THE AMBER WEITZER PODCAST SILHOUETTES OF SUCCESS
EPISODE 62
SILHOUETTE OF SUCCESS | SORORITY SESSION
In this Sorority Session:
Dance, sing…dance like no one is watching, sing and let yourself be free.
Let’s review the Conversation Highlights:
Sparks | Jill 2.0 | Dance & Sing
Nourishment for my soul, light for my heart, inspiration for my mind, healing for my every wound, growth for my expansion into a better version of me. Each and every Silhouette of Success conversation evokes deep thoughts, stirs emotions, stimulates the intellect and drives my spirit to persevere in moving forward to the light.
It’s my fervent desire and unwavering resolve to provide all of us with this curated collection of real-life women to help inspire, motivate and uplift so we are able to help spark or even ignite our light anew to then in turn help illuminate another’s Silhouette of Success…which brings me to this Sorority Session Ep. No. 62.
We all need a Jill 2.0 in our lives! I am super freakin’ lucky that she came into mine when she did (for multiple reasons!). How many times did you hit the back arrow or play her Ep. No. 62 again…I have, five times.
Jill 2.0 reminded me of days go by when I used to dance a lot…any anywhere or sing, loud and proud. It’s interesting these life cycles we navigate along out Silhouette of Success journeys. As I reflect on Jill’s words and message it allowed me to reflect on some parts of my journey to hear her words and ask myself why they resonated so much with my soul.
I have realized that I am learning to walk away from my cocoon of survival. Let me explain, as I am just now able to articulate for all of us!
*No kidding as I type this with my music playing in the back ground the song Hallelujah by Brian Crain (pianist) | Piano Light album just came on. Cue the big, soft, cleansing and healthy, joyful crocodile tears! Yes- I AM signing.*
It seems that for many (too many) years I was in what I can only define as a mode of survival mindset. To put the mindset into words wasn’t possible until I began this journey with the Silhouettes of Success. Jill helped bring it all to the surface in only the way that Jill 2.0 can do-she doesn’t even know it yet! Heck, I didn’t even know it until out conversation! That’s a huge “win-win”, am I right! Yay Coach Jill!
My cocoon of survival mindset goes deep and far back, as the world says…we all have a story. True and sometimes as we evolve, grow, learn and mature that mindset will shed its layers yet there will always be remnants as its only natural because those stories, experiences, lessons have all helped to shape who, what and how we are in this moment…and guess what, that too is changing as we visit in this moment! That is the life cycle, that is the point, this is our journey. And it’s all okay.
In many ways the cocoon of survival mindset was working though the past, struggling, scratching, surviving, fighting, coping in the present and planning, dreaming, praying and aspiring optimistically for the future.
Yet, what I remembered when listing to Jill is that during those hard, dark, difficult days gone by….I was always dancing and singing. Always. Bills not paid, car repossessed (two cars that is), evicted, poor to nil self-worth, bad choices yet during that I was able to keep myself striving for the promises of what my loved ones saw in me of my potential when it wasn’t visible yet in my heart and clearly what God must have been preparing me for (and still in preparation).
I share all of this to say that I realized that the last two decades have been the lightest, brightest time of my adult life and I can now break free, and release that self-imposed cocoon of survival to embrace all of the wonders of life, the blessings of the past experiences as they have given me a seriously broad array of relatable world-life exposure with the ability to see views in empathy and understanding when needed and with a most diverse range of human experiences…because I lived it. I can now dance and sing in that joy!
I never lost the love of dance or music, it’s hardwired in my DNA…it had just been a lower priority-well, Silhouettes…that all stops today!
Thank You Jill 2.0 for reminding us…me to start each and every day with dancing and singing…what a gift you have blessed me with!
*No kidding as I wrap this message up the song playing now is The Dance by Janie Becker | Forever Friends album…perfectly perfect!*
If I may…Don’t wait for the morning…go dance now, even if it’s in your head and heart.
Turn on the tunes to a favorite song in this moment…sing and dance, release it all to embrace life…now!
XO,
Amber
