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🕊️ a child of God
🌱 sharing my life experiences to help heal + guide others through life’s hardest moments
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I think I always thought the “safe” path was the right path.The degrees, the multiple jobs, the steady income, the practical decisions… and honestly, I’m grateful for all of it because it shaped me. But I also think it took all of that for me to finally realize what God has been aligning me to this whole time.Being a creative can feel scary because there’s this stigma that it’s not secure or stable. I get it, but the more I’ve leaned into this, the more I’ve realized I don’t feel uncertain at all.I’ve actually never felt more sure.Leaving my 9-5 to step into social media strategy full-time isn’t just about work. It’s about creating more freedom with my time, more freedom with where I live, and more space to connect with and serve people around the world.I don’t have every single detail figured out, but I trust that God does.And that’s enough for me to keep taking action. 🤍#faithled #socialmediastrategist #creativeentrepreneur #faithoverfear #christiancreative takingaction by @yayitsmj

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If I ever raise kids, there’s one thing I want to do differently: teach them to fail.I’m beyond grateful for how I was raised: no regrets there. But I was taught to chase achievement, not chase failure. And it built a perfectionist in me that’s taken years to unlearn.Right now I’m choosing discomfort on purpose. Every failure I’ve let myself have has built more resilience, more confidence, more trust in myself than any achievement ever did.Save this if you needed the reminder that failure isn’t the opposite of growth… it’s the whole process.What would change for you if you chased the fall instead of avoiding it? #perfectionistrecovery #resilientmindset #embracefailure #growthmindset #selftrust by @yayitsmj

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What if checking isn’t a flaw to punish, but a signal?What is this actually teaching me?What am I seeking outside of myself that I haven’t learned to give myself yet?I’m learning that grace doesn’t ask me to stop noticing my patterns. It just asks me to stop punishing myself for having them.So today I’m choosing to see it as a signal, not a sentence.Save this for the next time you catch yourself in the pattern 🤍What have you been punishing yourself for that might actually be trying to teach you something?#selflove #innerworkjourney #breakingpatterns #healingjourney #graceoverguilt by @yayitsmj

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Before I go back into the dating scene, I’m checking in with my 4 bodies first…1) Spiritual2) Mental3) Emotional4) PhysicalNot because I have it all figured out… I don’t. But because I’ve learned the hard way that I can’t walk into anything clear while I’m out of alignment with myself.This isn’t a dating tip. It’s just where I’m at right now: choosing to check in before I check out for someone else.🤍 Which body have you been ignoring the longest?#datingwithintention #selflovejourney #wholeness #intentionaldating #dating by @yayitsmj

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I didn’t expect a quiet 4th of July to turn into a love letter, but here we are.This year I spent it single, in stillness, and God met me right there. He showed me what freedom actually means and that’s not just fireworks and flags, but peace. Peace with Him. Peace with myself. Peace, period.So I wrote this country (and San Diego) a poem because somewhere in the quiet, I found a deeper love for America than I’ve ever felt before.This is my love letter. 🤍#poetry #loveletter #freedommeanspeace #4thofjuly #independenceday by @yayitsmj

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Serial dating taught me something I didn’t want to learn.I used to ask “Is this the one?” Now I ask a scarier question: Who am I when I’m not being chosen back at the same speed I’m choosing?Who shows up in the waiting. In the unanswered text. In the moment I have to pick between honest or palatable.That version of me — the one over-functioning to keep something that hasn’t even committed to staying — she’s the one who needed my loyalty. Not him. Not the almost. Not the maybe.But God kept showing me: The right things won’t require you to disappear to keep them. His love never asked me to shrink. And neither should anything else.If you’re in the waiting right now, save this. You’re not too much. You’re just early.What’s one thing dating has taught you about yourself? Drop it below 👇#chooseyourself #situationships #selfworth #healingjourney #datingtips by @yayitsmj

