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Mindy Bilderback

Mindy Bilderback

Pastry chef at Semo, a farm-to-table restaurant in Nebraska, and RISK! podcast storyteller; former owner of Blue Dot Confections.

Nov 5, 2026

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Please welcome to the stage Mindy Bilderback.
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So I was sitting downtown outside at a bar in Denver and I was there with some of my other Teach for America friends drinking my favorite summer drink a gin and tonic and when I stood up to go to the bathroom a flood of exhaustion washed over me.
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I suddenly couldn't take a full breath.
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My body felt like I had just run a 5k.
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I was covered in sweat and my joints ached and I thought I've Of course you're exhausted, Mindy.
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You just graduated college.
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You're starting a career teaching inner city at-risk youth in a middle school.
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