From Jerk To Peace & Healing Practitioner w/ Kardin Rabin

Dec 9, 2024

Kardin Rabin, a nervous system medicine practitioner and trauma expert, shares his incredible journey from a troubled youth to a dedicated healer. He delves into his transformation, discussing his past struggles with bullying and emotional pain. Kardin highlights his unique 'Emotional Cold Plunge' exercise and its positive impact. He reflects on the importance of healing personal attachments and the power of authenticity in recovery. Through personal stories, he inspires listeners to embrace their own journeys towards peace and healing.

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Smokemore College

Kardin chose history as his major, driven by genuine interest, leading to a deep dive into the subject.
Inspired by Skidmore College's "pot school" reputation, he started a "Smokemore College" t-shirt brand.

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Learning Through Contrast

Kardin believes all learning and awareness come from contrast, like realizing better wine exists after only drinking cheap wine.
He wasn't initially aware of the pressure to choose a traditional career path, but his mother's death created a stark contrast.

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Mother's Death

Kardin's mother, the central figure in his family, died from opioid complications.
This event disrupted the family's dynamics and removed the implicit pressures he felt about his career.

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On September 9, 2024 we published a show titled, Your Nervous System Is Controlling You & How To Master It. My guests were Jennifer Mann and Karden Rabin and my muse was their new book, The Secret Language of The Body. In our long conversation, Karden brought up his “Emotional Cold Plunge” exercise and I was incredibly intrigued. He gave me access to his community at somiainternational.com/ which I joined and went through the exercise. I ended up engaging more and just felt really attracted to Kardin’s guidance and spirit and found myself wondering how he had ended up where he is today. HIs bio says, Karden is a nervous system medicine practitioner and an expert in the fields of trauma

and psychophysiological disorders. Over the last fifteen years he has combined principles of

bodywork, brain retraining, and somatic trauma therapies and helped thousands of clients across the globe heal from chronic pain and illness. Karden is the Co-Founder of SOMIA and a

regular contributor to Bessel Van Der Kolk’s Trauma Research Foundation and has led

programming for The Wounded Warrior Project and Starbucks. But what you are about to hear is that Karden had severe asthma and almost died. He was very neglected as a child and often in tears, bored, and alone in his pain. From this, up to age 19, Karden says he became, an asshole. A bully. He was mean and used cleverness and criticism like a sword.Being a poser was identity and he worked to get tablescraps of validation from cool kids. He was good at making fun of people to get a laugh. But then…something happened. Something that drove him to become obsessed with uncovering the physics of what drives people and discovering the laws that no one is immune to. Today his ambition is to help as many people as possible. I bring you this story because I think you will resonate and it will help you see and understand yourself better, and how you can take your pain and heal it as you help relieve people of theirs. Find him at @KardenRabin

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