In this episode of Raccoon Radio, I sit down with a TikTok creator to talk about that bill—yeah, the big one everyone’s arguing about without actually reading.

We unpack how it's not just impacting service members, but quietly shaping the lives of everyday people in ways most haven’t even noticed. It’s less about what’s being said, and more about what’s being left out—and why so many of us stopped asking the right questions in the first place.

We don’t claim to have all the answers. But we do think it’s time to start paying closer attention to the patterns that got us here.

We talk a lot about trauma, but not always about the fear that raised us.

Not the fear of monsters under the bed — I’m talking about the fear we inhaled like air. The fear passed down in glances, in rules that didn’t make sense, in silence at the dinner table. The kind that told us to be small, stay quiet, and never question why the grown-ups were always tired or angry.

In this episode, I dig into the emotional atmosphere that shaped a lot of us — homes where survival came before safety, where control wore the mask of love, and where fear taught us more than our parents ever said out loud.

If you’ve ever felt like your anxiety had a blueprint, this one’s for you.

We’ve all heard the advice—“find balance”—but what if the kind we really need goes deeper than time management or self-care checklists?

In this episode, we explore what it means to live in a world built on imbalance. From burnout and broken systems to the quiet ways we disconnect from ourselves and each other, this isn’t just a story about capitalism or culture—it’s a mirror.

Because when we’re taught to survive instead of feel, to compete instead of connect, we pay the price. And the cost? Our peace. Our relationships. Our clarity.

But here’s the radical truth:
Balance isn’t weakness.
It’s power.
And reclaiming it might just be the first step toward real change.

Most of us were never taught how to rest, set boundaries, or feel safe in our own bodies.
We were taught how to survive—not how to live.
This episode explores the gaps survival mode leaves behind…
and what it means to start learning the things we never got the chance to.

We grew up in buildings that were falling apart.
And somehow... some of us still made it out.

In this first episode of Raccoon Radio, I’m talking about the stuff the system never taught us — emotional literacy, survival mode, and the tools we had to build on our own just to stay afloat.

This one’s for the kids who needed more than worksheets.
For the ones who saw the cracks — and grew through them anyway.

These are the words we were never handed.

This is the curriculum we were never given.