Today is Ready!

Hi, it’s Mimi!

I just wanted to take a moment of your time. Lately, I’ve really been impressed to talk about the importance of time. What I want for myself and for you is to make the most out of each day. So the message of today (and every day) is…

Today is Ready.

Today is ready to see what you’ll do with it. It has some great ideas, but you’re in charge. You take the lead.

Everyday we are given is an opportunity to do something we’ve never done or be someone we’ve never been. To grow. To evolve. Every day. Every moment. And you cannot allow anyone to restrict you or hold you to yesterday! You are not your past. You are now.

And it doesn’t matter what your past is, as long as you’ve correctly taken ownership of it, processed it, and are actively moving forward. You are not frozen in time. You are not shackled to your past. You’re not!

The moment you speak up, the moment you decide, the moment you take action- that is the exact moment that you become new. You become present.

And the present is the only time there is! When yesterday ended, so ended the opportunity to change it. It is set and it is done. It’s gone. Whether you let yesterday lift you up, or you chose to bring yesterday down- it is of no consequence because today you can choose to go another direction.

Trying to relive the past only results in a waste of precious resources- your time and energy- and a failed attempt to adjust or recreate a day that has already done its job. The energy was there, the seed was planted, the lesson was made available; or what have you.

Yesterday is finished. Take yesterday’s lessons and move on. Because today is here and today wants to do something else.

Today wants to break generational curses, today wants to introduce you to your twin flame. Or maybe today wants to give you a promotion, a new business idea, or your newly built dream home. But you’re so stuck in the past that you can’t get to it!

You’ve been reliving the day you got fired, cheated on, or divorced for ten years now.

And it’s time to let yesterday go.

It’s time.

Today is ready for you to let yesterday go.

It’s time to let it go.

Let it go.

Much love until next time beautiful souls. Love and Light- Mimi 💜✨

Allow Today to Be Awesome!

Today is monumental to me. Today- a day that had all the makings of another average occurrence of days tumbling one on top of another, was allowed- by me- to be something magical. I woke up and smiled. “Today is an awesome day!” I said to myself.

I started the day in gratitude. I burned some sage and palo santo, I set my intention for a ‘beautiful day filled with love’. I meditated. I admired my crystals for a little while and then began to say my affirmations.

This time, I decided to say them in front of the mirror. Things were going typically until I got to one specific affirmation:

“I am beautiful.”

When I said this affirmation in the mirror, I cringed. Say it again. So, I did. I didn’t cringe this time. Say It Again. And I did. “I am beautiful.” It wasn’t painful. In fact, it seemed like less of a lie this time. One More Time. “I am beautiful.”

Silence.

I stood there; replaying the words in my head. I looked at myself, and for the first time in all of my life; I saw a beautiful person looking back at me.

“I am beautiful.” I whispered to myself once more…and I believed it! I began to cry.

I never thought I was beautiful. Maybe ‘cute’ sometimes when I have my hair and makeup done. Perhaps ‘pretty’ if I really liked my outfit. But I have never felt beautiful.

So, today is indeed a special day for me. And I hope that today is a special day for you as well. May today be the day that you discover something new about yourself. May today be the day that you find your bliss.

I am grateful for today because it is a milestone on my journey of self-love and self-discovery. Today is a great day because I allow it to be. Because I am a deliberate creator and I decide what type of day I am to have. I decide.

And that in itself; is a beautiful day filled with love.

Much love and be blessed. 💜✨Mimi

Directly after my “I am Beautiful” breakthrough.

Confidence Challenge

Hi!!

I hope that everyone is happy, healthy, and abundant!

I don’t have much to say at this time. (I’m working quietly and manifesting things that I will speak on later.) but, what I did want to reiterate is the absolute power and importance of affirmations!

We are all divine souls encased in human bodies, right? Well, as human beings, we forget our purpose and mission in life as we become accustomed to earth and programmed by society. Things happen to us and we learn certain behaviors as a result. There’s not much we can do about the way we were raised. But as adults; we can fix this!

That is the beauty of technology! If you have a problem and are looking for a solution to it- you can easily find it by doing a little bit of research.

This being said; during the course of my life I had developed some very low self esteem. I felt unattractive, unworthy, and overall unsure of myself on multiple levels. I didn’t want to live the rest of my life this way; so I knew that I had to do something about it!

So I began my plan of action. I was practicing the law of attraction and things started to improve, but I needed more. I looked into hypnosis to clear my subconscious of negativity. That felt great! But I aspired to even greater levels.

I began saying affirmations. Make no mistake- I had been affirming the entire time but after a while; I needed affirmations more catered to the issues that I sought to improve. I researched and found some confidence affirmations. Now, this hit the spot!

