Tag: mental health


  • I have the same dream over and over again. In it, I can fly. Not for a few seconds. Not in the awkward “I’m falling with style” kind of way. I can actually control it. I soar over trees, neighborhoods, and buildings as naturally as someone riding a bicycle. There’s just one problem. No one…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • I’m reflecting on a special moment from four years ago when I had the privilege of joining my friends and fellow master magicians, Jason Michaels and Stephen Bargatze, for their podcast, “Do The Impossible.” In that episode, we dove into deeply personal topics such as mental illness, suicidal thoughts, and my approach to helping others…