Meet Brianna Young

We recently connected with Brianna Young and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Brianna, appreciate you sitting with us today to share your wisdom with our readers. So, let’s start with resilience – where do you get your resilience from?

I sat down with this question and thought, “Wow, where do I start?!” Resilience, for me, was built over time through many moments—starting in childhood. I grew up in a chaotic but fun and creative family of six. As the oldest of three younger brothers, I took on a motherly role early on, especially after my family lost our business and home. I remember starting all sorts of side ventures as a kid—lemonade stands, handmade crafts, and eventually a babysitting business at eleven. Those small businesses meant I didn’t have to ask my parents for anything while they were figuring out finances, and sometimes I’d even sneak $20s into the pockets of their clean laundry.

That sense of independence has stayed with me. Knowing I had only myself to rely on—and big dreams I wanted to chase—made me work incredibly hard, often to the point of burnout. Burnout—a word I know all too well, especially now as a woman recently diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. Learning this about myself brought clarity, comfort, and even confidence. I’ve spent a lot of time understanding how I operate, and I’ve come to see that without ADHD and dyslexia, I might never have explored such a wide range of creative and professional paths. Facing myself, and learning to navigate a world built for neurotypicals, has given me resilience in ways I didn’t even realize.

Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?

I’m a Los Angeles–based multidisciplinary artist, and as someone with ADHD and dyslexia, “multidisciplinary” holds a lot of meaning for me. Since childhood, I’ve been full of ideas and endlessly curious. I loved performing, making things, helping others, and dreaming up new business ideas. When I was around eleven, I spotted a beautiful plot of land at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado for sale. I remember jotting down the number on the sign and calling to inquire, despite having only the savings of a babysitting eleven-year-old.

Beyond my big ideas, performing was my passion. My dad even built me a stage with a drawstring curtain so I could host neighborhood shows. I would write scripts, cast the neighborhood kids, and organize full productions for their parents to attend. Looking back, my love for creating, organizing, and performing, paired with my ability to hyperfocus because of ADHD (undiagnosed at the time), was like a superpower. It still is today.

My latest project, Unus Mundus, feels like all of my passions joining forces. I collaborated with the incredibly skilled composer and mixer Da Shen, known as DiipSilence on streaming platforms. We’ve worked on several projects together, and our process is always organic and synchronistic, we just get each other. As a vocalist and songwriter with dyslexia, partnering with a music and math genius like Da Shen allowed me to focus on vocals and film direction while she handled composition and mixing, taking the technical frustrations out of the equation.

The music came first. We’re both passionate about Jungian psychology and wanted the piece to explore Jung’s ideas on shadow work, individuation, and the collective unconscious. We spent days in the studio visualizing, recording vocals, and capturing sounds like banging on a cast-iron pan, field recordings of rain, and even dogs barking outside. Da Shen wove those fragments into a composition full of emotion, surprising genre shifts, and storytelling without words, because sometimes words aren’t enough. She even manipulated my vocals and sound notes into actual melodies within the song, blurring the line between voice and instrument. We both felt the world needs a universal language right now, one that connects through feeling.

As the song evolved, the visual concept crystallized. The film became an exploration of Jung’s theories, the balance between our inner and outer worlds, both personal and collective. Like many of my ideas, it felt ambitious and unrealistic at first, but I was determined to bring it to life. Soon, a small team of friends and creatives volunteered their time and equipment to help make it happen.

Bringing Unus Mundus to completion was both surreal and deeply fulfilling. The project has already screened at film festivals and won the Audience Award for Music Video at the Awareness Film Festival in Los Angeles. I’m endlessly grateful to my brilliant, committed team, and honestly, to my ADHD and dyslexia, which continue to fuel my creativity and out-of-the-box approach to artmaking.

Unus Mundus, Latin for “one world,” represents the Jungian concept of unity between the conscious and unconscious mind. The project invites viewers to reflect on the balance between inner and outer worlds, encouraging a collective sense of awareness and transformation through sound and movement. You can find Unus Mundus on YouTube, and immerse yourself in a sensory exploration of shadow and light, self and collective.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

Looking inward – Learn to face everything about yourself, especially the parts you’re afraid to confront. This is a lifelong journey, one that deepens the more you practice it. I highly recommend The Undiscovered Self by Carl Jung for anyone interested in exploring their inner world.

Self-acceptance – Once you’ve faced yourself, challenged your negative qualities, and made a real effort to understand your “shadow side,” allow yourself to accept who you are and be proud of that person. Growth doesn’t mean perfection, it means embracing your whole self.

Honesty – With yourself and with others. Radical honesty opens the door to true connection and freedom. A great book on this is Radical Honesty by Brad Blanton.

I believe these three things are universal, no matter who you are or what your passion is. My advice is to jump in and go for it. When you practice looking inward, self-acceptance, and honesty, determination and belief in your dreams come naturally, and doors begin to open in ways you might never expect.

How can folks who want to work with you connect?

Yes! I am always looking for new people to collaborate with. As a creative, I truly believe the more minds involved, the better the magic. Da Shen and I are planning to create more music and art videos in the future, and we’d love to connect with people in the film world, especially anyone working in SFX. Our next concept is still in its early stages, so I’m excited to hear from anyone who feels inspired by Unus Mundus and wants to contribute creatively. Dancers, hair and makeup artists, costume designers, movement artists, visual storytellers, and anyone who feels called to be part of something experimental and heartfelt, please reach out to me on Instagram @briannayoungart or through email at [email protected]

Contact Info:

• Website: https://briannayoungart.com
• Instagram: @briannayoungart
• Youtube: @briannayoungart
• Other: Spotify: BRIANNA YOUNG and DiipSilence

Image Credits

Unus Mundus Stills: Ozum Oben Sendil