Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Dominique “Dolly” Hagler. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Dolly, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Let’s jump right into how you came up with the idea?
The arts had always been a part of my life whether it be dancing, acting, modeling, or writing, I was doing it. I moved to Georgia in 2013, and at that time I started taking acting and modeling more seriously. After being in a few movies, I found that I was highly interested in writing my own short film, so I started writing Dating A’mari. As the years went on, I continued my focus on acting and modeling and stop writing altogether (outside of journaling) until 2019 after having my daughter. I had a traumatizing relationship which led to a massive breakup. The pain was unexplainable. I was now a single mother trying to understand motherhood, regain myself and trying to figure out life as it was. I realized that I had to heal not only for myself but for my daughter as well, the healing didn’t start there. January 2021, I lost my grandmother Evelyn to COVID and then came March 2021, I lost my grandfather the Marvelous Marvin Hagler. My favorite quote is from one of my favorite movies Forrest Gump, “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get’.
At this moment, it seemed like life was suffocating me and felt like I was completely losing it, so I went back to what I knew helped me through my life, writing. I went through some of my old boxes and rediscovered “Dating A’mari” that I had begun writing in 2013 and I started there. After dumping all my grief, sadness, pain, and memories from the last three years of my life in my notes, I had now completed a full script. After writing the last sentence of it, I knew my now angels were smiling down on me and proud. I felt an instant release from the shackles of hurt and pain that had been weighing me down and I was no longer my past. The healing was in full effect. Dating A”mari which is now on YouTube, is extremely comedic however, I walk my viewers through my healing process in almost every episode whether I am journaling or meditating , I am doing it. After releasing the first season of Dating A’Mari, I decided that I wanted to construct a healing journal for HER and I am proud to say it is now on Amazon titled “Healing HER’
Healing is messy and dark but it’s a beautiful disaster, don’t stop. You are a diamond and without the pressure, you cannot be.
For those moments in which I was angry at GOD for allowing someone to break me to my lowest, for taking away 2 of the people that I loved the most, and for giving me child to raise by myself, I can see now and be thankful for what he was doing. I realize now that it was all preparation for this chapter and the coming chapters of my life.
Today I can proudly say I love every trial and tribulation I had to face because I not only have a testimony for yourself, but I am healing others to prepare them for their own. Who knew out of all of this would come HER healing classes which will be open to new healees on January 5, 2023, my own production company “Dolly Vision Entertainment”, a Webseries, and book? Look at God! Won’t he do it!
I am HER, the healing HER.
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 background and context?
The arts have always been a part of my life but it took some real dark times to bring me to my purpose in life and I truly believe it is helping people heal themselves to be the best version they can be.
I have constructed a Her Healing program which will launch on January 5, 2023, for new healees where we will construct a personalized a 6-week healing journey for you that focuses on that one part of you that you are looking to really heal and progress from. Being able to offer this program make me extremely proud because I know that it works! I have used it for myself and my beta clients. I am genuine and my intentions are pure when working with others and I truly believe that is what sets me aside from others. I do this because it is truly a part of my purpose NOT because it’s a new trend on TikTok.
We’d love to hear the story of how you built up your social media audience?
I love this question! My best advise is don’t think about it too much! You go viral when you put less thought into. I have videos that I have spent so much time on that didn’t even reach 100 views but then I have video where I just did a voiceover and BOOM! Over 700K views. Less is more, be you, and get creative.
What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?
The most rewarding part about being a creative is I get to be as crazy and as out of the box as I want. To be CREATIVE, you have to allow your imagination to run wild.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.dollyve.com
- Instagram: _dollysaidit
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DOLLYHAGLER
Image Credits
Angela Kearney Photography and Artistic Photos Atl LLC