Your Inner Baddie Speaking

Does it feel harder to love yourself in the quiet moments? The ones where you don’t have anyone around, nothing to do, no place to be but in your head? As someone who will literally be on their phone, watching a movie, and still looking around for something to do - I can be the poster child for distracted. Which is why it’s so hard to love ourselves when there isn’t anything to distract ourselves....

New year, new series! Baddies With A Twist is fueled by cocktails, mocktails, and laughter, where fellow baddie Miz Ali and I are here to talk about the more fun aspects of confidence to help you bloom This episode? All about how once you start healing and that begins to reflect in your attitude, your appearance, and the way you show up? Oh, you’re unstoppable because now you’ll be attracting all...

It’s time to stop telling yourself you have to feel better, that you have to feel a certain way - that you’re not allowed to feel neglected, low, angry, sad, whatever it might be You don’t have to fake it until you make it, you don’t have to push aside how you feel to beam positivity, and you certainly don’t have to be okay just because others don’t understand what you’re going through. You’re all...

Being gentle with yourself and giving yourself the same love you would give others during the holidays can be hard for a number of reasons. But this holiday season, we’re loving ourselves properly and allowing ourselves grace - because every ounce of love you have to offer, you deserve to give it to yourself. It shouldn’t be only when things are tough, when there’s a special occasion - you deserve...

Ever felt like a place was calling your name? A destination on your bucket list you just knew you needed to travel to immediately? Did you also do what I did which was wait to find someone to go with? Well, no longer are we waiting!  Find out how I made the transition from feeling scared to do it by myself to wanting to do it by myself. Solo travel is one of the most rewarding things you can do fo...

Ever held onto hope when you felt like everything was crumbling around you? It’s that belief in something more - a mindset that helps you gain perspective beyond what you see in front of you.  During your healing journey, it can be crucial to adopt an open mind - having hope when you don’t always feel it. This shift in perspective can be what gets you through

We’re doubling down on trust this month! The latest love letter in the collection is all about loving the way you’ve begun to trust yourself and how empowering that feels This one feels so good to appreciate because so much effort goes into trusting yourself when you haven’t been taught that it should be your default. Every time you fought to trust yourself is a moment worth loving

Do you trust the decisions you make? Do you trust yourself to uphold your values? Do you think you’re ready to trust yourself? These are such tough questions to answer, and at one time, I wasn’t able to say yes to any of these. Former people pleasers and those who grew up in unpredictable households will understand, this isn’t easy to do. But slowly, over time, you will learn to trust yourself The...

Ever get more stressed because your place is a mess? You’re definitely not alone in that.  From experience, I wholeheartedly feel that when you have a clean space to live/work in, you have a better chance of feeling calm enough to address your inner self. Learn more about the impact it can have on your healing journey in this episode

Woke up on the wrong side of the bed? Not here! I’ve learned that if I wake up and start my day judging myself, speaking negatively, or anything that’s not loving I’m doomed to have a bad day So I decided, maybe it was time for a love letter that started my day right and got me feeling the self love from my first thoughts

One of the first places I took myself to get through hard times was the gym. I knew I had a lot of emotions - especially anger - and I needed a healthy place to help get them out. The gym became my me time, a place I could go and truly focus on myself and see the results. Because this journey can be hard and most of the work is internal, so it’s not something you necessarily “see” the results. The...

Fashion choices can be a bold statement - about who you are, how you want to show up today, and even your mood. Every detail represents who you are. So, what do you want to say about yourself?  Maybe it’s time to give that bold outfit, that one accessory you’ve been waiting to wear, or that short hairstyle you’ve been wanting to get for a while now (that one, I’m speaking from experience on!) a go...

Finding your smile again after going through tough times is a testament to how hard you’ve worked to bring it back. What’s even better is that as you heal, you’ll notice you have more reasons to smile and it’ll be brighter than ever before. Just that in itself is worth smiling about - so this episode, take the time to appreciate your smile and all the reasons you have to do so

Music expresses emotions in a way that will have you jamming along being like me too! It can transform your mood, make you break into dance, and empower you.  And it can help you put words to what you’re feeling in ways you didn’t think you could, which is why I find it so beautiful and important because it can carry you through a breakup, pump you up before an interview, and bring you joy. It doe...

This episode is very close to my heart, because for a while I was ashamed to admit how much I let someone else make me feel about my body. Reclaiming your body, especially after a breakup is really hard - it can feel like you don’t belong to yourself. And for those who have been through manipulative, emotionally abusive relationships, it can be even harder to recover from hurtful comments made by...

Sometimes you have people there to help support you, and sometimes you have yourself to fall into your arms. Love the way you support yourself, and allow yourself to reach out to others to help you too. It’s okay to ask for help, you are not a burden 🤍

Who do you go to when you need a shoulder to lean on? Do you feel like you have someone you could go to when you’re down?  You’re learning how to better take care of yourself on this journey, but that doesn’t mean you won’t need help. Hear how I helped build my support system and what it means to your journey

Too often we don’t give ourselves permission to take a moment and treat ourselves for the progress we’ve made, the accomplishments we worked so hard for, or the effort we’re putting in daily to become who we were meant to be. All of those things deserve to be celebrated! So here’s your permission to treat yo self! Whatever that may be, whatever is meaningful to you, and for whatever step in your j...

Ever struggled to love your body? Don’t worry, I have too. There’s a lot of expectations around our bodies, especially as women. We need to be skinnier, prettier, have the perfect butt, the perfect smile, the perfect hair, the perfect everything. It’s exhausting. But who gets to tell you you’re not beautiful? Certainly not you! Dedicated to body image, hear a love letter I wrote to help me stop te...

You should always be your number one priority. As a recovering people pleaser, I used to think putting myself before others was selfish, but I learned it was the healthiest thing I could do for both myself and for others. Hear more about how I made the choice to put myself first and the struggles that came with it to make it a daily choice on this week’s episode!

Heartbreak is something most, if not all of us have gone through at one point or another in our life. Yet somehow it doesn’t get any easier. Instead of advice like “it just takes time,” I walk through a few things that helped me with heartbreak, especially divorce. At the time, I didn’t know anyone going through divorce at my age, so now I’m passing along what worked for me and what I learned thro...

Despite having access to people all the time, we can still feel alone. This love letter episode is all about how your love is always enough. You’re not alone when you have your own love. And I know this feeling can be crippling and make you want to isolate even more, but know that there are both people in your life that are there for you and more than that, others who have likely been in a similar...

Do you feel like you surround yourself with others that are looking to lift you up? Do you lift the people in your life up as well?  Today’s episode we dive into who you have in your life and how it should come naturally to both you and your loved ones to lift each other up. There’s room for everyone’s success and you should want the best for everyone in your life. On your inner baddie journey, we...

Ever debated on whether it will be worth it to take that trip? Feel called to go on your first solo trip? Every time I take a trip, I feel like the place breathes life into me. The people, the culture, the views, the FOOD. I could go on and on about how much travel opens you up to new opportunities and new ways of living. One thing I never regret is traveling. Hear that and more on why I suggest y...

Loving every part of yourself can be hard, but sometimes when you stop focusing on what you think you’re supposed to be or look like, you can focus on all the details that you love and admire about yourself Sincerely, a love letter to yourself