Full Transcript for How Creativity Can Support Your Healing Journey with Foila Thomas

00:02:30.159 I'm excited for you to share more about it with our audience. 00:02:30.319 --> 00:02:32.319 And I'm gonna get right on into that. 00:02:32.479 --> 00:02:41.599 And I just want to know because we've talked and chatted um and we've, you know, fellowshipped a little bit, but I want to know what's the journey process for you, right? 00:02:41.759 --> 00:02:46.319 Like, how would you describe your journey diary and the heart behind that? 00:02:47.039 --> 00:02:59.360 Okay, well, it's a lifetime experience, and I've learned to take the hardship and to turn it into something good. 00:02:59.680 --> 00:03:00.080 I love it. 00:03:00.400 --> 00:03:06.400 I've also realized that we all go through the same things, just different stories. 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:12.159 There are tweaks to the, you know, to the how, but we all go through something. 00:03:12.800 --> 00:03:15.280 And oftentimes we think we're alone. 00:03:15.439 --> 00:03:24.960 So it took a while to realize, like, oh, you know, I've had to tell this friend this situation or this this advice or you know, this example. 00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:27.919 And here it is, I've had to tell myself the same thing. 00:03:28.240 --> 00:03:30.879 And then I have to tell another friend the same thing. 00:03:31.039 --> 00:03:37.439 So it's like, you know, it's it's the same solutions, or maybe not solutions, but the same advices. 00:03:37.520 --> 00:03:39.840 So that means we're dealing with the same things. 00:03:40.159 --> 00:03:46.560 And so it it started off when I realized that this is what I need to do. 00:03:46.800 --> 00:03:54.080 I was in a dark space, I was in a in a time where it's like, okay, I don't see the light at the end of the tunnel. 00:03:54.159 --> 00:03:58.479 Yeah, and so that started off with a drawing. 00:03:58.800 --> 00:04:07.680 And um that moment where I was drawing was the realization that your surrounding matters. 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:21.920 Because by that time, that day was the day was a moment where I was around people who were, you know, it was a different atmosphere from the time that I was going through that dark phase. 00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:26.720 And so it was like, you know, your surrounding matters. 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:28.000 And I drew that. 00:04:28.079 --> 00:04:33.439 And I'm a and I'm I'm I'm a I'm a line drawer, I'm a like uh abstract. 00:04:33.759 --> 00:04:41.360 So I tried to draw that moment into that abstract like that I do. 00:04:41.680 --> 00:05:03.439 So that was the beginning of it, and every page was dedicated to somebody who's came along the journey where I've had to explain, you know, we've had conversation about our sizes or conversation about depression or something of you know, something mental related. 00:05:04.240 --> 00:05:12.639 So that was that, and it sat for about two years before I came back to it to like, okay, what are we doing now, Foyla? 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:14.560 What are what where is this going? 00:05:15.040 --> 00:05:20.000 And so the purpose has been building since then. 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:29.279 Like, um, you know, I wouldn't say the purpose, the purpose had already been there, just discovering the purpose started then. 00:05:29.519 --> 00:05:30.639 So I love that. 00:05:30.800 --> 00:05:31.439 I love that. 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:37.839 Your story, like when we talked before, like your story just is so simple, it feels so similar, you know. 00:05:37.920 --> 00:05:39.279 And I love that you touched on that. 00:05:39.439 --> 00:05:45.439 You're like, you know, hey, we all, you know, have similar experiences, but the journey is just different. 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:47.759 And that's exactly how I feel about it. 00:05:47.920 --> 00:05:54.319 You know, we understanding, but that moment of like true self-discovery, it's like an epiphany almost. 00:05:54.399 --> 00:06:08.319 I don't know about you, but there was like such a heavy brick that I felt was like lifted off my shoulders just in discovering like there was something deeper for me, you know, the purpose, really figuring out what that purpose was. 00:06:08.480 --> 00:06:10.800 And I always call myself an unofficial coach. 00:06:10.879 --> 00:06:15.680 You know, people were always coming to me, like, oh, you know, Keisha, well, what about this and what about this? 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:20.720 And I'm throwing out great guiding, great advice, you know, insight and stuff like that. 00:06:20.800 --> 00:06:27.600 But then it was like those reflective moments, it was like, Keisha, you're not using, you're not doing what you're telling these people to do. 00:06:27.759 --> 00:06:33.839 You're just coasting and going with the flow and just defaulting to, you know, whatever. 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:41.120 So that moment of like self-discovery for me was understanding that you truly do got to practice what you preach, you know. 00:06:41.360 --> 00:06:44.480 And I love that you use creativity. 