High-Five

My Name is 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲 and I approve this message.

𝗜𝗡 𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗙 Call and response : Self you can do it 𝘖𝘩 𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯

This is the scariest thing I have ever done...yet it excites and invigorates me. I have been pregnant a long time... so why would I wait so long to push it out? I got 99 ISHI (urban plural for issues) and VALIDATION was one of them. I waited for an affirmation that others couldn’t or wouldn’t give. I wanted someone to tell me that it would be okay... seeking assurances that it (and thereby I) am not only good enough...but worthy!

I hope you are getting all of these intentional messages on the journey to

𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗲: 𝗔 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗔 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗔 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻, 𝗔 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆, 𝗔 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿.

For all those who know me - For those who are or have been pregnant with ideas, hopes, and dreams - For anyone who knows the frustrations of false starts and stuttering - For those who still taste the acidity and bitterness of a loss of hope, the confusion of a premature miscarriage, or the pain of a forced or elective termination - For anyone who has ever felt anything close to the internal turmoil of a dream unfulfilled or a fabulously false labor....

Releasing and publishing this book, in this way, is a powerful push to usher in new life. This blood-curdling cry is an act of radical self-defiance intended to break ALL the chains associated with vying for validation. .... before they break me. It is my hearts desire and my authentic gift and that makes it enough.

If you get any of that...this is the journey to you too!

If you understand it but it doesn’t make you shout.... if you are still interested, curious, considering, or secretly hating but can’t stay away.....no worries... it’s cool. I still welcome you to the journey.