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Anytime we are feeling emotionally dsyregulated (conflict, fear, discomfort, etc). When we are living in our fight or flight nervous system, our bodies are focused on survival. Our heart rate and blood pressure are heightened and our mental-emotional processing is stifled. Therefore, there’s no room for balanced processing or reflection. We must first get to a place where we are calm and connected to truly reflect on the situation that caused such dysregulation.

2025-03-06 15:28:42 GMT

Two lessons I learned on various podcasts this week are
Silence can never be misquoted.
We must regulate before we reflect.

2025-02-07 03:17:58 GMT

Experience is not destiny

2025-01-31 03:10:43 GMT

Wow
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2025-01-31 02:54:56 GMT

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Thanks for sharing. I’m working toward an elimination diet and this gives me more motivation. 🤍 that is what life is about

2025-01-31 02:53:46 GMT

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Wow this is profound and I resonate deeply

2025-01-31 02:32:23 GMT

I felt peace for the first time when I stopped playing by everyone else’s rules and started creating my own

2025-01-31 02:29:51 GMT

I used to think there was something wrong with me because I thought and felt differently than the people around me. I’m so grateful to have learned that..
My authenticity is my compass
My authenticity is my power
My authenticity is my purpose

2025-01-30 22:26:22 GMT

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I’ve been trying to tell you

2025-01-30 15:40:47 GMT

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2025-01-30 04:51:09 GMT

Robin Williams’ movies always make me feel more connected to humanity. RIP the goat.

2025-01-26 11:07:19 GMT

I love Costa Rica

2025-01-24 21:26:53 GMT

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2025-01-22 19:24:13 GMT

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🤍🌬️

2025-01-22 16:13:28 GMT

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2025-01-22 16:12:01 GMT

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One of my favorite quotes

2025-01-22 16:08:09 GMT

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I couldn’t agree with you more regarding the unconscious mirroring that occurs in the therapeutic relationship, that is why a trauma-lens is critical, even when working with lower-risk clients. I very much hope to create deeper understanding in the field.

2025-01-22 03:40:25 GMT

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I don’t think it’s a one size fits all model. At the core, the prevalence of healthy attachments that allows a person has the ability to explore the deepest depths of their subconscious & nervous system regulation techniques are two strong places to start.

2025-01-22 00:30:02 GMT

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🥳
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2025-01-22 00:19:30 GMT

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Agree with you on this. I’d add the caveat that trauma can (and often does) go far beyond overt child abuse. I like to think about trauma as an adverse response to something negative that happens in a person’s life that impacts their internal schema and their perception of their lived reality negatively. I.e, trauma isn’t what happens to us, but our neurobiological response to such events. Hope this makes sense. But to your point - child abuse is a silent epidemic in the US that must be adequately addressed for the betterment of society.

2025-01-22 00:05:06 GMT

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All that to say, they do a practice-wide book club and boyyyyyy do I have some recommendations

2025-01-21 23:57:04 GMT

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Just saw Dylan do a happy dance and figured this might be the news

2025-01-21 23:50:50 GMT

I attended my first staff meeting at the practice where I’ll be interning, and I’m proud to be learning there. The workplace culture felt strong, and the commitment to continuing education and resources was impressive. However, I was surprised and disturbed by the lack of understanding around how traumatic events impact individuals across their lifespan.
One full-time therapist whimsically acknowledged that she didn’t know how to connect a client’s trauma at age 5 to their current presenting symptoms, which was shocking to me given her level of training. The whole room nodded and agreed.
While it highlights an opportunity to bring value to the practice, it also serves as a cautionary tale how much work still needs to be done in the field of psychotherapy.
CBT can’t be the only way we address our client’s needs. Psychodynamic, attachment based root cause work is needed to create sustainable change and _hope_ in the lives of complex human beings.

2025-01-21 14:59:24 GMT

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In my view integrity is the perfect word to use because there is none of it in politics. I used to be a liberal sheep (literally) I had no idea why I was liberal except for the moral argument that all “good” people are, and I “philosophically” agreed with leftist views. It’s taken time to gain awareness of how much the media and censorship played a role in this conditioning. We are so far past being able to trust the people in power with our livelihood it’s insane, it’s sad that so few recognize that but I’m holding out hope for a paradigm shift.

2025-01-21 14:50:03 GMT

This TikTok madness and spectacle of an inauguration beg the age-old question - why would anyone be pro more government?
Are we not mortified yet?