I began to say them everyday. I modified some of the affirmations and made them my own. I only kept the affirmations that resonated with me. Now, I’m getting somewhere!

Right?

Well, somewhere isn’t quite there. I felt good, but truth be told; I wasn’t really getting out of the house much because of the pandemic.

I returned to social media. And that’s when I saw that I needed yet more work in the confidence department. I went to take a selfie and I completely froze. I had taken multiple selfies and could not find one that I deemed worthy of posting. I hated each one! I struggled with the sight of my own face.

I felt broken. I thought those affirmations were working! I thought to myself. How disappointed I was. But then I realized that with some lessons, there are tests. It’s pretty easy to say ‘I am beautiful’ in a room by myself. It was time to actually believe it.

So, I created a #ConfidenceChallenge for 45 days and began taking selfies everyday. Each day, I post a picture of myself along with an affirmation. As time went on, it became less difficult to find a picture of myself that I deemed acceptable. I even starting doing short videos (I didn’t really like my voice either).

And now, here it is 31 days later and I can see and feel the difference in the way that I view myself. It wasn’t all about looks- looks only get you so far- but I realize that as I practice all of this self care and self love, that I am able to speak my mind and look at myself instead of cringing.

I began the challenge on social media thinking that maybe it would catch on and make me famous…lol. It may still do that- who knows? But I realized that I’ve already gotten something valuable out of this experiment. I didn’t post any selfies hoping for likes. My aim was to validate myself. And I did that.

That; my friends, is priceless.

Until next time, much love. Be blessed and be free!

Love and Light- Mimi 💜✨

Try New Things

Hi!

I just wanted to share some things that have been on my mind lately.

First, I want to acknowledge Pride Month because I feel like people should be able to love who they want to love. They should be able to be themselves authentically.

I want to acknowledge Juneteenth because I’m a black woman and I wouldn’t be where I am without it. I also feel that freedom is a right and not a privilege.

And last, but not least, I want to acknowledge Father’s Day. This was the first time that I was not able to hug my father or call him and tell him happy Father’s Day. To all the father’s out there- you are loved, you are valuable.

And now that I have addressed those things, I just want to say: go for it!

If you find yourself wanting to do or try things that you usually wouldn’t- go for it! Do it. Live out loud! Smile even though your teeth aren’t perfect. Sing, dance, love!

Rediscover yourself.

That’s what I’ve been doing lately and it’s been really rewarding. I’ve always enjoyed writing. And learning. But since I’ve been on this journey of enlightenment, self confidence, and self discovery; I find myself wanting to draw, color and paint.

I took animation in high school (many moons ago lol) and it was pretty cool. But after I took the classes, I didn’t draw anything. And now here I am, drawing again. I’m not great at it but I enjoy it. And that’s what it’s about.

Life is about enjoyment. We work and pay bills to maintain our livelihoods, but enjoyment is key.

Here’s one of my sketches that I outlined. And until next time; much love. Be blessed. And be free! 💜

Trust your Intuition

Hi!

I didn’t write last week because I didn’t feel like I had anything particularly helpful to blog about. Maybe next time, I will share a poem instead of not writing at all. We shall see…

Well, this week, I wanted to share something that happened to me that actually had me a bit out of sorts. I share this to emphasize the importance of trusting your own intuition.

About a week ago, after I meditated, I was on YouTube and I saw a pick a card video posted by The Gem Goddess. (I subscribe to her channel and I think she’s awesome and gifted.) So, I pick a card and proceed to listen to the reading…it was on point! I mean; spot on! She told me some great things as well as truths that I needed to hear.

I was reignited! I felt good.

About 10 minutes later, I noticed a YouTube notification and so I checked it out. It was a comment from Gem! I freaked out. It said, “message me on WhatsApp I have a vision for you.”

My mind was reeling. I was thinking ‘Wow. She actually responded to my comment, I wonder what she has to say…‘ ya know; things of that nature.

I don’t even have WhatsApp, but I downloaded it onto my phone and set it up so that I could message Gem.

She asked a few basic questions and I answered. She let me know that I needed a private reading; to which I said, okay. She then told me the price. It didn’t feel right to me, but I shook it off. After all, she’s The Gem Goddess!

She said that I needed to send her ‘a deposit’ so that she could schedule my reading via video call. I thought to myself, Let me stop being cheap. This is an investment. I’m investing in myself.

So I shrugged off that uneasy feeling and proceeded. I asked if she had cash app and she said yes. She sent me the info, and I looked up the name.

Wait, what?!

