My name is Justin and I am a musician and music teacher.
From an early age I was blessed with the gift of music. It has always been an expressive outlet for me. As a child I was also very imaginative and a natural entertainer.
But being different in some way was something that came with its costs, especially being a young queer person.
I experienced rejection and bullying at school and I simply didn’t know how to fit in. I became very quiet and didn’t speak up.
Later as a young adult, I struggled with insecurity, depression and anxiety, with a total disregard for academics throughout my school experience.
I managed to make friends when I joined school band and choir. I also joined local community theater.
These were organizations that celebrated the arts and had placed me within a solid community, where there were many interesting people of many diverse backgrounds, and there I had felt a natural sense of belonging.
Nevertheless, my depression continued to follow me after high school and I became self isolated.
Eventually, when I made an effort to connect with friends, I had gained a further sense of community, where I felt secure, I slowly began the process of ‘coming out’.
This shifted me into feeling authentically myself and more self-expressed.
The people close to me had now noticed me as a completely new person and yet I had felt more myself than ever.
When I then revealed myself to family and eventually to my parents, this further gave me a sense of support and feeling truly seen.
Since then, I have focused more on my musical passions and talents and this has helped me to feel aligned.
I have also been dedicated to not only implementing my own inner work and healing, but encouraging others to do so.
I am passionate about mental health advocacy, and I stand firmly behind the anti-bullying movement, as I understand the effects that resulting trauma can inflict on a person’s entire well-being.
I thoroughly enjoyed ‘The VIP Mindset Reset Online’! I resonated very much with the transformational teachings & tools that are shared in this course.
It has pushed me to do even more of my own inner work, and I feel that this is simple, yet important work that anyone can practice in their daily routine.
I am looking forward to serving youth who struggle as I once did, as a Miracle Mindset Mentor. I wish to co-create small communities (just like those who had helped me escape my own darkness) so that all can feel safe, seen, celebrated and supported!
I hope that my unique experience and insights I’ve gained over the years, may encourage & inspire LGBTQ youth to grow into the fullest expression of themselves, SO they can live their healthiest, best & most authentic lives!