Expanded x Ep. 59: Finding Joy Exactly Where You Are with Garance Doré
“I think what we should do in life is learn, life is not a postcard. It’s about learning to enjoy what we have when we have it.”
Today’s guest is a self-started entrepreneur and truly free spirit. Garance Doré is a Corsican native, and she’s on the show to share a vulnerable and honest reflection about being single & 40, and the journey she’s taken to get where she is today. We talk about what it means to pivot your career each time your soul craves it, and navigating life with grace, humility, and openness. Garance is a wonderful expander for any woman who wants to walk fearlessly to the beat of their own drum, and how magical it is to be right where you are.
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In This Episode We Talk About:
The incredibly important job of parenting
Highlights from Lacy’s weekend away at the Retreat House
Upcoming trip to the Highlands
Garance’s cultural upbringing in Corsica
The traits of her mother and father that influenced her childhood
Garance’s Taurus sun and Virgo rising
Her artistic (visual and musical) background as a way to communicate and connect
The dichotomy of wanting children to be artistic but not for a career
The struggle of carving our own path but wanting to please others (especially parents)
The struggle of deciding what we want to do in our 20’s
Garance’s journey during her early 20’s to get to the starting point of her career
Some of Garance’s odd jobs that help put her through her studies
Struggle with anxiety and depression during these explorative years
At age 27, Garance pivoted to be an illustrator; after a year she wasn’t successful, but she was happy
Listening to signs of interest and peace, embracing the feeling of knowing
Enmeshment with her mom’s sphere of influence and how that affected her work
Humility surrounding who we are and where we are
Her success came from wanting to prove her mom wrong
Garance’s will to push past her own boundaries
How we can consciously push ourselves out of our condition
How she pivoted from illustrating to her blog, and how that blog transformed
When she let go of illustrating to focus on writing, she got illustrating jobs
How Garance responded to the ping to change and decide on a new career path
Garance’s own first expanders
Her recent silent retreat experience
Unexpected epiphanies and how they appear for Garance; she has to really process them
Differences in social constructs between the US and France
How Garance found deep feelings of who she is as a person at a young age
Surface level insecurity versus deep level security and confidence
Learning to enjoy what we have when we have it; identifying the best way to live our lives at any age
Not worry about “what we are” or arriving somewhere, but focusing on moving in the right direction
The deeper you go, the more you realize that there are no rules, no time and space, and everything is personal experience
The bounty Garance has experienced being single and 40
The walls Garance has hit in dating, including infertility
The importance of sharing the truth of our experiences with other women
How her past relationship experiences have influenced her current thoughts on dating
Cultural differences in dating between the US and France
It is okay to be single and take time to be with yourself
Growing her business from being a solo blogger to building her team
Relationship with ourselves is the power center of our lives
How we manifest when we don’t know exactly what we want
One of the most important parts of developing her career was to prove to her mom she was worthy
Go with the flow in business — do your thing in the best way and don’t predict the future too much
Don’t be afraid of making mistakes in your creative process
Pressure in society to become an entrepreneur
Time is the ultimate currency, and there will never be enough
Take time to check in with yourself and process events around you
Garance’s 5 tools for self care: meditation, putting oil on her skin, just taking time to think and dream, talking with friends (community), journaling
The manifestations Garance is calling in are peace and happiness, beautiful times with family and friends
In her work, it’s the sense of being engaged in flow, wherever it comes from
Resources:
Instagram: @theforestretreathouse
Where to Find Garance:
Website: We Are Doré
Instagram: @dore
Instagram: @garancedore
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