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Woman Wednesday: Marcela

October 5, 2022Posted in inspiration, Uncategorized, womenTagged achieving your dreams, advice, blog, books, building a business, building something, business blog, business woman, businessowner, businesswoman, Challenges we learn from, Challenging, Columbia, Columbia to Australia, Columbian, cool, emotional blog, empowerment, equal rights, hard work, inspiration, inspirational blog, inspirational stories blog, inspire, life, life experiences, meaningful business, mindset, overcoming negativity, self-love, self-love group, self-love seminar, sharing stories, sharing stories blog, stories, stories blog, Support black businesses, travel, travelling, wcw, woman, woman wednesday, women, women empowered, women empowering, women in business, women wednesdayLeave a comment

Q and A with Marcela born in Bogotá, Colombia, and living in Sydney, Australia

“Learn to believe in yourself more than anyone, keep pushing, and surround yourself with people who support you.”

Q: What are you passionate about?

A: Finding my passion wasn’t easy as I was not fixed on one specific subject or a collector. I always dreamt of finding my “passion,” trying different tests, people, books, etc. I was lucky enough to finally find my passion after my third baby. She inspired me to keep fighting for her and my sanity to find real and long-term life solutions to help mothers and babies sleep better. This is how Lulo was born. It’s a sleepy baby koala with a compilation of the best science-based sleeping methods to help your baby get to sleep. Find out more at www.kalmbaby.com. I am passionate about motherhood, my family, baby sleep, “me time,” and having a balanced life. Currently, we are working on refining our mother and baby daily guide routines; these are full-day routines from 0 to 3 years old.

Q: What were your younger years like?

A: Growing up, I loved playing sports with my younger brother. We had the best time together. My dad was very strict, and there was zero room for mistakes. He taught me lots of manual stuff like fixing the iron or stove when they were not working at a very young age. I think I was 12 years old when I aimed to open a TV, and I was fascinated with all the cables, electronics, etc. I remember breaking the bulb inside… luckily, there was a spare TV. And it was a secret between my brother and me. I grew up in Bogotá, Colombia, where I had my first baby at a very young age. He is now 19 years old. Then I moved to Australia in search of a better life for my son, who I had to leave in Colombia for two painful years until I managed to bring him to Australia and achieve a massive and life-changing goal. I have been living for the last 14+ years in Australia. I met the love of my life, who I married and we had two kids together (ages 4 and 2 years old). He supports me every step of the way, and I am extremely grateful to God for giving me such a unique and special husband.

Q: What is something valuable you’d like others to know?

A: Learn to believe in yourself more than anyone, keep pushing, and surround yourself with people who support you. I have learned that healing yourself internally is possible with God’s help and the people he puts on our paths. Everything has a reason. It may be something that you don’t think you need, but time covers our pain and time will uncover them again.

Q: What does feminism mean to you?
A: To fight for equal gender benefits. We are still seeing many industries where there is a salary gap between women and men.

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Woman Wednesday: Keke

September 28, 2022Posted in inspiration, Uncategorized, womenTagged achieving your dreams, advice, Black businesses, Black woman business, Black-owwned business, blog, books, building a business, building something, business blog, business woman, businessowner, businesswoman, Challenges we learn from, Challenging, cool, emotional blog, empowerment, equal rights, hard work, inspiration, inspirational blog, inspirational stories blog, inspire, life, life experiences, meaningful business, mindset, overcoming negativity, self love, self love group, self-love, self-love group, self-love seminar, sharing stories, sharing stories blog, stories, stories blog, Support black businesses, travel, travelling, wcw, woman, woman wednesday, women, women empowered, women empowering, women in business, women wednesdayLeave a comment

Q and A with Keke from Queens, NY

“There is one skill I value the most and that is asking for help.”

Q: What are you passionate about?

A: I am passionate about helping others by providing motivation, inspiration, and emotional support. I’ve always said that my purpose found me when I was a sophomore in college in 2012 when my grandmother was killed by a car. My line of work involves helping individuals by providing direct care services and providing counseling. I am currently working on planning my Self-Love Tour and building up a Sisterhood Community dedicated to self-love and self-care resources. I help women on a self-love and healing journey by providing coaching services, self-love brunches, retreats, and training sessions.

Q: What were your younger years like?

