Today we’d like to introduce you to Angela Grillo.
Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
My initiation into dreamwork was in my mid-twenties during some pretty big transitions in my life. Ending of a relationship and searching for a new place to live. It would be the first time living alone in my adulthood in Los Angeles. I’m from Michigan and moved to California years prior to study Acting at the California Institute of the Arts. This was a time of great change leading into my Saturn return. If you follow astrology, this is a period when you discover and find your purpose and direction in life.
So I had a beautiful dream of an open space with floor to ceiling windows and a lot of light coming in. It felt like an apartment and at the same time, a dance studio. I shared the dream with my friend Ruth, who said to me, “You have to meet Etja, she’s a dream worker! We are meeting at her house for a writing workshop, why don’t you come?” Never having heard of a dream worker before, I was very intrigued and went to meet her. That night changed my life.
Etja Ruth had been working for many years with dreams and Embodied Imagination (Robert Bosnak technique for working with dreams). We immediately had a connection. She intuitively knew things about me and I was fascinated by her. After sharing my dream with her, she asked if I would like to barter dream work for helping her develop and directing a play of her life story. That began my journey into dreams and becoming a Dream Reader & Intuitive Coach. I also found a studio apartment in Korea Town, which looked and felt like the one from my dream.
Etja, myself, and another collaborator, Susan Joseph, worked together for the next 7 years on various productions of “Box, Window, Door”. This deepened my self-study and personal growth as I built my relationship to my dreams. It turned out to be an intense training ground for becoming a dream worker. Then, I went to graduate school with the intention of using my dreams to create my own Theatre-Performance projects, which I did and yet, it led me to becoming a coach and building my own business.
I am an artist and dreamer forever. As I follow the wisdom of my dreams, new paths and opportunities consistently present themselves. I’m always listening and honor the dreams as they come.
I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle free, but so far would you say the journey has been a fairly smooth road?
It is smooth when I’m in collaboration with others and we’re on the same path.
I think the hardest part is turning the sacred into a business. If I could teach yoga, give dream readings and just talk with people vs. “coaching” in order to make a living — I would. What I consistently see as a dream reader and business coach is the struggle of making money doing what we love and know is our purpose in life.
I always have a hard time deciding how much to charge, knowing my worth and value, and then asking another person in my position to pay for it. Living in a capitalist society as an artist and humanitarian would have to be my biggest struggle. The fight to create change and raise feminine consciousness in our world is a heavy burden.
Great, so let’s talk business. Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
What I feel is most unique about my work as an Intuitive Business Coach and Dream Reader is that it looks extremely different for everyone. The guidance a client receives comes from their personal dreams and unconscious. This unknown soul path is a mystery to both of us as we begin working together. The journey often takes curious turns, major shifts happen when you begin to do the work. I see the real offering as learning to develop and deepen a new relationship with oneself. My sacred counsel holds the intimate space for you to listen within, to hear what your soul and spirit are longing for, and then reflecting that back to you. My support always teaches you to ask the right questions as you’re working with a dream or anything in your life really. Through the many different forms of embodiment practices, techniques and prompts, you begin to create new ways of being and discover outlets to express oneself. This all comes from your personal place of power and purpose. This is a lifelong skill set for growth and transformation no matter what you might be going through.
Exploration of your inner landscape supports healing old wounds, transforming limiting beliefs, and will often reflect your relationship with the collective or your larger purpose on the planet. I believe that individual, personal and spiritual work is the first step towards creating any change in our world, and we need the support to do it. That’s my purpose, to help others see what their soul purpose is.
Can you share something surprising about yourself?
Hmmm…. that I have four cats, but that may not seem too surprising. Maybe that I was a nanny for ten years and my first children’s book is almost finished!
Contact Info:
- Website: https://angelagrillo.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dreamsrewild/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/angelagrillocoaching/
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelagrillo
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@angelagrillo7699/featured
- Other: https://talkshop.live/channels/dreamsrewild
