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Last week I drove out to Soap Lake with a simple mission: share what three years of running a mutual aid group taught me.

What happened next?

Packed cafe.

Hungry faces.

Real questions about survival in a world that keeps getting more expensive and less predictable.

And then the post I made about it went mini-viral.

Now I've got towns asking me to come speak.

Chambers of Commerce wanting to know how to scale this.

People finally waking up to what I've been saying: we need each other more than we need the system.

Why You Should Give All the Cares:

• Economic Insulation: Groceries aren't getting cheaper. Your mutual aid group is your hedge against inflation.

• Community Resilience: When things get weird (and they will), you want trusted people in your corner.

• Real Solutions: Bulk buying through Azure drops your food costs by 30-40%. That's real money back in your pocket.

Soap Lake: How One Cafe Became a Community Hub

Cloudview Cafe didn’t just host me. They launched something.

After my talk, they set up a community pantry—real food, not charity scraps. Organic pasta. Mung beans. Whole nourishment.

Then they rolled out Azure bulk buying.

Monthly drop-offs. 50-pound bags of rice split among neighbors. Organic everything. Wholesale prices.

This is how you fight the economy.

This is how people take care of each other.

Here’s the backbone I shared:

• Buying Group (Simplest)

• CERT/Disaster Relief (Most Fundable)

• Check-In Network (Lowest Barrier)

Historically, mutual aid societies provided health insurance, unemployment insurance, welfare, retirement benefits, medical insurance, life insurance, old age security, and funds for new businesses.

And after all that?

We danced.
Because community isn’t just about making it through.
It’s about feeling alive while we do.

I DJ’d the party. People who just realized they could eat organic food again were celebrating in real time.

That’s what this work is about.

Think For Yourself: Birthday Special

Speaking of building resilience, I'm dropping something this week that's been years in the making.

Think For Yourself course launches NOW at presale pricing.

$22 now for presale $46 after this weekend (my birthday week, turning 46 ).

This course is everything I learned escaping:

• Controlled religious childhood

• Drug addiction

• Public school programming

• Left vs right political traps

• Media manipulation

• Cult-like control tactics

Find truth in a world of lies.

This is the foundation work before Beyond The Matrix.

And I'm doing something different for my birthday this year: I want to change 50 people's lives instead of receiving 50 gifts.

GRAB YOUR SPOT NOW - $22 PRESALE

Crystal Spa Hippie Vibes

Three hours in a crystal spa. Not a phrase I expected to say this year.

But my best friend’s birthday pulled me into a full hippie immersion:

• Amethyst room

• Salt cave

• Dry sauna

• Pink ambient light

• Zero gravity chairs

And I’ll say this:

Two minutes in that salt cave and my busy mind just... stopped.

Deep meditation hit faster than ever before.

Pink ambient lighting.

Zero gravity recliners.

Salt filling the air.

My skeptical self has to admit: the power of crystals is real.

Would I do it again?

Absolutely.

Your Voice Matters:

Want me to bring this mutual aid presentation to your town?

Got questions about building your own group?

Ready to think for yourself?

Hit reply. Let's talk.

Today’s Takeaways:

1. Mutual Aid Works: Real communities solving real problems through cooperation.

2. Bulk Buying Saves Money: Azure distribution can cut your grocery bill significantly.

3. Think For Yourself: $22 presale ends this weekend. Birthday special pricing.

This Friday I'm heading to a memorial service.

Saying goodbye to a friend from the party days who organized some of the most wholesome gatherings I've ever experienced.

Times when we celebrated life through heightened experiences and pure freedom.

He's gone now.

And I'm going to grieve with the community that knew him.

Life's short.

Build strong communities.

Think for yourself.

Take care of the people who matter,

Joshua | The Holistic Tech Wizard

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