03/09/2026
So turns out I’ve been in business for SIX YEARS… and I forgot. 😂🤦🏼♀️
Yep. Tuesday marked 6 years of my business AND 6 years at Cockburn Youth Centre— and I didn’t even realise until one of my amazing tribe reminded me! Vanessa Brooks
And honestly? I think that says more about this season of life than anything else.
Because life has been LIFE lately.
Being a mum.
Work changing.
Starting a new job.
Building a house.
Trying to look after myself.
Navigating my own health and all the questions that come with that.
Figuring out what I actually want this next chapter to look like.
Letting go of things that no longer feel right.
Starting again.
And somewhere in amongst all of that… apparently my business turned SIX. 😂
Six years of classes.
Six years of music, movement, sweat and questionable dance moves.
Six years of friendships, familiar faces and people who have shown up for me in ways they probably don’t even realise.
Six years of changing, pivoting, growing, doubting myself, backing myself and occasionally wondering “what the hell am I doing?”😂
There have been seasons where the business has been everything.
And seasons where it has had to take a back seat while life demanded my attention.
And I think I’m finally learning that that doesn’t mean I’ve failed.
It just means I’m human.
So no, I didn’t have a perfectly planned 6-year anniversary post.
I forgot. 😂
But maybe that’s actually the most honest celebration I could have shared.
Because this next season isn’t about doing more for the sake of doing more.
It’s about doing what feels good. What feels aligned. What feels like me.
And I’m really bloody excited to see where that takes me. ❤️
So… happy 6 years to this little business of mine.
And a very special happy 6 years to Cockburn Youth Centre — thank you for giving me a space to build, create, dance, teach, connect and grow for all these years.
Of course without every single one of you we wouldn’t be where we are today! I am forever thankful to you all…past, present and those yet to come 🫶
Here’s to the next chapter. 🥂
Hopefully I remember the anniversary next year. 😂❤️