Tyler Adams

Goodpain Podcast Season 02 Episode 20: This Just Ain’t Working for Us – Relando Thompkins-Jones, Social Justice Origin Stories

This just ain’t working for us…and it does not have to be this way. Today, our guest, Relando Thompkins-Jones of Social Justice Origin Stories and I explore how power shapes our world. We often say “just” to avoid seeing deeper truths. But maturity requires looking at the actual impact we have. We discuss who gets…

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Goodpain Podcast Season 02 Episode 19: The Architecture of Legacy and the Wisdom of Maturity

Episode Summary In this episode, Jeremy and Tyler explore the profound responsibility of becoming a good ancestor in a world that often prioritizes immediate gratification over long-term resonance. The hosts discuss how personal maturation is found in overcoming fear and the baser instincts that keep us trapped in predictable, reactive habits. By letting go of…

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Goodpain Podcast Season 02 Episode 18: Fred Rogers’ Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

We have a couple more interviews coming for Season 2, but this week we take another break to bring a voice of wisdom to our audience. This week it is the man that always welcomed us into his Neighborhood, never failing to invite us to be his neighbor simply because us to know we were…

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Goodpain Podcast Season 02 Episode 017: Sam Pressler & Soren Duggan of Nobody to Call – Men Without College Degrees & the Yearning to Connect

IN THIS EPISODE What the Disconnected survey (2024) established about the college degree as the dividing line in American civic life Why the male loneliness narrative misreads the real crisis – and what “left alone by society” means instead The friendship cliff: why connections collapse after high school for men without degrees Tenuous ties and…

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Goodpain Podcast Season 02, Episode 016: Robyn D. Walser, PhD – Making Space for Masculine Vulnerability

This week we sit down for a discussion with Robyn D. Walser, PhD. Robyn is a clinical psychologist, author, and internationally recognized trainer in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), often described as a clinician’s clinician for her deep emphasis on therapeutic presence and connection. She is the author and coauthor of several influential ACT books,…

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Goodpain Podcast Season 02, Episode 015: Male Maturation over Time – Remembering to Choose Intentionally

In this episode, Jeremy and Tyler explore the past as a means for informing how we can more consistently remember to make active choices. But choosing takes practice: it is easy to forget, including the ways we convinced ourselves we are certain of what will make us happy. While the word is not used, “regret”…

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Goodpain Season 02 Episode 014: Sacred Inconvenience Pt. II, David Foster Wallace

We will return next week with more long form conversations, however, this week we continue borrowing from another voice to explore the notion of sacred inconvenience, or staying present and aware to living right now. This week we borrow the 2005 commencement address delivered to Kenyon College. The author and speaker is the late author…

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Goodpain Podcast Season 02 Episode 013: Sacred Inconvenience – A Reflection Under 20 Minutes

This week we are taking a short break from our long form conversations to reflect on the idolatry of convenience. Following a short introduction from Tyler, we share a 2004 address by author Kurt Vonnegut confronting the costs of convenience where he entreats us instead to “embrace the vitality of struggle.”

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Goodpain Podcast Season 02, Episode No. 012: Chef Jay Anthony Irizzary and Puerto Rican Flavor

This week we sit down with Chef Jay Anthony Irizzary of Cabo Rojo Cocina Caribeña, a Puerto Rican-inspired culinary brand based in Reno, NV, offering bold, authentic Latin Caribbean food and desserts. I met Jay while I was in Reno and found his restaurant my first night there. My waiter took my order, delivered my…

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Goodpain Podcast Season 02, Episode No. 011: Maturity in Men’s Sexuality & Intimacy with Amanda Jepson, LPC, CST, ACS

Jeremy and Tyler take a break from their conversations to share a discussion with Amanda Jepson, Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Sex Therapist, Board Certified Diplomate of Sexology. Amanda is an expert in sexuality including better sex intimacy and sexual trauma and instead of sex therapist hacks, she engages with a balance of maturity and fun…

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