The Wellness Vibe

Join me for a one minute meditation on being grateful for what we have. 

Join me for this quick meditation on gratitude and love. Repeat these three phrases as you meditate: I am LOVED, I LOVE. I AM LOVE.

Hello, hello and welcome! Thank you so much for taking the time to listen + be apart of the community. Your presence here is greatly appreciated. 

This month, I thought we could take some time to talk about gratitude and what it means to us. In this episode, you can expect to hear: 

-how gratitude is defined

-why gratitude is important

-things you can do to feel more gratitude

-challenge invite

Join the community in the facebook group, The Wellness Tribe. Til next time, love + light

Welcome, welcome! Happy Monday! During this episode, the host, Bre, talks about the new direction of the podcast. 

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Hello there! This is a simple 5 minute meditation for relaxation. It's a great option to implement as an intro to meditation.   While I think it's effective - when I mention meditation, I'm not referring to only in a quiet space, sitting on the floor with your legs crossed. You can meditate anytime, anywhere. It's the intention behind it that makes the biggest difference.

Join me for a one minute gratitude meditation.

Nailah Blades is a coach + clarity maker and founder of @wecoloroutside, where she helps women create unapologetic, JOYful lives through adventure.

This week, I spoke with Bianca Cotton. Bianca is a dynamic woman who inspires women to walk in love, live in hope and be healed from past hurts. She is a wife, mom, author of 3 books, poet and speaker. If that resonates with you, tune in. 

Today, I have the pleasure of speaking with Charmaine Griffin about the importance of wellness for millennials. She also shares how her nontraditional upbringing shaped what she does, and her therapy journey. 

This week I had the pleasure of speaking with Janelle Stuart. Her purpose  is to share “her story’ in a way to helps other parents to invest in their children lives. She shares the necessary steps we can take to make the best investments in our little ones, tune in.

This week on the podcast, I had the pleasure to speak with self-love and wellness coach, Ashley Thompson. She shares how she started her wellness journey and how you can to! Tune in to learn the easiest way to lean into your wellness journey.

Sign up for her upcoming course in Spring 2020: herbivorebeauty.com/courses/self-love-wellness-for-black-women

For more information visit her website: www.herbivorebeauty.com

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*Join her in the Bresumbrella Wellness Tribe for a more in-depth discussion self-love + wellness next Wednesday, January 29 @ 8pm CST.

TGMS - Episode 51 - What does beauty inside and out mean to you? 

During promotion for Journey Live Production’s play Beauty Inside and Out, I had an opportunity to sit down and chat with two lovely ladies, Daija and Jhimae. 
We were at Forest Park, one of the world’s most beautiful parks (I believe.) We were sitting near the fountain. You’ll hear people walk by or in the distance conversation or laughter. 

I presented two different questions and let them decide which one they wanted to answer. They bring up some interesting points, stay tuned to listen in. 

What does beauty inside and out mean to you? 

I asked them a series of questions. First up, Daija answers what beauty inside and out means to her? She asked me to share a tidbit on what I thought beauty inside and out meant. Then she went on to present some interesting arguments. 

At the time, I mentioned that beauty inside and out was equivalent to freedom, to maximum self-expression. I believe there’s a box that comes with not accepting your own beauty. 
She says, we need to dissect the whole ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder.’ Are we really in a place to decide what beauty inside and out means for someone else? Are the magazines, social media  TV really reliable sources for defining beauty? She believes that we ultimately feel internally what is beautiful to us. She learned in school that, according to society’s standard, someone with a more symmetrical face seems to be more attractive because symmetry has a correlation with perfection. 

She went on to say that, if one person deems something as beautiful, we should be able to say differently, if that’s what we feel. 

Her other argument is that the person you are on the inside and define how beautiful you are on the outside.When you are a beautiful person on the outside, and your personality or who you are on the inside doesn’t match, you start to look less attractive.  

In summary, laughter is the best medicine AND inner beauty determines your outer beauty. And that’s her opinion. 

Who are you and what do you stand for? 

This second question is answered by ‘Mae’ as she lovingly calls herself a voluptuous black woman. 

#HeyNow!

#BlackPower

She answered the question of who is she and what she stood for.  

I am Jhimae Brock. 

She loves the beauty of life, nature, music, and connections with people. Just the simple things. 

She stands for love. Love keeps us all connected. It’s a beautiful thing. We need more of it in the world. There’s so much hate, violence,  and crime. There’s a lot of things that bring people down. There’s depression, institutionalized racism and so much stuff. And all we really need is love. We need to care about and be there for each other. 

Daija has a moment to think about what she stands for and answers the question as well. 

“You know what I think I stand for - independence. Because everything I do in my life has to do with becoming independent. 

I strive for independence. 

I got to work because I want to be independent. I found me a place to stay so I can move out of my parents house, so I can be independent. 

I don’t like depending on other people for things, so that motivates me to do better, to make more money. 

I want to get to a point where I don’t need anyone for anything. Which, I don’t think that’s totally possible. I think God made is so that we need each other. 

But that’s what drives me. 

I just want to be independent. I want to be on own. I want to be able to do things by myself. And that’s just me - I’m a loner.”