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Why Is Self Care So Important?
As a working mother your schedule is crazy with no time for anything outside of work, home, and family; so who says you have time for self care? That’s a luxury that you just don’t have time for. Let me let you in on a little secret, self care is not a luxury at all! It’s actually a necessity. Yes, a necessity. How can you function and balance all the things you have on your schedule without suffering from burn out of you don’t make time for self care? Self care should be written in you planner or added to your calendar if you want to get technical. Not written…
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I Did This To Grow My Hair Back After Giving Birth
If you suffered from postpartum shedding like I did then you feel my pain. During my pregnancy I kept my hair in protective styles mainly because I was just too tired to do my hair regularly. While in protective styles I kept my scalp oiled (everyday) with a mixture I put together which included; Haitian castor oil, coconut oil, and a little bit of almond oil. Doing this helped keep my scalp moisturized and grew my hair so much. Literally, a few weeks after taking this picture my hair started shedding. The worst part of it all? My edges. I have never experience hair shedding like this, I’ve heard…
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What I Discovered About Myself During Quarantine
How are you holding up during quarantine? Although many states are opened back up, including Florida where I am, but there are many states that are still on lock down. How did you spend your time of quarantine? If you are like most of the world then you probably took this time to catch up on rest and get that summer body all the way together. I must say, it has been very nice to see how this time has brought so many people together. This unfortunate time has forces so many people to stop and just smell the roses a little bit. Life can get so busy that we…
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My Postpartum Journey
My daughter is 6 months now so I think its about time I share my postpartum journey with you (because we family at this point). Well if you don’t know she is my second baby and she comes 12 years after having my first (YES 12 YEARS). Just imagine, my body is 12 years older so this pregnancy put a hurting on my body. After gaining just 5 pounds through the whole pregnancy and 9 ½ hours of labor I gave birth to the most precious gift. This time around was so special to me because I was so young when I had my son; so me being older I…
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What About Confidence?
Ever gone through such a transition in your life that you don’t feel like yourself anymore? Lets be honest…you can’t even figure out how to get back to YOU. You don’t even know YOU anymore. You feel like you’re in limbo. You once had it all figured out then BAM something happens. While you’re trying to regain balance from that something then POW something else happens. These steady hits just keep coming. Now you’re probably on the ground afraid to get up because you feel like you’ll get hit again with something else. Life has its way of keeping you down, even when you’ve reached your victory, you don’t stand…
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Rediscovering You: Managing Work-Life Balance
Working as a Life Coach isn’t always as easy as one may think. I mean your technically coaching someone through life. The ups and the downs. One misconception that many have is that a Life Coach is a therapist. No we are not. We are not licensed. But our job is just as important. I am there to help you through what it is that you’re struggling with. Helping you accomplish goals and holding you accountable. We focus on rediscovering you, the real you. Its so easy to lose yourself while trying work-life balance.The you that you have buried underneath everything that life has piled on top of it. Why…
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How to Live Purposefully
To live purposefully is one of the most freeing feelings. Walking the path that God has created you for and to impact those around you. Finding your life’s purpose is forgetting about the things that aren’t important and living with intention. You don’t have to have everything figured out right away but you work hard everyday to set those actionable goals towards figuring it all out. The dictionary tells us that purpose is the reason something exists, purpose creates meaning. Purpose is deep but don’t stress yourself complicating it more than it is. Finding it can be difficult, its not as easy as it was when we were kids. As…
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Queen
Queen, Do you know who you are? Do you know what you’re worth? I know things may be tough right now I know you may feel lost right now But trust This is only temporary The dark tunnel you’re in may seem long right now But what you’re going through is dimming the that tiny light at the end of the tunnel Keep going Queen Don’t let anything or anyone steer you from your purpose From your passion From your happiness Do you know how much you are loved? Do you know that you’re worth more than what you’re going through? What if I told you that you’re worth more…
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How I Found Out I Was Expecting & Why I Quit My Job At 4 Months Pregnant
As much as I wanted another child eventually, it was still a surprise when we found out we were expecting. My son is 12 years old so I always had a tiny bit of fear about starting all over. Nonetheless,
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