Once upon a time, I followed my lifelong dream and moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. A friend asked me, "If you weren't an actor, what else would you want to be? " 

​My (immediate, as if it was a thing) answer: "A traveling philosopher."

Years later, while working on camera and venting to a colleague about how unfulfilled I was starting to feel in my chosen occupation, she asked,  "Well, what do you REALLY want to do? " ​

​My (surprising at the time) answer: "I want to inspire people. I want to wake them up and remind them of who they really are."

A couple of years after that, I had already fallen into a fun career in voiceover and was spending the majority of my free time exploring spirituality and deeper philosophical concepts when a first date inquired, "What do you do when you're not working?" 

​My (totally honest) answer: "I go on walks, take photos of flowers, and write down what comes to me." 

Let's just say a lot has happened since then. I...

• went through what I lovingly refer to as my super-woo phase, offering intuitive coaching sessions & leading group workshops/community events.
• prioritized travel in a big way, letting my whims take me wherever in the world sounded most interesting. Or where I was lucky enough to stumble upon a mistake fare.
• started coaching voice actors.
• compiled my writing and photography into two books.
• got involved with a couple of early-stage startups in the personal development space, taking on a variety of roles from content to user experience and (as it goes with startups) everything in between. ​
• eventually relocated to the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains where I continue to voice other people's projects while simultaneously creating my own.

And, in the several expansive years since the beginning of this story, I have learned that fulfillment is never found somewhere out there; it's never dependent on any one particular job or position. It’s a destination within – a feeling we can activate. And what we find fulfilling may change as we do.

This, I think, is what it means to live authentically. To be curious. To be open to change. And as a creative person (which is pretty much everyone, essentially) – it's our varied experiences that make our work and our lives rich and interesting and full. 

As it says in Wisdoms Of The Formerly Wilted:  
"Joy is the language of the soul. Lightness, ease, and freedom are its dialects. Living a soul-aligned life means following the joyful pull of your intuitive body and trusting it wherever it takes you."