Meghan Markle is My Hero…

By now, we have all seen the interview with Meghan and Harry…

So I have been hearing Meghan shouldn’t have aired her dirty family business out this way…

This is my AND WHY NOT FACE??? 🤷🏽‍♀️

Transformation

▪️The reason I suffer from mental health issues today is because I kept family secrets, because I wasn’t able to talk to anyone about what was going on in mines!

▪️Now, this isn’t to put down my family, because I love each of them dearly, but people have issues in families, and no one is perfect!!

▪️I believe Meghan is using her platform to put mental health, family issues, and suicide at the forefront!

▪️I wish I was brave enough to seek help and explain how I was feeling back then! I wish I didn’t have to keep family secrets which turned me crazy. To each, it’s own on how they choose to heal, who are you tell her or me any different!

I applaud Meghan for being brave enough to go to someone she loved to discuss how suicidal she felt; I didn’t have that as a child, a teen, or an adult.
Please know that you don’t have to carry the burdens of your family around.

You are NOT obligated to keep their secrets, which will eventually drive you crazy. It’s time to let go and release those hurts from your mind.

NOPE, it won’t be easy, but it’s necessary…
Stop feeling ashamed and guilty for the things you can’t control. We don’t get to choose our family, but we do get to decide how we will live our lives and how we heal from it!

Meghan is my hero; I commend her for stepping up for her family and to Harry. What an amazing husband you are!!!

Heal▪️Grow▪️Transform

Guilt and lack of forgiveness of self and others, burdens many people with the heavyweight of inappropriate shame and the destruction of deep-seated resentments….don’t let this be you!

If you are ready to start your healing process, let’s chat📲🖥

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#ThursdayTips…Why you should fight procrastination to find your purpose in life…

Happy Day all, this week in my Facebook Group Mastering Mental Health & Entrepreneurship, we are focusing on trying to find your purpose in life.

I get tons of client’s/mentees who don’t know what direction they are headed for in life; for those who suffer from mental health issues, this task can be a little more challenging.🤷🏽‍♀️

How the hell can you find your purpose when your life is a freaking mess.🤦🏾‍♀️ Down below are some reasons why we need to stop procrastinating ⤵️

▪️Procrastination is a delay tactic that has the ability to choke your dreams and abort the plans and purposes you have for your life.
It has to be nipped in the bud. It should not be given a chance to put your life and your dreams on hold.

▪️Here are 3️⃣ reasons to stop procrastinating so you can:

✳️ Find out what you can do:

If you want to find out what you can do and how far you can go, Stop procrastinating! When you don’t procrastinate, you get a chance to be the best you can be. You discover what your abilities are, how far you can stretch and what you can do. Not procrastinating gives you a chance to amaze yourself and others!

✳️ Get yourself out of a rut:

When you are stuck in a rut or a situation that needs to be acted on, dreaming and constantly talking about future actions you plan to do, will not help. Do what needs to be done as soon as you can.

✳️ Conquer your fears and take risks:

The longer you procrastinate on overcoming your fears, the bigger your fear becomes in your eyes. The bigger your fear, the more terrified you become and the more you get tempted to procrastinate! Minimize your fears, stop procrastinating, act now and achieve your dreams.

Wishing you all good mental health,

Transformation/Biz Coach

🌟Don’t forget to sign up for tomorrow’s Friday Night Call: Mastering Your True Identity: How To Find Your Purpose When Your Life Is a Mess⤵️

Also, you will get 25 questions to help you find your purpose, straight to your inbox☺️

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Also, don’t forget to grab my NEW Prayer & Gratitude Journal available on Amazon now:

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I told you I have been busy; check out my latest interview:⤵️

Straight Outta Savannah with Tammi Morrison and Olivia B. Shepherd

Long Time, A Quick Hello and I have Good News🎉🎉

🎉On Sale Now

Good evening all, it’s been a while since I haven’t written a post, but I have been a busy little bumblebee 😁

I’ve been enjoying retirement, which let me focus on my life coaching business, and I even had a chance to create a new journal which is on sale on Amazon right now!!!! ➡️My New Journal

Yes, I’m super excited, and if you know me, I love all things journaling and couldn’t wait to create one of my own! This is the first of many that I will create and publish!!!

Also, I just finished my Self~Love Series, which was an amazing 14 days of teaching lessons on how to love yourself, have a better relationship with yourself, and journaling!!!

So as you can see, I have been super busy, mentally things have been great, and I’m trusting my journey!!

Hope each of you are well and hope you get a chance to check out my Youtube Channel for a couple of the Self~Love videos, and please check out my new journal!!

Wishing you all good mental health,

Transformation/Business Coach

🌟The Importance of Journaling: ⤵️

▪️Journaling helps clear the mind….
Journaling is an excellent method of clearing mind-clutter and managing thought patterns. The “untamed” mind tends to wander about aimlessly. At any given moment, we have a multitude of thoughts and internal conversations.

