“The fact that I’m standing here flexing is without a doubt an answered prayer.”

— Cathleen Benjamin

Happy Friday Beautiful People

One of my super powers is that I don’t look at things like what I’ve been through. What’s your super power?

POWER UP Reminder: you don’t have to live in the hurt and pain you been through even if you’re still going through it. Grow through it. Choose again. That is NOT your final chapter. KEEP WRITING. 

I’ve had people count me out.
Say awful things about me.
Try to shame me.
I’ve been the underdog.
I’ve allowed myself to be in relationships that didn’t serve me.
Found myself in a physically and emotionally abusive relationship.
There were times I’d look back and questioned how I’ve continued to SHOW UP.
I’ve had my heart broken not only by people but by circumstances.
My valleys have been so low that I wondered why am I here. Like what is the purpose. BUT GOD!
I’ve been depressed. Suffered from anxiety. Until I said I no longer claim that over my life.
Like byeee heauxxx

Instead of asking why I began saying thank you. When I wake up. Expressing gratitude in the small things, in the darkness, in the weak moments, in my strongest defeats. Thank you. You chose this for me because you already knew how I’d get out of it. The fact that I’m standing here flexing is without a doubt, an answered prayer.

Don’t wait until 2019 to...
Show up for yourself
Find love
Start that business
Start that blog
Start on your health and fitness goals
Work on your credit
Open that savings account
Move...start packing to let the universe know you’re ready
Invest in your wellbeing
Rid yourself of toxic people
Break old habits that don’t serve you
Do things that will catapult your business
Make time for exercise
Eat healthier
Tell someone how you feel
Look into furthering your education
Let go
Forgive
Start that passion project
Turn loose shady people
Level up
Say yes more to LIVE and no to doubt

Keep Evolving Friends.

**power up reminders are the fuel you need to keep your soul fit and glowing**

Today my husband shared a message to me about haters. This got me thinking. Not about our “haters” but about the people who are waiting for you to WIN! 

The people who are waiting on YOUR lead so they can follow suit. People who see your greatness and NEED you to fix your crown and go harder. The person waiting on you to pick yourself up and all the pieces to make yourself whole again so they can know it can be done. 
There are people in your circle who pray that you make it so they can find the strength and courage to dream a bigger dream. 
Some of us are content with dreaming while others want to attain theirs. 

Which one are you? 
Some of your brilliant ideas that you have been sitting on are holding other people’s dreams hostage!!! Take the leap. Watch you fly. Watch you make someone else’s dream come alive. 
Some don’t want to reach for their dreams because then they won’t have something to live or strive for. THEY NEED YOU to show them that more dreams come true when you dream more dreams. More dreams come true when you make your dreams a reality. Dreams are meant to eventually became your REALITY. Ase 🙏🏾 

“Stay grounded and surround yourself with things that nurture you and the things that fuel you and watch you grow beautifully. ”

— Cathleen Benjamin

During my workout, while listening to personal development, I heard Lisa Nichols, say ..."plants don't live without water"...  this is one of those obvious and profound statements that which on one hand made me think how I normally joke about not having a green thumb, and killing every plant I’ve ever owned or have been gifted in the past, to how this can also relate to that of one health journey.  

I always start off great I water it when needed, talk to it, nurture it then for some odd reason stop being so attentive towards it. I'd gradually stop caring for it. A few days would go by and I’d get alarmed by the plants browning then try to research what to do to bring it back to life. 

I’ve done this with majority of my house plants. Then I'd go back to watering it, placing it near sunlight pretty much starting all over. How many of us can translate this to our relationships with ourselves to that on again off again loving / caring relationship with plants and also to the relationships to those in our lives.  I thought about some of my tribe and fit family who may struggle with their health and wellness. 

Just like plants don’t grow without watering and being tended to, we as individuals don’t grow if we don’t do the necessary things to keep ourselves in good or optimal health. Whether its physical or mental health. You can’t just water your plants once a week, never put it in sunlight, never prune it and expect it to bloom beautifully. Or do the things necessary for that particular plant or flower to flourish. Same goes with your health. With your fitness. Working out once a week won’t make you fit, neither will eating healthy once a week. And the rest of the week neglecting your goals. Daily, you’ll have to keep tweaking, keep challenging yourself and keeping your mindset in a positive state (as much as possible) in order to grow healthier. Just like a plant, ground yourself in the things that nurture you, the things that fuel you and watch you grow beautifully.