My name is Nick Taber. I write and speak about personal development for those who have been trapped in controlling and authoritarian environments, particularly the school system, the mental health system, and family systems. I’ve appeared on a number of podcasts including Inner Compass Initiative Stories, Back from the Borderline, The Explorer Poet Podcast, and Reflexive Perspectives.
Some of the core issues I teach about and help people with include:
The use of mental health services as a means to control people, especially children.
How modern schooling conditions us and limits human potential.
How controlling and unconscious family systems shape us and what to do about it.
The pathologizing of youth as a scapegoating tool.
The focus is on really looking at these things that shape so many of us, and in particular, figuring out what developing our full potential and healing looks like in the wake of them.
My background is in East Asian political economy and authoritarian politics. I spent years living in East Asia, where I helped corporate clients understand the policy landscape. I also wrote about authoritarianism in China for many globally renowned publications. I got my Master’s degree from the London School of Economics where I studied international political economy. I received my BA from American University, in international economic relations and East Asian studies, graduating Summa Cum Laude. I was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and won an award for outstanding service to the community. I also studied at Peking University. I was treasurer and director for a technology and media non-profit in California for four years. In my youth, I was a professional actor and member of the Screen Actor’s Guild.
My favorite “hobby” is to practice and live what I teach - to find ways to transcend my conditioning and remove blockages to my full potential. For this, I journal, meditate, spend time in nature, speak with wise people, and practice being the observer in all areas of life.
