We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Becci The Daydreaming Unicorn. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Becci below.

Becci, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Did you always know you wanted to pursue a creative or artistic career? When did you first know?

Looking back now I realize I had so much creativity and imagination deep in my soul, but I never knew it at the time. I grew up trauma based childhood and in turn I grew to attach to trauma related relationships. I grew up in Texas and moved away when I was about 26 ,married and with a 18 month old. I was happy to get out of Texas, although it was not the best relationship I was happy to get out of Texas and head to Seattle where I would stay for 26 years. I spent that time in abusive relationships, getting divorced , getting married, break ups, 2 more kids and lots of parties. It seemed the last 15 years with the one human I thought was my human apparently was NOT. I was devastated. I went through depression, anger, revenge and lots of self learning. I don’t know why but one New years eve I opened up Pinterest and decided I wanted to redo/ repaint a old dresser I had. It was my way of refreshing and starting fresh ,,, and THAT was the pivotal moment that changed my life path. I literally started painting everyday, it was like the flood gates opened and I couldn’t be stopped. I healed so much that I never partied or went out again. I started my now business as The daydreaming unicorn… and that was 8 years ago.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

I think previous question answered how I started , so I will use this to answer a few other questions. My next challenge after I started was I lost everything.. So remember I had the flood gates open and I couldn’t be stopped? Well, this snippet is from the last 3 years in Seattle. Picture this… I was in my prime .. working full time, making good money, and starting my Art career. I honestly wanted to do ART full time but financially I wasn’t there yet. Then, literally only about 6 months after my art discovery the company I worked 8 years for went out of business. Fast forward… I filed my unemployment wrong, I couldn’t sell enough repainted furniture or art fast enough to survive.. It was a long 3 year struggle …I lost my house , my car broke down and I found myself with my daughter and I skipping forward but we spent time living in our van. We decided to hit the road and head to California but again that was the time of Covid again fast forward we ended up in Texas…( NOT BY MY CHOICE) but that is where I am supposed to be.
I have NEVER let go of this dream , it is at the CORE of me… I love color and freedom to create.. NO matter the obstacles I still create! Now I focus on events, murals, paintings, I make all natural soaps, lip balms, skin salves and pet paw balms. I am most proud that I can achieve anything I want If I just try! And failure … I don’t care about that … Failure is only a open door to success!

Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?

I observe many artist or creatives that have so much fear. I feel like so many creatives listen to the outside worlds opinion . The thing with resilience is NO one can stop you if you feel it in your core. The hardships or struggles are only lessons, everything is teaching you. If you power through and just keep going then doors will open. The soul purpose is strong. My biggest part of my journey that shows resilience my myself and my daughter is the moment we lost our home with everything in it and had to live in the van, then traveled from Seattle to Texas and still had time to be creative and keep up on our social media . We used that time as a grand adventure and if I am being very transparent we never cried once…. I think I felt relief and free . So if it is what you love then feed your soul, that is happiness.

Have any books or other resources had a big impact on you?

I decided to answer this one because there are several humans I look to for motivation and inspiration, especially on days I feel down. 1 Gary Vaynerchuk (GaryVee) I follow him on ever social media account he has. He has always been my Go to when I needed a good ass kicking and motivation!
2 Mel Robbins
3 Tony Robbins
4 Abraham Hicks

When I need creative inspiration pinterest
When you want to learn a new skill Youtube

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Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.thedaydreamingunicorn.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_daydreaming_unicorn
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedaydreamingunicorn
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/daydreamingunicorn
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