Meet Brooke Weirick

We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Brooke Weirick a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Brooke, so good to have you with us today. We’ve always been impressed with folks who have a very clear sense of purpose and so maybe we can jump right in and talk about how you found your purpose?

As most can likely relate, for years I struggled with “finding my purpose” in life. The world (and all of its in your face, “be all that you can be…but you’re never really there” marketing) had me believing it had to be hard [almost impossible] to achieve, look impressive, and come at some sort of high cost. I see this conditioning starting as early as childhood when the dreaming up what job could have someday becomes an identity that has to shape every class you take, the clothes you wear, the friend circles you run in and how your parents see you. How exhausting and down right limiting! Thankfully, as a Christian, God stepped in one day and reminded me that my purpose isn’t even found in what I do but more so in who I am. Biblically, I have a purpose to live out a mission He set for me in living my life to honor Him and love people around me as He does. But there is also purpose in everything from gifts/talents He has given me to ways He designed my personality or likes/ dislikes. I am an introverted singer with an active social life. I carry deep empathy and love for people but also need my alone time at home with a good tv series. I prefer deep conversation with true emotion over small talk with guarded, half hearted sentences. I can sing in front of millions of people and not experience an ounce of nerves but put me in a room in front of 3 people and I can clam up. LOL. I used to judge and compare myself because of some standard or expectation I felt the world needed me to uphold/ measure up to…but the more I have worked and sat with people who have by the same standard “made it” in their “purpose” the more I’ve realized it’s all kind of an illusion. If I am using my talents, giftings, personality, heart, preferences, etc. to love others (AND even myself) then I believe I have not only found but accomplished my purpose because every other accomplishment will be the icing on the “purpose” cake instead of being the determining factor of how well I value myself and others. 🙂

Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?

I am a vocalist, voiceover artist and performer/actor with a passion for using my creativity to benefit others.

I have performed on network TV shows, sung for major public figures and in front of thousands of people, wrote/released and performed original songs, recently sang for one of my biggest dream companies and I still care just as much about singing on my worship team at church and singing at a dive bar karaoke with close friends.

I am excited to soon be taking on even more roles in the entertainment world (and getting my services offered on website!) but as my story has hopefully illustrated, I want to be very clear on my purpose: I do what I do to create with and love on people.

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?

My faith has truly been the biggest compass in my entire journey so to others I would say, find what means the most to you and allow that to shape everything else. My faith allows me to have a soft heart, a strong set of morals and a desire for excellence to honor and use the gifts (and time) I have been given. Before I let me faith really shapely life in this way I tried everything and went everywhere the wind blew me which I feel can rob you of the time and fruit that could have come from being more solid on this. But shame is also not a friend 🙂

All the wisdom you’ve shared today is sincerely appreciated. Before we go, can you tell us about the main challenge you are currently facing?

The number one obstacle that tries to take me down daily is fear. Fear of failure. Fear of risk. Fear of experiences. Fear of Fear. It gets so overwhelming if we let it. And yes there is something to be said about a healthy dose of fear in terms of caution so we don’t go all willy-nilly. But the best way I have found to resolve or overcome this obstacle has been to remind myself of how I have overcome fear in the past. Y’all at one point I was in a mental hospital on suicide watch because I had let fear convince me so deeply that the only way to go on in this crazy, evil, expensive life was to not. But Jesus came in and literally renewed my vision and somehow swept away the crippling fear and allowed me to see it for what it was: a bunch of what-ifs that looked big and scary until I knew who I was (and as a believer, Whose I was.) We don’t have to give into fear. and the more we are able to “do it anyway” or tell the fear “no”, then the more we build our history we can look back on to remember and stand on in the future.

Practically, I have a board in my room of all the times I’ve experienced moving past fear and experiences a breakthrough (whether through my own doing or God’s) because I found the more I am able to recall and remind myself of those ACTUAL experiences, the easier it gets to say no to the current fear.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.brookeweirick.com – coming soon!
• Instagram: brookeweirick
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8MDm3HnBt8

Image Credits

1st photo (pink background): Adam Polder
2nd photo (illustration): Jimmy Pereira
3rd photo (blue belle costume): Ben Steinbacher