Happy A Word Wednesday!

Today’s A Word Wednesday is different than the norm, but very much needed and hopefully informative to you all.

February is American Heart Month. Many of you may know (and many may not) that heart disease runs in my family. And I have experienced this firsthand with both my grandmother and mother. I am a STRONG advocate for staying aware, informed, and actively involved in my own health, especially heart health. We are NEVER too old or too young to start taking an active role in our own health. So today I challenge you all to do the same and start by focusing on your heart health.

Here are some important facts regarding heart health:
• Take charge of your blood pressure—a healthier heart can lead to a healthier life. The Surgeon General’s Call to Action provides tools and strategies to control high blood pressure.
• Regularly monitoring your blood pressure, with support from your health care team, can help lower your risk for heart disease and stroke. You can check your blood pressure at the doctor’s office, at a pharmacy, or even at home!
• High blood pressure is often called the silent killer. You might not have symptoms, but it’s a leading risk factor for heart disease and stroke. Monitoring your own blood pressure at home can help you keep your blood pressure under control.
• Taking care of your heart can be as simple as the ABCS.
• Many people need to take medicine to help keep their blood pressure at healthy levels.

The CDC has an American Heart Month Toolkit for 2022 on their website. There’s a lot of valuable information to educate yourself & then spread the word!

Happy Black History Month!
Black History deserves to be celebrated every month, every day of the year! However, we all know that February is dedicated to celebrating Black History.

Today I am wearing & supporting @myprideapparel on Instagram and myprideapparel.com . My Pride Apparel is a Black Owned brand that celebrates us. It’s also known as the #1 online shop for Pro-Black Clothing/Apparel. We love to see it!

So I want to challenge us all to embrace our history this month (and every day). Your life is apart of black history. Your ancestors were apart of black history too.

I challenge you all to support black own businesses & brands (as always, but especially show love this month). And I challenge you all to learn some new black history facts that you never knew before & then spread this knowledge to someone else.

If you all have a black owned brand or business that you would like for me to highlight this month please let me know! Or if you know someone who does and want me to highlight them, share the info. As Issa said, I’m rooting for everybody black and I’ll do my part to spread awareness when I can. I hope you all have a Wonderful Wednesday & remember to love yourself because YOU deserve to be loved. 💋

Happy 2022 family! This is the year of intention.

Being intentional is defined as doing something on purpose; deliberate.

This year I want to challenge us all to move with intention and be intentional in our lives. I want us to pursue our goals and dreams with intention, build relationships with intention, and so much more.

Can you imagine what it would look like if we lived our year with intention and purpose? The choice is yours, but I plan on making efforts to be intentional and challenge you all to do the same. And I challenge you to love yourself always, because you deserve to be loved! 💋💕

Nobody wants to be anyone’s second option in any form of relationship. And one of the most important relationships you have is the relationship with yourself. I know I’ve been guilty of putting other people, things, priorities and responsibilities first before myself often.

How often do you put yourself first on your list of priorities?

Sometimes you have to be selfish with yourself and your time. Make yourself number one on your to do list. Dedicate some time for you to like you’re the only thing on your list, the only option, and focus on yourself until you’ve really healed, really love yourself like you deserve, really give yourself the time you need to be. I don’t want to be anyone’s second choice or backup plan. But I have to make sure I choose myself first and dedicate time to self-love and whatever else I may need to heal, grow, and function properly.

So today I challenge you to think about what aspects of your life are you not your #1 choice and how can you begin making changes so that you are! And remember to love yourself because you deserve to be loved. 💋 💕

This past year for me has been all about LIVING – more life. And when I say living, I mean REALLY living. I’ve been going after my dreams, goals, wants, aspirations. And I’ve allowed myself to fail & fall, dust myself off or pick myself up and keep it moving. I’ve allowed myself to keep living my life and enjoying every moment of it. I haven’t been allowing myself to hold myself back.

No matter what you are going through or how you feel, always remember that there is More Life to live.

Don’t let one troubling situation or moment dictate the life you live. Choose happiness and joy each and every day.

May this next year be filled with a multitude of blessings and life. May you fearlessly pursue everything that you are after & everything God has called for you. And give yourself grace when you stumble or fall, then pick yourself up and keep it moving. And remember to love yourself, because you deserve to be loved! 💋💕

Happy Wednesday family!
I want you all to know that no matter what you are facing or feeling, please know that things will be alright. It can be hard to see the brighter side of a situation in the midst of your storm, but there is always greater and better on the other side, the brighter side.

I hope today’s video brings you some comfort and peace knowing that the storm won’t last forever & everything will be alright in the end. I challenge you all to hold these words near your heart and remember to love yourself always because you deserve to be loved. 💕

Happy Wednesday Family!! I am so happy to be back with you all, sharing another A Word Wednesday.

Today’s A Word Wednesday is inspired by a beautiful chalk art I saw on Monday. “Healing…Still Loading” I will never get tired of speaking on healing because I think as we continue to grow, develop, and heal we examine healing in a whole new light. We see the process differently as we progress through the different stages of healing and life.

Therefore, I want to let you all know it’s okay to be in the healing process. And it’s okay for it to be an ongoing, still loading process for you. It doesn’t matter how long it takes, as long as you make it a priority to heal in some aspect from some trauma, hurt, suffering, or whatever it is that applies to you.

I challenge you all to HEAL and let the process take its time because it is so worth it & remember to love yourself because you deserve to be loved! 💋💗

What’s meant for you, will always be for you. Just because something is meant for you doesn’t mean it’ll happen instantaneously OR that you will even know when it happens.

But if it’s in God’s plan to happen for you, TRUST THE PROCESS and take comfort in knowing that it will happen. You must remain patient in the waiting and the reward of your waiting will be beyond what you can ever imagine.

Today I share a mini testimonial that God has placed in my heart to share with you all. Just know God is always moving & working. Therefore, no matter how ugly or uncomfortable it gets, we have to trust God’s process for our life. Even if what you expected doesn’t come into fruition, God has bigger and better in-store.

I challenge you all to keep this in mind as you go throughout your week. And remember to love yourself because you deserve to be loved.💋

“I saw a tweet that said I feel like I’m constantly worrying about the next part of my life without realizing that I’m right in the middle of what I used to look forward to and I felt that.”

How often are you constantly worrying about the next part of your life? How often do you take a moment to PAUSE and reflect on the now? It’s okay to be expectant and look forward to the future. However, you don’t want to be so consumed with what’s next that you forget to cherish the NOW, the present.

As they say, stop & smell the roses.

I challenge you all to PAUSE and take time to thank God for where you are now and to also appreciate your present. Your future is bright so I know it can be hard to stop looking forward to what’s next all the time, but you have to have balance. And balance includes enjoying the NOW because you’ll never get to relive these current moments again. Enjoy and appreciate your present with the same eager spirit that has you inclined to look at what’s next. There is beauty in the now. And remember to always love yourself because you deserve to be loved. 💋