00:00hi I'm Lisa Nichols and I want to welcome you to the essence wellness house you know when we talk
00:11about a super sister soldier we talk about who she is in moments like this who she has become
00:19and more importantly who she's becoming during these times we want to make sure that we are
00:26taking care of ourselves we're so apt to take care of everyone else in this global unsettling time this
00:33global time of transition this global time of creation of new possibility she you I we're always
00:41taking care of everyone else we make sure that we have the capacity to hold those around us well I
00:47want to pause you for a moment just as we begin to ramp down I want to make sure you're taking care
00:52of you I want to make sure that you're committed to serve others not from a bone dry cup and not from
00:59a half full cup but from a overflow matter of fact that you're no longer serving anyone from that cup
01:06you actually serve everything from serving them from your saucer I want to make sure that as we look at
01:11what does super sister soldier look like it looks like recognizing when it's time to set healthy
01:21boundaries around us protecting our boundaries protecting what's necessary it's it's understanding
01:29the Ida B Wells and the Rosa Parks and the Shirley Chisholm's and the Maya Angelos and the Angela Davis and
01:35the Michelle Obama's and all of those amazing women that we've looked up and we've been inspired by that
01:40every single one of them have had to take a moment and say hold on who am I becoming not only who have I been
01:49who am I now but who am I becoming and how do I best get to her how do I help her show up how do I
01:57midwife my own future me how do I do that whether she's lacing up her boots whether she's lacing up her
02:05converse or whether she's polishing her stilettos a super sister woman a super sister soldier a super sister
02:13friend mother auntie is who we've always been I want to make sure that you understand that as we come together
02:22and as we stand in these times and as we show up the woman we've always been honoring the woman we're becoming
02:30there's gonna be some times where where it's almost like you go to the doctor and the doctor says I can make it better
02:36but this might hurt before it gets better I might have to stick you in the arm I might have to have you do
02:42something we're in times when you may just need to go through something go through a difficult conversation
02:48go through some solitude time go through some prayer time go through standing up for who you know and what
02:54you know to be right but as super sister soldiers we always emerge from the other side so I want to invite
03:02you that as we're going through these times as we're standing in these times sitting in these times
03:07praying through these times make sure you're serving you first make sure you're at the front of your own
03:13line you will always have a line super sister soldier you will always have a line of people issues
03:21projects protests wrongs to right you will always have that line but what I want to invite you to do sis is
03:30make sure you stay at the front of your own line that you commit to in the days the weeks the months to
03:40come that I will show up and I will serve and I will serve big and I will fight hard and I will stand
03:46tall but I will show up serve and stand for me first because then I can love you from my overflow because
03:55when you're loving and serving from a half empty cup you begin to feel drained you begin to feel
04:00tired you begin to feel frustrated but when it gets bone dry you get resentful you get downright angry
04:07you get mad you get depleted and you get depressed and so as we as we as my friend says as we uh cape on
04:18and clock in I want to make sure that you are taking care of her I came to pour into her I came to
04:28remind you that you woke up enough bright enough smart enough young enough wise enough brilliant
04:34enough beautiful enough black enough you woke up enough and that today there's nothing to prove
04:39nothing to protect nothing to hide defend nothing that makes you more whole than you already are
04:46I showed up I showed up to make sure you as you are giving life and giving breath you
04:52breathe first for yourself I showed up I showed up to remind you that when you step into the room
05:01and you have a tendency or desire to turn your light down a little bit just so no one feels
05:07uncomfortable about who you are that you say wait a minute hold on been there done that let me keep my
05:11light on let me keep my light on and I'll invite you to get comfortable with my life just just a
05:18little bit for my super sister soldier as we navigate through these times as we navigate through these
05:25times not just of uncertainty please don't get it twisted and think it's just uncertainty we're navigating
05:31through these times that are transformational
05:33transformation does not come serve with warm cookies and milk always so I just want to stop by super
05:42sister soldier to remind you of your non-negotiable faith your unwavering spirituality your I know like
05:57I know like I know I want to remind you of your get up not your ability to avoid being
06:03knocked down we already know that that happens but I want to remind you of your get up you get up like
