CW: Themes of self harm and depression.
The willpower it takes to break out of a depressive mindset is not easy (just smile lol!). Justin's story is emotional, inspirational and something you need to hear. I almost cried filming this, and then the recording turned into something more light hearted. He's gone from fastfood, to retail, to banking, and now he's a magician and MC. He knows how to work a room!
We discuss:
- Who's Justin/erbzmagic?
- His routine before performing magic
- His life journey from the bottom to where he is now
- Throwing your life away after one adversity?
- What happened after finding out his dad had cancer?
- Experience working in multiple retail jobs
- The wake up call after an OD attempt
- What's it like working at Cancer Council?
- Having 2 AVOS?!
- Experience working for Volt
- Experience working as a disability support worker
- Priorities changing once having a kid
- Working at an influencer bar
- Being scouted to work for corporate building events
- Keynote speakers making big money
- Fighting between finding what's gonna pay the bills and what's gonna fulfil him
- Getting paid to do what you love
- Memorable reactions while preforming
- Appearing on the TV Show 'The Doghouse'
- Justin's advice if you're going through a tough time
- Inside out metaphor for controlling emotions
- How a good support network helped him get out of a rut
- How Justin's mum supported him throughout it
- Modifying the act depending on the behaviours of guests
- Working at Macquarie Bank
Guest: Justin Ung / erbzmagic
Justin's links:
Items mentioned:
Justin's appearance on The Doghouse - 28:40 timestamp
Justin's reel about his life journey
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