A Question About Freedom and an Invitation

This past weekend, my 9-year-old daughter asked me a question that stopped me in my tracks.

She said,
“Mom, how do you become free? I really want to feel freedom. I wish I could rush into the future and grow up already so I can have freedom.”

I chuckled at her fantasy of adulthood = freedom.

And yet… I felt something in me resonate.

There is a part of me that also wants to rush into the future — to be someone I am not yet. More confident. More established. More fully expressed. More free.

I told her,
“Freedom is when whatever happens around us does not change how we feel inside in that moment.”

The more I reflected on it, the more I realized how true this feels in my own life.

I find freedom more and more often when I am:

• sitting with couples in deep therapeutic work

• guiding co-parents through painful transitions

• speaking or training professionals

• being a mother

But I am not fully free when I am a performer. Not yet.

And that is precisely why I am practicing it.

My Autobiographic Therapeutic Performance is my practice ground. Each time I step on stage — or allow my story to be witnessed through a recording — I meet the edges of vulnerability, visibility, and self-doubt. And each time, I expand a little.

Freedom, for me, is coming more often. Staying a little longer.

If you have seen my performance — live or recorded — I would love to stay connected.

Would you like to remain on my mailing list to receive updates about upcoming live performances and related events? If yes, simply reply “Yes” and I will make sure you are included.

If the performance touched you in any way, would you be willing to write a short testimonial? A few sentences about your experience would mean so much. My website is currently under construction, and your words will help others understand the spirit of this work.

Your witnessing has already been part of my journey toward freedom. Thank you for that.