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Melanated Motivation (MnM)

by Kendra Jay, The Melanated Motivator 💋

Hey 👋🏾 y'all! 'MnM was created on a couch, a safe space to talk about the real, raw, and rugged!' This is a moment to chill and w(h)ine down 🥰, gain insight, reflect, and participate in the evolution of SELF. The concept of this podcast is to engage in real-life conversation that is both relatable and educational. I look forward to sharing this journey with YOU! So come on in, and let’s have some of that good ole’ couch talk.!

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Episodes

  1. “I’m the Main Character in My Own Life.”

    🎙️ KENDRA SAID WHAT!? “I’m the Main Character in My Own Life.” Deconditioning the roles we were assigned And I LOVE this because we’re not doing the corny version of “I’m the main character” where it’s basically narcissism with a cute aesthetic. We’re talking about self-authorship. Because…

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  2. So…Kendra Said What!?…; The evolution from Melanated Motivation to becoming.

    Y’all…I’m back. But I’m not the same woman who left.

  3. The Guilt of Choosing Yourself: When Being the Giver Becomes Self-Abandonment

    Kendra Said What!?: You can love people deeply and still stop sacrificing yourself to prove it.

  4. Welcome to Kendra Said What?!

    Switching gears towards a bigger direction: I’m not abandoning Melanated Motivation; I’m just graduating from it.

  5. Well… Kendra Said What?!

    This is not just a “new intro.” This is the reintroduction episode—the bridge between Melanated Motivation and Kendra Said What?!

  6. Don’t make permanent changes based on temporary feelings!

    Learn to be ok embracing your journey and letting go! Practice gratitude? Reassess and readjust your focus! 🧘🏾‍♀️

  7. Pro tips on: The best way to teach people how to love and respect you is to love & respect you 1st!

    To be stagnant is to have no movement; no growth; and anything that doesn’t move or grow dies. You must choose to live and that begins with loving yourself.! 💕

  8. Whew😅 we’re gonna do some healing here today! Let’s talk lessons I’ve learned importance of in life🧐

    Work on healing your inner child.! Water 💦 yourself until you feel like you again. Observe, don’t absorb.! You are not your old wounds; stop ✋🏾 licking them.! Who you decide to be today will impact who you are in there present and future.!

  9. Let’s chat a little bit about overcoming debilitating movements that we no longer identify with.!

    You cope by self sabotaging, all because you feel like that’s the only control you have.! Choose to be the real you.! Stop 🛑 withdrawing and learn to address shit head on. When you level up; your old level is not allowed to along for the Elevation.!

  10. Separation is not only needed, but REQUIRED, for elevation…Remember.!?

    Unattached from the want and need to desire acceptance, approval, support, or permission from any spaces or energies outside of you.! Time is life; and it is way too valuable to be wasted on anything less than endless love, good vibes and happiness.! This is your rough draft… Take it all in and...

  11. A loss isn’t a lack, baby that’s a transition.!

    Wake up and remember your value! Sometimes the “bad things” that happen in our lives, put us directly on the path to the Best things that will ever happen to us.!

  12. Let’s talk about high functioning anxiety.!! Which appears to be running rampant around the world.😔

    Are you nice, easy going, but people pleasing has you in a chokehold? Do you work good under pressure, but you still procrastinate? Start doing shit on your terms! Bring balance to your life by cultivating the various parts of you that you want to elevate.! You will always have problems; but…

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  13. If it doesn’t open, then it’s not your door 🚪.! Be like water 💦 in a river and just “Let It Flow.!”😘

    Don’t you want to walk the path that belongeth to you, instead of the path that belongeth to them.? Prying open doors that don’t belong to you will continue to keep your progress stagnant.! If it doesn’t open then it’s not yours ok 👌🏾 👍🏾 ✅ .!! Y’all gotta release the urge to have it all and...

  14. The road to: Becoming unstuck.! Heal that little boy or girl within you that has molded your life.!💗

    When your hurting, it’s hard to be grateful… at the pity party you created for yourself.! Take a flight ✈️ on a journey to healing ❤️‍🩹 the inner you.! It’s so worth it… It’s important to heal our younger selves to stop the dysfunctional ways in which we interact with people and ourselves.! From…

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  15. When you don’t play about yourself, you won’t allow others to play with you either.!

