Fitness Trainer, Life, Business, and Success Coach, Author, Wife, and Mother. http://feliciaholden.com
03/09/2023
I've spent nearly a month getting to know MaryRuth Ghiyam] Sea Moss Liquid Drops and we are now GOOD friends! I don't add it to my water or juice, just pump and down the hatch and go about my morning. I'm noticing a quite a few benefits. I get upper respiratory infections a lot and this, along with staying hydrated has helped me flush and get over one pretty quickly. The taste isn't a bummer. Give it a try and enjoy! MaryRuth Ghiyam]
09/20/2021
40 years... On THIS planet, with THESE humans, in THIS body, living THIS life. Ok.
My season has changed!
I love y'all man and you can't do a damn thing about it ❤🖤❤
What's good? What's the news? How ya doing?
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From experience, I'm realizing, I'm one of the rare people who see a friend or even a stranger and pose that question sincerely.
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I genuinely want to know. I want to hear what you found to be a good thing today. With all the madness and scattered misery going on in the world, did you notice a good thing? How about a blessing? Anything that flipped your gratitude switch?
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Where I'm from, folk walk by each other on the street with stone-faced ambivalence and when someone says "How ya doing?", we just say it back.
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What do you think we could change if we asked after our neighbors and genuinely waited to hear the answer? If we genuinely responded in kind? Do you think it would open an opportunity to hear and be heard? To discover how you can be of service, even if it's to offer a bit of spoken encouragement?
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I watched two young men avert their eyes as they passed each other one day. Not wantimg to be "joe". What would change if we nodded familially, or greeted each other with a fist bump, just in passing? Just acknowledging, "I see you, fam." What would change about the violence, the apathy, the state of protecting and standing up for each other? What COULD change?
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I see the potential, so I will continue to brave the weird looks when I smile at strangers, genuinely answer to greetings posed as questions, and pause to wait for the good things we can hear after "What's good?"
TELL ME "WHAT'S GOOD?" (ACTUALLY ASKING HERE...)
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08/02/2021
Be back in two shakes suga. 🤎
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Just get ready to come back bigger and stronger. End of story.
Lady boss, double-tap, repost, tag someone or comment below if you get me. Sharon xo
06/20/2021
I HAD to repost this because I have to have this EXACT conversation and make this nearly EXACT stament every year. See it deh, the beautiful and VENERABLE Taj Anwar Baoll and her strong family...
Please don't tell me Happy Father's Day.
I hold it down as a single mother, but wishing me happy Father’s Day is not a compliment.
I'm not a man. I'm not a father.
My children have fathers.
Im not a man. I'm not a father.
My children were carried in my womb for nine months, came out of my va**na and were breastfed for two full years. All things a father cannot do.
My children’s fathers provide a strong inner core resource, a sense of well-being and good self-esteem from a male perspective and in a way I cannot.
I'm a woman. I'm a mother.
I'm a coparent.
While the sentiment is well intended, it doesn’t make sense to me.
I'm not a man. I'm not a father.
Even if I was raising them by myself.
I still wouldn't be their father.
I'm not a man. I'm not a father.
Happy Fathers Day to my children’s fathers. Im grateful for their presence in all of my children’s lives, including the ones they are not the biological father of. I pray for their health, happiness and abundance. I give thanks for the balance of masculinity and perspective they bring to the lives of all the children in our family- including the ones they fathered that I did not give birth to. I appreciate that we can remain on good terms and even friends as we have raised/ are raising incredible human beings. And while our building has not always been agreeable, we remain solid as a family.
People often ask me how is this possible. Why do I have some much love, care and concern for my exes. It’s possible because I love them, and the reason is my Black children need their Black fathers. Its possible because it’s necessary. When my children’s fathers thrive, our children benefit.
Let the fathers FATHER. Honor and Uphold Black Fatherhood. Black children need their Black fathers. And don’t get in my comments about “all fatherhood matters.” The topic is the topic and I said what I said.
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05/21/2021
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On May 15th 2021 my life and the lives of my sisters changed FOREVER. God placed you in our lives when He knew we needed you the most. Mommy, I know this is not goodbye but goodnight. I will see you in the morning. Give, Hank, Nookie, Aunt Brenda a hug and kiss for me!
01/29/2021
Cicely Tyson. An Icon. A trailblazer. Wise Woman. Spiritual Mother. Unapologetically Black. Esteemed Ancestor.
Born December 19, 1924 in New York City. Has moved on from us at 96.
Risking her entire career to be a beacon of representation for Black women by wearing her TWA on the small screen in East Side/West Side, Ms. Tyson became the first woman to wear her natural hair on screen.
Often portraying a level-headed, whip smart, wise, and confidently strong black woman in films and television, Ms. Tyson was and will remain an iconic inspiration to us all.
Mother Cicely. I take so much pride in your illustrious career. I am inspired by your IMPACT on the black community. The doors you've opened and ceilinga you've shattered. I am in awe of your wisdom and the company you chose to keep. Your proud beauty immeasurable and your smile unconquerable.
You will be remembered with fondness, reverence, and unabashed joy. 🖤
01/20/2021
My VP is my Soror. Such a Pretty Girl 💕💚 .
01/01/2021
2020 got my nerves a little funny. We're all a bit scarred tbh. I'm getting far away and fast from the things that were revealed to me to be detrimental to my growth and success. But, I've also learned to be patient (to a point) because we are all shell shocked.
You know all those things you wanted to do?
You should gone 'head and do them.
Waiting can be a blessing but can also be a trap.
I want to see everyone UP no matter which monsters we have to slay this year. Get your stick and move game up. Your duck and dash skills sharpened.
CONNECT with folks this year. STRENGTHEN your communities, no matter what the makeup is. BUILD strongholds that can't be easily infiltrated. Yes, even over Zoom lol.
And if you need a listening ear, I'll be $r 😜
Let's do this. I love you, and ain't a damn thing you can do about it. ~Fee 😘💜💛💜💛
12/26/2020
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I saw a quote a while ago that I strongly resonated with and I think most of you will too:
“If you listen to your body when it whispers you won’t have to hear it scream”
Society makes women feel like they need to do it all. We are seen as weak if we don’t.
We are expected to work hard and have thriving careers, take care of everything at home, take care of the kids, cook healthy meals, get a hard workout in everyday, you can’t say no or your are seen as a bitch, and on top of that we are expected to look a certain way. The pressure we put on ourselves is wild.
This pressure, these expectations, are what is causing our health to spiral.
We are stressed the F out. We spread ourselves too thin. We are stuck in a constant state of stress and honestly it’s hard to remember to eat and on top of that a nourishing meal. In some cases we even praise ourselves for being able to run on fumes (or stress hormones) all day not eating a crumb all day.
One of the only ways we can come out of this stressed out state and feel better is by nourishing ourselves. Eating every 3-4 hours, eating protein, carb and fat at every meal, getting in a bedtime snack, eat the damn carbs and fruit, focusing on eating superior foods from animal sources, and start taking care of yourself, stop over committing and just say no.
Symptoms are our bodies cries for help and most of the time we are too wound up in “life” that we don’t listen and we end up depleting ourselves even further. Listen to your body she is trying to keep you alive.
08/18/2020
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