Page 215: Riley Clemmons: Embracing Authenticity and Finding Identity in Jesus

The Unfolding

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🗓️ 18 October 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Nashville-native Riley Clemmons was “discovered” at a school pageant when she was 13 years old. She signed a record deal 2 years later and started writing songs, touring, and facing the challenges of the music industry. She has been open about her struggles including OCD, imposter syndrome, and dealing with the pressures of social media. By the time she was 21, Riley realized she’d been attaching her self-worth to the success or failure of every song, and it was exhausting. Facing burnout, Riley made the decision to step away from her career to reconnect with her faith and identity God. Through therapy, prayer, and the support of loved ones, she rediscovered the true meaning of worth and authenticity and found a new passion for music. For more on Riley’s music, visit RileyClemmons.com

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0:00.0	Page 215 of the unfolding is the story of Riley Clemens.
0:05.0	Putting identity and worth and things that are temporary and fickle will and did.
0:10.5	Leave me so broken and so miserable and so exhausted.
0:15.9	I was so tired trying to chase down worth.
0:19.3	God's story has been unfolding. Since the beginning of time.
0:25.9	He invites you to be a part of it.
0:31.3	Another page in the unfolding.
0:35.8	Hey, this is Meredith Foster.
0:37.8	If you realized you were chasing success for all the wrong reasons, would you be willing to walk away from your career?
0:45.3	It's a tough question.
0:46.7	Now, imagine what it would be like to wrestle with that when you're 21 years old.
0:51.3	Riley Clemens was discovered at a school performance when she was just 13. Within a
0:56.4	couple of years, she signed a record deal, and then Riley spent the next six years doing all the
1:02.2	things, writing and recording songs, doing concerts, touring. All the while, she was watching every
1:08.0	song to see where it landed on the charts and wondering, was she talented
1:12.0	enough? Was she successful enough? By the time she was 21, Riley was burned out and ready to walk
1:20.9	away. I am a native Tennessean. I was born in Nashville and I'm still here to this day. So as a Tennessee kid, growing up in the
1:29.6	South, big, really tight-knit family. But I grew up in the church and in faith. Since I can
1:37.3	remember, people were talking about Jesus and we were going to church and the whole nine. So I grew up in a really, in a faith-centered
1:47.0	home. I am the middle child and I feel every single bit of that, Meredith. I feel every single
1:54.4	day of my life. I was always singing and dancing and making music and wanting to perform. That was me as a kid.
2:03.4	I still carry a lot of those characteristics around with me. But that was what early life was
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