Taking the Leap Into a Life You Love with Asabi Goodman
Happiness comes in many forms. Many of us have been told that the path to it is to graduate from school, get a job, get married, buy a house, have kids, etc.
But what if you wanted to leap into something else--something that doesn’t look like the traditional 9-5, white picket fence existence? So many are afraid to follow their own path.
Not my guest, Asabi Goodman, though! When I heard her story at a recent All Souls event, I just had to have her on the show!
In this episode of the Words of Love podcast, you’ll hear about the leap she took from chemical engineering to a musical performance career. Through her story, we can all be inspired to follow our dreams and learn how the lessons she discovered in show business can be applied to our own (no matter our vocation).
:32 - Intro to Asabi’s unique story and how All Souls served as a foundation for her career
8:34 - How Asabi moved from being a chemical engineer to a musical performer
12:03 - Asabi’s heritage and what makes chemical engineering enjoyable and natural for her
18:07 - Why Asabi took the leap to follow her dream of performing for others
23:16 - Channeling the artist inside you to align your life’s passion with your vocation
29:02 - What intimacy choreography and training is and why it’s needed even outside the confines of the entertainment industry
36:44 - What it’s like to be a performer on tour
44:18 - The key to longevity in show business that can apply to everyone
48:23 - Two things Asabi has on her dream to-do list in show biz
About Asabi Goodman
Asabi is an American born, Australian performer with almost 40 years of experience in vocal and stage performance. She studied chemical engineering at the University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA), where she was a founding member of the awarding winning, all female a cappella group, The USC Sirens, and has an Advanced Diploma in Stage and Screen Acting from the Australian Performing Arts Conservatory in Brisbane. Asabi has spent many years honing her performance skills by singing with various chorales, performing in a number of musical and staged theatre productions, and singing in bands.
Asabi is also trained in intimacy choreography for stage and screen, having studied under renowned intimacy coaches, Alicia Rodis (Intimacy Directors & Coordinators) and Nigel Poulton (Intimacy Coordinators Australia). She has worked as an intimacy coordinator for the Australian Performing Arts Conservatory, Griffith University, and various independent theatre and film companies.
From 2022 through 2023, Asabi starred in the Australian national touring production of Hairspray! The Musical as Motormouth Maybelle alongside Australian theatre greats such as Rhonda Burchmore, Todd McKenney, and Shane Jacobson. The production toured to Melbourne, Adelaide, and Sydney before closing in April 2023. After the show's closing, Asabi was invited to join the US Broadway touring production of Hairspray and performed during the final six weeks of the tour in the United States.
From the end of 2023, Asabi will be stepping into the role of Matron "Mama" Morton in the Australian touring production of CHICAGO. Joining her onstage are Anthony Warlow, Zoe Ventoura, Lucy Maunder, and Peter Rowsthorn.