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Human School

Human School

By: 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.

Miles Adcox Personal Development Personal Success
Episodes
  • Tori Kelly: What It Means To Be More Than Your Gift

    Tori Kelly: What It Means To Be More Than Your Gift
    Jul 17 2026

    Have you ever believed you're only worthy of attention when you're performing and perfect?

    What if the thing you fear your kid will inherit is the exact thing you've never worked through yourself?

    Tori Kelly, a Grammy-winning vocalist who's been sharing her voice with the world since she was a kid, sits down with Miles for a conversation about identity, motherhood, and what happens when the performance stops.

    Tori opens up about growing up in a mixed-race householdwhere she often felt othered, getting signed at 12 and "shelved" before she'd lived enough life to have something to say, and the lie she quietly believed for years: that she wasn't worthy of attention unless she was singing. She talks about touring stadiums with Ed Sheeran while pregnant, writing her new album, God Must Really Love Me, in two weeks while holding her newborn son, and why his first cry made the record.

    Tori and Miles go deep into the perfectionism she traces back to her earliest days on stage, the phone cleanses she uses to fight comparison, and why motherhood has made her want her son to see her mess up, say sorry, and be human. Miles shares a mentor's metaphor about gratitude that reframes how you see whatever you're circling right now, and Tori tells the story of the drive where the phrase "God must really love me" came out of her mouth before it became an album title.

    Ever notice the pattern you're trying to protect your kids from is usually the one you haven't fully worked through yourself? Onsite's Living Centered Program for parents and adults ready to finally do their own work, not just manage everyone else's. It's not about becoming a perfect parent; It's about becoming an honest one. Learn more at experienceonsite.com

    In this conversation, you'll learn:

    • How to Trace Perfectionism Back to the Stage Instead of the Story You Tell Yourself
    • How to Stop Performing for Approval and Start ActuallyFeeling It
    • How Becoming a Parent Can Break a Pattern You Didn't Know You Were Repeating
    • How to Use a Phone Cleanse to Get Your Voice Back FromComparison
    • How to Write an Album in Two Weeks Once You Stop Editing Yourself
    • How to Let Your Kids Watch You Mess Up on Purpose
    • How to Reframe a Career "Setback" as the Setup for Something Better
    • How Growing Up Feeling "Othered" Shapes the Way You Tell the Truth Later
    • How to Turn Gratitude Into a Practice Instead of a Mood
    • How to Know the Difference Between Being a Vocalist andBeing Yourself

    Follow Human School:

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    Instagram - @humanschoolofficial

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    What We Discuss:

    00:00:00 – Meet Tori Kelly

    00:01:51 – Her Grand Ole Opry Debut, One Night Before ThisConversation

    00:05:34 – Genre-less on Purpose

    00:08:41 – The Vocalist Everyone Expects, the Storyteller She's Becoming

    00:10:51 – The Soundtrack of Her Childhood

    00:12:43 – Signed at 12 & Promised the World

    00:23:05 – A Career Built on Slow Builds, Not Big Breaks

    00:28:24 – How Becoming a Mom Rewired Her as an Artist

    00:29:24 – Touring Stadiums With Ed Sheeran While Pregnant

    00:31:13 – What Motherhood Cracked Open

    00:36:29 – She Doesn't Want Her Son Thinking He Has to BePerfect

    00:38:46 – Tracing Her Perfectionism Back to the Root

    00:40:59 – How Approval Got Tangled Up With Her Voice

    00:47:31 – The Phone Cleanse That Gave Her Mind Back

    00:56:06 – The Story Behind "God Must Really Love Me"

    01:01:46 – The Vulture Metaphor: Reframing Gratitude

    01:04:41 – Congruence, Not Perfection

    01:09:25 – Her Husband and Life on Tour

    01:13:34 – Ending on the Only Line That Fits
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Sissy Goff & David Thomas: What It Means to Raise Capable Kids

