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Category: Psychology
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Most people like to think they are rational. We imagine that when presented with enough evidence, we will simply adjust our beliefs and move forward. Yet history, politics, religion, science, and even our personal relationships repeatedly demonstrate that this is often not how human beings operate. In fact, some of the strongest resistance to change…
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One of the questions that has fascinated me for years is this: Why do humans keep creating the same stories? Not similar stories. The same stories. Across continents. Across languages. Across thousands of years. Long before the internet, telephones, airplanes, or even reliable maps, cultures separated by oceans repeatedly developed remarkably similar symbols, myths, and…
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I have encountered this scenario repeatedly throughout my career: someone becomes convinced that another person’s eyes visibly “changed,” “went black,” or “went dark.” What surprises me is how often this experience becomes interpreted as evidence of a supernatural or spiritual force. I have worked with individuals in abusive relationships whose partners describe themselves as spiritually…
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Scroll through almost any social media thread and you’ll see a familiar pattern. Someone shares something that genuinely feels terrifying or deeply important to them. Within minutes, the responses shift—not toward understanding, but toward positioning. Credentials get listed. Certainty increases. Emotions escalate. And somewhere in that process, the original point—the human experience that started it…
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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…
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By John B. Midgley, LCSW We’ve all done it.You’re running late. You’re stressed. And suddenly—you can’t find your glasses. You look on the counter.You check the bathroom.You lift up couch cushions with the desperation of a person trying to avoid a $300 replacement bill. But the longer you search, the more frantic you get… and…
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Last night, I had the chance to perform at my favorite venue—The House of Cards in Nashville, TN. It’s one of those rare places that feels like home: dark wood, velvet curtains, mystery in the air, and—most importantly—a crowd that could be made up of literally anyone. From die-hard magic lovers to those dragged in…
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PTSD By Reggie D. Ford is an enlightening exploration of the enduring impact of generational trauma, particularly for those of us striving to understand lived experiences that often remain obscured in academic texts. Reggie D. Ford offers a powerful narrative that bridges two contrasting worlds: one of a prestigious educational setting shadowed by racism, and…
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Recently I had the privilege to sit down with Steven Turney and Sarah Weyh to discuss mental health, art and magic. You can listen to the audio file wherever you listen to podcasts, or you can watch the studio recording: