Justina Blakeney

It's just a way of making myself feel respected by myself that I think is really important.

Absolutely.

And it's an encouraging voice.

It's a kind voice, you know, but it's a voice that'll kind of whoop your ass a little bit in the sense of like, yeah, girl, what are you doing?

I am.

I'm sure.

It would be too difficult, I think, for me to trace back exactly where this idea of self-respect came from.

I've been doing a lot of, I don't know whether, you know, my husband, we're unsure if it's a spiritual awakening or a midlife crisis, but it's something between those two things.

Yes.

Very close on the food chain.

Tell us about that.

Tell us about that.

But whatever's been going on, I've been thinking about a lot of stuff.

And my inner voices, I think, you know, I have many as I think we all do.

But I think overall, she's pretty dope.

I think she is pretty loving and kind and respectful to me and others.

And I think that she has high expectations.

And that is sometimes where I think other voices come in and have to sometimes tell her like, it's okay to relax.

It's okay to rest.

And it's okay to disappoint people.