New Year, New me! Welcome to my old readers and my new readers. It has been a while and this time I am back for the long haul. Please check out my old posts and YouTube Channel. Also, subscribe to the blog and YouTube Channel to never miss a new post or video. We are changing things up in 2023. My mission is to still help you become the best version of yourself but now we are going to provide action posts to help you achieve this. So stay tuned! You don’t want to miss this new version of This is Elyse!
My Story
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2022: The Year of Healing
Hello everyone, it has been a while. Honestly, it has been a year maybe two. Like has been so crazy that I really do not know where to start. The last couple of years has been crazy. For one, we are still in a pandemic that does not seem like it is ending. But on the bright side, we are still here and I am back and ready to share! When I started this blog it was a place to share my thoughts and lessons I had learned. I remember the first time sitting down and posting and all the mixed emotions I felt. Then life happened and the blog…
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Please, Don’t Call Me a Strong Black Woman
“You’re such a Strong Black woman.” “Yes! Strong Black Queen.” Over the years I have been called a Strong Black Woman, a Strong Black Queen, an Independent Strong Black Woman, or an Independent Black Woman. While to the person saying this, this might be a compliment but it isn’t. Now, don’t get me wrong, being strong and independent are great assets for a woman, especially for a woman of color but being labeled as one, not so much. I use to love being called strong and independent until one day I realized that being labeled as a strong woman was stereotyping me. That stereotype eventually became more of a burden…
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Welcome Back
Welcome back! Or just welcome! While sitting here and writing this post, I feel the same way I felt when I first started this blog. So much has changed since my first post. So much has changed since my last post. A year has come and gone, and we have started a new year and a new decade. With all these new beginnings, I decided it was time for me to sit down and write and blog again. In the last year, I have learned more about life then I did in the 20 or so years I’ve been here. I want to share everything that I have learned and…
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I’m Back!
I'm back! It has been a while since I've posted but I'm back and ready to share all the things life has taught me.
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Wakanda forever
On February 15, 2018, the movie that we all have been waiting for came out, Black Panther. In the opening weekend of this movie, it made over 400 million dollars. People came out and supported this incredible film. Some people dressed in African garb, while others wore outfits representing the African American culture. We all were captivated while we watched T’Challa, Kilmonger, Princess Shuri, Okoye, Nakia, and the other amazing characters come alive on the screen. But what truly made this movie special was Wakanda. Wakanda, a city ran by Wakandans (Black people), occupied by Wakandans, highly technologically advanced, and home of all the Vibrainium in the world. Wakanda is a…
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2017, It’s a Wrap!
The year 2017 is over! This year flew by so fast! So many things happened this year that if I were to write about it I would need to start a blog (lol). As 2017 comes to a close and 2018 starts there are three important lessons that 2017 taught me that I want to share. Trust God. I don’t know how many times God has been trying to teach me the value of trusting Him and allowing Him to guide my life. God has given us promises in His word that tells us that He has plans to prosper us, that He will never leave us, that He will…
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One Year Later… the Growth!
On December 6th, 2016 I big chopped my hair. After transitioning for a little more than a year, I decided to cut my hair. After I cut it, my hair took off and grew longer than it ever was when it was relaxed. Here are the four things that I believed helped my hair to grow. The first thing was NO HEAT! I do not put heat on my hair. The only time I did was when I graduated (back in May). Keeping heat off of my hair helped me not to heat damage it which helped my hair to grow. The second thing I did was protective styles. Whether my hair…
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I Choose Me
The first step in becoming the Best Version of You is accepting who you are. When I started my journey of becoming the best version of me, I was at my breaking point. I didn’t like where I was in life and wanted a change. But, even though I was at my breaking point, it wasn’t until I chose the woman who I saw in the mirror and decided to love her at her current place in life that I was truly able to start my journey. What do I mean??? It is difficult to change something that you don’t like or love. Most of us want to make a change…
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What’s Next???
In the blog post, The Gift of Patience, I mentioned that God was preparing me for the next. So, what is the next? I’ll tell you! After a summer of waiting on God, sleeping, relaxing, working out, semi-studying for tests and holistic growth, God decided on July 30th to give me the next and I can honestly say that it was a miracle. On July 30th, 2017, I found a job posting at a local university for an adjunct biology lab instructor. I looked at the requirements and saw all I needed was a bachelor’s in biology or biological science and I applied to the job. The next day, I…
