The Healthy Selves Worldview and Polyvagal Theory: A Match Made in Heaven?
How does polyvagal theory work hand-in-hand with the idea that we all have many selves, as per my new book with well known psychologist James Fadiman, Your Symphony of Selves: Discover And Understand More of Who We Are. Our book and polyvagal theory both claim to...
Emily Francis Interview with Jordan Gruber
This is the curated transcript of Emily Francis's interview with Jordan Gruber on October 7, 2020, on the book Your Symphony of Selves, co-authored with James Fadiman. Emily Francis Interviews Jordan Gruber on Your Symphony of Selves Emily Francis, on behalf of her...
Easy Access: Your Symphony of Selves Ideas Are Presented On Many Levels
One lovely thing about the book—as we're looking forward to many of you finding out for yourselves!—is that we present our ideas at many different levels. You can just read some of the Introduction and look at the cartoons throughout the book, or you can read detailed...
The Names Not The Thing: from John Rowan’s 25 to our 70 and Beyond
The British Are Coming: In writing Your Symphony Of Selves, two of our favorite modern advocates of healthy multiplicity were the science journalist and author Rita Carter, and the late John Rowan, an author, counsellor, psychotherapist, and clinical supervisor, who...
Bob Dylan Says He Contains Multitudes; Our Book Says That You Do Too
Photo Credit: commons.wikipedia Bob Dylan's new song, “I Contain Multitudes,” is directly relevant and on point to Your Symphony of Selves, our new book on healthy multiplicity—“mental health is being in the right mind at the right time”—coming out August 4th: Find on...
What Does Science Itself Say About the Benefits of the Bounce?
We sometimes get asked what science and the medical community have to say about the benefits of the Bounce, beyond any hype. To get to the answer, let’s begin with a short excerpt from The Bounce (2020): Very importantly, much of the research we’ll present on why...
Rebounding, a Lifestyle Gift that keeps on Giving: Let the Fun Begin Early and Last a Lifetime!
What has happened to the young people of our modern world? So many babies and young children start out life just as humans always have: happy, curious, and excited about every little thing—energetic and active. But by the time they become teenagers, so very many kids...
Up Up & Away with the Great Alchemical Sequence: the Right Kind of G.A.S.
Early on in my rebound exercise career, I recognized that an easy way to mentally organize and understand the benefits of bouncing was to apply a kind of alchemical elemental paradigm. (Note: If you want to learn more about alchemy, a good place to start is with the...