Ever wish you could sit down with someone who gets it; the messy middle of building a business, the pivots that change everything, and the systems that actually work?
Welcome to A Cup of Honest Tea, where we're spilling the real talk on what it takes to build and scale a creative business. Expect unfiltered conversations about systems that don't suck, mindset shifts that move the needle, and the honest truth about what's working (and what's not).
Think of it as catching up with your neighbor's best friend who's got the tea and the receipts. Pull up a chair. We're figuring it out together.
“You always figure it out.” “I never have to worry about you.”
If you grew up hearing that, this one’s for you.
I posted one sentence on Threads about being the child your parents never had to worry about, and it hit a nerve. Over 3,000 likes, nearly 500 reshares, and close to 200 of you sharing stories that stopped me in my tracks.
In this episode, I’m walking through what you said: hiding your problems as a kid so you wouldn’t be a burden, never learning how to need anyone, being checked on only for what you give, and the one reply I can’t unsee, emotional abandonment. We talk about how the “easy kid” role follows you into your friendships, your family and your relationships. Then I walk you through a few gentle ways to start letting people show up for you.
No strategy today. Just me and you, and a reminder that you were never too much. Your needs just weren’t met.
Tell me your “you always figure it out” moment on the original Threads post: LINK (https://www.threads.com/share/_6ZgduuGA/)
18 May 2026
Let Your Speaker Page Do The Heavy Lifting
This week's episode is a special one. It is a full audio version of my Speaker Movement Summit presentation on building a speaker page that converts.
In this episode, I walk you through the 7 sections every speaker page needs, from your hero and positioning one-liner to your booking CTA, and exactly why each piece matters to the organizers who are quietly deciding whether to book you.
Grab the freebies mentioned in this episode:→ Speaker Page Audit Checklist: LINK (https://canva.link/dofhd7ubzbt34uu)→ Showit Speaker Page Templates: LINK (https://itsdebbiej.thrivecart.com/the-mainstage-template/)
Let's connect: @its.debbiej
9 Feb 2026
The Triwizard Tournament: A Project Management Nightmare
What if I told you that a prestigious international competition that ended with a student's death and Voldemort's return could have been prevented with basic project management?
The Triwizard Tournament is one of the most spectacular project management failures in the Harry Potter series. It had everything: high stakes, international collaboration, media attention, a binding deadline and absolutely zero proper planning.
No risk assessment. No security protocols. No contingency plans. No communication strategy. Just vibes and hope.
In this deep-dive episode, I'm breaking down exactly what went wrong with the Triwizard Tournament and what it teaches us about managing complex projects in our businesses. Because if you've ever launched something without proper planning and watched it spiral into chaos, this episode is going to hit different.
In this episode:
The 5 catastrophic project management failures of the Triwizard Tournament (and they're all preventable)
Why Hogwarts brought back a deadly competition with no risk assessment and what happened because of it
How a compromised selection process should have stopped the entire tournament (but didn't)
The complete absence of a communication plan and how it damaged trust with all stakeholders
What a proper project management approach would have looked like (and how Cedric might still be alive)
How to apply crisis contingency planning to your own business launches and projects
Content note: This series uses Harry Potter as a case study for business operations failures. Familiarity with the Triwizard Tournament storyline enhances the experience but isn't required to get the business lessons.
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