Go With Your Soul’s Flow
Going against the flow was so much easier this time. I just didn’t have the energy to send follow-up emails and video messages the day of and the day after the conference. Instead I needed to do what my soul was pleading. Step back. Turn it off. Get away. The computer. Instagram. Facebook. All of it. Off. So I did. After our Seen and Heard conference last week I did what I suggested some of the others do: bask in what God has done and what He is up to right now. Rest your soul for goodness sake.
Now I can re-emerge from my sweet sojourning to say:
It was a joy, privilege and honor to have hosted our most recent recent Seen & Heard conference. We took a look at the lives of Brown Girls through the eyes of Brown girls. Listen ya’ll, emotions were all over the place – there was laughter, tears, anger, and joy at what we saw, heard and experienced. Y’all I watched the video of the little girl saying she’s ugly again and was as overtaken as I was when Khristi showed it.
We kicked the hour off with a BGM (Brown Girls Matter) scavenger hunt with our cool Christian chick facilitators Alesa and Ciara, hosts of the Navigate with Faith podcast: Then our special guest of the hour, Khristi Lauren Adams taught us, ya’ll about the trials and triumphs of Brown girls. At times it was truly heart-wrenching and at other times it was full of joy and hope.
To the hundreds of you who responded to this conference by saying “Yes!”, seeing and hearing Brown girls matters, – thank you! Thank you for registering. Thank you for attending. Thank you for participating. Thank you for the messages. Thank you for showing up.
If there is one point made that I hope everyone remembers it is how important it is to affirm Brown girls – of all ages, but especially our young girls. They are bombarded with messages of how ugly, loud, angry, and of little value to the world they are.
Our words matter.
We must speak beauty, hope, life and Truth into the ears of Brown girls so they learn to love themselves as young as possible. The most important Truth, as Khristi underscored, is that Brown girls are made in the image and likeness of God. Full stop. Exclamation point.
Then wouldn’t you just know it! Just when the conversations were getting good and deep and real, it was time to go. But you know what that means: we will continue having Seen & Heard conferences!
In order to affirm our children we must be sure that we are affirming and loving ourselves too. My personal life mission and the mission of Love at Well is to help women live, love and lead well. If you, being completely honest with yourself, struggle with loving you, affirming you, loving others or affirming others, then join the Love at The Well Community – a safe, welcoming, learning, supportive community of women committed to healing and becoming whole so we can live, love and lead like God calls us to.Some of the resources and discussion points from Seen and Heard are available in our community Facebook group. Join the Facebook Group, HERE.
THANK YOU KHRISTI ♥️ for all of the great Brown Girl insights you brought to us. You changed hearts and minds! To stay connected to Khristi Adams, follow her on Instagram, twitter or find out what she’s up to on her Website.
THANK YOU ALESA AND CIARA ♥️ . Your hearts and energy kept us engaged and leaning in! To stay connected to Alesa and Ciara of Navigate With Faith, subscribe to their Podcast.
THANK YOU ALL
for showing up honest, ready and vulnerable enough to do what’s necessary to live, love and lead as God’s powerfully beautiful imagers in this world.