Send a textWe jump from winter jokes and birthdays into sharp headlines about ICE raids, a wild car-resale scam, and a contraband-smuggling nurse, then settle into a deep, grounded talk on fear, intimacy, and how repetition rewires safety in the body. Mattie owner of The Wafflery shares the long road from an old-school diner to a Charlotte brunch staple and why grits, biscuits, and community matter more than hype.• ICE detains staff after dining at a family-run restaurant• Facebook Marketplace car-flip scam and spare-key thefts• Jail nurse smuggling scheme, cash app trails, policy fallout• What Would You Do: stolen heirloom ring proposal dilemma• Fear as a learned pattern and why avoidance gets rewarded• Vulnerability vs intimacy, and practicing repair over performance• College vs trade pathways and real-world ROI• Building The Wafflery CLT: diners, womels, and grit about grits• Late-night restaurant realities, partnerships, and hiring A-players• Organic marketing, creator collabs, and new locationsPlease, please, as soon as you see it up there, I'm gonna post it maybe once or twice. Engage with that post. Tell me what you want to talk about so that we can have these conversations.Follow us on social media www.instagram.com/noadvisorypod