Over the past year, something has shifted.

While performing at House of Cards in Nashville, I’ve had strangers approach me saying they came specifically to see me perform. That still feels surreal. My instinct has always been self-doubt—“What if I disappoint them?”—but again and again, the opposite happens. People leave moved, amazed, sometimes emotional. I now receive regular messages from people sharing how deeply a performance affected them. Recently, someone found me just to say they now “believe in magic.”

So why now, after years of performing?

Because I finally stopped trying to be a magician… and started being myself.

A merging of playfulness, psychology, and performance. The incredible staff at House of Cards helped me see that authenticity is where real connection lives. When you are fully yourself, the work becomes lighter, the joy becomes real, and the magic becomes something more than tricks.

I’ve also discovered that I love the challenge of difficult audiences—skeptics, hecklers, the reluctant. Years spent working in crisis and human behavior taught me how to transform tension into connection. Even resistance can become part of the magic.

And now, this path is opening new doors.

I’m honored to be lecturing at MAGICON (April 10–11, 2026), sharing ideas on connection, play, and working with challenging spectators. If you’d like to join, you can learn more here:
themystictower.com/magicon

Here’s what I know now:

Magic grows when we allow ourselves to be real.
Connection grows when we allow ourselves to be seen.
And sometimes, the greatest transformation begins when we simply give ourselves permission… to play.

Lately, magic hasn’t just been something I perform.

It’s something I’m becoming.