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There are moments when loneliness creeps in and moments where I catch myself missing what it felt like to share an experience with someone else. But I’ve been practicing something: falling in love with myself again and choosing to keep going even when I feel myself drifting back to that place of needing to be chosen. With this, I decided to take myself out on a date to Downtown Disney. It was my first time coming to this place alone. This used to be a place I’d come on dates and being there by myself was another reminder of how much has changed and how I’ve changed. Looking back on who I was and who I am today is a beautiful thing.Save this as a reminder in moments where you need to feel whole. 🤍#selflovepractice #theartofdetachment #personalgrowth #selfcare #solodateideas by @yayitsmj

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It’s June… 6 months into 2026 and I’m checking in on my one resolution.Mine was simple: know that I already have everything and that knowing God is enough — everything else is just a bonus.I’ve been living it.Were there moments I slipped into scarcity? Yes. Moments where I felt like something was missing or not coming fast enough? Absolutely.But here’s what shifted — those moments stopped feeling like failure. They became a signal. A reminder to come back to what I already know is true.I have everything I need right now in Him.Everything else — the opportunities, the growth, the abundance — is just bonus on top of full.Save this if you need the reminder too. 🤍#faithoverfear #abundancemindset #godisfaithful #trusttheprocess by @yayitsmj

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Moving my body is something I don’t take for granted.There was a season where I couldn’t… where strength felt far away and I was in the middle of a recovery I didn’t know the end of.I wake up every morning and the first thing I feel is grateful. Grateful for flexibility, grateful for the energy to move, and grateful that healing didn’t just show up in my body: it showed up in my mind, my heart, and my spirit too.Being able-bodied is a privilege!If you’ve been through a season of physical healing (or you’re still in it) this one’s for you. Your body is doing more than you know. Honor it, thank God for it, and when you can move, move with everything you’ve got. 🤍Save this if you need a reminder to appreciate what your body can do today. 🔖What’s something your body does that you’re grateful for? Drop it below. 👇#gratefulbodygratefulmind #healingjourney #faithandfitness #moveyourbody #bodygratitude by @yayitsmj

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I used to think my thoughts about money were just facts.“It’s gone for good.” “This debt defines me.” “I’ll never catch up.”Leaning all the way into entrepreneurship has a way of dragging every money fear you’ve ever buried right up to the surface. No steady paycheck to hide behind. Just you, the unknown, and every belief system you didn’t even know you had about money.Turns out those thoughts weren’t facts. They were fears wearing a really convincing disguise.The moment I started catching them and rewriting them (actually saying the reframe out loud) something shifted. Not the number in my bank account (yet), but relationship to it.That’s the real work of this season. Not just manifesting money, but unlearning the belief systems that kept me afraid of it in the first place. Every fear I reframe is one I’m not carrying into this next chapter.Cheers to another layer of deepening my faith! 🥂Swipe through 👉 and comment which one hit different.#moneymindset #faithandfinance #faithandentrepreneurship #abundancemindset #mindsetshift by @yayitsmj

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Someone asked me how I meditate, so I’m being honest about it.I close my eyes and bring my awareness to the present moment. Then I pick one sound to listen for: usually birds chirping, or if there are none around, leaves rustling. I set a timer for five minutes and just… stay there.My mind drifts and of course it does. When it does, I give myself grace. “It’s okay that I thought about that. Let’s come back.”This hasn’t always been easy. It’s taken practice to get here. I try to do this first thing in the morning, out in nature, before the day gets loud.Save this if you needed a simple place to start 🤍 What’s one sound you could listen for tomorrow morning?#trusttheprocess #morningroutine #meditation #mindfulnessmatters #faithoverfear by @yayitsmj

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Leaving a salary behind will have people looking at you like you made a mistake.But here’s what the trade actually looked like:Gave up stability → gained presenceGave up routine → gained adaptabilityGave up people-pleasing → gained self-loveGave up the need to control → gained peaceThe thing about surrender is that it doesn’t feel like winning at first. It feels like loss. But God has a funny way of showing you that what you released was never what you actually needed.“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you.” — Jeremiah 29:11If you’re in a season of letting go, save this as a reminder that the trade is worth it. 🤍#faithandentrepreneurship #entrepreneurmindset #trusttheprocess #faithoverfear #abundancemindset by @yayitsmj

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