00:06:44.560 --> 00:06:46.399 I love abstract things, right? 00:06:46.480 --> 00:06:47.680 I didn't realize that I did. 00:06:47.759 --> 00:07:01.839 Again, that's another part of my journey too, that I don't talk about a lot, but really understanding like I do love abstract things, like I love abstract drawings, I love just black and white, I love black and white stuff, like those type of things. 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:03.680 Like, I love that. 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:12.079 Um, but also just understanding that that is a part of who I am now, but it always was who I was. 00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:13.600 I just suppressed it. 00:07:13.759 --> 00:07:18.560 You know, we suppressed things for years and you know, truly understanding that. 00:07:18.800 --> 00:07:27.360 Um, as you've, you know, began your journey, you know, how do you feel that that has shaped the way that you create now and the stories that you tell now? 00:07:28.480 --> 00:07:35.439 Okay, well, I would like to make a statement on what you just said.

00:07:35.680 --> 00:07:36.000 Yes. 00:07:36.560 --> 00:07:41.199 Um as I discovered my purpose, I fought with it. 00:07:41.360 --> 00:07:43.839 I was like, no, that's not it. 00:07:44.079 --> 00:07:45.120 It's too simple. 00:07:45.279 --> 00:07:52.000 It's too people will be like, like, okay, whatever. 00:07:52.079 --> 00:07:53.120 You're the Lulu. 00:07:53.600 --> 00:07:54.000 Right. 00:07:56.480 --> 00:07:57.439 The Lulu. 00:07:57.839 --> 00:07:58.240 Yep. 00:07:58.319 --> 00:07:59.920 And I was like, nope, that's not it. 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:02.639 So I fought a lot, and but it kept on coming back. 00:08:02.720 --> 00:08:05.519 It was like at some point I was like, all right, you know, that's what it is. 00:08:05.600 --> 00:08:10.800 And I prayed about it, and I was like, Well, if this is it, then God, we gotta make some money, right? 00:08:10.959 --> 00:08:16.480 So that part, you know, we can pay, we can get paid to walk in purpose, people. 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:18.319 I tell my clients that all the time. 00:08:18.480 --> 00:08:19.759 But go ahead, girl. 00:08:20.160 --> 00:08:21.360 Eingo, go ahead. 00:08:21.600 --> 00:08:22.240 Yes. 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:27.360 So to answer your question, which was I'm sorry, can you re-read? 00:08:27.680 --> 00:08:28.399 Yeah, sure. 00:08:28.560 --> 00:08:34.159 Um, just how has your personal journey like shaped the way you create and the stories that you tell now? 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:48.159 Um always be truthful, you know, it's telling the truth, um, telling people's well, having people to tell their stories. 00:08:48.320 --> 00:08:48.559 Yeah. 00:08:48.799 --> 00:08:51.840 And so that's we suppressed that. 00:08:52.080 --> 00:08:53.120 We suppressed that. 00:08:53.519 --> 00:08:55.039 We suppressed that like a lot. 00:08:55.360 --> 00:08:58.320 We suppressed our stories because we're ashamed, we're embarrassed. 00:08:58.480 --> 00:09:02.399 You know, you mentioned something too a little bit ago, too, like about our weight, you know. 00:09:02.480 --> 00:09:04.720 I've been a big girl all my life, you know what I'm saying? 00:09:04.799 --> 00:09:08.240 So it's like, you know, now they're like, oh, big girls are in. 00:09:08.320 --> 00:09:13.519 No, big girls always been in, but I just didn't realize it because it was something that I struggled with. 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:16.080 So I tried to bully my way because I was a big girl. 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:22.240 So that I just wanted to touch on that for a second because I can identify with that way more than I care to admit. 00:09:22.399 --> 00:09:24.240 So yeah, yeah. 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:24.960 Same here. 00:09:25.039 --> 00:09:26.080 I I totally get it. 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:26.720 I get it. 00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:27.600 Same here. 00:09:27.759 --> 00:09:29.200 Yeah, I love that. 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:36.159 But yeah, I I think that um as you've embarked, you know, on the things that you know you've been experiencing. 00:09:36.240 --> 00:09:50.080 I think authenticity is definitely probably one of the biggest things for me, is really understanding that I've got to be true to me, not true to you, not true to, you know, everybody else, but true to me. 00:09:50.159 --> 00:09:57.200 And I think once we really adapt and adopt that, everything else is gonna flow smoothly into that. 00:09:57.360 --> 00:10:01.039 You know, there's there's detours and there's bumps in the road, obviously. 00:10:01.279 --> 00:10:02.559 That's what life is, right? 00:10:02.639 --> 00:10:08.399 I I think I want people to understand life is never gonna be a smooth sailing ship, ever. 00:10:08.879 --> 00:10:10.159 It just is not. 00:10:10.559 --> 00:10:30.799 But understanding that that is also a part of the journey, but that doesn't mean shift or change who I am, who I'm destined to be, what I'm destined to do, um, and being authentic in that, I think has really just helped me along this journey, you know, as a coach and podcaster speaker, but also as a woman. 