2025-01-19 18:21:15 GMT

TikTok is already back up 🤣🤣🤣 what a waste of influencer tears

2025-01-19 17:08:36 GMT

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this is amazing. thanks for sharing 🙏🏻

2025-01-19 16:55:25 GMT

Adopting a psychoanalytic perspective fosters deeper compassion and connection. Understanding that thoughts and behaviors are largely shaped by subconscious conditioning makes it easier to approach relationships—with yourself and others—with objectivity and empathy.
I’m grateful to have chosen the path as a lifelong learner in psychoanalysis. The more I learn, the better I can show up as a friend, partner, sister, daughter, and eventual parent.

2025-01-19 03:06:39 GMT

I would never claim to know much about rap music but Kendrick’s lyrics universally hit. Modern day philosopher

2025-01-19 03:00:02 GMT

REINCARNATED

2025-01-19 00:33:27 GMT

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If you figure it out lmk

2025-01-17 19:02:46 GMT

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the more the merrier

2025-01-17 18:56:06 GMT

3 idiots at 3am @npub18uk…quqm @npub1cn4…3vle
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2025-01-17 17:33:50 GMT

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So good

2025-01-16 20:46:17 GMT

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2025-01-16 18:41:59 GMT

breathwork hits different in the jungle

2025-01-15 01:16:52 GMT

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👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

2025-01-15 00:49:06 GMT

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There are exceptions to every rule!

2025-01-15 00:34:15 GMT

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100000%

2025-01-15 00:16:56 GMT

treat people like trees
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2025-01-14 02:45:35 GMT

belonging is a spiritual experience

2025-01-13 22:48:55 GMT

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I resonate with this so deeply. Going to dig into it further. Seems like it could be really supportive for both myself and the people I work with. Thank you for sharing 🤍

2025-01-13 22:46:06 GMT

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Sounds like you have a wonderful and inspiring dad 🤍 I hope to teach my kids the same one day

2025-01-13 19:49:53 GMT

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2025-01-13 19:26:54 GMT

sunset in santa teresa last night
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2025-01-11 13:30:11 GMT

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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

2025-01-11 12:29:30 GMT

What bothers me about academic and corporate D&I is that it focuses so heavily on political correctness and program pushing that it ignores the lived experiences of the people it claims to “empower”.
A few quick examples from my professional experiences:
Before breathwork and therapy, I worked in HR at IBM (wild in itself). I spent my first year as a D&I Strategy Partner focused on “career accelerator programs” for women and under-represented minorities. I then moved to the “non-inclusive behavior investigations team”, where I investigated employee-raised harassment concerns. Despite clear evidence, it was almost impossible to substantiate anything. Especially sexual harassment concerns. Interesting response from a company that claims to be so passionate about the advancement of women in the workplace.
Last weekend I had a three-day orientation for the MSW program at Michigan. We spent a LOT of time talking about pronouns, and exactly no time discussing the experiential realities of lgbt people. Considering the room was full of training psychotherapists, wouldn’t the latter be helpful for us to learn?
For an agenda so obsessed with accountability, there sure does seem to be a lack of it.

2025-01-10 18:39:36 GMT

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Open to that, that’s the point of the post. Approaching conversations with humility and being open to not knowing _can_ be more more impactful than coming from a place of authority. We always have more to learn

2025-01-09 07:58:45 GMT

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bro what

2025-01-09 07:57:01 GMT

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I don’t know.

2025-01-09 07:49:26 GMT

‘Those that say, don’t know. And those that know, don’t say.’

2024-12-13 04:04:30 GMT

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What I’m working on is psychoeducation for high school/aged girls, so I don’t think the term anti-fragile would translate well in this context.
I haven’t heard of the term eustress. This is a super interesting concept, I’m excited to do some research. I can definitely relate to experiencing post traumatic growth, but we never hear it spoken about in therapeutic contexts. Thanks for offering this perspective

2024-12-10 05:10:09 GMT

Love this perspective. Consider my mind expanded this Monday evening.
I’ve been working on a project where I refer to “mental-emotional resilience” as a key indicator of mental health. It didn’t feel right, so today I changed it to endurance. Not sure about that either.
I love the idea of striving for something greater than merely “getting through” hard shit, I.e. displaying resilience, and instead repurposing the experience to create something productive/sustainable, I.e. anti-fragile (whatever that means in context of said “hard shit”)
#note1dxm…8e8t

2024-11-22 04:43:28 GMT

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BBC replicated the experiment in 2002 and found that group dynamics and leadership were major factors in influencing the guard’s treatment toward prisoners, I.e. void of leadership - the guards were not motivated to participate in violence or abuse toward the prisoners. It’s covered in the doc and easily found online. That’s why I used that specific language when responding to what conclusions could still be derived from the study. However, given the obvious flaws in the design of the study - I’m in agreement that we should default to not knowing.

