(New Video Post) Enjoy Your Freedom #SelfLoveSaturday

November 22, 2014 by

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Happy Self Love Saturday!

Today’s post is dedicated to anyone who is worried and stressed about getting into a relationship and finding that “perfect” someone. I know that we all want to be boo’d up especially now that it’s winter but I have to try and encourage you to enjoy your freedom right now. A lot of people think that a relationship will bring them happiness but honestly in my own experience happiness truly comes from with in and if you aren’t happy with yourself first there isn’t any relationship that will change that. So take this time to enjoy your freedom and truly live for you. Seek happiness and peace and love for you and don’t wait for “Prince Charming” because he can only take you so far if you haven’t done the work to find it for yourself. Check out my video below on “Enjoying Your Freedom”.

 

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(New Video Post) Trust The Process #SelfLoveSaturday

November 15, 2014 by

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Happy Self Love Saturday!

I read the quote above and it spoke directly to my life at this moment. This year has been oddly challenging for me and at times a real test to my faith and patience but I have no choice but to ride the wave and just trust the process. My self love journey has taught me that everything happens for a reason and it’s all for a greater plan to prepare you for something much bigger. The scary and rough parts of the ride are necessary to the process and one day everything will make sense. Check out my video below on the importance of trusting the process.

 

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(New Video Post) Beauty Advice For My Younger Self: Embracing Natural Beauty

November 14, 2014 by

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Quick Story:

Before uploading this video I had a bunch of people post on my Facebook page or send me a message thanking me for promoting “natural beauty” and it’s funny because I really didn’t notice how often I talk about natural beauty until doing this post, but I’m happy that others have noticed and allowing me to speak about it!

Now back to the post, when I asked you guys about a month or so ago what kind of things you wanted to see on my youtube channel a bunch of people asked me to add a beauty element. Now I’m no makeup guru but I do happen to love talking about makeup/hair/fashion with my girlfriends and we often talk about the mistakes we made in our past and the advice we wish we could have given our younger selves when comes to beauty! I saw a note that Phylicia Rashad wrote for her 21 yr old self and I decided to take this concept and give it my own spin! Check out my first video below on “Beauty Advice For My Younger Self” on Embracing Your Natural Beauty! What Advice would you give to your younger self?

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(New Post) @LoveLottaBody #MyStyleMatters Prize Giveaway

November 10, 2014 by

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Hey guys!

I’m very excited to let you know that today I am the style ambassador for Lotta Body Hair Products! They have a great campaign going on during the month of November called #MyStyleMatters asking women to talk about why the way they wear their hair matters to them! They are also doing a contest and giving away a prize pack, gift card and a Louis Vuitton Bag. All you have to do to enter is follow @LottaBody on instagram and upload a photo or a video completing the sentence “Dear Lottabody, my style matters because…” . Check out my video below of why #mystylematters good luck!

 

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(New Video Post) Pick Your Battles #SelfLoveSaturday

November 8, 2014 by

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Happy Self Love Saturday!

Today I want to talk to you guys about the power of “picking your battles”. I’ll admit that I am still learning when and how to pick my battles, instead of getting defensive, taking things personal and being quick to fight but my self love journey has been a big help for that. I was inspired to do this video from reading a quote that said,

“Arguing with people whose intentions are not to understand you, only to prove themselves right. You do not owe it to anybody to carry on a conversation that is only serving the ego, but you do owe it to yourself to step out of the inevitable frustration and self-doubt of interacting with people who don’t listen to understand, but to respond; who don’t speak to be heard, but to defend.” 

This quote put a lot of things into perspective for me because recently I’ve had to deal with a few people that were arguing with me for the sake of arguing and not to understand me. I had to step back and understand what was happening and why it wasn’t worth me putting my effort into and instead pick my battles wisely. Check out the video below on what I’ve learned about picking my battles.

 

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(New Video Post) Dream Big But Focus Small #SelfLoveSaturday

November 1, 2014 by

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Happy Self Love Saturday!

Today’s video is inspired by a quote from Oprah to “Dream Big But Focus Small”. When I read this quote from Oprah a million light bulbs went off in my head because this is ALL I know how to do! I’ve told you guys many times that I have HUGE dreams that often keep me up at night and used to truly overwhelm me because I didn’t know where to start and how to make them my reality, until I learned how to focus on the small steps. When it comes to my self love journey and my career I have a big picture in my head but I’ve had to take the small steps in order to get things done and the small steps have been improving my health, conquering my fears,  being shameless about my work, working on my craft and a whole ton of other steps that I’ve talked to you guys about on Self Love Saturdays. When we focus small we remain on the right path and get things done the right way, check out my video below on why you should “Dream Big but Focus Small”

 

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(New Video Post) Artist Vlog – T.O – LA Behind The Scenes

October 30, 2014 by

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Hey guys!

