Self Affirming: actively validating your own worth values and identity. I've placed my identity in my appearance for as long as I can remember. Honestly it's still something I struggle with today. I didn't grow up seeing what a true relationship with God looked like. My mom believes in Jesus and she always told me to pray and keep my trust and faith in Him so that's all I knew. As I got older I came to know God for myself. He started to come into my life little by little thro

There is so much to learn when it comes to patience discipline and self control. I am personally still in the process of learning how to build discipline but patience and self control I can say I now have. I've learned that they are all intricately connected. I'm starting to think that you can't have one without the other. I believe it took some discipline for me to gain patience and self control. It is also taking patience for me to build discipline. I say that because build

This topic hits home for me because I've been on a rollercoaster ride in regards to this area of my life. One moment I appreciate so much where I am in life then the next I am hurt about my situation. The crazy part is I'm so grateful for the blessings in my life but I hate not being able to do more. It bothers me so much to be going at the paste that I am going but I know that I won't be in this position forever. I also know that I am building something that is going to last

If I'm being completely honest I have been out of routine for weeks now. I haven't applied myself in any way shape or form. I guess you could say I've been in rest mode for a while now. Although I've been resting I've been feeling this pull to get back to it. I feel guilty for it though like I'm doing something wrong. I know that rest is apart of the process but for some reason this rest doesn't feel like resting. I know at some point I have to get back in routine and I'm dre

Changing our behaviors is by far one of the most hardest things to do. When we have been programmed to operate one way we do so because of what was modeled to us growing up. After a while it becomes all we know especially when there is nothing else around to show us different. As I've gotten older I've learned that it's not always my situation that's keeping me from reaching my desired goals but it's me being in my own way. I'm learning to get out of my own way by slowly givi

You ever have those moments where you just don't have the energy or desire to do anything? I call those moments a slump. Sometimes it's a mental slump a physical slump and even a spiritual slump. I've personally been in all three. I think for me personally when I am in a slump I'm in all three at once. My mental health be at a level 4 my physical be at a complete 0 and my spiritual wellbeing be poor as well. I struggle to think positively to the point it's so hard to think go

Purpose. What is Purpose? I believe purpose is the reason we were created. I believe we were created for something specific to do in this earth. I believe that purpose is what drives us when we find out what ours is. I believe that purpose is the reason that most of us make it out of bed each day. When we don't know our purpose we live life aimlessly. For a long time I lived my life this way because I didn't know what I was meant to do. My daughter was born and I found purpos

It was a point in my life when I felt so connected to God that I thought I could never lose touch with Him. I was sadly mistaken though. I realize that the only reason I felt so connected to Him was because I was constantly seeking Him constantly falling at His feet in prayer constantly pouring out my heart to Him constantly asking Him for His guidance and direction. Although I never stopped doing these things I did start to not do it so much. There was a time I would sit wit

It feels good to be back after six long months of not writing and being in a season where I felt my passion was lost. It's scary when you know you love to do something but do not have the desire to do it. It makes you feel like you will lose it forever. It makes you wonder when will the desire to do it again come back. I wondered what felt like forever but God revealed to me that my passion was never lost. It actually makes sense when you think about it because why would some

I recently sat with myself to gain an understanding on who I was. I wanted to know myself more so I figured what better way to do that than to assess myself. I'm coming to find that in order to know me I need to pay attention to myself more. I came to learn a lot from my mannerisms and my personality. I also saw how I felt on the inside and that is what stuck with me the most. Sitting with myself asking myself questions and processing my feelings gave me the insight I needed.

We all have this version of ourselves that we see in our minds, and desire to be. Lately I've been wrestling with God, and myself about...

There is so much to be done. Most of the time I personally feel like I'm running out of time or like I'm on a time clock. I'm always...

If you are anything like me then it is extremely hard trying to embrace the process. All of my life the things that I want have come to...

Confidence is something that I have always struggled with all throughout my life. I know that for me it is due to a lack of acceptance...

A lot of times when God calls us to do something we doubt that we can do it. We list all of these reasons why we can't knowing that even...

Life is all about the choices that you make. Whatever we choose will become our reality. Day in and day out I try to make choices that...

For so long I confused who I was with my image. I thought because I looked a certain way that was who I was. It's so easy to mistake our...

As children of God we know already who we are. I think we confuse figuring out who we are with how we wish to show up in this world. Our...

Change is hard, especially when it is something that you are new to. For me personally change has been very hard in this season. I have...

You know how when you want to do something but your afraid to do it because you fear what other people may think? Well that has always...