09/05/2023
In case y’all forgot who tf I am.
I been gone for a minute.
I’m coming right back, no worries 😏
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Guiding women to build true confidence to do whatever tf makes them happy.
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09/05/2023
In case y’all forgot who tf I am.
I been gone for a minute.
I’m coming right back, no worries 😏
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13/02/2023
✨ Chapter 32 ✨
Thank you all for loving on me during Alyssapalooza. All of your thoughtful messages, pictures, videos, singing, and gifts are so very appreciated and fed my praise kink 😜
Ended 31 as the President of a Nonprofit Organization, a homeowner, and halfway through my MPH. Let’s see what 32 brings 🥰
📸: Boudie Calls Bo***ir Studio
P.S. New Home Fund is open until the end of the month if you’d like to contribute: https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/8R7zFeA0dZ
I’m also taking any gently used household items as well, of course!
It’s an indescribable feeling to be experiencing grief, holding space for others that are grieving, and attempting to celebrate yourself at the same time…
Yesterday I was officially given full reign of the house and my property. The town approved the repairs, I signed my life away… it’s official official.
I kept getting asked if I was excited and I honestly feel like Ricky Bobby in Talladega Nights when he doesn’t know what to do with his hands in the interview 😅
This week in general doesn’t feel like reality. Not Bubba’s death, not my new address, none of it. I’m sure it’ll all hit soon and at some point I’ll want to celebrate. For now though, I’m okay in whatever this space and feeling is 🤷🏾♀️
Enjoy the obligatory cheerful booma. Fake it till you make it, am I right? Lmfao
*New Home Fund is still open for anyone that would like to celebrate the new home or my birthday on Saturday monetarily 😘
Donate here: https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/8R7zFeA0dZ
03/02/2023
Went to check on repairs being done at my house this morning and was incredibly surprised to learn that the seller helped out 😳 She’s 93 and was a long term owner. She said she wasn’t aware of certain standard changes over the years and wanted to make sure everything was good for me 😩🥹
It’s so surreal and starting to sink in that I get to move into my own house for my birthday 🤯😭🥳
I’m not doing a registry, but if you’d like to contribute monetarily as a celebration for this accomplishment or for my birthday, please click the link below. I’m starting completely from scratch and everything is appreciated 🖤
✨ New Home Fund: https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/8R7zFeA0dZ
P.S. It’s also Black History Month and Black Homeownership Matters and you should support Black Women… Thank you ☺️😂
28/01/2023
🚨 ALYSSAPALOOZA IS CANCELLED THIS YEAR 🚨
I bought myself a house for my birthday instead 🎉
Y’all… I’M A HOMEOWNER 🤯😭
Rather than partying and buying me drinks for my birthday, I would be greatly appreciative if you contributed to my new home fund. I’ll be using it to replace the furniture I gave away during the pandemic, for moving expenses, and all the s**t I never knew I needed because I’ve never owned a home before 😂
I love you all. Thank you for your constant support and for celebrating me! House warming coming soon (maybe while it’s still empty so we can PARTY & worry about fu***ng s**t up 😂)
P.S.
When thinking about making a contribution, please keep in mind:
✨ the amount of hours I’ve had your children
✨ the amount of miles I have flown/drove to celebrate you
✨ the times I have dropped everything or rearranged plans to assist you because a bitch is a ride or die
…Contribute accordingly. Thank you 😘
https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/8R7zFeA0dZ
23/01/2023
I waited three years for the Dance Fitness Cruise to return and came down with a mysterious illness the day it finally arrived. I was comatose until day six 🫠 All I heard last week was:
“𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝓐𝓵𝔂𝓼𝓼𝓪 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮.”
“𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝓘 𝓰𝓸𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾!”
“𝓘 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓷’𝓽 𝓼𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝔀𝓮𝓮𝓴!”
Even with my absence, my cup is still full. The DFC is my favorite way to start the year. I missed my people. A part of me feels complete that I didn’t even realize had a void. I’ll share more soon but here is a picture that makes it look like I wasn’t dying cause you know, Social media is a highlight reel 🙃
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28/12/2022
May you forever look in the mirror and love what you see.
I hope you always honor your passion. When you love something, EVERYONE knows about it (ex. Have you heard about her tap shoes?!). You make everything so fun and are incredibly expressive. Your faces, reactions, and body language kill me 😂
I hope you always admire your willpower & determination. Came out 2lbs wet and said “what I’m not fittin to do is have all these tubes in me” and you pulled them out every damn minute 😂 You never give up & damn sure aren’t intimidated by anyone or anything… confrontations are NOT a problem over here 😅😮💨
You are beautiful, intelligent, charismatic, and just all around fu***ng amazing. I won’t ever let you forget it.
xoxo 💋
🎶 𝓘 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓮𝓮𝓽𝓼 𝓬𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 🎶😌
Y’all, I really forgot I have a whole mental health diagnosis. Things were so controlled for so long that this episode caught me off guard. It wasn’t until week 10 of 13 that I said to myself “oh s**t, I HAVE BPD!” 🤯
It was as if I thought I was magically cured (I know, I give you permission to take a minute to laugh at my expense).
Ironically, all of the skills and coping mechanisms I “mastered” went out the mfing window in August when the down hill started🙃 I haven’t danced, worked out, meditated, read, walked, saw my friends, used my planner, done affirmations or gratitude, done a card pull, ate anything my body needed, been outside, slept- nothing…
Self-care is more than a trend. These practices prioritize your health and wellness. It makes it so you can be your best self for yourself, which in turn helps everything else in your life. You need to practice self-care on your best days, extra on your worst days, and also every day in between. If you stop when you feel good, as if you’re all better, you’re setting yourself up for failure when you need you the most.
Every damn day, refill your mfing cup. How are you practicing self-care today? Share with me in the comments 👇🏾
This season has literally almost been the death of me. I almost folded.
Today though I’m writing this as an official successful grant writer (novice af but I’m owning that s**t) and the new 𝓟𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓲𝓭𝓮𝓷𝓽 of the Health Education Center 😮💨🥹🖤
I’M THE HEAD OF A NONPROFIT Y’ALL 🗣️ ME! I RUN IT 😳😩🥰
Thank you, thank you, thank you to my girls for holding me down in every sense of the word. I would have never been able to navigate this transition, my Masters program, co-parenting, homeownership, deaths, the daily breakdowns lmfao NONE of it without you. I love you.
Enjoy this haul I did this summer for work. The longer you watch, the better it gets 😂