Mariah Cox shared their story and experiences with us recently and you can find our conversation below.
Hi Mariah , thank you for taking the time to reflect back on your journey with us. I think our readers are in for a real treat. There is so much we can all learn from each other and so thank you again for opening up with us. Let’s get into it: What are you being called to do now, that you may have been afraid of before?
Its crazy that this question came up because I’ve been wanting to tune into my spirituality more and have thought about offering readings in my business for a while but just wasn’t too sure and afraid.
I actually did a rebrand recently after reflecting and going back to square one and realizing that I’ve been wanting to incorporate spirituality and magic all along.
Im finally embodying who I am as an individual and what I want my business to be.
My rebrand embodies the magical being that I am and I am finally sharing my spirituality and my true self, and offering tarot reading mood boards in my business.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
Hello Im Mariah and I am your whimsical graphic designer.
I always knew that art and design were made for me and the moment I discovered graphic design I knew it was my purpose in life.
I want nothing more than to share my passion and help like minded people thrive in their passion.
My dream has always been to work with spiritual and creative people that love their passion as much as I do.
I have grown and evolved so much in business and really honing in on what I love to do most, which is design, photography, and spirituality.
I would love nothing more than to change the world with art.
Appreciate your sharing that. Let’s talk about your life, growing up and some of topics and learnings around that. What relationship most shaped how you see yourself?
Its really wild how much my eyes have opened ever since I met my best friend, my husband.
For the longest time I thought I deserved nothing good and that I always deserved to be treated poorly.
I had bad relationships all around and did not care about myself or how I was treated.
The moment I met my husband (we were friends first before anything) and he showed me what its like to be treated right and that it didn’t have to be the way it was.
I was like wow this is what its like to be treated right?
Once I realized that, I learned to love myself, and I realized that I was being treated terribly by friends, boyfriends, and family.
That changed real quick because once my eyes opened I left my terrible relationship and over time ended up with my husband, cut cruddy friends out of my life, and stop letting family and really anyone treat me terribly.
I started setting boundaries and my life changed so much for the better.
I have grown so much as a person since and learned how to love myself and its crazy to say that I dont hate myself anymore and that I actually care about myself and how im treated.
Was there ever a time you almost gave up?
Im not gonna lie there have been many times I’ve thought about giving up.
Its hard trying to run a small business as an artist and a perfectionist.
There are many times when I think, why am I not doing my business full time or even part time?
Its like you put all this effort in and you want it so bad yet you’re still not where you want to be.
There are many times I’ve wanted to give up but I literally dont have it in me.
I literally and physically do not have it in me to give up.
I dont care if im at zero percent I literally can’t give up because this is what I was meant to do. This is my purpose. I can’t see my life without graphic design. I just can’t.
Sometimes it gets hard but I know that if I stay consistent and never give up I will get to where I want to be, and I’ve had progress, just slow progress thats hard to see sometimes. But slow progress is better than no progress.
Sure, so let’s go deeper into your values and how you think. What would your closest friends say really matters to you?
Anyone that knows me knows that art is everything to me.
When I say art I mean all kinds of art, whether it’s music, theater, or any form of art.
In school I was always in something that had to do with the arts. I was in band, drama club, and graphic design.
Music has always meant so much to me and its always been my dream to work with musicians.
Out of the three arts that I had interest in, graphic design was my calling. The first day I took a graphic design class in high school I just knew it was for me. It just felt like this is my purpose and I’ve wanted nothing more than to change the world and change people’s lives with art and design.
I want to make a difference in this world and art is my mark.
Okay, we’ve made it essentially to the end. One last question before you go. When do you feel most at peace?
I feel the most at peace when I am comfortable at home with my husband and my puppies.
It sounds simple but being surrounded by the ones I love the most and playing a comfort game or watching a comfort movie is when I feel the most at peace.
After a long day of work, the moment I come home and see my puppies all of the pain and stress just goes away.
My dogs and my husband mean so much to me, they are my entire world.
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