06:10nobody's business not like a horse not like a stallion you get up like an Arabian knight super
06:18sister soldier I wanted to remind you of your humanity I wanted to remind you of your love the way you love
06:27nobody quite loves like you the way you have compassion and empathy and grace unlike anyone else
06:37sometimes it just takes a sister to remind you of who you've always known yourself to be
06:42I'm just stopping by to do a little bit of that the way you hold the way you pull the family the man the
06:52woman the children the world to your bosom and let them all feed on your strength
07:02the way you're able to serve the world I want to invite you to press pause
07:10and serve you too I want you to invite you to remind people how you want to be loved to remind yourself that
07:22loving me is an open book test let me keep my book open let me keep my book open I want to remind you
07:34that you are have always been born with everything you need mocha skin full lips round hips and kinky hair
07:47just enough you're just enough of everything for such a time as this super sister soldier
07:57sometimes it just takes a minute to be reminded of not just who I have always been not just of my
08:25my Maya's and my Angela Davis's and my Shirley Chisholm's and my Ida B Wells and my Harriet Tupman's and my Rosa Parks
08:33but my now my my Lisa my Diane my my my Eva my Esther my now so that I can catch a strong glimpse of my future
08:45see your future belongs to you and nobody but you no one can shape it quite like you no one can tell your story
08:53but you no one can write your story like you and oh by the way I don't care what chapter four look and felt
09:00like I'm invested in your chapter 24 what you gonna write sis how is it gonna be how will you love
09:09or how will you let yourself be loved how will you forgive oh is this not a time for you to see
09:18how do I forgive how do I navigate the waters of anger and hate and frustration and sadness and
09:25forgiveness and compassion and empathy to healing how do I because oh by the way super sister soldier
09:34you don't get to the back of the line you live at the front of the line even when you're physically
09:44standing in the back everyone turns their head so that they can see what you're doing who you're
09:51being see your essence screams so loudly your essence screams so loudly that you don't even have to open
10:00your mouth says your being screams your pores screams when you sweat you sweat leadership you sweat
10:09guidance you sweat swag you sweat obedience you sweat spirituality so you can keep quiet and leave you
10:16can keep quiet and be seen and so I invite you super sister soldier to lead lead yourself first lead
10:30yourself first in a in the space of saying yes to the things you love not to the things that other people
10:37love for you to love the things you love say yes first to you say yes first to downtime quiet time
10:46meditation time prayer time dot dot dot being with me time just me time say yes first say yes first to
10:56creating multiple revenue streams so that you can have all the revenue you need because good people
11:02should do well because when you do well you'll simply do more good in the world sis because that's who you
11:10are super sister soldier whether it's with boots soldier boots on whether it's in your converse or your
11:22nikes or your stilettos or your red bottoms or your whatever your sandals you are a super
11:31sister soldier soldier whether it's in the boardroom or at the beach whether it's at a conference or in the
11:43kitchen you lead and so I just want to pour into you I want to remind you I want to remind you that you are
11:53that you are brilliant and you are brilliant and you are bright and you are unapologetically
11:58everything you need that you are the pillar you are the pole you can have the question
12:07and you also are the answer that no matter what it feels like when you lift up everyone around you
12:18and somehow it feels like they forget that you might need lifting up too I want to remind you super
12:27sister soldier you have a right to be lifted to be celebrated to be honored to be acknowledged to be
12:39respected you have a right your voice is everything we need that the
12:48vibration coming out of your throat is everything we need when you speak you command our attention
12:56when you whisper you earn our listening when you sing your songs last for generations
13:06and when you black woman super sister soldier when you rise from a troubled time when you stand in the
13:22questionable moments when you insert yourself in the gap of clarity
13:29unity when you require the best parts of you be born so that we can move through troubling and trying times
13:40as this when you do that you call forth the best part of us you require us if we're going to stand live and
13:50breathe in your space you require us to find the best parts of ourselves so that we can complement
14:00your greatness so I just stop by to remind you super sister soldier that you were born
14:11everything you needed to be for such a time as this I hope you've enjoyed
14:23the essence wellness house I'm your sister in prosperity and impossibility and I love you
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