Category: Reflection
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I debated for a long time whether I should write this. I work in mental health. I’m also a professional magician and educator. My reputation matters to me, and I generally try to handle disputes privately and professionally whenever possible. But after months of delays, written promises, court filings, and ultimately learning that bankruptcy may…
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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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It’s been over a year since I stepped away from the corporate world and tried to survive on my own. Wow… what a year. It’s hard to do things on your own—especially when so many voices, both external and internal, tell you that you shouldn’t… or can’t. I think that’s a theme most of us…