2024-11-22 04:31:27 GMT

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Agree with you on this. The point I was making was that the study doesn’t prove that people are inherently evil when given access to power. Can see how my phrasing sounded absolute and appreciate the clarification.

2024-11-21 22:50:17 GMT

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Yes, when directed leadership, people have the capacity to do bad things- as we have seen historically. However, it is not an individual’s first nature to be evil, violent, bad (whatever synonym resonates) unless influenced. The current understanding of the study is that when given power, all people are bad, which is incorrect and harmful.

2024-11-21 22:06:29 GMT

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The phD who led the study rigged it to get the results he was after. A ton of issues with the study - the guards didn’t know they were subjects, he told the public there were no rules except no physical harm but he did a day of training to prime them to be aggressive, etc. highly recommend checking out the doc. Many of the subjects came back and share their POV

2024-11-21 21:41:14 GMT

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The Stanford Prison Experiment: Unlocking the Truth. Streaming on Hulu via National Geographic. Was just released last week on 11/13. It’s wild.

2024-11-21 21:32:45 GMT

Am I the only one who didn’t know that the Stanford prison experiment was a complete scam? Looking back, it was referenced constantly in my social psych lectured in undergrad. Now I understand that it’s only so well-known because Zambardo was manipulating the scientific community and media to make money & gain power. Shocking!
Important reminder to be critical of “science” until it can be proven as _science_
And highly recommend you watch the doc on Hulu if this is new info to you too.

2024-11-07 07:11:09 GMT

I haven’t been active on nostr lately for reasons largely unrelated to the application itself…
It’s no coincidence that I popped back on the day after the election. I had a feeling that people would be having honest, informed conversations here. I can point it to craving humanity over the msm driven illogical perception of collective tragedy.
My intuition was right. Nostr is a safe place to disagree, be curious, and communicate with authenticity. What a breath of fresh air.

2024-09-07 16:00:31 GMT

Also we need to get houseinhabit aka Jessica Reed Kraus on here. If you don’t know her, I highly encourage you to look up her work

2024-09-07 15:58:25 GMT

What’s the nostr equivalent to primal for longer form writing?

2024-09-05 12:47:19 GMT

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Can relate

2024-09-04 22:16:30 GMT

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2024-09-03 17:41:24 GMT

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Thanks for sharing!

2024-09-03 16:10:34 GMT

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Yes have heard so many amazing things about the carnivore diet. I’ll eventually implement it myself. My boyfriend was on it for quite a bit. If/when she starts feeling better, this could be a super supportive next step. Thanks for sharing!

2024-09-03 16:01:50 GMT

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She is aware that her alcoholism is rooted in early life and complex trauma. She’s seen therapists on and off for years. Gone to rehab, done everything she could with what she knew. Psilocybin has been clinically proven to mitigate dependency on substances & improve depression symptoms, so we are hopeful.

2024-09-03 15:57:20 GMT

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Of course, will update on here as I have them

2024-09-03 15:57:05 GMT

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Absolutely!!

2024-09-03 15:43:43 GMT

My 67 y.o. aunt has worked as a nurse in a traditional hospital for 40+ years. She has struggled with depression & alcoholism for as long as I’ve known her and has not found a biomedical treatment that works. More notably, she is the funkiest, coolest, warmest, and most loving woman I know.
She saw that I’ve been talking about microdosing mushrooms as a mental health intervention on socials & expressed interest in giving it a try. We just got her all set up for a consultation this week and then she’ll place her first order.
Massive win for my family member’s health. All it takes is an open mind and a little bit of hope.

2024-08-30 02:29:18 GMT

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So happy it landed with you!

2024-08-30 01:42:48 GMT

💭💬🗯️
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2024-08-30 00:48:06 GMT

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Hi Brooke!!! Hope to see you soon 🩵

2024-08-29 16:52:34 GMT

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Ooooh I can’t wait to explore this! Hi @npub1qt0…3u0d 🦋

2024-08-29 16:28:09 GMT

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Completely agree. I’m in school to become a psychotherapist, so everything you mentioned are tools I’m aware of, will leverage in clinical work, and practice many of them personally.
In my work specializing in women’s health & trauma, I view breathwork as the most powerful holistic healing modality to heal. But it’s all about whatever works for the individual, there’s no one size fits all model to healing. 🩵

2024-08-29 07:02:16 GMT

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Sent you another one ❤️

2024-08-29 07:02:03 GMT

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I’m laughing so hard

2024-08-29 06:56:31 GMT

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Could not agree more on all of the above.

2024-08-29 06:55:01 GMT

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Yes, completely agree with the power of natural somatic experiences. I haven’t spent too much time exploring positive psychology but it is totally up my alley. Need to do some more research.

