Cosmic Connections

Positive Disintegration Podcast

Cosmic Connections

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Cosmic Connections

Episode 76: A Positive Disintegration and cosmic cheer squad crossover

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Jun 18, 2025

This episode is a special crossover: it’s episode 3 of cosmic cheer squad and also serves as episode 76 of the Positive Disintegration Podcast. We’re sharing it to introduce our listeners to the new show and to celebrate the collaborative spirit behind the Positive Disintegration Network.

If you’ve followed my work through Positive Disintegration, you're already familiar with how much I value honest conversations. This year, I helped launch the Positive Disintegration Network, a media platform dedicated to exploring personal growth, neurodivergence, and positive disintegration through publishing, podcasting, and community building.

One of our new creations is cosmic cheer squad, a podcast I co-host with Bee Mayhew, my dear friend and the communications collaborator on the PDN team. While Positive Disintegration leans more into theory, cosmic cheer squad is intuitive and tender. It’s for anyone navigating change without a roadmap—people who feel deeply, question everything, and still want to grow with integrity and heart. We talk about grief, creativity, parenting, neurodivergence, identity, and all the messy, beautiful things in between.

🎙️ Subscribe to cosmic cheer squad on Substack and wherever you get your podcasts.

Thanks for being with us as we build something new.

With love,

Chris

Episode 76: Cosmic Connections

In this special crossover episode, we’re sharing Episode 3 of cosmic cheer squad—our new podcast from the Positive Disintegration Network. Chris and Bee are joined by a very special guest: Emma Nicholson, co-host of Positive Disintegration, for an in-person, around-the-table conversation recorded in Madison, Wisconsin.

Together, they reflect on:

How they became friends and collaborators through the theory of positive disintegration
The idea of cosmic pockets as a way to hold intense feelings until it’s safe to process them
Inner critics, intrusive thoughts, and how to rewrite old narratives
Parenting yourself while raising others
Emotional trampolines, anti-cults, and resisting illegitimate authority
Why the Gravitron might be the perfect metaphor for development

Plus: Bee’s legendary toffee, Aussie accent jokes, trench coat metaphors, and the beginnings of a truly cozy counterculture.

💫 It’s part reunion, part origin story, and all heart. Come sit with us.

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