When I was only six years old, I experienced molestation, which had a profound impact on my life. I found myself constantly moving between foster homes and mental health facilities. I grew up in a tough environment, and I witnessed a lot of my friends dying. Graduating from high school was an achievement, but I struggled to read my own diploma. Despite the hardships, I am grateful to be alive and focused on my life today. We all have our own unique journey, but no matter what you’ve been through, you can find your way back. One of the most important decisions I made was to prioritize my mental health and seek the necessary support. Remember, no matter what you’ve gone through or how tough your situation may seem, don’t hesitate to ask for help.
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We go through our story for a reason. Some chapters feel overwhelming, some feel heavy, but you never know how your truth can change someone else’s life. I am grateful and honored to share this book with the world. The love, the feedback, the late night messages from people everywhere telling me how this book has impacted them in just two months reminds me why I wrote it. I am grateful, and I am excited to release my next two books.
So I encourage you to share your story. Write the book. Speak your truth. Don’t just be alive. Live. Live with love. Live with ambition. Your breakthrough will mean more than you know. Stop waiting for views. Stop waiting for likes. Start now. Your voice matters. Your story matters. The world is waiting for your commitment. And remember, Don’t judge the picture while the creator is still painting you are a masterpiece in progress. 👉🏾📩
Some people don’t cut you off because they’re wrong or because they’re acting funny. They cut you off because they paid attention. They saw patterns, behaviors, habits, and ways of communicating that they weren’t willing to carry into their life. And instead of arguing with you or trying to convince you to change, they protected their peace and removed themselves.
When someone walks away, it doesn’t always mean they’re the villain. Sometimes it means they saw what you refuse to acknowledge in yourself. They saw the inconsistency. They saw the lack of emotional accountability. They saw the signs you kept ignoring. And they chose themselves.
This is not about blame. It’s about awareness. People who have healed will not negotiate with the same energy that once hurt them. They’re not leaving because they don’t care. They’re leaving because they recognize what they will not tolerate.
If you want healthier relationships, you have to be honest about the patterns that push people away. Growth starts with seeing what others saw long before they left. 👉🏾📩
Before you laid down, did you ask yourself:
Is he reliable?
Is he patient?
Is he compassionate?
Does he actually want children?
Will he be there for them?
Is he emotionally available?
Will he make my children a priority?
It’s easy to say, “Where is the father?” without taking accountability and asking yourself: did you take the time to actually choose a man that was qualified to be a father?
Finding my love for production again. Working in the music space was draining, and it was a breath of fresh air when I started working with my son because it was never about the content, just the quality of the message.
I had a lot of fun producing content with these ladies. @chinnaparker@dayna.blackburn They’re amazing, icons in the making.
She’s devastated. She’s embarrassed. She’s heartbroken. When you violate a woman, it’s not just about the one act. It’s the broken trust, the disbelief, the embarrassment, and the lack of discipline behind it all. She will never see you the same again.
She never thought you would throw everything away without taking her feelings into consideration. Now, because she can’t see you the same anymore, she doesn’t know how to move forward with the pain of grieving someone she thought she knew. 👉🏾📩
Most people are dating from these spaces.
Some people were raised in households where they didn’t receive time, attention, love, affection, reassurance, or emotional safety. So that void turned into them overly seeking and desperately needing those things through relationships.
You have some people that grew up struggling financially. They don’t know what it feels like to travel, have stability, or experience material things. So when it comes to dating, that’s the void they look forward to fulfilling. They are trying to connect themselves to a life they never had.
You have people that felt broken and lonely as children, so they grow up looking for someone to fulfill that brokenness and loneliness.
You have people that were abandoned, so they spend their lives looking for someone that feels like home.
But what would life look like if you could genuinely choose someone?
What if you didn’t have to choose someone for finances?
What if you didn’t have to choose someone to be your emotional safety?
What if you didn’t have to choose someone just to fulfill a void or silence the noise going on inside of you?
You have to investigate why you choose people.
Because if you’re only choosing people because you’re empty, then you’re not choosing people because you genuinely love and connect with them. You’re choosing them because of what they fulfill within you.
There is no such thing as being single.
You are always in a relationship with yourself.
Honor yourself.
Love yourself.
Give yourself the things you continue allowing people into your life to provide for you.
Build from within first.
Then connect with someone genuinely because that’s who you want…
Not simply who you need. 👉🏾📩
Teach your son that he is not supposed to have his entire life figured out in one day. Setbacks will happen. Mistakes will happen. Disappointment will happen. That is a part of life.
Don’t let one bad decision turn into a lifetime of regret.
Teach him how to compartmentalize. Teach him how to breathe, step back, and look at the bigger picture instead of reacting permanently to a temporary moment. Everything may feel heavy and important right now, but emotions pass, pain passes, and moments pass.
Have the tough conversations with him. Let him know that he can come to you without fear of judgment. Let him know that you are there to support him while he learns, grows, struggles, and navigates life.
Teach him that it is okay to feel sad, frustrated, embarrassed, overwhelmed, or disappointed. Those emotions do not make him weak. They make him human.
What matters most is teaching him not to let a temporary moment become a permanent decision.
“My book When the Little Boy Is Healed, the Man Will Show Up is out now. Click the link in my bio or visit SessionsWithDash.com to grab your copy.”
Don’t judge the picture while the creator is still painting. You have no idea the masterpiece that you’re becoming.
Real life story of The Pursuit of Happyness.
I grew up without a father, physically abused, in foster homes and mental health facilities, watching my friends be unalived in front of me. It was a heavy childhood to bear, but the pain and the adversity made me. It’s the mountain that I stand on today. It’s the mountain that allowed me to pour everything into my son.
He became my first reflection and practice of love. I became the father that I needed. I would stare in his eyes and steal his joy because, through him, I learned what it felt like to have a father.
Wherever you are, whatever you are going through, understand that problems only mean you’re alive. Take a step back. Give yourself time. Give yourself grace. You are worthy of a better tomorrow.
“My book When the Little Boy Is Healed, the Man Will Show Up is out now. Click the link in my bio or visit SessionsWithDash.com to grab your copy.”
I grew up in a house with four sisters, one brother, and my mother. I was the highlight of the family, always doing something, as my mother would say, but there was a reason behind it. I was hurting. I was crying out for help. I wanted love but didn’t know how to ask for it.
There was no such thing as vulnerability, tears, or sadness. My mother would always say, “Stop acting like a little girl,” so the only thing I ever knew was anger and frustration.
My sisters got all the attention when it came to school and the household, but I realized there was one thing I could do if I wanted to become the center of attention. All I had to do was misbehave. That’s how I received love because my mother used to tell me, “I’m beating you because I love you,” and that became the love I grew to know: pain, hurt, and heartache.
When I was hit by a car for the second time, I saw something on my mother’s face that she never allowed me to express myself: sadness, admiration, and love. It was the most rewarding feeling I had ever experienced, so I stopped everything just to save her that time.
Your son needs to hear love. Your son needs to see love. Your son needs to feel loved.
I understand that sometimes we grow up without receiving the love we needed, so we transfer that pain and parent the way we were parented. But I am asking you today, as a mother or father, please make sure love is on display because you don’t want your son or your children going out into the world desperately seeking attention and willing to do anything for love.
“My book When the Little Boy Is Healed, the Man Will Show Up is out now. Click the link in my bio or visit SessionsWithDash.com to grab your copy.”
