Category: SELF LOVE
Happy Birthday Marcus Garvey!
Marcus Garvey, the grandfather of pan Africanism celebrates his birthday on the 17th August
and I’m out here flying my virtual RGB flag! Whoop! Whoop!
Marcus Mosiah Garvey Sr. and Sarah Anne Richards gave birth to him in St Ann’s Bay,
Jamaica in 1887, the youngest of 11 children. The principles of Garveyism were all about
empowering black people to do for self and be proud of their blackness.
It’s fascinating to learn that this grandson of a slave would rise up and inspire millions of
black people around the world to rise up and stand in their greatness, all without social
media! I’m excited to be celebrating his achievements by sharing resources
to honor his legacy for your sobriety and continued empowerment.
Go to www.garvey.juneallen.net to download a free webclass, 5 ways to honor his legacy today.
Are You Emancipated and Independent?
Racism is a Spiritual Disease.
Courage
Courage builds character. It’s a revolutionary love that drives our actions through fear. Courage comes from the Latin word cor which means heart, and doing the heartwork is what seeds miracles.
With a legacy where pain is fused with identity, healing is damn, hard work. We need the courage to face ourselves, to ask for help, to stop keeping the secrets that keep us sick, to love and be loved by those who, on the outside, mirror those who brought us the most pain.
Through the years of vicious self hate, I absorbed the pain of others. I blamed myself for the abuse and deprived myself of the right to thrive in love.
With courage as my superpower, I found the strength to break the patterns passed from massa’s cruel plantations. As I built a village with those who healed before me, I was able to love on my people in a way I never thought possible.
Sometimes, the best version of ourselves can only shine under pressure, and courage, like coal, makes diamonds.
Enjoy this piece? It’s taken from a free ebook which you can download at: 7 Steps to Unlock Your Sista Superpowers.
The Power of Solitude
In a world that rewards the hustle,
many feel that solitude is wasted time.
As superwomen, we werk our capes
and ram each ‘should’ and ‘have to,’
in what little, precious time our days will bare.
Solitude honours the truth.
It lifts the veil on how we feel about ourselves when no one’s watching.
She doesn’t lie, or tell us what we want to hear.
She’ll open the window on toxic fantasy
and hold up the mirror which demands empathy.
This superpower serves it straight.
I suffered with chronic doing for years to avoid the backlog of pain I carried beneath it.
I was scared of what I would feel, if I allowed myself to pause.
When I gave myself permission to face the quiet,
it was a relief to let the sacred, stillness, speak.
Solitude is the superpower that calms the storm between our humanity and our spirituality.
In the Sacred Sista Reset Experience, I share a simple tool to nurture this relationship.
As we honor its presence, we’ll move from anorexic isolation to honoring our divinity.
Enjoy this piece? It’s taken from a free ebook which you can download at: 7 Steps to Unlock Your Sista Superpowers.
Sunday Serenity: Superpower Sobriety
Racial Sobriety is the superpower that rebuilds our lives from the inside out. Our experience is filtered through the lens of self compassionate, instead of endless bleeding from the wounds of chronic black shame.
Addiction is not just about the drink and drugs, it’s any compulsive behavior that allows us to escape the pain of living in reality. In our desperate powerlessness, we use the people, places and things to numb the suffering inside the truth.
Racism is the compulsive abuse of power and melanin, is the trigger. In recovery, I learned that I’m powerless over those who practice white supremacy, but have the power to choose how I respond.
Have you experienced racism in the rooms? Are you new to this concept and want to know where to begin? After years of experience, strength and hope in my own recovery process. I created the The Racial Sobriety Starter Guide to share the tools and strategies to support you with yours.
‘Racial sobriety is loving yourself so much that, that racism becomes irrelevant.’
This reading was taken from the FREE Starter Guide 7 Steps to Unlock Your Sista Superpowers
Black Women’s Well-Being Event with Naomi Davidson.
Greetings and thanks for taking the time to hang out with me.
Today, I’m chatting to Naomi Davidson who is a well-being consultant and she’s all about empowering Sista’s. She got in touch as a result of the series I did on wounded daughters to ask if I would be on the panel for her event ( 23 June 2018) which is specifically around to our UK experience.
We caught up earlier this week to chat about what to expect at the event, and next week we’re going to record a more detailed podcast about the results of her research. You can listen to our chat here.
Hope to see you Saturday!
June
Sobriety Birthday Gratitude.
Greetings Family!
I’m so excited to share with you that this week is my sobriety birthday! I’m 8 years sober! Yaaasss! It’s not been an easy road, but I am soooo grateful for the growth and to no longer be drowning in unmanageable insanity! #justfortoday
‘The goal of racial sobriety is to love yourself so much, that white supremacy becomes irrelevant.‘
In celebration of my sober awesomeness, I’m sharing the love with some fabulous offers for the next 72 hours! go to www.sobriety.juneallen.net to get your sober on!
Your Sista in Service
June
#racialsobriety