DIVA Zone Magazine - July 2025 Self-Care Edition - Issue 2 | Page 4

Inside This Issue

One of the most rewarding things about creating media platforms is that we get to control the narrative and raise awareness of topics that are meaningful to our gender and to our culture. Additionally, we are able to show public love, honor, and respect to true game changers and innovators within their respective fields.
Our covers for Serendipity Media Group Publications vary from celebrities, change agents and influencers to community, business, and ministry leaders; all of whom are well on their way to being recognized for their lofty and unselfish contributions! Such is the case with this holistic, fundamentally sound, informative, and loving issue with each and every one of YOU as the feature story. After all, in this life, as we allow God to lead us, we should be the leading ladies of our lives. If we do not focus on, celebrate, honor, encourage, and cheer ourselves on, it is likely unrealistic that anyone else will.
On the cover: Amazing Love. Love wrapped in earnest care for community. Love displayed by the sacrifice to answer the call to practice medicine and to serve God’ s people. It is an absolute honor to feature one of the finest Physicians the medical field has licensed to date, in the person of Dr. Jelisa Timmons, a Family Health Treasure located in Greater Richmond Virginia. This feature is power packed with great information, startling statistics, and a sense of urgency for better lifestyle choices concerning our overall health as black and brown women. We are focusing on Self-Care this Summer and this is part two of three in this Special Edition. The focus for this issue is Women’ s Physical Health.
Overview: The DIVA Zone™ Magazine is blessed with the awesome opportunity to share an issue dedicated to Self-Care as a priority with an emphasis on Women’ s Physical Health.. This issue offers tips that are practical in nature, easy on our budgets, nourishing to our spirits, and edifying to our very souls. Our beloved publication is gearing up for the long anticipated 2025 print version( with national distribution) and continues in the current electronic format which will allow us to expand our magazine even further and make your reading experience more interactive; and prayerfully more readily accessible. It is also our hope that our readers are encouraged to electronically share with many others what we believe to be a quality, well-balanced publication for our sisters. Check the website for a list of stores where The DIVA Zone will be distributed for free. We are counting on you to help us spread the good news!
Inside this July 2025 Issue, you will be blessed by articles that will aid you along your journey to establishing healthy long lives, True to our core, all contributions offer hope, love, grace, and wholeness and are full of overall solid, and inspiring content. From health and fitness, financial literacy, and mental wellness, to food and fashion and beauty tips, this issue will bless your soul and add value to your journey!
The DIVA Zone™ Magazine, July 2025 Issue will be mass distributed into various markets on our digital platform and will be the first to grace the shelves in print format later this Summer into three major markets: Northern, NJ, Greater Richmond, Virginia, and Atlanta, Georgia.
Serendipity Media Group appreciates your support in thought, word, and / or deed! Love and Blessings!
From all of us here at The DIVA Zone™ Magazine, we again thank you for your continued support, prayers and most assuredly, for believing in this vision. Although, we are but the conduit and God is the Master of this plan, the writers and editors remain in awe of the unfolding of it all.
FOUNDING PUBLISHER AND EDITORIAL DIRECTOR NAJIYYAH BROOKS
MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF NAJIYYAH BROOKS
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS / EDITORS
Chef Ann-Marie Bennett Layne Brooks Monica Brooks Najiyyah Brooks Donna Watts Burley Victoria Corprew Gail Davis Adrienne Dawkins-Smith Genea Johnson Shani Tyler Jones Martha Massey Shaunte’ Sparks
Advertising Sales and Editorial Offices: www. divazonemagazine. com / sales @ divazonemagazine. com www. serendipityproductionsllc. com
The DIVA Zone Magazine™ is published twelve times a year by Serendipity Media & Public Relations LLC and has earned the readership of both national and international online audiences of women seeking to lead wellbalanced, happy, healthy, wealthy, and spiritually sound lives. Contribution of articles, photographs and industry information are welcome, but cannot be returned. The DIVA Zone Magazine’ s mission is to inspire, educate, uplift, and encourage all women into well balanced and healthy living. Advertisers who offer products, services and events in support of our mission are encouraged to contact our Sales Department at sales @ divazonemagazine. comm
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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Publisher’ s Note Spiritually Morning Prayer
The Quiet Power of Peace and Self-Control When the Mind SAYS GO IN!
Sovereign The Power of Having Priorities
Financially Financial Wellness Among Women
Physically
FEATURED ARTICLE
Called to Medicine..... Called to Community An Intimate Chat with Dr. Jelisa Timmons
Listen to Your Body and be Proactive for a Healthier Lifestyle
Practically
Tips For Physical Movement & Meditation To Hear What Your Body Is Saying
Seeing My Pieces Me Time or Mommy Time: Why Not Both? Love the Skin You ' re In: Swimwear as Freedom Superfoods, Balance & a Whole Lot of Faith Cha-Cha’ s Smoothie Bowl TOP 40 Brands to Watch
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