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:40.879 And I think that that's probably the most important one that I want to make sure that I stay aligned with being an unapologetic, amazing ass woman. 00:10:42.240 --> 00:10:43.200 Absolutely. 00:10:43.519 --> 00:10:45.039 I love it, I love it. 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:51.360 So I know that you, you know, you do workshops and you do um, you know, all the things. 00:10:51.440 --> 00:10:59.279 So kind of walk us through what like a workshop or even, you know, because you do all kinds of different varieties of creative things. 00:10:59.440 --> 00:11:04.320 So kind of walk us through like when you're having like the thought process of creating something. 00:11:04.399 --> 00:11:10.399 Because you currently have, if I'm not mistaken, I think you either have something coming up as we record or something that you've recently done. 00:11:10.480 --> 00:11:12.559 So I'd love for you to share a little bit about that. 00:11:12.799 --> 00:11:14.559 It's funny because it's both. 00:11:17.600 --> 00:11:18.240 Yes. 00:11:18.559 --> 00:11:29.120 Um, my mind is always going, so I've had to learn what to park and what to keep driving. 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:33.600 So creating something comes easily for me. 00:11:33.759 --> 00:11:35.759 Like I don't struggle with that at all. 00:11:35.919 --> 00:11:36.240 Right. 00:11:36.399 --> 00:11:51.360 And so I come up with things that you know that it's really hard to find an example of or somebody who's been doing it before because I don't know, I'm just that weird person. 00:11:51.840 --> 00:11:52.559 I love that. 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:53.519 I love that. 00:11:53.679 --> 00:11:55.039 I love it, love it, love it. 00:11:55.120 --> 00:11:55.759 Go ahead. 00:11:56.080 --> 00:11:57.279 Yeah, yeah. 00:11:57.759 --> 00:12:10.639 So what I've recently created that I did have something that we just uh finished last week or two weeks ago, but is also happening again next month. 00:12:10.799 --> 00:12:15.120 Nice

is the color reflect and reset coloring um activity. 00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:22.799 So what that is, this started as, you know, hey, I'm going to make postcards. 00:12:23.120 --> 00:12:34.000 And you know how you get a postcard, you write your name, your email, your the address you're sending it to, put a stamp and send it away. 00:12:34.159 --> 00:12:38.000 And I was like, but mine's going to be a coloring one. 00:12:38.240 --> 00:12:41.279 And so, and so that started it. 00:12:41.440 --> 00:12:44.320 And then I was like, but I want it to be a collection. 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:48.159 So then we're going to create some unique things. 00:12:48.320 --> 00:12:52.639 And then it kind of kept on going and it until it was not a postcard anymore. 00:12:52.960 --> 00:12:56.320 And it became, yeah, things change. 00:12:56.480 --> 00:12:59.200 We have to adapt to how it's man. 00:12:59.279 --> 00:13:00.720 Come on, tell them again, please. 00:13:00.879 --> 00:13:01.279 Thank you. 00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:09.519 So um, so then what it's actually become, it's a three card reflection. 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:17.039 It's like this is card three of three. 00:13:17.440 --> 00:13:22.559 So it comes with the journal card, and I've already colored this one. 00:13:22.639 --> 00:13:23.519 I colored it last night. 00:13:23.759 --> 00:13:24.159 I love it. 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:35.120 But it's three of three, and there's the reflection behind it, and it has the journaling prompt, a verse, and a scientific fact. 00:13:35.759 --> 00:13:40.240 And the reason why I do that is because I cannot stand division. 00:13:40.320 --> 00:13:43.519 So everything that I'm doing is to bring people together. 00:13:43.679 --> 00:13:50.399 It doesn't matter your age, your race, your sex, your money, you know how if you're poor, your class, there you go. 00:13:50.960 --> 00:14:03.519 You know, it doesn't matter who you are, because at the end of the day, my mission is I heal, we heal, the world heals. 00:14:03.919 --> 00:14:09.759 So if we're dividing, then there's always gonna be a problem in this world. 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:22.399 So I try to speak to different people with different languages because there tends to be like a division between new age spirituality, religion, and science. 00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:29.039 So I tried to tell the same story but using the different languages, and actually that's a word I just found out. 00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:30.080 I'm an omnist. 00:14:30.240 --> 00:14:42.080 An omnist is somebody who believes in different, like the different there's a truth in the different religions, and so meanwhile, I'm not religious, so yeah. 00:14:42.399 --> 00:14:45.039 Hey, talk about a new level of self-discovery. 00:14:45.120 --> 00:14:45.919 I'm here for it. 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:46.639 I love it. 00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:51.919 Yeah, I learned that two days ago, so I've been using the word a lot so I don't forget it. 00:14:52.799 --> 00:14:53.279 I love it. 00:14:53.519

