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May 2025

Welcome to the Middle (Phase, Not Finger)
Where your old dream ghosts you + the new one hasn't texted you back yet.
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Dre Beltrami
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101 Tiny, Ridiculous Ways To Heal From Hustle Culture
Warning: May cause unmonetizable pleasure, uncontrollable laughter, and spontaneous bursts of rewilding.
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Dre Beltrami
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Pick Me Culture Is Canceled
They're Not The One With Power—You Both Are!
15
The Pivot Nobody Glamorizes
Some will call it quitting. I call it rerouting.
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April 2025

A Convo So Anti-Capitalist, It Would Totally Get Flagged On Instagram
Two weirdos. One Livestream. The only thing that survived was our integrity.
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Dre Beltrami
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Marisa Guthrie
23
49:04
I Blabbered, She Stayed. A Nutcase Love Story.
Verbal diarrhea, pedestal panic, and a masterclass in being human.
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Dre Beltrami
 and 
Robin Wilding
14
1:02:56
Lie Down at Walmart... and Other Acts of YOU-Shaped Rebellion
This is your sign to question literally everything, especially standing upright in public.
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Dre Beltrami
 and 
Tim Ebl 🇨🇦
22
40:42
10 Ways to Write Like YOU, Without the Fear, the Filter, or the Factory Programming
You’ve been trained to write like a boring, approval-seeking adult. That ends today!
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Dre Beltrami
30
I blacked out from laughter mid-rant
We tried to talk about writing. We ended up belly laughing about midlife blindness, library late fees, and $500 PDFs. Go figure. 🤷‍♀️
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Dre Beltrami
 and 
Andrea Hoffmann
13
51:21
Why Fitting In Feels Like STARVATION
We said things we might disagree with later. And that’s the point!
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Dre Beltrami
 and 
Liz Reitzig
6
46:14
The Magician’s Field Notes On Fun, Feel-Good Sales + Marketing
Why you keep sabotaging every funnel, blueprint, and proven strategy, why that’s exactly right, and how to create like the magic-wielding force of…
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Dre Beltrami
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