Magic With a Message

I hope everyone is having a magical week. I haven’t posted in a while, as it’s been an up and down few weeks. But a real highlight was Sunday’s The Society of American Magicians Assembly 24/International Brotherhood of Magicians Ring 186 annual picnic and bbq. We couldn’t have asked for a better day on Lake George. It was fun seeing the great David McClements perform some astonishing closeup routines for my wife. I had a blast during the stage show performing one of my favorite routines Wes Iseli Magician & Illusionist’s incredible coin-flip trick. So grateful to be a part of this amazing community.

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of visiting the NY Public Library for the Performing Arts’ exhibit Mystery and Wonder: A Legacy of Golden Age Magicians in New York City. Wow, what a treasure trove of magic history. It was humbling and inspiring. So much on the giants of magic, Houdini, Kellar, Thurston and Herrmann. I even bumped into one of my fellow The Society of American Magicians Assembly 24 members.

Happy Magic Monday. Hope everyone had a great weekend. I had amazing time on Saturday performing magic for all the kids at Ethan’s 41st b’day party. That’s right, even adults need magical birthday parties. If you’re looking to add some magic to your next party. Visit my website at msmwm.com.

Go New York, Go New York Go!!! Knicks Magic!

So cool meeting Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS, CEO of Enough and host of the No Magic Pill podcast. Blake doesn’t need any magic pills as the work he does and the amount of lives he has positively impacted are beyond magical.

It was an absolute pleasure and a privilege to be able to use magic to help the students in the special ed class at Fieldstone Middle School talk about their mental health. There’s nothing more magical than connecting with kids who normally struggle to connect with others. As always, I included Wes Iseli Magician & Illusionist’s Flip trick to make a point about how we can’t control what happens to us (as life is a coin-flip), but we can control how we react to what happens to us. The girl who won was ecstatic and beaming with joy. Afterwards, the teacher told me how these kids aren’t used to winning and it meant more to her than I could imagine. A special day, with a special groups of kids.

I hope everyone is having a magical Monday. As part of my Mental Health Awareness Month series, I’m sharing my video explaining how resilience is the most important piece of your puzzle.

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It was a magical Monday in Ithaca this week. During the day, I presented on mental health to 8th graders, where I sprinkled in some magic. The highlight was a student dropping several F-bombs, during a trick reveal. In the evening I gave my Magic of Community presentation at the NAMI Finger Lakes Annual meeting. Visit https://msmwm.my.canva.site/ and some Magic With a Message to your next event.

Happy Magic Monday, this is a very special Magic Monday. First, it’s Star Wars Day, May the 4th be with you. More importantly, it’s the first Monday of Mental Health Awareness Month. It’s always been my goal to use my magic to help people prioritize their own mental health as well as be more sensitive to those who are experiencing mental health challenges. Each Monday in May, I will be posting one of my videos that emphasizes the importance of mental health. To start, I’m so excited to share this video I recorded with mental health advocate extraordinaire, Carnie Wilson.

Hold on. Take care of yourself and each other. Love and Mercy.

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