How to Say Grateful 20 Years In When the World Wants More


    Follow Human School:

    YouTube - ⁠Human School Podcast⁠

    Instagram - ⁠@humanschoolofficial⁠

    Threads - ⁠@humanschoolofficial⁠

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    What We Discuss:

    00:00:00 – Meet Bear Rinehart of NEEDTOBREATHE

    00:05:40 – “Do You Feel Known?” Bear's Honest Answer

    00:06:42 – Growing Up a Preacher's Kid with Social Anxiety

    00:12:13 – Shame, the Church, and a Standard Nobody Could Meet

    00:14:17 – Recovery, Rethinking, and the Freedom of Powerlessness

    00:20:33 – What It Took to Finally Come Clean

    00:21:53 – Childhood Trauma: Why Everyone Kept It Quiet and What That Cost

    00:34:42 – Parenting Lessons From Their Kids

    00:40:15 – The Long Surrender: How the Song and Album Broke Open

    00:50:15 – How a Red Clay Strays Session Accidentally Led to an Album

    00:59:32 – The Night Before Long Surrender

    01:02:54 – Being Married to a Therapist

    01:06:57 – Why Deep Adult Friendships Are Rare and Worth Fighting For

    01:12:19 – A Deep Passion for Charity

    01:19:58 – Bear, The Athlete

    01:27:55 – From Club Rooms to Red Rocks

    01:30:50 – Bear's Musical Inspirations

    01:40:14 – Bear's Pre-Show Ritual & Meeting Springsteen

    01:42:50 – The Hope Beyond the Music
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    1 h y 43 m
  • Kathleen Murphy: What It Means to Come Home to Yourself

    Kathleen Murphy: What It Means to Come Home to Yourself
    Mar 23 2026

    If something in this episode resonated, it might be worth a conversation. Onsite offers intensive workshops near Nashville and San Diego for people navigating burnout, trauma, relationships, and addiction. One free call with their team can help you find the right fit. Visit ⁠experienceonsite.com⁠ or call 1-800-341-7432.


    Have you ever been so buried in survival that you couldn't feel your own worth?


    What if everything you survived was quietly shaping you into exactly the person someone else needs?


    Kathleen Murphy, M.A., LMFT, LPC, is one of the most respected trauma clinicians in the field. Before that, she was homeless, addicted, and living on the streets with a one-year-old daughter, cycling through fourteen treatment programs before her life changed.


    She opens up about her childhood trauma and how it stuck with her, growing up as "a sin" in her mother's eyes, and what it felt like to be "symbolically annihilated." She reveals how Viktor Frankl’s book, a newspaper found on the street, and a shelter bed that arrived two weeks instead of six months later changed everything — and how those experiences became the foundation for the way she teaches today. She goes deep on why our hearts are like music, how we tune each other back to the key of life, and what it really means to stop arguing with reality.


    In this conversation, you'll learn:

    • How to Find Your "Heart Home" and Why It Changes Everything
    • How Suffering Becomes Your Greatest Gift to Others
    • How to Stop Arguing With Reality and What Changes When You Do
    • How to Tell the Difference Between a Boundary and Reaching Your Limit
    • How Borrowing Someone's Eyes Dissolves Conflict Without Losing Your Voice
    • How to Tune Your Heart Back to the Key of Life
    • How to Help Someone Without Giving Advice
    • How to Wake Up From a Trance of Unworthiness
    • How to Hear Someone New Even If They've Told You the Same Thing Before
    • How to Let Your Mess Become Your Message


    Follow Human School:

    YouTube - ⁠⁠Human School Podcast⁠⁠

    Instagram - ⁠⁠@humanschoolofficial⁠⁠

    Threads - ⁠⁠@humanschoolofficial⁠⁠

    TikTok - ⁠⁠@humanschoolofficial⁠


    For anyone who missed it or wants a replay, this episode is back in your feed!


    What We Discuss:

    00:00:00 – Meet Kathleen Murphy

    00:03:15 – Kathleen’s Onsite Story: a leap of faith and right timing

    00:05:45 –Our hearts are more like music than machines

    00:07:50 – A "heart home" and where you flourish

    00:08:57 – The ocean, the storm, and the nature of the mind

    00:10:30 – How to know if you're in wellness

    00:13:00 – Who are you beyond your roles and your story?

    00:22:04 –Learning to receive love

    00:30:19 – Symbolic annihilation

    00:32:55 – July 27th, 1983

    00:35:21 – Standing in a courtroom at age six

    00:39:25 – The moment love broke through on the streets

    00:47:08 – Stepping into full surrender

    00:55:13 – A book and borrowed courage

    00:59:30 – The Message on the wall & the right to be angry

    01:04:08 – The Wires are Crossed: Danger & Safety

    01:20:15 – New vulnerability: saying the scary thing out loud

    01:24:34 – There’s clinical language…then there’s conversational language

    01:29:14 – Trauma becomes the goal

    01:31:56 – The tool that dissolves arguments

    01:35:10 – Kathleen’s tool on how to hear someone like it's the first time

    01:37:35 – Words to take with you
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    1 h y 39 m
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