Page 13 - January 2021: Hustle Mama Magazine

What is the one dream for yourself you most look forward to having come true?
I have a book I am currently working on about choosing love rather than fear of being misguiding you in your life. It's a book that I sometimes don't work on because sometimes the topic overwhelms me, sometimes I'm just too busy doing delivery of interviews and things like that. Still, I am looking forward to finishing that book, and also, we have a goal to have a million trainers by the year 2030 teaching our work.
If there's one thing you could change about the world, what would it be?
I would say if I could snap my finger and everybody would change. Everybody would be feeding each other with love and respect, and acceptance. We could stop trying to convince everyone of who they are is wrong. We should do it our way. We'd love everyone to have their own beliefs, their religious beliefs, their political beliefs, and we still love and respect them and can move far, far away from that. If everyone will follow their heart and do what's in their heart and get over their wounds, which leads people angry for what they think they want and need, and we wouldn't have racism.
We wouldn't have the classism that we have right now. People would be much generous and kind and compassionate and responsible for themselves and each other. I would like to see people fulfilled in their own heart's desires such that they can allow everyone else to be who they are and let them pursue the fulfillment of their heart's desires.
What advice do you have for the young ladies (teens to young adult age) who are growing up in today's world with so much influence in music that is not always supportive of their best interest? What advice would you give to the young men?
I think the advice I would have for both and I know it isn't easy when you're young. You're looking to try and figure out who you are. Unfortunately, a lot of times, we think we have to be what the media portrays as the image of what's lovable, whether that supper thin, or cool, or having the right kind of hair or the right body type, or the right clothes, being on social media all the time. We share tons of research on how damaging it is. I know many young women who can't go through the day without their cellphone next to them if it rings or incase someone post about them, and they don't have a chance to respond.
We are so afraid of what's going to happen on social media, and I think when we're living in fear instead of living with a love of who you are. Standing up to trust your desires, your tastes, things you want to do.
Instead, you get beyond the need to have everyone love you; you do not measure your success by how many likes you get, how many followers you get now that you're an influencer and that kind of thing. You're just you. A lot of times, it's challenging. You have to try on some items. You can try in all kinds of different ways in the world to see which one fits you, but the main thing I think is, to tell the truth of what you feel, what you want, your hopes, your desires, your fears. We're so afraid that people would see us being vulnerable. Being vulnerable is what attracts people to you, so follow your heart and be who you are.
You're a divine being with talents that are meant to be used, don't compare yourself to anybody. Comparison is a Fasttrack to misery, and I know in social media now is nothing but comparison all day long, but you don't have to participate in it, and you don't have to be run by it. You can choose to be your person. You take a social media break, if you will.
Just know that who you are is ultimately needed by someone else, and you may not discover it immediately. I know many young people who don't get who they are until they leave home.
Maybe going into the military, got a job, getting into college, you know something like that where all of a sudden they get news from friends who are not being controlled by their parents and their social network, and they can discover who they really are and sometimes it takes time to do that. I didn't find out who I was and what I love until I was probably 20 years old and so give yourself a break. If you are a young adult and already in your twenties, remember you can find a job that will fulfill you.
You can find something to do that you love, and if you're an entrepreneur, which I know a lot of you are reading this, I will encourage you to trust that desire to explore bringing something into the world and never give up on your dream. Respond to feedback, prove the dream, establish your product's quality, the quality of your service, but always trust that you are being guided by something magnificent.