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:

• Instagram
• TikTok
• Website

Items mentioned:

Justin's appearance on The Doghouse - 28:40 timestamp

Justin's reel about his life journey

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Music: aKu - The Final Blow