2024-08-29 06:51:23 GMT

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In my experience, the impact of breathwork on my health & relationship with self has far exceeded balance and burnout. Not only does it allow us to shift from sympathetic to parasympathetic nervous system functioning, but it creates openings to altered states of consciousness, increased connection to our subconscious, and the creation of new & improved neural pathways.
Love the comparison to the volatility of bitcoin. Specifically your mention of the pause between the inhale & exhale and the power that space holds.

2024-08-29 06:45:45 GMT

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Totally - and inner freedom translates to outward expression, i.e. progress

2024-08-29 06:32:06 GMT

gm 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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2024-08-29 05:30:24 GMT

Bubbling up this post I wrote a few months ago. You might notice that I put breathwork on par with Nostr and Bitcoin as it relates to potential for societal impact. I’m sure many of you will disagree with me. Please do. That’s why we’re here.
I believe breathwork is revolutionary in that, like Nostr and Bitcoin, it’s a freedom tool.
Connecting with our breath allows us to exit the matrix of suffering and small mindedness bred from chronic stress & fight or flight functioning. It serves as a vessel to unrealized expansiveness, creativity, and safety in our bodies. Breathwork created inside-out transformations. Although the science is sound, I often refer to it as magic.
Without breathwork, I wouldn’t be on Nostr fighting for a healthier society. I would still be hiding from the world. That alone is enough to convince me of its power.
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2024-08-29 04:43:36 GMT

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The myth of normal by Gabor mate

2024-08-28 14:15:46 GMT

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Agree. So much more work needs to be done, but it gives me hope that people are finally becoming aware of the gaps in healthcare for women.

2024-08-27 22:42:05 GMT

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🤣🤣🤣🤣

2024-08-27 22:41:23 GMT

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Welcome!!! Can’t wait to connect on here.

2024-08-27 22:36:07 GMT

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I’ve never been introduced that way before but I will take it! Hi!

2024-08-27 22:35:32 GMT

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Vegetables work too

2024-08-27 22:31:38 GMT

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I’m not. I’m a grad student in school to become a psychotherapist. I pursued a six month breathwork certification, as I believe it’ll support my clinical work as a somatic processing therapeutic modality. I definitely invested in the training, but with the motive of better supporting the people I will serve through my work.

2024-08-27 22:26:34 GMT

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Hey - thanks for keeping me honest on this. You’re totally right, my math was way off. That’s why I’m in a non-technical profession lol. I also saved the meta-analysis you shared. Lots of powerful data in there.

2024-08-27 20:40:44 GMT

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This is awesome. I’d love to connect with her when she joins!

2024-08-27 20:34:53 GMT

Aside from what Nostr has taught me about Bitcoin, I’m so fucking grateful to have been introduced to decentralized social media.
Prior to being on @npub12vk…pugg , I didn’t really talk about the things I care about on the internet. It felt counterintuitive and dishonest to talk about health on centralized platforms that consciously make us sick.
I’m so thankful that Nostr has given me somewhere to start playing with my voice. It has given me hope and community.
I’m wholly convinced of its ability to create a free, autonomous, creative, and connected global community. A healthier society.
We just need to keep sparking our neighbors’ fires.

2024-08-27 20:13:48 GMT

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Thanks so much! Happy to be here.

2024-08-27 20:12:32 GMT

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LOL

2024-08-27 20:12:05 GMT

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I’m very grateful for them

2024-08-27 20:11:20 GMT

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This is a super fair point. There was definitely a naivety present, but what I meant was that I hadn’t made the critical connection between money and health until I joined Nostr. Hope this helps.

2024-08-27 11:48:26 GMT

Hi!
I just got back from a breathwork retreat in Hawaii and learned that @jackmallers shared the story of how I became a Bitcoiner through introducing me to @primal.
Jack’s right, I’ve never been very interested in money (or at least I thought I wasn’t). What I am interested in is people, our integrated health, and the implications it has on collective society.
Nostr helped me to understand Bitcoin not only as a superior monetary technology, but an unparalleled humanitarian tool. Here’s why I’m so bought in:
- It’s been proven over and over that safety is the foundation of integrated health
- Centralized unsound money = collective lack of safety
- Decentralized sound money = collective safety
- Collective safety = better integrated health & healthier society
It’s really as simple as that for me.
I’m grateful Jack shared my story because it perfectly illustrates how change happens. By making it matter to people in a way that sparks their fire. Jack is really good at that.
My spark has been lit. I look forward to lighting my neighbor’s through honesty, connection, and freedom - three tenets of bitcoin that make me a believer.
#note1psg…z94y