On this episode of the Get Loved Up podcast, Koya talks to life coach, mental health advocate, and affirmation musician, Toni Jones. Toni talks about being present in the moment, healing, spirituality and takes us with her to the journey that led her to discovering and inventing Affirmation Music. 

As a proponent of self healing, Toni hopes to touch more lives and help more people be attuned to themselves and their wellbeing, all in hopes of building a  better world for everyone.

GUEST BIO

Toni Jones served for six years as a Life coach and Mental Health advocate for women and youth. Now as an Affirmation Musician, she found creative ways to promote the message of conscious well being through her music. Toni started making music as a tool for her life coaching clients to practice healing on the go. After great response from her first album she decided to make music full time.

She has since released five projects so far: Affirmation for the Grown Ass Woman, Affirmations and Chill, I See Me Mantras, and Get Cha Mind Right (the mental health mixtape). Toni’s music is healing music, she coined it as Affirmation music. Affirmations set to modern music, which is different from the traditional way of saying Affirmations and mantras that are usually set to relaxing new age music. By creating affirmations to modern music this allows the listeners to ride, be on the go and vibe, just dance to the music while still reciting healing words.

Connect with Toni and follow her work through the links below: 

• Website: https://www.iamtonijones.com/
• Be a member: https://www.wifeyourlife-vip.com/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/tonijones
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamtonijones/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/IamToniJonesIam
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IAMtonijonesIAM
• Merch: https://tonijonesmerch.com/

HIGHLIGHTS

03:11 To be tender is to treat yourself like a newborn

06:23 What is self-parenting for adults?

11:00 Early childhood and growing up in church

13:24 Going back to school and independence 

14:48 The birth of Affirmation Music

19:39 How to feel what you want to feel

21:34 Toni's self-care rituals 

26:34 It takes a village to complete your hero's journey

31:51 Avoid dwelling in scarcity and tap into abundance 

33:25 Toni's thought process for writing affirmation music 

44:11 Healing is a journey 

QUOTES

11:21 Toni: "I just remember watching everybody praise God. I just remember this appetite within me. Like what is, what is making people do this? And I always had a curiosity, an insatiable curiosity for the unknown, the unspoken, but, you know, and so as I grew up in church as a teenager, I just remember asking provocative questions because I'm like we are learning about you. We learn about these miracles and things, but it was like, it didn't make me want to be a better Christian." 

19:03 Toni:  "I asked myself these three questions, how do I feel? And I give myself the space in time. This is how I feel right now. I'm going to be honest.

And then I go into the next question of how do I want to feel? And I go into what is the ideal emotional goal that I would love to embody today. And I jot that down or I spend time in my mind about what's true for me, how I want to feel."

28:24 Toni: "Knowing when to say, I need help, I need support is monumental. It's monumental, even in business. Oh I need a team, I need PR, I need a manager. I need this. Let me bring this to the altar, to manifest those alignments and those relationships to make my business, to make my success, to make my finances that much more sustainable and healthy."

31:51 Toni: "You know,  you can think on what's not here and go right into the emotional reality of scarcity. But then you can look at what you're saying at the present moment. Focus on what's here, what you can be grateful for and tap into that emotional reality of abundance, you know? And so gratitude is such an important practice because it helps you to get present in the moment in a way that is supportive for your future."

38:42 Toni: "I'm going to love you forever. No matter what changes I'm going to treat you just like how oxygen treats you. Oxygen doesn't judge you. It supports you no matter what your habits, no matter what your practice is, no matter what race, no matter how much money, we're gonna treat you like the level of oxygen treats you."

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