Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Tiferet Cohen. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Tiferet, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today We’d love to hear the backstory behind a risk you’ve taken – whether big or small, walk us through what it was like and how it ultimately turned out.

I recently decided to quit my full time job to pursue my long time dream and become a full-time musician.
This dream was with me ever since I can remember, it took me quite some time to even start. after a few years working on my debut album and try and juggle everything along side working as a SW developer, I realized it’s too much and I can’t keep going like this. I was at the verge of a massive burnout and decided I’m finally at the point of being completely aware of what’s my purpose in this life was, what I came here to do, and I cannot go back from that. I decided to leave my day job (and the paycheque!) and go “all-in” for my dreams and music.
I still don’t know how it will turn out, but I feel good about this path and I can’t wait to see where it takes me.

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’m a singer/songwriter, combining the worlds I grew up in and the one I’m living today, worlds that not necessarily goes together. I grew up in a religious household, I lost my mom when I was 11, and my dad declared bankruptcy a little while after that. For the longest time I did what ever I could to deny my cultural roots but only after an in-depth journey with myself I was able to accept and love all parts of what makes me me, and that’s when I was finally ready to expose myself and my music to the world.
My life wasn’t the easiest, I’ve been through so much, and this dream of mine was set a side too many times. Only after I gave myself a sense of stability, which I was lacking most of the time, I was able to shake everything up again and take my life to the next level, just out of this urge not to compromise on life and to go all the way. I wanted to know that at the end of the road I could at least say that I tried, and this is what I stand for today and this is my agenda – it’s in our own hands to change our life around. Looking back on my life I found out I always did it without even knowing it and I think no one should ever compromise on anything just because of fear. Believe in yourselves and achieve anything. It’s in our hands.

Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?

My entire journey is one big resilience story, actually.
I left home when I was 18, always finding the next best job opportunity and study and I always followed my heart. Each step of my journey led me to where I am now.
Every time an opportunity presented itself I grabbed on to it and let it take me wherever. When I look back I see the exact decisions I made one after the other, each took me the next level exactly how it should have been. It doesn’t mean I didn’t work hard along the way, I worked very hard! But I never got stuck and always tried to find my next upgrade.

Looking back, are there any resources you wish you knew about earlier in your creative journey?

I wish I knew my self worth in an earlier stage of life.
I didn’t grow up in the most supportive atmosphere and without knowing it I let it get to me, never believing in myself, never thinking I’m worth it.
It took me a long time and an intense inner journey to figure it out and that what made me eventually make this life changing decision. I know that everything happens just as it should, so I feel very at peace with how everything turned out, I needed everything that happened to happen in order for me to evolve, but every now and then I ask myself how different would life be if I knew then what I know now.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://td.tiferetcohen.com/the-album
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tiferet__cohen/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tiferetcohenofficial/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TiferetCohen
• Other: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6TcLEWnvK3QGtxJuwMN2Pl

Image Credits

Niv Smitline
Saray Oz
Snap by Maya (Maya Erel)