So I stopped in my tracks. That should be the end of the story, right? Wrong!

I got another message from “her”, asking if I had made the payment. When I responded that I didn’t because of the picture, she explained that he is her assistant and that her account has limits. Okay, I guess that makes sense…

All of this is happening while I’m running errands. I was driving up to my daughter’s job and received a WhatsApp video call. My sister answers it for me and I see the guy pictured. And then for a few seconds, I saw Gem Goddess on the screen. She was saying something but I couldn’t make it out. The signal dropped, but I figured it was because I was driving through the mountain area.

Seeing her on the screen; my skepticism faded. There was another message. Something to the affect of ‘see, I told you.’ Well, my mind was eased and I sent the payment through cash app.

After a little while of messaging back and forth, a began to feel like things weren’t right again. After a couple more basic questions, I noticed that the person’s speech patterns weren’t like hers at all. I realize that I don’t know her personally, but she didn’t at all come across how she does on the videos. And the things that were being said in this chat didn’t line up with the original reading. These things didn’t resonate with me at all!

And then I realized that I had been scammed. I don’t know how this con artist got access to her YouTube channel (I’m assuming that he hacked it) but this was not Gem Goddess.

At the risk of sounding dramatic; I felt violated. I had spoken to this person in confidence about things that were personal and private because I believed that they were someone else. And what’s more, this person took money from me!

I was upset, embarrassed, and hurt. But I’m okay now. It was a lesson learned, and now; more than ever I know to trust my intuition. We all have intuition. We all have light in us, and it is our duty to cultivate it, use it, and let it shine.

Trust yourselves beautiful people!

Until next time; much love. Be blessed and be free. 💜

Don’t Stay Down

Hi!

I just wanted to create a post for people who may be feeling down right now, or maybe you’re doubting yourself for one reason or another.

Know that you aren’t alone.

Know that you are loved.

Know that it’s okay to be down sometimes- just don’t stay there.

I personally have had some mixed feelings this week. There were some incredible highs: my daughter graduating from high school, finally meeting and making peace with my ex husband’s wife. (She’s actually a sweetheart!)

And there were lows. The graduation itself made me think of my father and how proud he would’ve been to see my daughter walk across the stage. When my ex husband and his wife offered their sincere condolences for his passing- I almost crumbled. It hurts so much that he didn’t get to see that. He was always so proud and supportive of us all.

But I couldn’t stay in that sad place. I had to be present. Of course, that’s not to say that I immediately was happy again, but I knew I couldn’t stay in that sad place.

I thanked them for their condolences, focused on some of the good times with my father and let gratitude for this event take me back to a positive place.

It’s important to process emotions rather than cover them up. Don’t be in a hurry to ‘be okay’ if you genuinely don’t feel that way. It’s also important to know the difference between processing and wallowing. If you get too comfortable in that sad place, you could spiral and make it so much harder to raise your vibration again.

Here are some methods I use to regain positivity: listening to positive affirmations, meditation, journaling, drawing, playing with my dogs, going for a walk or drive.

I really hope that this will help someone.

Until next time; much love. Be blessed and be free!

My daughter and my father on her 17th birthday

I am/Gratitude Merger

Hi!

Some time ago, a thought occurred to me while doing my affirmations. I don’t know if this is something that you’re already doing: if so, great! But I thought that I’d go ahead and share it because I feel that it’s a more powerful way to affirm and manifest your desires.

I learned while reading; that “I am” affirmations are more powerful as it is also a direct reference to God and the God inside of us.

And then I read The Science of Getting Rich and learned that gratitude brings us into closer relationship with Source (God).

So I thought to myself…🤔

What if I paired the two together? Wouldn’t that make a powerful affirmation even more powerful?!

Yes. Yes; I believe it would! For example: instead of saying “I am wealthy.” Try saying; “I am grateful to be wealthy.” Not only are you affirming wealth, but you’re expressing gratitude as well.

So, I began to blend affirmations with gratitude and sincerely; they resonated with me on a different level!

So much so, that I believe it caused me to manifest a nicer car for myself. I went from “I have a better car.” To “I am grateful for a better car.” (I wasn’t very specific; I just wanted a better car than the one I had.) And guess what?!

I went from this car (with over 250,000 miles on it. It used to be a cab.)

To this car! (With under 100,000 miles on it.)

And while I’m grateful for Marie and always will be; I’m really grateful to have Mariah.

I didn’t tell him that I wanted a new car. I just gratefully affirmed and allowed it to come to me. And he surprised me with this lovely vehicle last night.

