Dr. Sherry Walling

Psychologist to entrepreneurs. Author 2x. Podcaster. Speaker. Advocate for psychedelic therapy. Contributor to @Entrepreneur. Lover of circus. In grief.

[Dr. Sherry Walling @drsherrywalling]

And if you want to see me flying through the air and practicing "conscious fear" in person, come to our upcoming show: Touching Two Worlds: Reality.
I think you’ll be awed by what the human body is capable of when it works with fear instead of against it. https://t.co/SJ5Bvonyer

[Dr. Sherry Walling @drsherrywalling]

As a circus artist, fear is a constant partner in my work. Standing on that trapeze platform or letting go of the bar to reach for a pair of waiting hands—these are moments where my nervous system screams "danger."

But I’ve learned not to silence that scream.

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Fear is information. It’s wisdom. Instead of overriding it, we can learn to listen. Not letting it run the show, but to inform our priorities.

I recorded a podcast episode about our relationship with fear and why we shouldn't try to override it. https://t.co/3OBKXc5Fi7

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That’s part of what we’re exploring in our upcoming original circus show — what it means to stay grounded in a digitally distorted world. If you’ve been living mostly in your head lately, this might be the reset you didn’t know you needed. https://t.co/SJ5Bvonyer

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When I’m on the trapeze, there is no multitasking.

As entrepreneurs, we normalize fragmentation as a survival strategy. Slack, email, news, notifications. Building a company is like drinking from a fire hose.

But our nervous systems were not designed for this.

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They need moments of depth. They need us to step out of abstraction and back into sensation.

In a world engineered to fracture your attention, choosing this kind of depth is a radical act.

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Entrepreneurship often celebrates independence, but our nervous systems are wired for connection.

Touch, attunement, and safe relationships aren’t distractions from high performance; they’re part of how we regulate stress, stay creative, and make thoughtful decisions.

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“It’s hard enough to give fearlessly.
It’s even harder to receive fearlessly.”
— Amanda Palmer, The Art of Asking

🎟 Buy Tickets or Sponsor an Acrobat to support the show → https://t.co/SJ5Bvonyer

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People-pleasing often looks like generosity on the surface. But in leadership, it quietly shifts your center of gravity.

When your decisions are shaped by the emotional temperature of the room, you’re no longer responding from clarity, you’re reacting to discomfort.

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If you’ve been craving something real, grounding, and deeply human, this is the kind of experience that stays with you long after the lights come up.

📍 Luminary Arts Center — Mpls
🗓 Fri, March 13, 2026 | 6:30 PM
🗓 Sat, March 14, 2026 | 4 PM & 7:30 PM https://t.co/SJ5Bvoo63Z

[Dr. Sherry Walling @drsherrywalling]

Why might Touching Two Worlds circus show matter for you right now?

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Art reaches places logic can’t. It reconnects us to presence, to shared humanity, and to reflections we don’t always make space for in daily life.

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Still, it feels like the most important work I can do.
Because it’s guided by desire, love, and integrity.
Let love and desire be the compass.

🎟 Tickets for the show are live: https://t.co/SJ5Bvonyer

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So much of what we do each day runs on habit, expectation, and old ideas about what we should want.

When we begin to let our choices be guided by what brings us alive, what feels honest, and what actually matters to us, something shifts.

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I’m in the thick of polishing the narrations for our next circus show, Touching Two Worlds: Reality.

Is producing an original show each year easy? Not even close.

Is it always financially neat or rational? Definitely not!

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This show is an invitation to sit with that question together: What happens to us — mentally, emotionally, collectively — when our shared sense of reality fractures?

Touching Two Worlds: Reality.
March 13 & 14.
Luminary Arts Center, Mpls.
🎟 https://t.co/SJ5Bvonyer

[Dr. Sherry Walling @drsherrywalling]

We chose the theme Reality months ago — long before it felt this close to home.

Lately, so many of us are experiencing what it’s like to have our perception questioned, dismissed, or outright denied.

Not just disagreement, but something deeper: What you see isn’t real.

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When reality itself becomes contested, it doesn’t just impact politics or culture; it impacts our nervous systems, our relationships, and our ability to stay connected to one another.