I fly around the world interviewing entrepreneurs (with 300 interviews to date), holding journal workshops, running online businesses and even training as a samurai. ✈️
However, building the life of meaning, adventure and great zeal didn't come easily...
Back in 2012 I had just graduated from one of the most prestigious drama schools in the English-speaking world and was directing my first international show. 🎬
Despite my success 'on paper', I collapsed right before my first major press conference as a theatre director.
It was as if my nervous system was shutting down and the only emotional state was anxiety. Constantly. 24/7.
This is when I realised that my past was taking the better of me: growing up with an abusive parent, experiencing intense bullying at school and enduring a rare bone disease as a newborn hadn't gone anywhere.
I was shocked to suddenly see that every decision - even my greatest achievements until then - had been driven by repressed trauma, fear and pain.
Right after the press conference, I vowed to quit a career in theatre and use my story-telling skills to examine, heal and rewrite my own story. 🙌
In retrospect, I see that this was the very beginning of the Growth Journal method.
For the next couple of years, I was writing out my whole life - as blog posts, stories, letters, short stories, messages and notes.
Determined to heal the pain, I was capturing every memory, thought pattern and significant dialogue...
💭 Thought after thought
💥 Emotion after emotion
✍️ Story after story
I witnessed my perception of reality and my own life shift.
Soon after, I ended up moving to Bali, Indonesia, building my first online business and running journaling workshops.
This then launched me into travelling the world as a brand storyteller, journaling mentor and an avid life explorer. 🌍
And I am convinced that I wouldn't have got to where I am today if I hadn't worked through my life's narrative so methodically.
Whatever you are going through right now - I hope that through joining the Growth Journal membership, you will not only find comfort and community but also practical tools and frameworks to rewrite your story.
✍️ www.dariuslukas.academy/the-growth-journal-membership
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