--> 00:15:19.360 So that's what I do, and it's a subscription, so people can subscribe to it and they have access to join the online experience where I have a guest speaker who's you know who that's their thing about the topic for that month, and it's all reflection, and it's a moment where you come, you have a moment for yourself, you color or journal, or just listen. 00:15:19.840 --> 00:15:23.519 You're not obligated to do anything but be present. 00:15:23.759 --> 00:15:29.440 And so every month I hand draw these cards, I create a different reflection. 00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:31.440 The three cards tell the same story. 00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:54.240 So while this card is card three of three and it's hope of fruition, this is card two, which is the joys and challenges of nurturing, and card one is about how the fear of nurturing, so it all tells the same story, but different parts of the story. 00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:59.279 So we have fears of nurturing, and who are we as we do so? 00:15:59.440 --> 00:16:06.879 We have challenges and joys as we're nurturing, and we have what comes out of what we nurture. 00:16:07.279 --> 00:16:23.840 So they all have their stories, they're all reflective, and we all sit down and we come into community, we hear each other's stories, we come out with something maybe we've learned new about ourselves. 00:16:24.080 --> 00:16:27.120 So that's color reflect and reset. 00:16:27.440 --> 00:16:29.679 I absolutely love it. 00:16:29.919 --> 00:16:41.919 Listen, the journey of transformation, shifting, evolving, whatever words that you guys want to use, it involves those type of steps, right? 00:16:42.080 --> 00:16:46.960 I love that she has the breakdown three of three, which you might have 33 steps, right? 00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:51.360 But understanding that there is no such thing as an overnight switch. 00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:55.360 And over, you know, you can have an epiphany moment, absolutely. 00:16:55.600 --> 00:17:09.119 But the action that you take after that moment is gonna involve steps, it's gonna involve brainstorming with yourself, it's gonna involve understanding who you are, rediscovering if that's where you need to be. 00:17:09.359 --> 00:17:13.440 But the journey of doing that is required. 00:17:13.759 --> 00:17:17.839 Once you realize now the action comes into play. 00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:21.279 And baby, let me tell you, and I know Felia can tell you the same thing. 00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:24.000 It ain't no walk in the park, okay? 00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:32.559 Because I want to ask you like with everything that you're doing, the level of creativity you have, how has this been for you personally in your journey? 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:37.839 I was often by myself. 00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:43.839 I grew up as an only child, though I have sisters, they lived with their mom. 00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:48.240 Okay, and um, I always had to find something to do. 00:17:48.640 --> 00:18:00.079 So I'm from Haiti, and in my culture, we have maids and butlers and security guards, and um I would go and bug them. 00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:03.519 I would always create something, and I'm like, hey, come do this. 00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:06.400 You know, I'm ordering you to do that because you work. 00:18:09.920 --> 00:18:12.240 They probably like, oh, I'm glad she grown. 00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:20.880 So they were my playmates whenever they had the time to play, or you know, that little moment. 00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:29.839 So I I I was always creating a drawing for them, for them to color, or teaching them how to speak English and creating something. 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:39.119 So I was constantly creating art as I, you know, as I was growing up, and it's always been my outlet. 00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:48.880 So I didn't know that coloring and drawing, they actually did something more than just you know, something for kids. 00:18:49.359 --> 00:19:01.039 But as an adult, I have come to learn that it does a lot for your mental, it's therapeutic, it does similar things as sleep does for your brain. 00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:03.920 So it's very, very beneficial. 00:19:04.160 --> 00:19:06.880 And a lot of people think, oh, coloring is for kids. 00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:10.480 It's not for kids, it's it's it really is. 00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:17.599 I mean, the kids enjoy it, but there's a lot to it more than just you know, kids being childish, right? 