Two psychotherapist friends discuss all things therapy.
"How do you pick a therapist that's right for you?"
"What does being "too sensitive" really mean?"
We share our experiences and expertise with low key charm and laughter.
Rebel Takes: Empathy Is a Radical Act: How to Lead Youth Without Pretending We Know Best
On this Rebel Therapy Podcast “Rebel Take,” we react to heavy current events—including the Cornell 57 rape allegations, a floated plan to livestream a U.S. military execution, and polls showing government corruption as a top public concern—and ask how adults can support teens and young people in being ethical, empathetic humans in a culture that seems to dismantle those values.
We explore empathy as a radical act, the difference between kindness and “nice,” and why older generations may lack credibility. Instead of top-down lectures, we argue for “leading from behind”: staying curious, listening without defensiveness, noticing personal wounds and cynicism, and offering experience without imposing authority.
Our takeaway is that empathy isn’t taught as much as lived: modelling grounded empathy can rebuild trust and create a small but real shred of hope.
#rebeltherapypodcast #rebeltakes #empathy #leadership
00:00 Empathy Lived Not Taught
00:08 Welcome and Rebel Takes
01:34 Heavy Headlines and Youth
03:51 Empathy as Radical Strength
04:58 Kindness Versus Niceness
06:59 Rethinking Adult Leadership
10:31 Leading From Behind
10:50 Curiosity Over Authority
14:36 Checking Cynicism and Fear
16:42 Modelling Empathy to Teach
18:46 Hopeful Wrap and Subscribe
6 Oct 2026
Rebel Culture: Decoding 'Dark Matter'...The Weight of Choice
Rebel Culture - 'Dark Matter' (Apple TV+) and the Psychology of Regret: The Lives You Didn’t Choose
On this episode of the Rebel Therapy Podcast, we discuss Apple TV+’s Dark Matter (showrunner/author Blake Crouch; starring Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly), centred on a “box” that enables access to parallel lives via superposition. We unpack the premise of “Evil/Entitled Jason,” who abducts another version of himself to steal the life he regrets not choosing, and use it to explore real-life crossroads: how choices inherently involve loss, why unacknowledged grief can fuel “grass is greener” thinking and midlife dissatisfaction, and how staying present and making incremental conscious decisions can reduce regret.
We also connect the show to relationship dynamics, arguing that partners and friends “choose apart” through small missed bids, conflict avoidance, and skipped repair conversations: tiny course shifts that eventually create major distance. We close by reflecting on whether they’d revisit past choices and the desire to “tour” alternate tracks without harming anyone.
#RebelTherapyPodcast #RebelCulture #darkmatter
00:00 Choose Your Adventure Opener
00:17 Welcome To Rebel Culture
01:00 Dark Matter Premise Explained
02:15 Season One Clip Setup
03:25 Jason Switch And Fallout
05:49 Crossroads And Conscious Choice
07:00 Presence And Course Corrections
11:08 Grief And The Roads Not Taken
17:05 Relationship Bids And Ruptures
22:39 Would You Choose Differently
25:40 Choose Your Adventure Callback
27:28 Wrap Up And Subscribe
30 Sept 2026
Embracing our 3rd Act: A Storyteller's Journey, ft. Robyn Burnett
RTP Guests: Third Acts: Losing the Safety Net and Finding Your Story Again
In this episode we welcome writer and longtime friend Robyn Burnett for a spontaneous conversation about “third acts” in life - what happens when stability ends and you’re pushed back into uncertainty. Robyn shares how her creative first act shifted into a “witness protection” second act focused on stability, benefits, and raising her kids, then changed again as she felt it was time to leave her long-term school role.
They explore fear of repeating past “failures,” reframing success vs. failure as experimentation, and using baby steps and present-moment awareness...especially when anxiety spikes at 3 a.m.
Robyn discusses returning to writing after years of trauma, performing a family show at the Calgary Fringe Festival, and using a patched jean jacket as a metaphor for integrating life experiences into a new chapter.
#RebelTherapyPodcast #RobynBurnett #storyteller #rebeltherapyguests
Find Robyn Burnett:'East Hill Boys' on Amazon: https://a.co/d/0hBrGPCO'Crash Into Me: The World of Roswell' on Amazon: https://a.co/d/0he2puU1www.robynsburnett.com
00:00 Three Act Life Setup
00:34 Meet Robyn Burnett
02:01 From Writing to Stability
04:10 Leaving the Safe Life
06:31 Designing a Third Act
11:53 Fringe Festival Leap
14:38 Safety Net vs Self Support
16:31 Reframing Failure as Experiments
17:30 Writing Trauma and East Hill Boys
18:53 When Writing Became Work
19:16 Returning to the Manuscript
20:46 Baby Steps and Experimentation
22:37 Letting Go of Outcomes
24:04 3AM Fear and Grounding
30:21 Trauma and Rewriting the Story
31:15 The Story Jacket Metaphor
34:36 Badges of Honor Wrap-Up
35:19 Where to Find Robyn
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