▪️Our random thoughts can turn into worries, which turn into stress, which can then manifest as conditions like depression or illness. The act of addressing our thoughts and acknowledging our inner voice allows us to clearly express our feelings, motivations, and desires. When we do this, we gain the insight needed to effectively manage them.

Girl, Cast Your Cares Gratitude & Prayer Journal 📘✒️

14 Days of Self~Love /Youtube Channel ❤️

Have You Made Resolutions…Read these Tips Below to Help You Keep Them!

🥂🥳New Year is the time when we usually look back on the events of the past year, see what we learned from it and what we achieved. Then we make resolutions for the upcoming year, all the things that we want to change and accomplish in our life.

🤦🏾‍♀️Unfortunately, New Year’s resolutions are often associated with empty promises. Nobody takes them seriously anymore, since we all know that most people break their resolutions within the first week of January.

✔️Make sure your goals are truly desirable for YOU:
Sometimes people want to do things because “it’s the right thing to do” or to make someone else happy. You will succeed only if you do it for yourself.🤷🏽‍♀️

✔️ Make realistic resolutions:
If in the back of your mind you don’t really believe that your goal is achievable, your mind will resent putting in the effort towards achieving it.(watch your thoughts)

✔️ Prioritize your goals:
If you try to do too many things at once, you’ll lose focus. Once the focus is gone, the motivation goes within.

✔️ Instead of making the END GOAL your resolution, it’s better to commit to the MEANS of getting to this goal:
For example, instead of making “lose 50 lbs” your resolution, make your resolution to start exercising and eat healthier. 🥦🥒🍎

✔️ Make gradual changes.:
You will not wake up on January 1st as a new person. Expect that the new habits will take a while to learn, and don’t let this fact discourage you. You will have your ups and downs, but if you persist and stay focused, you will definitely reach your goals.

🙌🏾Imagine how proud you will be if you keep your New Year’s resolutions!

Let’s make them all happen!💪🏾

Transformation/Biz Coach

Happy 2021 Blog Friends…

Hey guys, I know I haven’t been on here for a while, but I have been super busy closing out 2020!

I retired on Wednesday from my housekeeping business, cut off a few family members and friends.

Now, I’m free to blog, do podcast, and read all of you all’s blogs as well!

So here’s to 2021 🥂, thank all if you for reading and commenting; it’s been such a pleasure meeting all of you!

Omg, I forgot to mention it was my 16th wedding anniversary as well🤦🏾‍♀️can you tell I’ve been busy🤣

2020 was a very weird year; we have all cried, been disappointed, and lost loved ones! I have never been so happy to see a year go away!!! 👋🏾

With that being said, hello 2021, good riddance 2020!!!! Have an amazing New Year, guys, and I look forward to blogging more since I’m retired!!! 😁

Wishing you all a prosperous year 🥂

Transformation/Biz Coach

Are You Ready For The Holidays 🎄 🎁

▪️As we approach the holiday season, that sense of “overwhelm” rings as loud as the Salvation Army bells.🛎

For some of us, the holiday season represents stress, pressure, expectations, guilt, disappointment, pain, loneliness, exhaustion and the list goes on…

And it doesn’t have to be that way!🤷🏽‍♀️

✔️We can choose who we spend time with.

✔️We can choose what activities we say YES and NO to.

✔️We can choose where we go. (if you are not on lockdown )

Your holiday season can be as straightforward or as elaborate as you choose to make it, and it can be a lot of fun if you plan accordingly…

So take some time this week to think about who/ what’s most important to you this season, and then do a little planning…

📋Make a list of those you want to spend time with during the holidays:

You are NOT obligated to spend time with people who make you feel uncomfortable.

Who nourishes you:

This can be neighbors, church members, etc. remember it may not always be family, and it’s ok 👌🏾

Who brings you down:

Maybe this is not the year to get together with them! Don’t feel guilty or let them guilt you into being someplace you don’t want to be.

▪️As you prepare for the holidays, remember that the greatest gifts of all won’t be found under the gift wrap…

Happy Holidays,

Transformation/Biz Coach

It’s Ok to Get Your Mental Health Checked….

📍Today I went to get my yearly pap, and while I was there, she asked did I have my mammogram for this year.

📍That got me to thinking, tons of women come to me saying they’re depressed, but none of them have actually gone to get a real diagnosis.

📍Why is that? 🤷🏽‍♀️
We would never let a cold, headache, backache, or pain go unnoticed…then why do you play with your brain?

📍Being depressed isn’t some fad; it’s a real illness, and if you have been depressed for more than a month, then you need to go get checked!!!

❎Stop letting the stigma around mental health keep you from going…
❎Stop letting your friends and family talk you out of going…

Don’t even let your doctor tell you not to go; if you have the signs, then go get yourself some help! There’s no excuse for why we play we our brains…

Before this year is out, go seek help; if your insurance doesn’t cover it, then seek out free resources in your community!!
Or ask me, maybe I can help!

Suffering from mental illness is no fun and games…get your brain 🧠 checked!!