00:19:17.920 --> 00:19:22.240 So that's what creativity has been for me my entire life. 00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:23.440 It's it's an outlet. 00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:29.039 I also dance, that's another thing that's also part of my business, the somatic movement. 00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:29.920 Oh nice. 00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:30.880 Let's share more. 00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:33.599 Yeah, absolutely. 00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:41.920 Um, so emotions get stuck in our bodies, and sometimes we have to release it. 00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:51.279 Some people they use the wrong outlets, like, for example, maybe get into a fight or do something that is harmful to either somebody else or themselves. 00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:53.359 Meanwhile, you could just go and dance. 00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:56.960 There are many other outlets, but dancing is definitely one. 00:19:57.119 --> 00:20:00.880 If you feel like punching, you know, you can go and do some punching moves and you know. 00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:01.839 Right, right. 00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:02.799 Bow, bow. 00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:06.559 You know, bang head, bounce, y'all, like, you know, do yeah. 00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:13.200 So there are movements that you can do to actually release that energy. 00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:23.599 For example, if you're angry, you tend to clench your jaw and you have these shoulder pains or jaw like aches, like where it's like there's a pressure. 00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:28.799 So you kind of, you know, there are moves that you're doing, like this right here. 00:20:28.960 -->

00:20:31.599 To you, it's just ah, like somebody is moving their hands. 00:20:31.680 --> 00:20:31.920 Right. 00:20:32.079 --> 00:20:40.480 But as a dance, it becomes something fun, and there's music to it, and you're like, you know, something, and it's actually doing something for your body. 00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:48.319 Yeah, so I love that, and I love that you're giving people insight on things because we do. 00:20:48.400 --> 00:21:00.240 We will think that the we can all as adults, we can only do certain things to like release, you know, and somatic-wise, I know that doing these type of things helps emotions. 00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:01.680 I've experienced it myself. 00:21:01.839 --> 00:21:18.559 When I tell you, like I have like things that I do in the bed or at home, and I have done them sometimes where it has literally made me just start crying because in that moment, that's the emotion that I was experiencing, and that's the emotion that I needed to release. 00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:22.799 Um, and I used to suppress crying, like you could not catch me crying. 00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:28.079 Somebody could put a hundred dollar bill in my hand and I would not be able to cry because I had just suppressed it so much. 00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:31.119 But now, baby, I'll cry at the drop of a dime now. 00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:35.599 So that was just the the shifting that I had to do within myself. 00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:40.880 So I love that you're giving you know insight and tips on how to work with you. 00:21:41.119 --> 00:21:43.920 We see dance things going on all the time. 00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:57.279 You know, there's you know, people are hosting events with dance events, yoga, you know, dancing, um, you know, just moving around, um, painting, drawing, all of these things. 00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:59.680 I know I see them on a regular basis now. 00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:06.960 So I hope that people see that and realize that that is just something that we are now able to do as grown adults. 00:22:07.119 --> 00:22:13.279 It's there's not a societal stigma that, well, I'll say there's a stigma that we're breaking when it comes to that. 00:22:13.440 --> 00:22:14.480 All right, guys. 00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:21.119 So listen, I want to ask you something that's a little personal, but I just want to ask and get your insight on it. 00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:25.599 But what do you hope people take away from witnessing your journey in real time? 00:22:25.839 --> 00:22:34.559 Because you are very open about your journey, about how you have, you know, made the shifts in understanding who you are and embracing that. 00:22:34.640 --> 00:22:43.440 And instead of trying to act like, you know, you're trying to make yourself this whole different person, but you've really brought out the person that was always inside of you. 00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:46.400 So what do you hope people hope to take away from that? 00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:49.200 Um, just witnessing that in real time

