Becoming Unobstructed

How Childhood Dreams Predict The Person You Become

Written by Derek MacDonald | July 9, 2025

The Unobstructed Podcast: Episode 22

How Childhood Dreams Predict The Person You Become by Derek MacDonald

And the unexpected journey we take to get there.

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My childhood dream of acting shaped a love of communication and storytelling. The stage may look different, but my passion for showing people new perspectives is the same.

We don’t always get the job we dreamed of. Or the life we’d imagined. But if we’re lucky, we become the kind of person our childhood self would’ve been psyched about.

Thanks for being here! This journey has been full of learning, unlearning, trial, error, and growth. Rachael and I chat more in depth about this in the episode above. You can also listen on SpotifyApple Podcasts, and Amazon Music.

onward.

-dmac