S2.E16. Turning ACEs Into Art

Written By Alison Cebulla

We interview Caleb Nichols about his experience growing up with many adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and how he has turned those experiences into art through his writing and music.

Caleb Nichols is a queer poet and musician from California. His chapbook of poems "TEEMS///\\\RECEDES" was called "a gorgeous abundance" by Chen Chen, and his music has been featured and shared by places like Paste and Out Magazine. Caleb is a PhD candidate in Creative and Critical Writing at Bangor University in Wales where he's writing about queer ecopoetics in contemporary poetry, films, and media. 

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Alison Cebulla

Alison Cebulla, MPH, is a trauma science and psychological safety educator, founder of Tend Collective, and creator of Kind Warrior. She helps people quit sugar, heal emotional eating, and build resilience. Armed with a wildly expensive Master’s in Public Health from Boston University and a UC Berkeley degree in saving the planet, she’s worked in ecological nonprofits, Fair Trade advocacy, and trauma prevention.

She’s led workshops from Paris to NYC, written for HuffPost, and once got a crowd to reveal their deepest secrets to strangers. A trail-running, meditating, food-growing nomad, she’s been bouncing around Europe and beyond since 2023.

Kind Warrior started in 2012 as a “What if I stopped saying anything mean?” challenge and is now a hub for travel, personal growth, relationships, and resilience. Follow along, take a course, and let’s heal together.

https://kindwarrior.co
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