07: Using Life's Challenges to Create Your Message with Kayla Nixon

Everyone faces difficulties in life, but it is truly a gift to use those challenges to inspire and motivate others. Join us for a megadose of creativity and inspiration from our guest!Kayla Nixon is a blogger, first-time author, and former PreK teacher. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Old Dominion University, and she has written A Black Woman’s Coffee Table Book: Commentary on Life, Loss, and Love. Even at her young age, Kayla uses her digital platform to showcase her work as a photographer and writer, broadly addressing themes of travel, black womanhood, loss, love, and more. Show Highlights:Kayla’s inspiration to write her book and fulfill a lifelong dreamHow Kayla realized that her journal writing of encouragement to herself could become a book to help othersWhy Kayla decided that her book should be a coffee table book for black womenHow Kayla shares her personal experiences in her book, which are highlighted by her uterine cancer diagnosis and her mom’s cancer journey and subsequent deathHow Kayla realized that, even at a young age, her story could be inspirational and helpful to othersWhy Kayla wanted to encourage people to think about how to change their approach to life, love, and lossHow Kayla learned to be specific about what she needed in a time of lossWhy you need to identify your “top three” or “top five” people whom you can count onHow therapy helped Kayla face her difficult challengesWhat it means to “choose abundance”What healthy love looks likeHow meditation and prioritizing herself have brought peace and abundance to KaylaWhy and how Kayla began traveling, even in the time of COVID, and has seen different perspectives and insights from people around the worldLife lessons from Kayla:“You have to learn how to pivot and be OK with it.”“Listen to yourself–and not all the other voices.”Resources:Follow Kayla on Instagram.Find A Black Woman’s Coffee Table Book at regular booksellers or at www.blackwomanscoffeetablebook.co.