Small Business Saturday 👇🏾

Happy Saturday after Thanksgiving 🍗 if you are in the mood to do a little shopping 👗 I have couple of offers for you:

My 3 Day Mini-Course for the entrepreneur who lacks confidence because of mental health issues!

And from now until Monday, $10 tees from my store, take a look around, it’s also free shipping🙌🏾

Links down below for each of them, if you have a small biz, please post in the comments; I would love ❤️ to support you

Let’s get to shopping👇🏾🛍

🌟Don’t lose yourself to depression

The key is always to strive to keep things in perspective. Life, like business, is a journey full of ups and downs.

▪️Are feeling stuck, mind all over the place

▪️Do you feel like your living a fake life. All your websites are up as if your business is doing great.

▪️Have you lost confidence and ready to give up?

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Happy Thanksgiving To You All 🤎

Thanksgiving is a time for food, celebration, and fun. Every year on Thanksgiving, families gather around the table to enjoy a meal and give thanks. But for some folks, Thanksgiving can be a lonely time. Many adults spend the holidays feeling isolated and depressed.

Today as we celebrate this Thanksgiving, it is important to remember that it’s about more than being thankful for one day; it is an entire lifetime. Today is the day to be thankful for all the things in your life, no matter how big they are or how small. Even in our deepest sorrow, we can find things to be thankful for.

Holidays bring out emotional pain. This time of year can be difficult for any one who has suffered a loss. Should you be missing loved ones this holiday, rejoice in the knowledge that they are with God. Don’t push yourself today; allow yourself that time to grieve.

For those who may be feeling depressed this Thanksgiving holiday, open your heart to giving. Helping other people in need is a wonderful way to celebrate the day and may make you feel less alone. Check out communities in your area that may need volunteers during the holidays- for example: soup kitchens, shelters, hospitals, or reach out to your local church.

Life is full of unexpected changes. Death is very much a part of life. Whatever you do today, don’t cover up your feelings of depression and isolation. Own up to those feelings and know that you’re not alone. Somewhere today, someone is feeling the same way that you are.

Today on this Thanksgiving Day, please remember, though the harvest might not always be plentiful, family and friends may be few, God has given us each a great deal to be thankful for. It’s my experience that it’s much easier to thank God for our blessing than to find a way to be grateful in the midst of our troubles.

I’m thankful that I have the strength to meet the challenges that come with my life.

”Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.” ~W.T. Purkiser

Today be thankful for what you have to give, not just what you have received.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Transformation/Biz Coach

3 Powerful Tips To Help Manage Everyday Stress

Good morning; if you live in the US, you know that we are stressing over our politics along with so many other things on our plates🤦🏾‍♀️

Often times stress will manifest when we carry over yesterday’s concerns into our present day concerns. An accumulation will almost always end up in a high stress level. Therefore, we must “dump” all of our concerns from the previous day or days and concentrate wholly on today.

Hope these 3 tips will help you manage the stress in your life, even political stress!

– Stress Busting Tip #1

Resolve right now to release every thought from yesterday and be only mindful of the now…. this thought only…this breath…this moment. Take in three very deep breaths and slowly release each one.

At the same time feel each and every concern, each and every problem, and each and every unresolved moment, begin to dissolve. You can deal with them at a later time. For now, you are only to be in this very moment.

Now go to your inner quiet place. Go deep inside to a place where you feel that you are at peace and then just relax and breathe in deeply and enjoy the feeling of being at one and at peace within yourself.

Use this special time and place to be calm. Free your mind and body of all worry, all regret, all disappointment, all anger, and grief.

– Stress Busting Tip #2

Next, think of one particular act, such as rocking your baby, taking a quick stroll, raking the leaves, and do that one simple thing. All the while, your mind is quiet and calm and you are in your own special place within.

Practice this act of quiet and calm each day and you will see that you will accomplish so much more. At the first sign of being stressed, go back to this mindful, quiet place and start all over again until you have reached your inner place of calm.

– Stress Busting Tip #3

The very best thing that you can do for yourself is to eat, drink and rest – to your health!

Stress is easily brought on by not eating and drinking properly. When you don’t get the number of hours of sleep that you need each night, you are only setting yourself up for additional stress.

Limit the amount of salt, sugar, caffeine and alcohol in your diet. Drink plenty of clean, pure water each day and do at least moderate exercise each day. This will breathe new life into your skin, hair, and will nourish all of your vital organs.

Take time to breathe properly! Take deep belly breathes to send pure oxygen to all of your body. Laugh and then laugh some more. It is food for the soul! Spend time doing the things that please you most. Engage in healthy and fulfilling relationships and work on problems that would erode the closeness you have with someone special.

When we are content and living a balanced life everyday stresses seem to pale in comparison. We are better equipped to deal with the unexpected.

You can take control today! Isolate only one particular stressor in your life and then work on it until you regain control. At the very least, have some new hope!

Wishing you all good mental health,

P.S Don’t forget to check out the 2nd season of my podcast 🎙:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/girl-your-journey-starts-here-podcast/id1450758610

Transformation/Biz Coach
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