If I asked you, at 5 years old, "what do you want to be when you grow up?", what would your answer have been? I guess mine would have been "Britney Spears". But as far as I can remember (pretty much 5 years old), I didn't know what to answer. Or, rather, I never dared to say it out loud. I clearly remember that I wanted to be an actress. But I was too afraid to put it out there. Which is wild... what kind of conditioning did I already receive — at 5 years old!! — to make me so self-conscious?...
7 days ago • 2 min read
You get home from work. Phone in hand, you drop your bag, take off your shoes and hang your jacket. All you need is to stare out the window for a minute, so your brain can recharge from the social interactions you had today. But then next thing you know, you've been staring at your phone for the past 30 minutes, standing in the hallway like a moron. Doom scrolling. Wtf? Because before you even made 3 steps toward the kitchen to pour yourself a glass of water, you've opened TikTok. Probably...
16 days ago • 2 min read
I dream of going on tour performing my original music on stage for my fans. When I'm seeing big artists I love like Miley Cyrus (now MILEY), Rihanna, Taylor Swift and more, and I am both really inspired... and also extremely overwhelmed by the gap separating where I am to where they are. I didn't grow up surrounded by people in the industry. Neither did I choose to pursue music when I was a kid. I did some piano lessons here and there, but that was it. And now, at 36 I have the desire, talent...
22 days ago • 2 min read
I had no plan. No backup. And no idea what the heck I was going to do next. I didn’t know what I wanted in life… but I realized that I was not going to know until I made a move. The only thing I knew was what I did NOT want: the job, career and life I was living right now. Pretty much my entire life was in misalignment. And somehow I knew deep down I wasn’t meant for a “normal life”. And that was enough to make everything click. So I quit my job. Ever since that day, my life has never been...
6 months ago • 1 min read