for you. 00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:56.240 I'm not a coach. 00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:04.000 I am not a coach. 00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:06.160 Hey, it's real. 00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:06.799 It's facts. 00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:08.720 People will definitely, yeah, I get it. 00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.839 Yeah, yeah. 00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:17.279 Some people they they try to, you know, give me the title, and I'm like, no, you know, we'll leave it for the coaches. 00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:48.240 I am somebody who's experienced life just like you and I have, and I've recognized what works for me, and I want to share that with the world in hopes that you may use it for your best interest and for it to work for you for your better version of yourself. 00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:50.559 And that's the takeaway. 00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:52.319 I'm I'm nobody special. 00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:57.039 I mean, I am special, but I'm not I knew where you were going with. 00:23:58.799 --> 00:23:59.359 Yeah. 00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:01.839 So I knew where you were going with that. 00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:02.720 I love that. 00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:10.160 I and I appreciate that, you know, because we definitely will have, you know, I do call myself a coach, but I'm also real. 00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:14.000 Like I just want to be real, raw, and authentically me. 00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:17.839 And, you know, whatever comes with that comes with that. 00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:38.079 Um, but the one thing I just make sure that I want people to understand is I'm still human, you know, I'm still evolving, I'm still growing, I'm still healing, I'm still shifting, I'm still doing all the things that I may talk about on my podcast or when I'm with the client or when I'm speaking on stage. 00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:40.720 I'm still doing all of those things. 00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:53.920 So the one thing, if y'all don't take away nothing else, understanding that the power of being authentically you is going to carry you so much more further than trying to suppress and keep yourself stuck in a box. 00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:56.079 We definitely don't do that over here no more, y'all. 00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:56.640 All right. 00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.359 Exactly. 00:24:58.960 --> 00:25:01.519 And healing is an ongoing thing. 00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:05.119 There is no ongoing ending to it. 00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:10.640 I say I tell people I am ing probably until I take my last breath. 00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:12.319 And it's facts. 00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:16.319 I'm never gonna say I'm healed because I'm always healing. 00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:23.119 There are years of things that I have to work on to shift to understand that it wasn't my fault. 00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:26.720 Like all of the things, like I'm healing from. 00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:28.240 So I that's a great point. 00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:30.640 I will never be completely healed, y'all. 00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.359 Right, right. 00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:35.200 Nobody probably will be, but you know, that's a great point. 00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:37.200 I want to, I'm glad she pointed that out to y'all. 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:39.039 We're healing, I and G. 00:25:39.599 --> 00:25:40.400 ING. 00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:41.680 I love it. 00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:44.960 All right, so final message that I love for you to share. 00:25:45.119 --> 00:25:52.799 What's one thing you want listeners to slow down and notice within themselves, maybe in the next day, in the next week, the next month. 00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:54.400 What do you recommend? 00:25:55.680 --> 00:26:04.000 Go outside, take your shoes off, breathe in, take some deep breaths, scream if you have to. 00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:08.160 And you know, just just let it out. 00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:09.200 Let it out. 00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:10.240 I love it. 00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:11.440 Let it out. 00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:15.680 We gotta let it go, let it out, release it. 00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:18.079 Yes, it's going to be ugly, y'all. 00:26:18.160 --> 00:26:26.079 You might walk away with so many tears, puffy eyes, but how you feel after that is what's going to matter. 