    There’s a moment when you realize that it’s not about anyone else anymore; it’s all about you and your happiness. Get healthy for you.! It’s time for y’all to make sure your not the weapon formed against yourself that is causing you not to prosper.! Let’s normalize not having to take a vacation…

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  16. Elevation REQUIRES Seperation

    You have to stop expecting you from others. If I had to heal from you, no you can not come back into my space. Understand that your energy is way too valuable to be just giving it away. The older you get, the less you’ll feel the need to be included, understood, and accepted. Stop trying to...

  17. Being F.L.Y. At all times is important.! “First Love Yourself” 💕

    Before we begin to do anything else; First (you have to) Love Yourself (FLY).! Everything you want is attainable and We don’t have to compromise.! This year is all about being heavy on the self improvement.! When your spirit tells you it’s time to distance yourself from something or someone; you...

  18. Happy FebYOUary 🥰😆🤗

    Stop 🛑 seeking validation from others and be your own validation.!

  19. Life is about IMPROVING shit…NOT proving shit

    Take control of your life. Don’t allow yourself to remain a victim. Stop 🛑 playing with your own potential.! It is time to heal and release yourself from the versions of you that we’re created out of fear and survival.! You can literally have the life that you want, just do it.! Change your...

  20. This current chapter of my life is called my turn…You got next!

    Though some pain and possibilities may be inevitable, suffering is optional! 🗣️

  21. Pay attention 👀 to those who can’t with you, but always can with others! ✨

    Know your limits and how far you can extend access to your time and energy! Healthy self = Heal Thy Self 😃

  22. Start practicing gratitude!

    Misery loves company…

  23. Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one, said Albert Einstein one ☝🏾 time! 😆

    I’ll deal with a little, but I’m not dealing with a lot! Keep focused on doing your work! Confuse the enemy with grace and pop yo shit proudly and loudly! 😘

  24. This is your reminder.! 🥂 🗒️ 🖊️

    Stop 🛑 feeling bad for doing what’s best for you and living your life for you.!!

  25. I refuse to be giving my love and not receiving any back! 🛑

    🎶 Real love 💕 I’m talking bout the real looovvveeee 💗

  26. If we adjust our expectations, we’d save ourselves a lot of sadness and disappointment! 💕

    Become more mindful of the world and what’s in it! PSA: Sometimes the hell you be catching don’t always be yours! 🗣️

  27. You are the bag, start securing yourself.! 💪🏾

    If you don’t go within, you will go with out. Make the choices, take the chances, and see the changes. Everyday we learn that our life is a reflection of our daily habits…

  28. You deserve to ALWAYS start your day with peace ☮️, love 💕, light 💡, and positive energy! 🥰

    Be unattached from things that are not yours! Stop identifying yourself with other people’s problems . Start affirming your day and choose happiness! 😘

  29. Until you heal from your past; your life patterns and relationships will continue to be the same…

    Only you can better yourself with hard work and dedication. Start by finding wilderness, completeness and solitude in yourself.! Stop 🛑 lying to yourself.! Stop ✋🏾 being lazy.! Make wiser choices 💭, ALWAYS.!

  30. Free game: energy is the currency 💴 of the universe.!

    What you pay 💰 attention 👀 too, you give life…. Learn to be very selective in what you focus on. I know life be lifing, but trouble 👿 don’t last always.! Learn how to help you with the help of you.!

  31. Anything you can’t remove or fast from, you are a slave to!

    Learn how to shut your own mouth sometimes. A part of growth is also growing apart… Accept people for who they show you they are! Choose your battles wisely 😍🥰😘

  32. Stop 🛑 acting like you got everything all together!

    Heal, change, remain teachable, release, be open to and acceptant of growth, elevation and peace…daily! 😘

  33. Things I am working on that you might relate to… maintenance vs action.! 😬😂😎

    Knowing believing and exuding that your worthy.! Being limitless and boundless by nothing; including self.! Being mindful, ALWAYS.! Reduce stress and anxiety by being in the now…

  34. Let’s talk about a few signs of unhealed childhood wounds and how to combat them.!

    Realize that new beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.! Whatever you do, learn to activate your inner child.! This will help to give you the proper balance that you need.! We grew up blocking out and trying to avoid the traumas we’ve endured. But we survived.!!! Stop running from the...