A: I have been through a lot growing up. I’ve always felt feelings of abandonment and rejection due to not having an active father in my life. I’ve always been self-driven to accomplish my goals. I have been able to complete undergrad at Mercy College in 2015 with a psychology degree and grad school at St. John’s University in 2017 with a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling.

After my grandmother was killed in a car accident, I went through anxiety issues, times of hyperventilating, and felt guilty for not seeing her as much as I could’ve. I had to learn how to regulate my emotions, and I learned early on to ask for support. I felt like I was always viewed as being the strong one and to finally allow myself to lean on support helped me through it all. Also, I felt led to go into the social science field after a few months after the accident. I finally made the decision even though I wasn’t sure, and now here I am ten years later operating with my gifts.

Q: What is something valuable you’d like others to know?

A: I want others to know that it’s okay to not be okay. It’s important to process emotions and thoughts and learn the necessary skills to overcome them. Also, I would encourage others to stay encouraged and make use of asking for help. There is one skill I value the most and that is asking for help.

Q: What does feminism mean to you?
A: Great question. It means being able to be empowered and overcome the challenges society places on women.

MORE ABOUT KEKE: My favorite color is purple, and I love to sing.

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Woman Wednesday: Chanel

February 20, 2019Posted in Uncategorized, womenTagged advice, art, beauty, beauty blog, beauty inside and out, blog, blogger, blogs, business, empowerment blog, entrepreneur, entrepreneur blog, environment, family, fashion, feminism, happy, home, inspiration, inspire, inspire blog, inspiring mom, learning, life, love yourself, makeup, mother blog, motivation, motivational blog, motivational words, next generation, photography, photos, professional photography, real life, self-love, story, support small business, support women, trends, True Life, true story, woman, woman crush wednesday, woman entrepreneur, woman stories, woman story, woman support, woman wednesday, women, women empowerment, women supporting women, women wednesday, womens rights, womens storiesLeave a comment

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Q and A with Chanel, Annapolis, Maryland

“Staying true to yourself is important in any industry. It’s easy for others to laugh or joke or not take you seriously, so try and tune out those voices. No one else is responsible for your happiness or life successes.”

Q: What are you passionate about?

A: I am passionate about empowering women in the form of positive thinking, learning independent lifestyle habits to allow us to not have to fully rely on anyone else, and body positivity. I am currently a lifestyle, boudoir, and wedding photographer. This career allows me to meet so many different people. We have a self-love project going on right now. I also have spent two years working as a distributor for a makeup company, Senegence International. This has opened many doors from opening a team of over 120 ladies all over the USA and helping others learn makeup skills with a cruelty-free brand.

Pictured: Chanel ready to take some amazing photos!

Pictured: Some shots of Chanel promoting self-love.

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Pictured: Photos Chanel took while collaborating with My Lilianas.

Q: What were your younger years like?

A: My younger years were focused around finding myself. I studied early childhood education in college, but I never fully dove in. My passion became photography.

My parents have a huge influence on my life. They’ve encouraged me to make my own path, money, and success since high school. I immediately worked multiple jobs from 15 and up. Savings was my main focus versus spending money on some of the things that friends were. It helped fund the start of multiple businesses. My mom is very much into makeup and helping women find confidence within themselves. She’s constantly showering others with praise. My dad is a businessman who has paved a way of multiple streams of income, hard work, and goal setting.

Pictured: Chanel, her husband, and their three children.

Q: What is something valuable you’ve learned that you’d like others to know?

A: Staying true to yourself is important in any industry. It’s easy for others to laugh or joke or not take you seriously, so try and tune out those voices. No one else is responsible for your happiness or life successes. Making goals and understanding that plans will change is crucial in finding growth. I also feel it’s important for women to make their own money, save some for life-changing events, and invest in themselves and their family. I would love for ladies to learn that you can honestly become anyone you want to be. Whether it’s a teacher, photographer, life coach, makeup artist, or something else entirely.

Pictured: Chanel and her friends, Brittani and Kristin.

Q: What does feminism mean to you?

A: I feel it means not letting others have a hold on you. Feminism means knowing you’re the one in charge of your life’s outcome. One of the hardest things for me to see in relationships and marriages is a male figure seeking dominance over someone based on income or working status. Or when couples separate seeing a female say she has nothing to her own name or has nothing for herself. I hope to one day design a course for ladies in high school and college to help encourage women to protect themselves.