Seeds of The I Am Me Company

Several years ago, before the pandemic, before moving to Los Angeles, before getting sober I was working on applications for graduate acting programs. Programs that I desperately wanted to be accepted into. Attempting to follow in Meryl Streep’s (if you know me, you know) footsteps I believed I needed an MFA in acting to make anything of myself and be a respectable and successful artist. For months, I worked for hours every night in my parents’ garage drilling monologues, doing acting exercises, and asking friends and coaches for feedback. When it came time to audition I was more than ready, but they rejected me regardless. And thank goodness because a month after my last audition the world was ravaged by a global pandemic.

I often look back at this time with gratitude that my life went the way it did, and that I didn’t receive admissions offers because in the years since I’ve been able to experience and embody an entirely new spectrum of learning that I don’t know I would have had access to had everything gone according to my plan. I probably would have moved to New York instead of Los Angeles, I would have spent my time crawling deeper into my perfectionism and running from my CPTSD, and I don’t know that I would have gotten sober without hitting the emotional bottom the last few years brought me to. These things brought me here, exactly where I want to be.

All this to say, while I’m glad I didn’t get in, I never regret going through the application process. Especially on a day like today when I get to welcome you to The I Am Me Company, the seed for which was planted years ago when I was writing my graduate school admissions essays. I had a dream that one day I would be able to combine my interests in mental health and creativity to be of service to others… flash forward to now. I’ve been coaching singers and actors for years, have done extensive trauma therapy to address my CPTSD, moved to a city I love, gotten sober, and have become a certified Integrative Trauma Coach so that I can provide support to others as they move through the ups and downs of being a human living life on life’s terms. The seeds I planted years ago grew unexpectedly in the right direction.

So, welcome. I’m grateful that you’re here, and I look forward to accompanying you on your journey whether or not it goes according to your plan. Either way, I’m sure you’ll end up exactly where you’re meant to be and I’ll be here cheering you on as you grow.