5. Celebrate your FLYness! Recognize and celebrate your greatness because you are an amazing and beautiful being. Go sightseeing, go to the spa, shopping, plan a trip, do something wonderful to celebrate you. For example, after my divorce was finalized, I celebrated by attending a Erykah Badu concert all by my lonesome. It was such a liberating experience because I felt like a caged butterfly waiting to be free.
I wanted to share my story to someone who is going through some kind of struggle. You may be in a hot mess situation, with a bunch of hot mess kind of people but this too shall pass. It took me four years to openly turn my mess into my message because I was ashamed and afraid of the unknown. As, I look back at my hot mess situation, I am thankful that I went through the situation because I can triumph over my trials and tribulations, it helped me to fall in love with myself all over again, helped me to become a better wife for my loving and caring husband and the higher being brought me out of the darkness into recognize my light. Never rush your hot mess moments or situations because it is developing your growth, strength, character and message.
Andrea C. Imafidon is the creator of BrownGirlFromBoston.com a community that is dedicated to helping professional, modern women of color discover their voice, power and life’s passion and purpose through personal growth, career development and startup entrepreneurship.
Andrea is a professional coach with a certification in personal development coaching from The CaPP Institute. She holds a Master’s degree in Social Work from The University of Southern Mississippi and a Bachelor’s degree from Tuskegee University.
Andrea is the creator of Brown Girl From Boston a personal growth and coaching blog that inspires, encourage, and empower brown girls everywhere to live life boldly, loudly, and fearlessly on purpose. Andrea is a member of The National Coalition of 100 Black Women-RI Chapter and Girl Scouts of Southern Eastern New England.