    Sissy Goff & David Thomas: What It Means to Raise Capable Kids
    Jul 9 2026
    How do you help an anxious child build real confidence instead of just managing their fear?What if the very thing keeping your kid unsafe is how hard you're working to protect them? Sissy Goff and David Thomas are two of the most trusted voices in child and adolescent mental health today, counselors at Daystar Counseling Ministries and hosts of the popular Raising Boys and Girls podcast. With more than three decades combined sitting across from kids and their families, they've become go-to resources for parents navigating anxiety, emotional development, and resilience in childhood. Their new New York Times Bestselling book, Capable, just carried them through a national press tour, including a stop on the Today Show, and for good reason: it takes on one of the most urgent questions facing parents right now. In this conversation, Sissy, David, and Miles unpack why so many kids today aren't just anxious; they're increasingly unwilling to try, and what parents can actually do to build resilience instead of just managing symptoms. They talk through the difference between attunement and over-protection, why "trust your gut" might be the most important piece of parenting advice out there, and how to set healthy boundaries around technology and social media without shutting your kids out of the world they're growing up in. It's a grounded, hopeful conversation about childhood anxiety, parenting under pressure, and what it actually takes to raise capable, confident kids in an overwhelmed world. Your kids are watching you more closely than they're listening to you. Onsite's Living Centered Program is a place for parents ready to do their own work, so the patterns they pass down are worth passing on. Learn more at experienceonsite.com. Follow Human School:YouTube - Human School PodcastInstagram - @humanschoolofficialThreads - @humanschoolofficialTikTok - @humanschoolofficial For more resources and tools from Sissy Goff & David Thomas, visit raisingboysandgirls.com or follow along on Instagram @raisingboysandgirls. In this conversation, you'll learn:How to Tell Attunement From Rescuing Your KidHow to Read the Emergency Behind Their AnxietyHow to Stop Outsourcing Instincts to Strangers OnlineHow to Decide When They Get a Phone or Social AccountHow to Turn a Hard No Into a Creative YesHow to Use "Trust the Process" in Their Hardest StretchHow to Spot a Problem They Should Solve ThemselvesHow to Rebuild Your Resilience Before Teaching ItHow to Hold Grief and Purpose at the Same TimeHow to Give Your Kids a Front-Row Seat to Your GrowthHow to Raise a Capable Kid Without Raising an Anxious OneHow to Pick Two Parenting Voices You Actually Trust What We Discuss:00:00:00 – Meet Sissy Goff and David Thomas00:04:21 – Over-Correction: the Field's New Blind Spot00:05:35 – Catching Up & Life After the Capable Press Tour00:08:31 – The Soap Opera Character & Camp Job that Shaped Careers00:14:02 – A Working 32-Year Partnership 00:17:09 – Sissy’s Dog Who Came to Work & Comforted Teen's Tears 00:20:20 – Sammy, Onsite’s Beagle Who Escorted Every New Guest00:30:15 – Backstage at the Today Show00:36:58 – What This Work Taught Them About Being Human00:41:55 – A National State of Emergency Hiding in Plain Sight00:49:32 – Escape and Avoidance Feel Like Good Parenting00:53:29 – What Attunement Actually Looks Like00:59:25 – “Go in the Strength You Already Have”01:03:22 – What's Really Underneath a Lack of Confidence01:10:56 – Trust the Process, Even in Their Hardest Stretch01:18:25 – Is my child ready for technology?01:26:18 – Doing Your Own Work Is the Greatest Gift to Your Kids01:27:16 – A Look Inside Daystar Counseling Ministries
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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • Bobby Bones: The Work That Success Can't Do

    Bobby Bones: The Work That Success Can't Do
    Jul 2 2026

    What's the real difference between showing up for someone and rescuing them?

    Can a single pair of socks undo years of not letting yourself feel anything?


    Bobby Bones went from a campus radio station in Arkansas to the National Radio Hall of Fame, two #1 New York Times bestsellers, and a syndicated morning show heard by millions, turning his own story into a reason other people feel less alone in theirs. He sits down with Miles Adcox eight weeks into fatherhood, in a season that's forced him to slow down after two decades of never having to.


    Bobby opens up about being raised by a 16-year-old motherwho struggled with addiction his whole childhood, the trailer he bought her the first time he made real money, and the hard lesson in what enabling actually looks like when you love someone who's sick. He reveals the moment a stranger's kindness at a therapy intensive at Onsite finally broke him open, and shares the four-letter word his mother never said but it’s the one his grandmother said so consistently it became the only safety he knew. Miles and Bobby go deep into being triggered by both praise and criticism, why Bobby only checks hiscomments on Tuesdays, and the grief of having a daughter who'll never meet the grandmother who shaped him most.

    In this conversation, you'll learn:

    • How to Turn Your Own Insecurities Into a Bridge for Someone Else's
    • How to Tell the Difference Between Supporting Someone in Addiction and Enabling Them
    • How to Stay Consistent With Someone Even When It Feels Like Nothing Is Changing
    • How to Recognize When Both Praise and Criticism Are Actuallya Threat
    • How to Build Boundaries So Social Media Doesn't Run YourNervous System
    • How to Respond Instead of React When You Feel Challenged
    • How to Find Safety in a Relationship After a ChildhoodWithout It
    • How to Let a Stranger's Small Act of Kindness Actually Land
    • How to Talk to Your Kids About the Parts of Your Story ThatStill Hurt
    • How to Know You Were Consistent Enough, Even When Nothing Else Felt Certain

    Feeling stuck in patterns you can't quite name? Onsite'sLiving Centered Program is built for people ready to slow down and do the deeper work that creates real change. Learn more at experienceonsite.com.


    Follow Human School:

    YouTube - Human School Podcast

    Instagram - @humanschoolofficial

    Threads - @humanschoolofficial

    TikTok - @humanschoolofficial


    What We Discuss:

    00:00:00 – Meet Bobby Bones

    00:03:47 – Why every performer is secretly insecure

    00:05:09 – The secret to connecting with people in interviews

    00:15:47 – Finding the line between public and private life

    00:17:56 – Getting rejected to 2 Bestsellers

    00:22:32 – Bobby’s Mom: 16 years old, no support, and anaddiction that never let go

    00:31:57 – What to say to someone who is supporting an addict

    00:38:06 – "I wish our baby could meet my mom"

    00:39:33 – The four-letter word his grandma never stoppedsaying

    00:47:11 – Why compliments feel like threats to him

    00:50:29 – The boundaries that keep him from spiraling online

    00:53:35 – Property and therapy: the two best investments he'smade

    00:58:27 – His Onsite story he's never told quite like this

    01:07:03 – The TEDx talk that flopped & the one that gothim back on stage

    01:11:06 – What watching his wife become a mom taught himabout love

    01:13:43 – His message to his daughter, twenty years from now
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    1 hr and 15 mins
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