Sentiments 2 Self

The second episode for the Relationship Series is now live! Alexis Nord joins me for a conversation as we discuss the woman and her relationship with female friends. We didn’t want to make this a conversation about our meaning of friendship or put a heavy opinion on anything, because friendships mean different things to different people. Therefore, Alexis and I discussed adversities amongst friendships and how we can get through those without necessarily falling out with our friends. I am so grateful for Alexis sharing her sentiment, because not only did she share experiences, but she also gave advice about being open to new friends in this stage of her life. The conversation wouldn’t have been right without a few giggles and laughs, which really helped ease a heavy topic of discussion. Check it out and let this be the start of a conversation that we as women expand on in the next few days.

This conversation kicked off “The Relationship Series," and I truly wanted this conversation to be light, because I believe that people always add stress and added expectations on relationships, which make them heavy conversations. Therefore, I started with the topic of dating. Although this can be a heavy topic, essentially, I see it as a learning process, which means you receive valuable things from the experiences, which shouldn't make the conversations as heavy. Chelsie is a friend of mine that is very open to talking about her learning experiences and encounters, because she is free and stands in her truth at all times. Something I oh so love about her! Therefore, when it came to the topic of dating, it was a no brainer that she be a part of this conversation. Chelsie and I dove right in and discussed different levels of dating, her experiences with dating, some of her red flags in dating, and she closed with giving her sentiments on how and why she believes young, black females should be dating in 2020. One thing that I want to make the center of this conversation is Defining the Grey Area in Dating: Set the tone for what you expect, by standing for what you believe in from the start and use dating as a learning tool for finding love in a healthy and purposeful way.

Normally I am having conversations with others in order to bring light to issues and situations that our community as a whole should be talking about, for the purposes of unity and growth. However, sometimes it’s just as important to sit back and reflect on your own actions and situations; therefore, you are able to identify areas where growth or nurturing of some sort is needed. That very thought has brought me to the purpose of my March sentiments to you: “Life is all about Turning L’s into Lessons, and winning when it’s all said and done!”

This past Saturday, March 14, 2020, I had planned to host my first live podcast for Sentiments 2 Self:A Much Needed Conversation. The event was designed around my experience at Tyler Perry Studios for Steve Harvey’s new Facebook Watch series. Although the event did not occur on March 14th, what I did learn along the way is that this is only the beginning and the lessons will only bring elevation

The conversation between Quantasia Hector and I was all about standing for something as a woman in this new century. I even brought in one of my good male friends, Preston Howard, to give his perspective as a man on standing for something. As women, it’s ESSENTIAL to have moral and values and to stand for something at the end of the day. No longer is it cool to go with the flow. As women, we create the flow. You have to show people how to treat you, and you do that by standing firm on what you believe and never folding on your word. I hope what you get from this episode is the realization of how important it is to be you and believe what you truly believe in your heart, no matter who is around or what the crowd is doing!

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