00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:30.160 Don't focus on the doing, the during, right? 00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:31.440 Feel it. 00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:33.599 And I definitely tell people, feel that, right? 00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:42.240 Feel it, but also understand that after that, the level of release that could be a part of your life. 00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:43.759 Let me tell you something. 00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:45.119 It's surreal, y'all. 00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:46.240 So surreal. 00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:47.119 Absolutely. 00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:55.759 Please share with my listeners where they can find you, what's up coming, websites, socials, all that good stuff. 00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:59.359 Okay, so it's Foyla's Journey Diary. 00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:04.799 That's F-O-I-L-A S Journey Diary. 00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:11.519 And I am the same everywhere TikTok, Instagram, Facebook. 00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:15.119 I'm still developing my YouTube channel. 00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:20.799 Um and so that means y'all gonna go subscribe too, so she can go ahead and get them subscribers up. 00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:21.279 Go ahead. 00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:22.799 Yes, absolutely. 00:27:23.119 --> 00:27:28.640 And it's the same thing, www.foyla's journeydiary.com. 00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:31.119 And yeah. 00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:32.000 I love it. 00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:32.480 I love it. 00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:35.519 And we will make sure that those links are in the show notes, guys. 00:27:35.599 --> 00:27:45.039 So you'll be able to get quick, easy access to learn more about her, her journey, but also get involved in her activities because I definitely think that it's something. 00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:49.519 If you're listening to Empire and Real Talk, then you are definitely on some form of journey. 00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:51.759 And it's worth a shout out to go check it out. 00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:53.119 I encourage you guys to do that. 00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:53.839 All right. 00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:56.160 It has been such a great time. 00:27:56.319 --> 00:28:02.000 I appreciate you sharing your story, but also sharing your insight and just being raw and authentically you. 00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:04.480 I truly appreciate that and having you on the show. 00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:05.200 Thank you. 00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:06.559 Thank you for having me. 00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.119 Absolutely. 00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:08.960 Thank you for doing what you do. 00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:09.759 Thank you. 00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:11.039 I appreciate that. 00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:12.079 All right, y'all. 00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:15.599 So y'all know when I tell y'all, keep it real with yourself. 00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:17.359 That's exactly what we mean. 00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:21.039 But also understanding what real is with yourself, okay? 00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:25.119 Because sometimes we think that real is what somebody else is doing. 00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:31.519 But you owe yourself reflection, you owe yourself discovery, and you owe yourself transformation where it's needed. 00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:32.240 All right. 00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:37.519 So if you have not subscribed, again, I'm gonna tell you before we get out of here, make sure you have. 00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:43.119 Hit the button, click the link, hit the favorite, start, all the things, you guys. 00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:46.720 And I appreciate you guys so much for tuning in to Empowering Real Talk. 00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:49.039 Until next time, stay empowered. 00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:50.319 Thank you.