A Letter To My Sister

Confidence Reconnected

Dear Sis,

When you exude confidence, nothing and no one can stop you. Your confidence enters the room before you even open your mouth.  Exuding confidence causes people to believe in you and stand behind your message.  Know that everything you need is already within you!

 

Enid’s Bio

Enid is a Dynamic Public Speaker, a Professional Trainer, Coach, and Executive Producer of the Your Confidence Reconnected podcast.  Enid has made it her mission to help women reconnect with their inner Superhero so they can boldly pursue their purpose and walk confidently in who God has called them to be.

One thing that stuck out:

Hurt children left with unresolved issues become hurt adults.

Topics Covered:

1. Self Confidence Defined
2. Alter Ego
3. Imposter Syndrome

Enid, what’s one piece of advice you would want to give your sisters about self-confidence?

You already have what it takes.

Where To Find Enid:

Website: www.yourconfidencereconnected.com

Instagram: @ek_confidence

Podcast: Your Confidence Reconnected (on all major podcasting platforms)

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The Recovering Strong Friend

Dear Sis,

I know a lot of us identify as being the strong woman.  I would like for you to consider if you have been doing that in a healthy way.  Is being a strong woman doing YOU a disservice? Answer these questions:

Are your boundaries in check?

Are you making time for you?

Do you have the relationships that you desire?

If you answered 'NO' to any of these questions, I encourage you to go back to determine what needs to take place to get to your YES.

TeNita’s Bio

Blogger
Coach
Motivational Speaker 
Diversity & Inclusion Leader
Humble Servant 

TeNita Ballard is a multitalented leader that wears many hats on any different day. The common thread is SERVICE. She is a follower of Christ and allows Him to direct her path. During the day, she’s a Diversity and Inclusion Leader, where she advocates and leads strategy for diverse segments at a Global Technology Company. She’s been in the diversity field for over eight years and corporate America over 18 years.  

In the midst of the Global Pandemic, she started a meal prep business, Seasoned to a Tee LLC. The company was birthed from the need of elderly people in her community, so the foundation is providing meals to her community and paying homage to her grandmothers.

In March of last year, her business expanded to a Blog – Her tag line is that she brings comfort to the strong friend by feeding them spiritually and physically. The blog is the spiritual side of the company where she likes to motivate her audience by combining her everyday experiences with Divine direction from the Lord. 

She also services in her church Crossing Ministries in Compton, CA, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated. 

TeNita received her B.A. in Psychology from Cal State Long Beach and her Master of Business Administration from Keller Graduate School of Management. TeNita also held a full-time HR position at Coca-Cola Bottling Company Los Angeles while pursuing her BA and a full-time job at DIRECTV while pursuing her MBA.

 

One thing that stuck out:

Everyone is not my assignment. Everything is not my assignment.

 

Topics Covered:

1. Where did the idea of strong woman come from?
2. Events that made TeNita realize that something had to change
3. Steps to recover the strong woman
4. Boundaries
5. The healing journey

 

TeNita, what’s one piece of advice you would want to give your sisters about the recovering strong friend?

Stop investing in everyone else… Choose you and love you.

 

Where To Find TeNita:

Website: www.seasonedtoatee.com

Instagram: @seasonedtoatee

 

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Follow The Breadcrumbs

Dear Sis,

When it comes to our career, the best thing we can do is follow the breadcrumbs.  It’s our next best step. We never know how it’s all going to work out, but that’s what makes life worth living right?!  If we knew how everything would play out, we may never get out there and bet on ourselves. 

 

Weslia’s Bio

Weslia Echols, AFC® is the Co-Founder of Trinity Financial Coaching. Every day she serves high-achieving helping them manage their money confidently, live life purposefully and build wealth intentionally. She passionately guides her clients through 5-Steps of Financial Transformation using a blueprint to help them experience financial success with grace and ease. Her financial tips and wisdom have been featured in publications such as USA Today News and Black Enterprise Magazine, and she shares her personal finance expertise as a conference speaker and workshop facilitator. Raised in Detroit and a recent empty nester, Weslia enjoys “snowbirding” in Phoenix, traveling, and spending time with her family. She celebrates 28 years of marriage to her husband; Keith Echols and they have two young adult daughters; Kyndall and Kynadi.

