Courtroom Wins, Evil Clowns, Pink Shoelaces

Eva marched a Stephen King-grade demon clown costume up to the register in a store for kids — and when the manager disagreed that it didn’t belong there, she bought $50 Boden sneakers  out of spite for the place. Weeks later, her 6-year-old still won't go to the bathroom alone, because in her mind, the clown lives there now.

Kami, meanwhile, rides the high of the biggest legal win of her life — a court ruling that her former broker owes her over $6k in commission, plus attorney's fees, after she represented herself start to finish. She's 46 and had never set foot in a courtroom before this case, and is already plotting how to pay it forward with a giveaway once the check actually clears.

Eva's face is healing beautifully from her Junera laser treatment (thank-you sneakers included, minus the promised hot-pink laces), and she opens up about the financial advisor who finally got her out of feast-or-famine bookkeeping — plus the story of an offhand comment she made years ago that changed a friend's entire career path into trauma therapy.

Questions answered by this episode

• What is post-performance blues and why does it happen after a big presentation? 
• Can you win a small claims court case without hiring an attorney? 
• How long does it take skin to fully heal and tighten after a laser treatment?
• What does a fractional CFO actually do for a small business owner?
• How do you help a child who's scared of a Halloween costume or scary mask?
• Is there a real link between ADHD and a strong sense of justice?
• How much interest can you collect on a small claims judgment?

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Host: Eva Sheie & Kami Gamlem
Assistant Producer: Mary Ellen Clarkson
Engineering: Victoria Cheng
Theme music: Old Grump, Smartface