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Lesa Rayford

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Helping others to heal, unlearn & become
💭 Discernment • Faith • Transformation
🎤 Speaker | Coach | Facilitator
🧡 Mind • Body • Soul

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#everyone #blessed #artforlife #johakiarts #nothingbutgrace

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✨👠 A LITTLE PEEK… A LOT OF GOODNESS! 👠✨
Here’s a video clip from a PREVIOUS FASHION SHOW WITH THE STARS to give you a little taste of the AMAZINGNESS we have planned for this year! 🎥🔥
And trust me… THIS YEAR, WE’RE TAKING IT UP ANOTHER LEVEL! ⭐️

👑 Come dressed in your FORMAL BLACK-TIE, RED-CARPET-READY ATTIRE!
 📍 The Carlyle | Atlanta, GA 📅 AUGUST 23RD 🥂 VIP Reception: 2:30 PM ✨ Event Begins: 3:00 PM
Come ready to DRESS UP, CELEBRATE, NETWORK, BE INSPIRED & EXPERIENCE FASHION WITH A PURPOSE! ❤️

🎟️ GET YOUR TICKETS NOW: www.WhereAreYouOutreach.org
FASHION. STARS. PURPOSE. IMPACT. ⭐️
#FashionShowWithTheStars #AtlantaEvents #RedCarpetReady #BlackTieAffair #FashionWithAPurpose WhereAreYouOutreach AtlantaFashion CelebrityFashion FashionForACause

Video: @powerhouse_photography
Editor: @titiaowens

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Did Someone Say Baby Shower?

Well, Here Comes The Son.

#powells #son #baby
#family #babyshower

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On today’s episode I sat down with @coachedbylesa to talk about discerning Gods voice and healing after divorce. As a new believer, Lesa doubted hearing Gods voice when He advised her against marrying her ex husband. She trusted the advice of more mature believers and well meaning friends…after 13 years of marriage the Lord walked her through navigating divorce, wrestling with doubt, and healing. This episode is streaming on all platforms now 🎧

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Last week we celebrated 9 YEARS of Redeemed Women, and God’s not done yet!!!! So grateful to just be apart of it 🙏🏻❤️

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🔥 WE’RE GOING LIVE + YOU’RE INVITED 🔥

Babylon & Salmon… yeah, we’re going there. 👀🍣

This is more than cooking.
This is conversation.
This is community.
This is truth + real life + growth… all in one space.

✨ Join us as we cook together and talk about the things that actually matter—life, mindset, faith, culture, and what it really means to grow and evolve.

🗓 Thursday | 6:30 PM CST
📍 LIVE on IG
👩🏽‍🍳 Cook with us. Tap in. Be part of the conversation.

Bring your salmon… or just bring yourself. Either way, there’s a seat for you.

We’re building something real—and this is just the beginning.

👇🏽 Tag someone who should pull up with you
💬 Drop a 🔥 if you’re joining us live

@coachedbylesa x @chefsamine

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✨ A night of purpose.
A room full of leaders.
A community committed to impact. 🖤✨

Thank you to every guest, vendor, and sponsor who made the Q4 Black Tie Gala unforgettable.

A special thank-you to the Artis Event Center coordinating team and our incredible volunteers — your hard work, professionalism, and dedication helped make this night run flawlessly. We appreciate you deeply.

Crafting experiences like this is an honor.

If you’re ready for more nights like this —
tap ❤️ and tag someone who needs to be at the next one.

Artis Event Center VET Members:
Event Planner: @dorviliereventsco
Catering: @ferahcatering
Balloons: @chicballoonsdtx
Content Creator: @postsandpetals

Vendors:
Bar: @heymsbartender
Entertainment: @internationalphife
Photography: @vicdamonne
Rentals & Decor: @nicolesmedleyevents
Valet: @courtesyvaletexperts
Videographer: @donsnapz
AV: @homessoldbyderon

Sponsors:
@mintdentistry
@comerica_bank
@blacklandbuildingsupply
@lonestarpremiertitlellc
@visiontruckdrivingschool

#Q4Gala #NightOfCollaboration #DorvilierEventsCo #BlackTieGala #DallasEvents #LuxuryEventPlanner #CommunityExcellence

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CHAPTER 44 is here 🎉

FACT IS: I’m literally just grateful for LIFE & I’m grateful the Lord saw fit to keep me around longer to tell the stories (testimony) about the life he’s given 🙋🏾‍♀️.

