Everyone faces difficulties in life, but it is truly a gift to use those challenges to inspire and motivate others. Join us for a megadose of creativity and inspiration from our guest!

Kayla Nixon is a blogger, first-time author, and former PreK teacher. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Old Dominion University, and she has written A Black Woman’s Coffee Table Book: Commentary on Life, Loss, and Love. Even at her young age, Kayla uses her digital platform to showcase her work as a photographer and writer, broadly addressing themes of travel, black womanhood, loss, love, and more. 

Show Highlights:

• Kayla’s inspiration to write her book and fulfill a lifelong dream
• How Kayla realized that her journal writing of encouragement to herself could become a book to help others
• Why Kayla decided that her book should be a coffee table book for black women
• How Kayla shares her personal experiences in her book, which are highlighted by her uterine cancer diagnosis and her mom’s cancer journey and subsequent death
• How Kayla realized that, even at a young age, her story could be inspirational and helpful to others
• Why Kayla wanted to encourage people to think about how to change their approach to life, love, and loss
• How Kayla learned to be specific about what she needed in a time of loss
• Why you need to identify your “top three” or “top five” people whom you can count on
• How therapy helped Kayla face her difficult challenges
• What it means to “choose abundance”
• What healthy love looks like
• How meditation and prioritizing herself have brought peace and abundance to Kayla
• Why and how Kayla began traveling, even in the time of COVID, and has seen different perspectives and insights from people around the world
• Life lessons from Kayla:
• “You have to learn how to pivot and be OK with it.”
• “Listen to yourself–and not all the other voices.”

Resources:

Follow Kayla on Instagram.

Find A Black Woman’s Coffee Table Book at regular booksellers or at www.blackwomanscoffeetablebook.co.