There comes a point when you have to stop blaming your job, your relationship, your health, your family, your crap-that-only-happens-to-me, and you start taking charge of your own life.

 

You dance because you want to. You create the life you desire.

 

I’m not saying the outer circumstances or roadblocks aren’t real - oh boy, are they real!

 

And I’m not saying that the change will happen overnight - very often transitions are convoluted, challenging, and not black-and-white.

 

But I am saying that it starts with a moment:

a commitment to oneself to gather all the power you can muster, to bring in support where needed, to take responsibility, and to make the first tiny step.

 

One of my joys in life is to be the midwife for this kind of creative emergence - helping people take back creative license on their LIVES. It’s not just about making art, it’s about making your life what you want it to be.

 

The story I’m going to share with you today is of one of my clients Aimee who successfully quit her 9-5 job and made dance her career.

It involved letting go of the fears around disappointing her family (it was a family business) as well as her fear that her new path would be a failure (it’s not).

 

In Aimee’s words:

 

“I have accomplished A LOT with Jess.

 

“I have quit my job (!!!), I have my own dance company that performs, I teach dance workout, I have my own class where I teach my own choreography each week, I am dancing in multiple companies, and have noticed a new respect from peers within the dance community.

 

“A lot has shifted for me. I feel like I am on my life path and it feels so good and I am not only one who gets to enjoy this shift, everyone around me gets to enjoy being around a happier, more loving, more creative and thoughtful me. It’s awesome!”

 

Want to know more about how it happened?

 

Watch her Showcase video below where we talk candidly about:

• Aimee’s transition out of her job

• what it’s like to make dance your career

• AND get a peek at Aimee’s debut dance video that she created as her final project in the Thriving Artist’s Program.

Please comment below with your questions or takeaways that you want to apply to your own life!

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Are YOU ready to take your power back and initiate creative change in your life?

Let me lovingly kick your butt into action this fall.

5 spots are open in my calendar next week for a 30-minute Creative Guidance Session. I’ll help you identify exactly what’s blocking you, what your bigger creative vision is (it might not be what you think!), and how I can guide you step by step through the process of making lasting change.

Click here to claim your spot.

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There’s a creative world in you waiting to dance it’s way through you.

Don’t stop the flow.

Let it go.

It’s time to grow.

I told you so.

 

;)

 

supporting the most expressed, fulfilled version of you,

Jess

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Here's Aimee's awesome dance video that she choreographed and produced:

"The project I am presenting for the showcase is called Vampire Teeth and is an original choreography created by me and filmed by my good friend Mallika Prakash.

"Vampire Teeth, by the reggae/dancehall artist Busy Signal, was a song created for revenge against another dancehall artist Movado (I think) who was talking shit. The song it’s self is all over the place lyrically but the beat is strong, dark, and menacing so I tried to create a work that had those qualities plus more literally gangster and warrior like. This piece incorporates movements from dancehall, Afro-Haitian, and Afro-Cuban dance to tell a story of anger, death, and remorse. This is not a happy dance but more darkly expressive. For me it was a healthy way to express my anger for whatever reason."

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What will YOU create?

Let's talk and find out.

5 spots are open in my calendar next week for a 30-minute Creative Guidance Session. I’ll help you identify exactly what’s blocking you, what your bigger creative vision is (it might not be what you think!), and how I can guide you step by step through the process of making lasting change.

Click here to claim your spot.

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