One thing that stuck out:

I have to remember what I prayed for, even if it doesn’t look like what I thought.

Topics Covered:

1. The start of Weslia’s career in accounting
2. Level of Preparedness
3. Career Choices and personality
4. Go deep and develop
5. Balance

 

Weslia, what’s one piece of advice you would want to give your sisters about your career and going against the grain?

Hone in on your gifts, talent, and skills. Become a student of the industry that you’re in.

Where To Find Weslia

Website: www.mytfcoach.com

Instagram: @mytfcoach

Facebook: Trinity Financial Coaching

 

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Thinking Out Loud: Say What You Want

Dear Sis,

Today I’m thinking out loud.  Overall, I want you to follow your intuition Follow the breadcrumbs and do the next best thing.

 

Topics Covered:

1. Say what you want
2. Write what you want
3. Imagine your dream life
4. Rinse and Repeat
5. Follow your intuition

 

Website Mentioned:

• futureme.org

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New Year and Happy Birthday To Me!

Dear Sis,

Today I’m talking about the new year and how I set my intention for the year.  Of course, I’m talking about my birthday and giving my 5 biggest lessons I’ve learned to date!!

 

Topics Covered:

1. The New Year: Resolutions/ Intentions/ Word for the Year
   1. Record yourself with what you want to see happen for the year
   2. Write yourself a letter about the amazing things you were able to accomplish

 

2. Top 5 Lessons learned in 39 years of living
   1. Be uniquely and authentically you
   2. Show others how to treat you
   3. You don’t have to have everything together
   4. It’s ok not to be ok
   5. Your biggest breakthrough is right after your comfort zone

Book Mentioned:

• 12 Week Year by Brian Moran
• Rewire For Wealth by Barbara Huson
• We Should All Be Millionaires by Rachel Rodgers
• The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

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I Have COVID!!

Today I'm talking about my COVID symptoms with the current Omicron strain that's circulating.

 

I also discuss my thoughts on self-integrity and having the AUDACITY to speak the true desires of our heart.

 

Happy New Year to everyone!

In The Thick Of It: What Do I Want?

Hey Sis!! Today, I'm READING the letter that I wrote to myself this time last year.  The front of the card says, "Sometimes when it seems like things are falling apart, they're really just falling into place". I reflected on 2020 and wrote about what I expected to see this year. December 2020, I was lonely, confused, separated from my then husband, frustrated about my finances, and trying to figure out what to do next. Today, I can say that I'm completely healed. I'm no longer sad or ashamed regarding my divorce. I'm happy. I'm joyful. My financial position is much better than last year. I finished my book. I've started a podcast and now I'm focused on what I want my future family to look like.

Don't be afraid to dream about the life that you want. Don't let fear stop you from going after your dreams!

 

Book Mentioned: You2: A High Velocity Formula for Multiplying Your Personal Effectiveness in Quantum Leaps - Price Pritchett

 

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The Career Shift - Going Against The Grain

Dear Sis,

Sometimes in order for you to get the life that you want, if requires you to go against the grain. You have to completely ignore the naysayers and just go after what you feel is best for YOU. Your efforts will always be rewarded one way or another. 

 

Today I'm speaking with Evenlyn LaVasseur as she breaks down her process of going from a teacher to a becoming a Fitness and Mindset Coach.

 

Evelyn’s Bio

Evelyn is a transformational speaker, #Moderation365 and hormonal fat loss nutrition coach, certified group and personal trainer, and has a specialization in behavior change. She also has a BA in Psychology and a Master’s in Education.

Evelyn is the owner of Evelyn LeVasseur Fitness, a company that focuses on helping busy, overwhelmed moms reach their body goals without dieting or deprivation.  She helps the whole woman, not just her outside. Together, Evelyn and her clients focus heavily on building legacies of generational health.

 

One thing that stuck out:

True health is spiritual, physical, and mental.  You have to transform the inside before you can transform the outside.

 

Topics Covered:

1. Previous Career
2. The Side Hustle became the main job
3. The Last Straw
4. Turning “what if” into “even if”
5. True Health
6. Food is your medicine

 

Evelyn, what’s one piece of advice you would want to give your sisters about your career and going against the grain?

Don’t just up and quit without a plan. Don’t make decisions based on “shoulds”. Don’t talk yourself out of following your gut.