POINT IS: I’m thankful. I’ve been up crying off and on throughout the night for VARIOUS reasons; but then, I’ll get a call, text, email, voice memo or social media dm and I realize God is answering my 🙏🏾 below 👇🏾.

“LORD, please keep my name on the hearts and minds of my REAL friends AND family. Please let them speak kind of me even when I’m NOT in the room. AND IF, someone is NOT speaking kind of me, give them the boldness to NOT sit in silence, but rather, speak up/out against malicious intent and negative behavior. 🫶🏾

THANK YOU friends & family for the countless ways you love me (y’all know who you are). My 44th BIRTHDAY “month” is better because of your incredible KINDNESS and love. SATURDAY, JULY 12th 🎉🎉

Respectfully,
Aelicia “Chocolate” Watson
Cashapp | $WatsonChocolate (link in bio)
Zelle & Venmo for people who have my ☎️.

😁 @watsonchocolate
💄 @chynadollbrand
📸 @tellyoursphotography
👛/👗 @coachedbylesa
👠 @macys Clearance
🍫 @noely.cortes
🌺 Adriatica Village (McKinney, TX)

LASTLY: To be honest, I really struggled with my emotions writing this post. I know God has a plan for me, BUT, after I was diagnosed with metastatic stage 4 breast cancer, with a spread to my left lung in October of 2023, I THOUGHT, I’d be laid up in an hospital somewhere OR maybe even gone already. WHY? Because the pain in my body is just that bad AND it’s cancer 4 times now. PLUS, the doctors SAID 5 years to live and while I don’t believe the lies, it does run rampant in my mind sometimes🤷🏾‍♀️ so pray for ya girl.

*Share this post and don’t forget to tell’em Chocolate sent ya.*

Aelicia Watson
Po. Box 600623
Dallas, TX 75360

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Problem: Mama, I'm BORED!!
Solution : Girls That S.P.A.R.K.

💥Girls That S.P.A.R.K. is back with a new cohort and ready to welcome girls who are full of questions, hope, talent, and maybe just need someone to remind them:
The spark isn't just for you — it's already in you!

Every other Saturday, we laugh, learn, and "spark" ..TOGETHER!.

📣Know a teen girl who needs this?
Tag them. Text their mom. Send this to a school counselor. Let’s spread the word to neighborhoods, schools, churches, barbershops — everywhere.

🔗LINK IN BIO🔗 Applications close June 9th!

#202love #girlsthatspark #texasnonprofit
#youthmentoring #northdallas
#summer25 #fyp #explorepage✨

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TEAMWORK 🥳

Truly does make the Dreamwork and for that I’m grateful. I’m surrounded by some REALLY smart and intelligent professionals and I love it here. 🎓

FACT IS: I’m okay with NOT being the smartest person in the room. The body of Christ looks real good when it has the opportunity to work together. Staying in your lane is a real thing, which is WHY I can be the leader I’m called to be. They tell me that they learn so much from me, but really, I learn so much from them. ✍🏾

POINT IS: leadership comes at a cost. My CEO swag is because I learn from MY mistakes fast and make the necessary pivots when I need too. God has definitely given me a GIGANTIC vision and continues to equip me with the people that will help push the agenda forward, and for that I’m grateful. ❤️🍫

SO: Dear Redeemed Women Team members, y’all are absolutely amazing. I love AND appreciate each and every one of you. Your skills have made room for you. Thank you for saying YES to my leadership. YES, I believe in integrity and accountability and y’all continue to master this work gracefully. Thanks for making our 8th Annual Celebration a success.

Respectfully,
Aelicia “Chocolate” Watson
Redeemed Women
Founder & CEO

@watsonchocolate | @redeemedwomendallas

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It’s her smile and happiness through the video AND the video itself for me. 🌹

FACT IS: I absolutely love my executive assistant Less. She’s the real deal, but most importantly, she was God sent. She took that surprise video of me, not knowing that I hadn’t slept well the night before and my body was in a deeper state of chronic pain than ever. 💕

POINT IS: I try my hardest to remain upbeat and positive, HOWEVER, sometimes metastatic stage 4 breast cancer, with a spread to my left lung can make that hard to do. But as you can see, ima still do my best to get up and out the bed, get cute cute and pull-up with my AMAZING leadership swag to invest in the lives of others. 🌹

SO FRIENDS: Lesa called me fearless, so what is that one 2025 word for your personal and professional life? Drop your word in the comments 👇🏾

Respectfully,
Aelicia “Chocolate” Watson
@watsonchocolate

🎥 @coachedbylesa | @flowwithlesa 🌹

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