98. Childhood Dreams Don't Expire | Becoming a Professional Actress w/ Eva Gagnon

Episode Notes:✨ Waitlist for 2027 ImmersionsWhat if the dream you’re being called back to has been waiting for you since childhood?In this guest episode, Emily talks with Eva Gagnon about returning to a childhood dream of professional acting after decades away. What began as a quiet love for performance in childhood — and later became a theater major in college — was eventually set aside as life unfolded through graduate school, marriage, motherhood, and a meaningful career as a therapist and coach. But the dream never disappeared. It simply waited for the right season to return.Eva shares how growing up in an immigrant family shaped her beliefs around stability, safety, and what felt possible, and how those inherited survival strategies impacted her nervous system, her self-worth, and her ability to receive the dream she had always desired. Together, she and Emily explore what it means to trust the timing of your life, to stop measuring success by outcome alone, and to realize that sometimes doing the thing is already the win.They also talk about the unexpected way this dream came back through Eva’s daughter, and how supporting her child’s acting journey became the portal back into her own. This is a conversation about visibility, fear of failure, motherhood, self-trust, joy, and the possibility of building a life that can hold both stability and dreams.Eva's Coaching WebsiteActing IGCONNECT WITH EMILY: Have questions or topics you'd like to hear about? Reach out and connect!SubstackInstagramLuxury Immersions: @finallydothethingEPISODE SPONSORS:DESCRIPT: Get 50% off your first 2 monthsLMNT: Get a free sample packKION: Get 10% off✨ Waitlist for 2027 Immersions This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit curiosityrising.substack.com/subscribe