My story š«¶š¼
Good morning (or afternoon, or evening where ever you areš¤Ŗ) you sweet, beautiful souls!
I know I can speak for Ness and say we are both absolutely humbled and overwhelmed with the amount of incredible humans who have taken the leap and joined us in building out this community. We have so much in store for you all and we are also still taking all of this in and feel all the feels <3 I know Ness shared part of her incredible story in here so I will follow this up with a little bit about me.
I think my story starts back to when I was young. Iāve never had an easy life by any means.
I have shared my story about how I have persevered on my personal page a while back; but Iāll share with my new friends in here as well.
I have never been one to settle for less. Iāve always wanted MORE. More than I was given and to give more than is expected of me. Always craving more than the average person would willingly settle for.
Iāve been through a lot growing up and it definitely made me into who I am today.
I lost my mom at an early age after a 5 year battle with cancer. I watched her take her last breath when I was only 11. I watched my parents struggle in their marriage and through a divorce. We moved all over never really feeling like I had a true home. Iāve lived in trailers, with my grandparents, aunts and uncles, in more towns/cities than I can count. I was constantly having to restart my life, make new friends, and build new connections.
After my mom passed, we went to live with my dad whom I had 0 relationship with. I had an extremely difficult time trying to build a new relationship with my dad and step mom. It was emotionally, mentally, and spiritually exhausting. (While also never really dealing with the loss of my mom).
My senior year I decided to move back to live with my grandma who is the embodiment of kind, sweet, and calm. Sheās my biggest role model and the reason I could finally shine my light again āØ
As I started many different businesses over the last 10 years, I started to also battle through the hustle culture. Just striving to try and make anything work but never really having a CLEAR goal or what I wanted out of life. I have always been one to strive for big goals and big dreams, I donāt like to settle. But it can be really hard for me to figure out exactly WHAT that is.
The hustle culture can be dangerous, because you donāt realize how much of yourself you are losing in the struggle of just trying to get by. You stop actually LIVING life and are just surviving.
I feel things so deeply and want every single person to know that there is so much untapped potential just waiting to be unleashed within all of us.
Iāll always challenge you to be YOU. Iāll always push you to shine your light and live your most authentic life! I believe that everything we go through is for a reason. Everything we FEEL is connected to a bigger purpose.
I want you to push through your traumas, heal, find peace and become the best version of you. If I can help just ONE person believe in themselves, I would be absolutely fulfilled.
So now a little bit about how this community came aboutā¦
I sat back feeling a little lost for a couple months. I was trying not to feel anxious or stressed (which took a lot of mental strength) up until one night when I reached my breaking point. I laid in bed and cried. I had a selfish moment when I asked god (maybe it would even qualify as begging) to let me have peace in my life.
I asked him to please show me a sign of what Iām supposed to be doing next. I could feel a shift happening but was lost as to what the next step was. I just needed a sign.
The very next morning I woke up to a message from Ness asking me if Iād like to jump on a zoom. After we talked (and talked and talked š¤Ŗ) we both knew what the next step was.
This is why I say she was my divine intervention. Because she came to me in my darkest hour and let me know I was not alone.
Most people might have even thought we were crazy to partner up together when we could be considered ācompetitionā. But we never saw it as such. We were each others biggest cheerleaders (even if we didnāt know it at the time). And one thing is for sure, together we rise.
I told Ness my biggest goal for creating this community was to create PEACE.
This isnāt a feeling or state of being that Iām used to. Itās a completely new concept to me but one I am striving to embody.
We both hope this can be your peaceful place where you feel completely at ease sharing your story and being exactly who you are meant to be. To reach for your big goals, break generational curses, and become the best version of YOU that you can be.
So thank you for being here and being part of building something truly special. It means more to us than we could ever fully put into words. āØš¤