Discovering Self-Confidence and Amplifying Life: Empowerment Through Detox Diet and Happiness

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Ever felt like your life could use a bit of a tune-up? Join me as I share about my transformative life-altering experience. Following a detox diet for 31 days, removing caffeine, meat, alcohol, and bread from the system, I've been able to energize and amplify my life in ways I'd never thought possible. Plus, I discuss how prioritizing my children's happiness and crafting beautiful memories with them has reshaped my perspective on life. 

But, that's not all! In our chat, I also open up about my inspiring journey of finding my voice, owning it, and refusing to apologize for it. No longer suppressed by others, I've discovered the power of being my own cheerleader, firmly standing up for my happiness and my greatness. So, brace yourselves for an empowering conversation that will leave you charged up and ready to take on the world. The journey is ongoing and the future is bright with promise. Come, share this enriching path with me. Let's amplify our lives together!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Good morning and welcome back to this Is Me
podcast.
I am excited.
Today is December 1st.
I know my last podcast wasSeptember 29th and I believe in
that one I was talking aboutsetting your boundaries and not
feeling guilty for doing so.
And the reason why I haven'tuploaded an episode in so many

(00:24):
months is because I know Idiscussed before how I've just
been so quiet and just reallylike focusing and being
intentional with my feelings andmy inner voice and, you know,
just like prepping for the nextphase of my life, because I just
feel like a shift I don't knowif I'm the only one and a shift

(00:45):
within me, within the universe,I don't know.
I have been just like sheddingall year long shedding negative
vibes, shedding negative people.
Forgive me, I am in my car thismorning, but it was just in my
spirit to just take up my phoneand start recording and just

(01:05):
sharing what has been on mychest lately and someone had.
I was discussing, I was talkingto an old friend a couple days
ago, my hair still wet, andshe's like oh my God, I love
your podcast so much.
I love your podcast so much andI'm just like I know I just

(01:27):
don't know what to talk about,because I feel like in the past
it was always like all of thebad stuff and how I got through
it, which, while everything ofthat was good and sharing my
journey and how I overcame that,this part is also good, just

(01:48):
the part of learning who you are, discovering who you are and
just loving every part of you.
And the day last night I wasjust like laying in bed and I'm
like you know what.
What else can I do for myself,to better myself?
So I decided to cut outcaffeine, meat, alcohol and

(02:13):
bread for 31 days, for the monthof December, and I just just
another format to amplify mylife, to give me more clarity,
just to continue to just likeremove the toxins.
That's no longer good for me andjust figuring out what works
and what doesn't work, figuringout what's filling me, what's

(02:39):
making my cup full so I'm ableto pour into other people.
You know, and you're not ableto discover, that if you have so
much noise and so muchnegativity around you and it
does get lonely, right, likefiguring yourself out and
setting your boundaries it'sgoing to get lonely.
But you have to find the goodand the loneliness and for me,

(03:08):
the loneliness has just allowedme to be awake, allowed me to
see things clear, allowed me toestablish a better relationship
with my children, because whenyou just sit in a moment of
silence, you really reflect onwhat's more important to you in

(03:29):
life and, honestly, for me it'sjust my children's happiness, my
happiness, creating thememories.
And you know, let me tell you,I went to Buffalo last week or
two weeks ago to visit my son incollege and watch him play
basketball, and I stayed at hisapartment with his girlfriend

(03:53):
and I can I just tell you it wasjust the most amazing feeling
as a mother to see your childand let's not forget that I had
my son, 18, turning 19.
And now to see him into thisyoung man with responsibilities,

(04:14):
it's oh, it was just somethingwithin me that just felt blessed
, grateful, it just felt amazingto see my baby, you know, and
it was just another moment ofreflection Like this is what

(04:34):
matters to me just seeing mychildren's success, being able
to be there for them, just beingable to be their best friend.
You know, as a mom of four boys, it's tough.
It's tough because you know Ihave to fight to be respected,
you know, because they're goingto think I'm soft and but

(04:55):
regardless, you know, I justlove my voice so much and
alright, so I got cut offearlier because I got a phone
call.
So basically, what I've justtrying to express is that I've
really, really have been sointentional with finding my

(05:16):
voice, being confident in thatvoice, you know, allowing for my
light to shine and truly, truly, truly being unapologetic for
it.
Because in my months of silence,I've discovered that pretty
much my entire life I have beensurrounded around people who

(05:37):
have suppressed me.
You know, and I think that itcomes.
It starts with childhood, youknow, with my parents being very
old-school, caribbean and justalways like don't do this, so
this is gonna happen, don't dothis.
And you know, even from therelationships that I've had,

(05:58):
even to the father of mychildren, and it's like why do I
continue to attract this?
Why am I continuing to havethis pattern?
And it's just asking myselfthose questions and answering
them, and I think a lot of them,a lot of it has to do with, you
know, the insecurity and alittle bit of fear.
But again, it's just because Ihave surrounded myself with

(06:22):
people who have suppressed meand I really spoke life into me.
So for me.
It's like everyone's alwayslike why are you so positive?
And you know you always have asmile on my face because I am my
biggest cheerleader, because,deep down to my core, deep down
to my core, I just know like Iam meant for greatness, like we

(06:43):
are not put on this earth tolive a life of suffering.
So, whatever I'm gonna do, forhowever many years I have to
fight and crawl from my voice tobe heard and not, and my light
not to be dimmed, I'm going tocontinue to fight and do that
because this is my life and Idon't have to explain it to

(07:04):
anyone and the only person Ihave to please is myself.
So I will keep documenting myjourney on my way to amplifying
my life, while cutting thesethings out.
But I will tell you, guys, Ijust feel so good about myself
because I I really feel like Iam every woman.

(07:28):
I really feel like confident inmy really comfortable in my own
skin.
And before I used to say I'mcomfortable in my own skin, but
I, although I was, but now it'slike a different, I'm getting my
power back.
So that is where that part ofthe comfortability is coming.
You know, is what I'm referringto is that I'm finally I'm

(07:50):
getting my power back.
I'm no longer allowing peopleto suppress me, I'm no longer
afraid to speak up and bestrategic on how I speak so
people can really understandwhat I'm saying, and so I don't
come off defensive, you know.
So, yeah, I think that everyday I wake up is just a learning

(08:15):
process, a growing process, andI'm just enjoying the journey
and I'm very excited as to whatGod has planned for me in 2024.
So I wish you all love, lightand blessings and, as always, I
will talk to you soon.