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Viola Lanier, PhD, MSc 🟪 Lifestyle Content Creator

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📚Bookstore & Wellness Studio Owner
Creator of calm intentional experiences & spaces
📖 Advocate
@abettertodaybookstore
@abettertoday_wellness_studio

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I am beyond grateful to have celebrated the Grand Opening of A Better Today Wellness Studio surrounded by my family, friends, business leaders and community partners.

This was part two of my dream. First - I wanted to create a bookstore where everyone felt welcome, from my book lovers to those who hadn’t read anything since Judy Blume in grade school or Native Son in college.

Second - I wanted to create a wellness studio that the community felt belonged to them. I dreamed of a place where health and wellness advocates can come and share their knowledge and passion with others.

To have achieved both of these goals in less than a year is truly a blessing. I am humbled and grateful for everyone who came to support us.

What has been on your heart to create? I really want to know in the comments. I believe we are all here to love and support each other. You may be surprised that living out your dream can lead to others living theirs.

Cheers to the all dreamers who became doers 🥂🎉

#GrandOpening #WellnessStudio #aBetterTodayBookstore #IndieAuthors #aBetterTodayBooksAndBoutique #Bookstore #Marietta #Authors #GeorgiaAuthors #BookBoutique #KidsReadingRoom #KidBooks #BookCharms #BookTok taken in A Better Today Books & Boutique by @dr.violalanier

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⚫️You are looking at a group of people who just made the decision to:
▪️Go after their dreams
▪️Stay on the course
▪️Get pass the distress
▪️Focus on the future
▪️And make the best of the tough journey

When I say that Anything is possible… I truly believe and lived it💥

#blackphds #womenphds #blackwomenphds #phd #hbcu #hbcugrad #morehouseschoolofmedicine #msmalumni #drviolalanier by @dr.violalanier

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4 years ago

Needless to say, my highlight of 2024 was opening my bookstore!!!!!!

I’m moved to tears when I think about all the work that went into creating A Better Today Books & Boutique. From curating our book collection, to the decor, down to the teeny tiny charms for the bookmarks, I thought about what would make our guests feel great.

I made sure we had all the trendy accessories that my book lovers crave while creating a space for new readers too. I want everyone who comes through the door to leave inspired, informed and entertained.

Thank you to everyone who has shopped with us so far and everyone who came to our Grand Opening or our two Ribbon Cutting Ceremonies. You all helped my dream become a reality that I can finally share with the world 🥹🥹🥹

- VL

#aBetterTodayBookstore #Bookstore #Marietta #Authors #GeorgiaAuthors #BookBoutique #BookTok #BlackFriday #BlackOwned #KidsReadingRoom #KidBooks #BookCharms taken in Marietta, Georgia by @dr.violalanier

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Good people really do come to bookstores. And Honestly, the sweetest part of our little bookshop has much to do with the people who walk through the door and make this place feel so special 💚

#abettertodaybookstore #marietta #bookstore #mariettaga #independentbookstore taken in A Better Today Books & Boutique by @dr.violalanier

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A few years ago, someone told me they go to the movies by themselves, and I remember saying, “I could never do that.”

Fast forward a few years, and I realize I just needed to enjoy my own company more than I needed someone else’s company.
✴️Get comfortable. ~ Dr. Viola

#drviolalanier #dinnerwithme #selflove #worktravel #workingwomen by @dr.violalanier

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6 days ago

I don’t know who can relate but This is my mind ….with the actions that follow. So decompressing creatively breaks up the monotony of my always moving mind.

Soooo I made the time to enjoy a craft workshop hosted by @thelittleenginestudios and I created my first sewn stuff character …which was this little ghostie😄. I felt so creatively cool and I am looking forward to engaging in more crafty experiences likes this. I need it.

✴️ You may need it too. ~ Dr. Viola

#drviolalanier #phdwomen #bookstoreowner #entrepreneurwomen #crafting by @dr.violalanier

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☀️☀️☀️😘 I was feeling loved by the sun.

#drviolalanier #sunshine☀️ #chocolateskin #phdwomen #blackcouples by @dr.violalanier

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As I am getting older, I have found myself on a gentle mission to live what would be the “best life for me.” I am going all out for me.

And FOR ME, my best life isn’t me somewhere on a private jet 🛩️ …. (but for some people it is, and that’s fine)….FOR ME it’s a first class seat on a commercial airplane ✈️ …which I find good enough to take me to where I wanna go.
✴️Live your FOR ME. ~ Dr. Viola Lanier

#drviolalanier #womenover40 #phdwomen #bookstoreowner #womenentrepreneurs by @dr.violalanier

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Honestly, one of the most beautiful things that our world is witnessing right now is people showing up to be still and/or slow in nature, studios, and even homes for the purpose of checking-in with themselves, improving themselves, connecting with themselves, holding space for others, and nurturing themselves.

🟤And as the owner of a wellness studio, I get to watch this beautiful-ness happen up close. Our ancestors were familiar with it, and we are making it clear that it is a familiarity.

People are elevating the importance of being present in these spaces and are showing it off proudly.
I love ❤️ this for us✨
This is the wellness revolution that we need. ~ Dr. Viola

#wellnessjourney #wellnessstudio #abettertoday_wellness_studio #drviolalanier #wellnesslifestyle by @dr.violalanier

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She always going to find her some books.
(Also video wasn’t a filter….just the sun kissing me)
#drviolalanier #bookstoreowner #phdwomen #booklover #bookish by @dr.violalanier

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14 days ago

Over the last few months, I’ve been adding a little more whimsy 🧚🏾‍♀️ to my bedtime routine.

Nothing major. Just small things that help me soften into the evening: a tiny bedside lamp 🪔, a pretty coaster for my tea, a beautiful water 🧊carafe and a dainty glass 🪻to drink from, coloring books, a wellness focused journal 📔with pretty stickers to include, flowers, books 📖about slowing down and relaxing, even soft little story and poetry books.

I think I’m realizing that making life feel a little more whimsical doesn’t always require a getaway. Sometimes what you need is what you place around you at the end of an ordinary day ꕤ

Have a whimsical ordinary day. ~ Dr. Viola

#drviolalanier #whimsical #whimsy #slowlifestyle #phdlifestyle by @dr.violalanier

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16 days ago

This was medicine ✨ After work, while I was out of town, I searched for something like this using Eventbrite and I received exactly what I desired. From the environment, the practioner’s spirit, and the sound that bathed me, my body was locked into a form of stillness and rest that I can’t even explain well.
✴️Prescribe yourself the nontraditional type of medicine that your body and mind needs. ~ Dr. Viola

#slowlifestyle #wellnessjourney #soundbath #drviolalanier #bookstoreowner by @dr.violalanier

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