Today we’d like to introduce you to Marissa Jean
Hi Marissa, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
Ever since I was a little girl, I have remembered/been present in what it is like to witness my own story/purpose of existence.
I have always been ‘awake’ to being me. I have felt every part of it. Even if there are things I don’t remember, I do know what it felt like to be me. To be different, whether that was liked or not… accepted or not… loved or not. The way I needed to be.
I discovered that my purpose was to remind others of themselves, as well. To wake them up to feeling again. I could always bring that out of others. It’s a magic power I have and discovered within myself, and I use it all the time nowadays because it heals my neighbors, and it reminds them to do it themself. To use their unique gift/power purpose for existing.
I do that all through connecting with the people around me… and in a career path, storytelling.
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
The guilt that family structure and ties accidentally place on you when you need to leave them behind.
To go after something so rare to happen FOR you, even if it is meant to be, it takes a certain level of selfishness that others won’t understand… fully. Even if they say they do. The focus you need on yourself, has only room for a concrete support system.
Not everyone gets that.
Finances are always hard going after a dream as well. For anyone.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I grew up needing a lot of attention. And when I felt I wasn’t getting enough, I would express it through performance because I knew I would be enough in that world and loved for it. Very Marilyn Monroe symbolism. Haha! So even if it was in my living room putting on a dance show or concert, eyes were on me… I was taking the attention from the ones I needed that affectionate love from. It substituted.
Because I enjoyed that feeling of performance, I never wanted to stop doing it. A lot comes with that realization. A lot will try to constantly fight you against it. After all, the greatest desires in life take fighting for it, and then fighting to keep it. They have to coexist. You cannot have one without the other. I am just really glad I get up every day to feel that happiness I have worked so hard to get and keep, no matter what comes my way. And still, I know something will try to sway me away. But it will lose.
That’s what sets me apart. I have a determination and stubbornness that even the biggest enemy wouldn’t want to face. Ha, but they’ll doubt my will and try anyway.
Professionally, I started in musical theatre and expanded my ability to tv/film. I realized early in my profession that I wasn’t doing it for me anymore. My purpose is to serve in this way. People would come up to me after seeing me perform, and want to share. They shared how I helped them, and it was wonderful to know that something I not only loved doing, but was good at, helped people.
We’d be interested to hear your thoughts on luck and what role, if any, you feel it’s played for you?
I don’t believe in luck, but I do believe in destiny. I think we all have a divine purpose. And that we are supposed to connect, not necessarily attach to one another.
I am still deciding whether or not I believe that everyone reaches their destiny, or is everything that happens is what’s meant to be… until it isn’t?
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.marissajeanofficial.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marissajeanofficial
- Other: Crown North Talent Agency
