You don’t have to be just one thing.

Each leaf represents a facet of who I am.

For the longest time, I would lament that I was a ‘Jack of all trades’ and just wished I could just do one thing.

Have you ever felt like that? Like you express yourself in lots of ways, rather than one?

There is no one like you. No one who has had your collective life experience and inner world. So naturally, what you express out of your heart is going to be unique to you.

You don’t have to be just one thing. I would say most people have multiple expressions that are all connected in some way.

For me, the glue in my expressions is connection. My heart is full when I see people connected. Equally, my heart is broken when there is disconnection. I feel very deeply both sides of the spectrum. So my dreams are always circling around connection for myself and others.

A piece of encouragement I received a few years ago regarding what I was doing was ‘Allow the current to take you’. At the time I had no idea that the current would be taking me in a different direction than I had planned. Art was never part of the plan. I had no plans to start a business. I had no plans to change my job. But I guess this is what allowing the current to take you looks like. It looks like the unknown. It sounds like a small voice that says ‘It’s time’. This can be scary, but also exciting, because you realise there’s more in you to give.

Grace Worth Courage started off as a platform to express my growth as an artist. I said many times to myself that I wasn’t looking to become a professional artist as my sole career.

In 2020, when my friend and I were discussing the design of my logo (above), it became clear that the leaves not only represented the growth journey, but each one of the leaves represented a facet of Grace Worth Courage.

For the last 18 months, it has been expressed through art. But now, it will also be through vocal coaching. And I feel in my heart there is more to come.

I’m learning and growing and changing, and you’re with me on this journey, witnessing what it looks like to jump off the edge and have a go.

You don’t have to be one thing to be successful.

I sung part of this song on my Instagram recently because it struck a chord with me a few years ago:

‘You want this amazing life,
But you can't decide
You think you have to be fully formed already
Don't you?
You want an amazing life,
But you can't decide
You don't have to be just one thing-
But you have to start with something.’’

‘Amazing Life’ - Clare Bowditch

Love to hear if this resonates with you, or if I can help you in anyway, send me an email at hello@graceworthcourage.com or DM me on Instagram @graceworthcourage.

Peace & Love,

Elissa