We were lucky to catch up with Mr.Woodz recently and have shared our conversation below.

Mr.Woodz, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Can you tell us about a time that your work has been misunderstood? Why do you think it happened and did any interesting insights emerge from the experience?

Hello Everyone This is Mr.Woodz coming to share some of my story and how have learn to heal and grieve the best way which is the right way. Also share how to create healthy boundaries in unselfish ways to protect your peace and mental health.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

For folks that you do not know who I am and where I am from. I am a heart-to-heart Texas boy raised by a single mother of 5 who taught me so much. I have been dancing since I was about 4 years old. I was able to be part of one this most innovative dance group to every come out of the city of Killeen. We did go by the name of Flexx Entertainment, and we were managed by the legendary first female MC of the Hip-hop culture the one and only MC ShaRock and she along with my mother help me to step into my own has a leader in dance and understanding how to also tell your own story with truth and integrity. I was able to travel to many places as a teen to perform and really change after my dream. In the era that I was raised in being a male dancer was look at as a weakness or something that was least than as man. As we fast forward to the present-day age Dancing is something that has brought some many great creative to the public vis social media platforms. There is a space for everyone showcase their true talent with purpose. At the age of 41 I am so blessed to be able to have a safe happy place to be freedom and are release reset and create on a deeper level through dancing

MrWoodz as a brand is someone who goes at my own space and time. I have learned over the years to run my own race and what is for me is for me on God’s Timing. I am working to keep that space and tell my journey and growing to help others that I have similar stories.

Is there mission driving your creative journey?

My Goal and mission have always to showcase self-love through dance. I lost my mother in December of 2022 and that really made me move into a space to truly look at my “Why” and my “Purpose” of my dancing. I would have never ever thought that I would look up and around and my biggest supporter, my biggest motivator, my greatest inspiration, MY MOM would not be here in physical form to watch me keep growing into the best human being God has blessed me to be.

Over these past few months, I truly have put my trust in God, and he is guiding my every steps along with my mother’s great spirit right here with me. This is helping me not to give up or feel like I am not good enough to make my stamp in this creative world and make a true impact. Losing someone can take on so many different rollercoasters of emotions and I have learned to take those hard times and find my own beat and let it led me to be the best dancer I can be. I have learned how to connect the words with each beat of a song to tell many beautiful stories of dance pieces. This is all part of my healing and grieving process to make me stronger.

We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?

One of the biggest lessons that I have had to unlearn for my own self lately is my timing and journey is going to be different from others and I am truly at peace with that. I have learned that age is nothing, but a number and I am just as good as 15 years old to a 20 something person to anyone I am great in my own right. When I was growing up one of my biggest challenges I had as a dancer was not be able to see that everyone is not going to love you and your style and I use to be so insecure because I felt like I was not truly seen, and it would cause to me to always hide and not show my talents for many many years. I skipped many opportunities to please other people and that is the biggest no no. People will use manipulation with insult to cause you lost sight of your true self. I will stay on this until the end of time God wrote my story and knows my name with confidence and there is nothing anyone can tell to stop what he has for me. So never stop because he is going to bless in his own timing.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: mrwoodzofficial
• Facebook: Steven Cortez Woods-Gray / MrWoodz Page
• Linkedin: Steven Cortez Woods-Gray
• Twitter: Mrwoodz7
• Youtube: Mrwoodzofficial
• Other: Tiktok: Mrwoodzofficial

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