  35. How’s change created and/or manifested into a new reality.!?

    Ideas 💡, thoughts 💭, feelings 🥰, the plan ✍🏾, habits ✌🏾, commitment 💪🏾, lifestyle 😎, change 🚿…

  36. Let’s talk about trauma responses. Emotional healing. Anxiety disguised as fear. & the work it takes

    Discomfort is ok.! It’s a sign of growth. Change is inevitable, get with it or get left.! Stop 🛑 dealing in DisEase.‼️ learn to listen to your emotions.! Learn to hone them, to sit with them, to feel them and control them. Stop ✋🏾 letting your emotions control you; you need to learn to control...

  37. If you don’t release and heal, that energy will manifest in other ways.!

    It’s time to do the work.! Remove the distractions. Let go of all hurry and pain.! Your fears are an illusion. They are only in control of you as long as you give them life.!

  38. If you are here then RIGHT NOW. Your assignment is you. Here’s a few tips to m help along the way.!

    There’s strength and power in every challenge you endure. Don’t just set boundaries, stand on them too.! If you continue to wait until your ready then you’ll be waiting forever.! Your potential is endless, you just have to tap into it.!

  39. It wasn’t until I realized that a lot will change after I turned one ☝🏾 day into day 1.!

    Get out of your own way.! You get what you put out, so why not put out greatness.! Don’t wait until you can’t.! Do it now. Everyday you rise is another opportunity for success.! Give yoursef grace and create the space to heal, wholly.!

  40. Know that envy destroys the one who is envious, but the one who is envied always flourishes.!

    To be the best you, you must stop 🛑 holding grudges and being mad.! Start choosing you.! This is about releasing all that is NOT for you.! Take back your fucking sanity.!

  41. If it costs you your peace ☮️ ✌🏾, then it’s too damn expensive.!

    Elevate your path and cultivate your journey.! Remain teachable, Always.! One of the best investments we can make is of and in ourselves.!

  42. How are you doing? Let’s check in.!

    Though you’ve been coasting to exist, now it’s time to live.! Fight for YOU, Always 💕

  43. Tips for today and every day forward.!

    Learn to control how you respond to things sent to destroy your peace.! Clean up your view on life. Love is not a possession! Love 💕 is an experience!! Be your own peace ☮️ everything starts and ends with you.!

  44. One of the most powerful things you can do right now is to deny access.!

    Learn to keep your life a little mystery from those outside of your household.! Protect relationships, memories, and experiences; by setting and standing on the boundary of access.! Only grant access with discernment.! Everyone is not to be permitted in.!🙃

  45. You have to start choosing YOU first.! You ain’t missing out on nothing if you’re working on YOU…😘😉

    If they not motivating you to succeed or helping you to progress, then you don’t need that energy ⚡️around you.! Start telling yourself that you are proud of you.! You didn’t wake up today to be no weak ass bitch, but it’s time to stop being to strong 💪🏾 too.!

  46. *what do I think? How do I feel? Let’s talk about marriage and commitment.!?*💍😘😍🥰💕👩🏾‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏽❤️‍🩹💝

    Keeping score in your relationships is toxic asf; stop ✋🏾 doing that shit.! If it ain’t equally yolked y’all bound to remain in a repetitious choke hold of destruction… Be willing to go all the way in…with one another.! Why not.? Pit yourself in the position to just BE; To live in bliss 💕...

  47. Stop 🛑 making excuses for the shit you have allowed to fester in your life and take control of you.!

    Self control is the super 💥 power you want to be yours.! Calmness is the mastery you need to get there though.!

  48. *Can I motivate you a little bit? Ok lol so hit play.!☺️

    Brava.!!! 👏🏾 I am so happy 😀 for you.!

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Hey 👋🏾 y'all! 'MnM was created on a couch, a safe space to talk about the real, raw, and rugged!' This is a moment to chill and w(h)ine down 🥰, gain insight, reflect, and participate in the evolution of SELF. The concept of this podcast is to engage in real-life conversation that is both relatable and educational. I look forward to sharing this journey with YOU! So come on in, and let’s have some of that good ole’ couch talk.!

HOSTED BY

Kendra Jay, The Melanated Motivator 💋

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