The Dreams We Let Go Of
What dreams did you have as a kid?
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a singer and an actress, like Bette Midler, who I was obsessed with in 3rd and 4th grade!
In my teens, I wanted to be an action star, so I amended it to a “female Quentin Tarantino” since I decided the only way I’d get cast in movies was if I wrote, directed, choreographed the action and put myself in it. (I also figured I could do it with less of a creepy yellow fever undertone and far less cultural appropriation!)
But, in my 20s, I realized the only character I had ever really been interested in writing and playing was. . .ME, so I became a nonfiction writer, found object installation artist and philosophy theorist instead!!!
Now, in my 30s, I am training to become a Soul-based and Expressive Arts coach and Somatic Movement Educator. It feels like it’s been such a long journey, but the path of my heart was slowly unraveling in this direction all along. I can even write, direct and choreograph my own video collage essays for my dissertation inquiry into how the arts can enable a living expression of our whole selves and in preparation for my Tamalpa Institute Level 1 Weekend Training Final Self-Portrait Movement Ritual.
It reminds me that even the dreams we let go of can find new ways to recapture our souls if we listen.
And yesterday, I received this beautiful postcard of encouragement in this process from someone I’m so honored to call a mentor, teacher and friend, Annemiek Van Helsdingen, the Founder of The Academy for Soul-based Coaching. Such a timely reminder to “follow your heart, it knows the way”—always!
