Alex Elle

So if we continue to ignore ourselves, we're never going to be able to see other people. Damn.

Maybe. I know for me, I wanted to start sooner than later because I saw my mother suffering. I saw my grandmother suffering. I mean, and how I was raised. I'm surprised I'm not suffering. I'm a big believer in the power of choice and choosing to do something different. Choosing to be self-aware, I think, is...

Maybe. I know for me, I wanted to start sooner than later because I saw my mother suffering. I saw my grandmother suffering. I mean, and how I was raised. I'm surprised I'm not suffering. I'm a big believer in the power of choice and choosing to do something different. Choosing to be self-aware, I think, is...

Maybe. I know for me, I wanted to start sooner than later because I saw my mother suffering. I saw my grandmother suffering. I mean, and how I was raised. I'm surprised I'm not suffering. I'm a big believer in the power of choice and choosing to do something different. Choosing to be self-aware, I think, is...

essential to being able to be in relationship, not only with ourselves, but with other people. And so I didn't want to wait till I was in my fifties or sixties or seventies. I mean, I talked to my grandmother, she's nearing the end of her life and she has a lot of stuff that is just now coming to the surface for her because she sees the work that I'm doing.

essential to being able to be in relationship, not only with ourselves, but with other people. And so I didn't want to wait till I was in my fifties or sixties or seventies. I mean, I talked to my grandmother, she's nearing the end of her life and she has a lot of stuff that is just now coming to the surface for her because she sees the work that I'm doing.

essential to being able to be in relationship, not only with ourselves, but with other people. And so I didn't want to wait till I was in my fifties or sixties or seventies. I mean, I talked to my grandmother, she's nearing the end of her life and she has a lot of stuff that is just now coming to the surface for her because she sees the work that I'm doing.

And so again, when we heal ourselves, we heal each other. We're leading by example. I would encourage folks to start looking at your wounds and And to start celebrating your joy as soon as you can. Because when we're able to do that, it just starts the cycle of healing a little bit sooner.

And so again, when we heal ourselves, we heal each other. We're leading by example. I would encourage folks to start looking at your wounds and And to start celebrating your joy as soon as you can. Because when we're able to do that, it just starts the cycle of healing a little bit sooner.

And so again, when we heal ourselves, we heal each other. We're leading by example. I would encourage folks to start looking at your wounds and And to start celebrating your joy as soon as you can. Because when we're able to do that, it just starts the cycle of healing a little bit sooner.

I knew what I didn't want. I knew that I wanted to be the best woman I could be for myself and that baby that I had at 18. I had no idea what I was doing. None. I wish it didn't take teen motherhood to kind of like, get me to where I am, but that's the part of the journey and the story for me, right?

I knew what I didn't want. I knew that I wanted to be the best woman I could be for myself and that baby that I had at 18. I had no idea what I was doing. None. I wish it didn't take teen motherhood to kind of like, get me to where I am, but that's the part of the journey and the story for me, right?

I knew what I didn't want. I knew that I wanted to be the best woman I could be for myself and that baby that I had at 18. I had no idea what I was doing. None. I wish it didn't take teen motherhood to kind of like, get me to where I am, but that's the part of the journey and the story for me, right?

And so I think knowing that I didn't want my children to fear me, knowing that I didn't want to pass down my pain to them knowing that I wanted to be different from how I was raised. I just, it just clicked. I don't know. I don't know if it was God. I don't know if it was the universe's energy, but I was just like, I, this stops with me. And my oldest, my oldest, oh my God, she'll be 15.

And so I think knowing that I didn't want my children to fear me, knowing that I didn't want to pass down my pain to them knowing that I wanted to be different from how I was raised. I just, it just clicked. I don't know. I don't know if it was God. I don't know if it was the universe's energy, but I was just like, I, this stops with me. And my oldest, my oldest, oh my God, she'll be 15.

And so I think knowing that I didn't want my children to fear me, knowing that I didn't want to pass down my pain to them knowing that I wanted to be different from how I was raised. I just, it just clicked. I don't know. I don't know if it was God. I don't know if it was the universe's energy, but I was just like, I, this stops with me. And my oldest, my oldest, oh my God, she'll be 15.

She just started high school and she is the sweetest soul. She is the sweetest soul. And I often look at her like, wow, wow. Look what healing does. When you love yourself, when you are choosing to do differently, look what can happen. Our children are our mirrors. I truly believe that. I was young, Black, unwed, all the things stacked against me.

She just started high school and she is the sweetest soul. She is the sweetest soul. And I often look at her like, wow, wow. Look what healing does. When you love yourself, when you are choosing to do differently, look what can happen. Our children are our mirrors. I truly believe that. I was young, Black, unwed, all the things stacked against me.

She just started high school and she is the sweetest soul. She is the sweetest soul. And I often look at her like, wow, wow. Look what healing does. When you love yourself, when you are choosing to do differently, look what can happen. Our children are our mirrors. I truly believe that. I was young, Black, unwed, all the things stacked against me.

And I refused to be who people said I was going to be because there was no way I was going to let anyone continue to tell me who I could and couldn't be.