How are you? I’ve been incredibly busy over the last few weeks, prepping “Black Actress” Season 2, auditioning, writing another series and hustling as much as I can to make my dreams a reality. I’ve been vlogging a lot too and I wanted to take you guys on the adventure with me as I went from Toronto to Los Angeles, check out the video below and stay tuned for part two!

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(New Video Post) Deciding & Defining What You Want #SelfLoveSaturday

October 25, 2014 by

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Happy Self Love Saturday!

How are you guys doing? Today I want to talk about Deciding and Defining what you want in life. I think this is a crucial step for self love and overall success. It’s one thing to say you want to be happy or successful or in love but what do those things look like for you? Is it a big home? Is it living having a big family? Is it simply peace of mind? The sooner you define it, the easier it is for you to go after it and achieve it because you will go in the direction of what you want and your focus will be crystal clear. The moment I decided and defined what I truly wanted in life the quicker the universe made room in my life for my vision of success and happiness and I’m still going! Check out my video below on the importance of Deciding and Defining What You Want.

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(New Video Post) Dealing With Anxiety #SelfLoveSaturday

September 27, 2014 by


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Happy Self Love Saturday!

How are you guys doing? If you’re on the East Coast I’m sure you’re as happy as I am that we’re having this Indian Summer right now, I’m hope it just keeps going this way!

Today I want to talk to you guys about “Dealing With Anxiety”, before I started my Self Love Journey I used to have terrible anxiety! It felt like nearly everything made me anxious and worried or scared about what was going to happen and my mind always thought the worst. One day I was having a conversation with my nutritionist about how anxious I was and that I needed some help to deal with those feelings and she said, “anxiety is accepting defeat”. These words really hit me in the worst way because I realized that I truly was accepting defeat in all situations. I was worried about something that hadn’t happened and I was creating the worst scenario for myself instead of thinking about the best and coming up with a solution. I didn’t want to be to the type of person who accepted defeat and who gave up on myself before I even started, I had to figure out how to overcome this mindset. I then read the book “How To Stop Worrying and Start Living” which is an amazing book for dealing with anxiety, in this book they talk about thinking about the worst case scenario and then a solution for it. Once you’re prepared, you’ll feel at ease and this is basically the theory that they encourage in this book, to have a solution for everything even if it’s a bad situation, what’re you going to do to get out of it?

When I started to think about solutions to all of my worries my whole life turned around. I found myself to be calmer, and more empowered and whole lot less anxious and that was the biggest relief. Check out my video below, I share a few of my solutions for dealing with anxiety.

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(New Video Post) Happy @ShondaRhimes Day! #TGIT #BlackActressWeek

September 25, 2014 by

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I am inspired by Shonda Rimes!

I can’t contain my excitement for #TGIT tonight on ABC aka The Shonda Rhimes takeover! I’ve been a huge fan of her work for a very long time and tonight feels like icing on top of an already well decorated and sugar drenched cake!

I think my first introduction to Shonda Rhimes was “Introducing Dorothy Dandridge” which she wrote and Halle Berry eloquently portrayed and I became obsessed with this movie! I was already a big Dorothy Dandridge fan and I truly felt like this movie gave you a beautiful glimpse into her life. I’m a stalker of film credits for any work that enjoy so when I saw Shonda Rhimes name I wanted to see anything she worked on! I even watched and enjoyed “Crossroads” with Britney Spears because Shonda Rhimes wrote it and Zoe Saldana was in it and I love her too! Then I became a fan of “Grey’s Anatomy”, I was so impressed with seeing a show that had a cast that looked like the real world because it was diverse. These characters were more than just the “asian girl” or the “black girl” but rather they were regular, complex, flawed, layered people who happened to be people of color. I’ve been a rock solid viewer of Grey’s Anatomy and watched every season, because I support the Shonda movement. 

Then she came and dropped the bomb that is “Scandal” a show inspired by a Black woman, starring a Black woman and created by a bBack woman! Three levels of greatness! And then on top of that Black women have proved that we are a huge audience that should not be messed with, I mean seriously do not go onto twitter, Facebook or instagram on Thursday night if you are not watching “Scandal” because you will feel like a fish out of water! It’s beautiful to see us all coming together to support a great show and our sisters!

But now she’s taking it even further with “How to Get Away With Murder” starring the best actress in the whole world, Viola Davis! Yet again breaking down another barrier, proving the haters wrong and showing us again as strong, beautiful, sexy, flawed, courageous, intriguing and BLACK!! Woo! Her inspiration is through the roof! And the best part about Ms. Rhimes is that she is so humble through all of this. She’s broken the glass ceiling and has not stopped climbing and but yet she’s still down here cheering with all of us too.

Thank you Shonda Rhimes for showing us what we can do and for continuing to inspire EVERYONE, you are appreciated!

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