Success can look like having many gifts, many titles and many open doors.

But what does it look like when God asks you to move before you fully understand the plan?

In Episode 2 of Season 2, I sit down with Patricia Olufemi, also known as NC, for a deeply honest conversation about faith, creativity, obedience, grief, community and what it means to live as a multi-hyphenated child of God.

We talk about music, voice acting, working in tech, moving seasons, starting small, losing her mum, building community, and learning how to keep trusting God when life does not unfold the way you prayed it would.

Patricia opens up about:

• Moving from Ireland to the UK in obedience

• Building a creative life without losing herself

• Starting voice acting under a duvet and in an IKEA cupboard

• Why creatives need to understand the business side

• The cost of being multi-hyphenated

• Grieving her mum while still carrying responsibility

• The power of community, church and honest prayer

• Why this season requires prophetic precision

This episode is for anyone who feels called to more than one thing, anyone navigating grief, and anyone trying to trust God in a season they did not plan.

Follow Patricia Olufemi:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patriciaolufemi

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ncgrey

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ncgrey

Website: https://stan.store/vocalgoldmine

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:43 Welcome to Patricia Olufemi

01:21 Coming back from America and the meaning of home

02:04 Building community as adults

03:08 Being a multi-hyphenated child of God

04:33 Moving with God in different seasons

06:02 Mourning the life you thought you would have

06:48 Leaving Google and moving in obedience

09:06 The cost of doing many things well

10:31 What could life look like with fewer talents?

12:16 The personal sacrifices behind creativity

14:43 How music first began

16:05 Discovering voice acting during lockdown

18:36 Opening your mind to how God can use your gift

19:23 When one door closes, look around

20:20 Unlearning the need to control the plan

22:17 Starting small in voice acting

23:13 Recording under a duvet

25:04 Voice acting with a stutter

26:25 Resourcefulness and humble beginnings

27:48 Charging less to learn and build experience

30:01 What voice acting gave her that music could not

30:54 Why music can be heartbreaking

32:43 The financial cost of making music

34:38 Being a multi-hyphenated woman

36:50 Staying grounded when life pulls you in many directions

37:32 Losing her mum and moving through grief

38:04 How grief reshaped her understanding of community

40:59 You cannot build community only when you need it

42:10 Learning she cannot do everything alone

44:21 Being honest about grief instead of burying it

47:09 Processing loss as a Christian

48:27 Why stepping away from God was not an option

49:26 What God actually promised

50:51 Holding grief and hope together

55:20 Grieving while still carrying responsibility

56:12 Why workplace grief policies need to change

59:24 Protecting herself in this next chapter

01:01:48 What this season of her journey requires

01:02:01 Prophetic precision

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