Where To Find Evelyn

Website: evelynfit.com

Instagram: @evelyn_levasseur_fitness

Facebook: Evelyn LeVasseur Fitness

 

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Navigating The Corporate Space

Dear Sis,

The holiday season is upon and that means holiday parties! These parties are the perfect time to build your network and be seen.

Today I’m talking with Cherai Lewis who teaches up how to navigate through the corporate space using her Office Politics Playbook.   

 

Cherai’s Bio

Cherai M. Lewis, CMP, CTS has been in the live events profession for most of her career. She has served as a sales consultant for event strategists, representing hotel brands, destination management organizations (DMOs) and an audiovisual company.

During her tenure with the YMCA of the USA, Cherai switched hats to become the event strategist, engaging with volunteer leaders and C-Suite execs to produce various Y Movement-driven conferences and events. Most recently, Cherai scaled a start-up division within Steelcase, helping clients reimagine a richer participant engagement experience through unique spatial design for business events.

Cherai has recently launched The Office Politics Playbook, a training course for female professionals designed to help them navigate through the political pitfalls we all encounter at work to the peace of thriving in your career. She also supports organizations with facilitation, strategic planning, and project management services through Cherai Lewis Consulting Group, Inc. Cherai enjoys expanding her burgeoning culinary skills, volunteering with live events industry organizations and cherishing her relationships with friends and family.

One thing that stuck out:

If you don’t have experience, volunteer for positions that directly relate to the job role that will give you the experience needed.

Topics Covered:

1. How to navigate the corporate space
2. Understanding the culture of the workplace
3. Volunteering for experience
4. Tips for becoming good in sales
5. Mentors, Sponsors, and Champions
6. Speaking
7. LinkedIn Tips
8. Elevator Pitch vs Water Cooler

 

Cherai, what’s one piece of advice you would want to give your sisters about self-worth?

Know you why; breathe; be your own private investigator; know the lay of the land

Where To Find Cherai

Instagram: @the_op_playbook

Linked In: Cherai Lewis, CMP

 

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Transitioning Parental Relationships & Boundaries

Dear Sis,

As we get older, our relationships with our parents change. We may start to experience a push and pull with our boundaries. In the beginning, it may be that parents are seemingly hanging on too tight and as we continue to age, we find ourselves becoming the parent and roles being reversed. I wish these are conversations that we would have much earlier so that they are easier to discuss or don’t strictly happen in the case of an emergency.

 

Today I’m talking with Diana Copeland about transitional parental relationships. How to navigate boundaries and we get older and how to broach important topics with our parents as roles begin to change.    

 

Diana’s Bio

Diana is characterized as "one that people gravitate towards" for advice and her ability to hear them. Diana is a Certified Life Coach as well as a Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach.  Her education and training build upon her coaching arsenal.

Diana uses her ‘SELF’ method to help women intentionally strengthen relationships with themselves, and others. Empowering women who find themselves asking what about me. She has an innate way of understanding people and their needs. Her ability to individualize and personalized their experience creates a comfortable and open environment for expression and communication. Diana's clients confirm she makes them "feel like they are the only clients she is working with."

Diana lives in Texas, with her loving husband of 23 years. Their happiness continues as they continue to support and enjoy their 2 college age children. 

If you are looking to reach new levels, achieve those goals, motivation, encouragement, mentor, navigate that tough transition, find your voice and stop being a people pleaser. 

 

One thing that stuck out:

Be okay with sitting in the silence once you have expressed your boundaries.       

Correction to quote mentioned at 4:35 – “Be careful with trying to keep the peace outside when there is a war on the inside.”

 

Topics Covered:

1. How to define self
2. Changing boundaries and how to voice them
3. Diana’s Transition with her parents
4. Transitioning relationships with young adults
5. Standing your ground with your boundaries
6. New parent boundaries with parents (grandparents)
7. Transitioning relationship with older adults
8. How to bring up transitional relationships as parents get older
9. People pleasing

 

Diana, what’s one piece of advice you would want to give your sisters about transitioning relationships and boundaries?

Know that you are loved. Trust your gut. Live including yourself. Do what makes you happiest.

 

Where To Find Diana

Website: www.diana-copeland.com

Email: diana.copeland@att.net

Instagram: @coachdianacopeland

Facebook page: @coachdianacopeland

 

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