TW: Dark, suicidal thoughts are discussed please listen when you feel you can.

Welcome to this super bonus episode……you are not ready!! This is a special conversation.

Miguel is a creative social entrepreneur and one of life’s absolute gems. He has created the most incredible community of dancers within the Liverpool City Region and has worked with some of the most famous artists in the world including Michael Jackson and Beyoncé. Miguel’s ‘MD’ brand of dancers has been the only group to ever reach the semi-finals of Britain’s Got Talent a staggering 3 times!

It is easy to look at Miguel’s really ‘shiny’ achievements and think this is what success looks like but with the highs comes some incredible lows.

Miguel opens the conversation with some honest reflection of his journey through life so far, the good bad and the ugly! His entrepreneurial journey began over 20 years ago and due to his incredible work ethic and levels of empathy, Miguel found himself giving away more than his capacity could allow. His business was in some level of financial difficulty and the stress of everything Miguel was trying to keep afloat became all too much. Miguel hit absolute rock bottom. He was in an incredibly dark place, the darkest you could imagine. He used his crutch of food, seeing his weight spiral and the stress led to a painful and significant skin condition. He thought this might be the last time he would teach dance and began to walk away from all he had built and the dreams he envisioned.

Slowly but surely, Miguel found his love for dance again and with his spirit of character and the resilience he had witnessed day in day out from his incredible mum, raising 4 children alone, he found the strength to ‘do the work’, heal from within, find his passion and drive and remember what he truly loved.

Miguel generously shares with us how he felt a loss of identity growing up, as he explains about his sexuality and his race not ‘running side by side’. It was hard for him to align with what he saw in the mirror and who he was. There was little or no representation for him, no one that he saw paving the way, which is why I think Miguel is a true trailblazer, walking the path for others who will clearly now see themselves reflected back at them.

What a story of resilience and growth, inspiration and dreams.

You are one exceptional human being Miguel. Here’s to all you go on to achieve in life and thank you for being YOU. I see YOU and you see ME.

So grateful for you.

Follow Miguel:

www.migueldoforo.com

@MiguelDoforo

or on the socials

@seeyouseemecic

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