This episode encourages listeners to release old dreams with gratitude and embrace new paths aligned with their true purpose. Mariette shares her personal journey of pursuing her dreams, the detours she took, and how evolving passions can lead to fulfillment.

Great Exercise:

Write down a detour from your life and ask: What did it teach me? What skills did I gain from it? And what dream can I release with gratitude so I can move forward?

I mentioned my friend Ang Barnard in this podcast, please follow her! Here's her website: https://www.angbarnard.com/podcast and you can find her podcast there!

I also mentioned Silk & Sonder. You can check them out here! https://www.silkandsonder.com/

Chapters:

00:00 When ambition feels heavy instead of exciting

00:53 Welcome to Episode 4 of the Dreams Playlist

01:15 The childhood dream I buried under practicality

02:27 The Los Angeles trip that reignited my acting dream

03:39 Switching my major to keep the dream alive

04:38 Taking acting classes while working a 9-to-5

05:46 The layoff that gave me space to explore acting

06:55 Getting on set for Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, and auditions

07:44 Realizing the acting dream wasn’t what I imagined

08:29 How the dream evolved instead of disappeared

09:07 The dream that feels heavy may need to evolve

09:50 Your coaching exercise: what did the detour teach you?

10:38 Releasing an old dream is not giving up

11:08 What’s coming next: questions to sharpen your dream

11:50 Smart Moves Society and final sign-off

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Moving For Smarties, hosted by Mariette Frey of Mariette’s On The Move, started as an interview-driven podcast exploring the real stories behind relocation, reinvention, and life transitions. Across 60+ conversations with first-time homebuyers, repeat movers, industry experts, and everyday people navigating major life changes, this show opens the curtain on what moving is really like—from the joyful and exciting to the unexpected, chaotic, and downright overwhelming.

In the first 60 episodes, the show dives into the human side of moving: identity shifts, decision-making, financial realities, emotional resilience, community building, and the brave moment when someone decides, “It’s time to go.” These episodes are long-form, honest, and full of lived experience you won’t find in a checklist.

Moving forward, we're excited to bring you the more educational, structured, step-by-step side of relocation, and changing our name to Moving For Smarties. This show is built as a bingeable class on YouTube and we're making it available everywhere you listen as well. We take the full FRED Framework journey (Finances, Robustness, Ecosystem, Dreams) through curated playlist paths that guide your decision-making from the ground up.

Both shows work together:

• (The old) Mariette’s On The Move = real conversations and lived experiences.

• (The new) Moving For Smarties = the coaching, tools, and frameworks to help you make a values-aligned move.

Whether you’re preparing for a move, considering a major life shift, or simply love hearing the behind-the-scenes stories of people rebuilding their lives, you’re in the right place.

For deeper support, join The Smart Move Society, a community that offers group coaching, 1:1 coaching options, workshops, and city-focused guidance to help you relocate with confidence. Find it on our website.

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