So I decided to share with you. I hope that your greatest of dreams come true. Until next time…

Much love. Be blessed. And be free. 💜

Hair Evolution

Hi!

Today marks a special day in my hair evolution. Hair evolution, you say? Yes! Yes I do.

For some people “it’s just hair”. But in my opinion, my hair is a crown. It is a form of self expression that I handled (and sometimes mishandled) in different ways.

As a child, my mother styled my hair. She would do braids and beads which I loved for both the color and the clacking sound they made. She also did twisted ponytails with barrettes at the ends. I loved this too, but I had to play more carefully for fear of losing my hair ornaments.

And then I was “old enough” to do my own hair. Oh, the independence! I thought of all the wonderful and courageous styles that I would come up with. But when my time came to style my own hair, I didn’t do such a great job.

I used relaxers and far too much heat. I was trying to have my hair ‘bone straight’ as they used to say. I suffered from split ends and breakage. So then, I went to my next hairstyle- braided extensions.

This style became my comfort zone. While it did lend versatility and protection for my hair, I became too reliant on it. Even when my hair was healthy again, and had grown; I still continued to wear them. After many years, I realized that I was hiding behind them. It gave me a length and texture that I didn’t naturally have at that time.

Years ago, after my lupus diagnosis, I suffered from an extreme episode of hair loss. It came out one day in the shower. I still remember it like it was yesterday! Massive clumps of my hair were splattering on the floor of my bathtub. I was devastated. And it look away the little bit of confidence that I felt like I had.

Momentarily…

After that devastation, I actually felt liberated! I came to realize that it was just hair. No big deal. It’ll grow back. I said to myself. (And it did!) But with that new realization, I was open to do something different. Something so not me. I had it cut!

This haircut was everything! My sister is a cosmetologist and she gave me the initial look…which evolved into what you see above and other derivatives of that. I felt so exciting, edgy, sexy. I felt brand new.

…but after a few years of the short style, I was ready to move on. I felt really proud and empowered by the natural hair movement- especially when my sister and daughter chose to “go natural”. If they could do it; so could I. So I did.

I stopped using harsh chemicals and heat on my hair and began to just let it grow. Naps and all! But it was okay, because I was infatuated with the magic of the Afro.

Over two years into my natural hair journey, (and one year ago today) I decided to take the evolution one step further. And guess what? I locked my hair! For a moment I doubted it; thinking, is this really the last hair style I want to have?

I decided that the benefits outweigh any risks and I have no regrets. I can still add braided extensions for variety if I want, and sometimes I do. But I am really enjoying cultivating my hair with our oils and watching it grow. My hair is evolving as I evolve and it’s a beautiful thing.

So, happy “loc-iversary” to me!

Much love to those of you reading…be blessed. Be free.

Don’t be afraid to…

Don’t be afraid to dream.

Don’t let anyone tell you you’re not good enough, because you are!

Don’t be afraid to live out loud! No one has the power to stifle you but you.

You are the star of the show.

You are the keeper of your own dreams.

You are the King/Queen of your domain.

You are strong enough, you are smart enough, you are good enough.

You are enough!

Remember that. Always.

Be blessed. Be free.

Here to be happy

When a middle aged man would leave his firm where he’s junior partner to live in a small apartment as an artist- he was said to have had a mid life crisis.

When a suburban housewife and mother of four children files for divorce, gets her own place and becomes a social media influencer-the popular opinion may be that she’s crazy. Or selfish. Or maybe even a bad mother.

But maybe, just maybe; the world of courtrooms and PTA meetings just wasn’t for them. And that’s okay. Sometimes the social norms are just that.

At times, these norms can be quite restricting! While some of them are necessary for structure, the rest of them are a demand. A chore. An unrealistic mandate that is daunting to a soul that desires adventure and excitement.

People grow and change every day. As we evolve, there’s sometimes a pull. An urge. A longing to do and be something or someone different.

The truth is, aside from harming others, there is no wrong answer when living life.

Don’t stay in a career you hate because you make good money. Find a way to monetize what you love to do!

Don’t stay in an unhappy or unfulfilling marriage ‘for stability’ or ‘for the kids’. There’s nothing stable about going through the motions half heartedly because you really wish you were doing something else.

I’m not saying quit your job with no job to replace it. Neither am I saying that you shouldn’t take care of your kids. What I’m saying is, find your bliss. Your destiny and purpose is wrapped up in those longings!

If you feel that urge…lean into it. Decipher if it’s legitimate and if it is, make the required moves- responsibly of course-to satisfy your soul’s longing. Because that is your destiny. That is why you’re here and who you’re truly meant to be.

You are here to be happy.

Be blessed, and be free…