Real Time , Self Reflection

for you to root for yourself. It's time for you to cheer yourself on, and it's time for you to love your damn self. Okay, that's what we're on all of twenty twenty six, becoming the better versions of ourselves. I'm here today. This is pretty much to remind this is something that's going to uplift you all. And if you've been in a little funk lately, if you've been in the dark spot, the like a. I don't want to say depression, I hate that word, but sometimes we

are depressed. You know. I'm benings to us and we're trying to fight our way out of this dark place. Because I've been that way for a few months now, and I'd like to share that with you all with a little encouragement here that first off, I'm gonna send you off a virtual flower of virtual hug. This is how I'm gonna start the show off. I'm gonna be in your ear like in and out because this is a really quick, quick story that I want to share with you all from my personal experience and just like

I said, encouraging you all. Sometimes yes there's a message, but sometimes I have to be real with you all and transparent and what I'm going through in my real life. And for the last few months, it's been when I say a battle, it's been a battle. It's been times when I wanted to throw in the towel that I'm over, not with the podcast, but just with things in my life, with my finances, the job situation. It's just been one

thing after the other. So ah, I just want to come up for some air and I'm seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. It's been a really dark tunnel for like I said, months, since like September of last year, I've really been just battling, battling, battling. Only those really close to me. A few of my siblings and a few of my cousins know what I've been going through. But you know, it's just a big shout out to everyone who's been there for me, especially

Carrying and Booby. I love you guys immensely and beyond, like, thank you all for going above and beyond to assist me in every single way that you guys have possibly assisted me. Just opening up your wallet, opening up your love, always a phone call away, for encouraging words, and just you know, saying, hey, you got to keep fighting, don't give up. You know, Karen, thank you for letting me know God is in control. Booby, thank you for letting me know that you're never too old. You can always

learn something to not be afraid. So, you know, all of those things and all the encouraging words just really really touch me. I love you all. But this flower and this virtual hook it is for you, for all the silent battles you fought and the strength no one sees when I say strong is all. I know, that's it, because some days I was just like why, why why? I'm just ready to give up. I'm just tired tired

of being disappointed. I'm tired of trying to figure it out and I thought I had it right and it just didn't go the way I thought things would go. So if you're going through things like that, it will get better. We have to hold on. If you have your faith, you know, stay prayed up. And if you're not into faith and you just know things are going to work out, that's okay too. Whichever whatever floats your boat here, you know. But I just want us all to know that sometimes we just need to be reminded

of this too shall pass. Things will happen, and we will We'll make it through. And I want you all and I want to thank you all for listening from beginning to end each episode, so make sure that you finish out the episode. Thank you to all of you all who are constantly pushing play and you're listening from the beginning of the show to the end of the show. This is going to be a very short show, so hang in there right, make sure you stay in And

thank you all for answering the polls. You guys are awesome. Thank you all for telling a friend to tell a friend, and thank you all for being a part of this self love tribe, for loving yourselves and embracing self love. And bragging on yourself, feeling good about yourself and admitting when things just aren't going well as I'm doing today, and I ran across this that I'd like to share what you are because this is pretty much what I am going through Every night I sit back and think

about my life. Have you all been doing that lately or is this just something that you do just all the time. Not lately, But you know, at the end of the night, when you're sitting back and you're going over your day and you're thanking God, if you thank God for you know, his gratitude, your gratitude towards him, for what your day has been, like, what you've encountered, and the things that you're trying to become stronger in and things that you're trying to accomplish and just all

those things. So every night, when you sit back and you think about life, you think what I did right? What did I do right? What did I do right? What do I have to finish, what do I have to fix? What moves I need to make next? You know, these are some of the things that go on at night, like should I have done this? Like this? Was this the correct way of doing this? Of saying this, I can become better at this. I can. I'm a little stronger in this area. I'm weak over here. I need

to fix this. I need to work on that. Oh, it's just like a never end in battle. And then sometimes we're wondering what moves we have to make next? What's my next move? What's my next play? What does that look like for me? How am I gonna make it work? Am I gonna be successful at this? Is this going to work on my behalf for the embedterment of my life? You know it's just oh, just word words of encouragement to yourself, question after question, you know,

self reflection, don't lie. As long as we're locked then to becoming better every single day, things are gonna work out. We just have to remember that we need to work on becoming better every single day. Like I said, what can I do? More of? What do I need to do? You know? Get rid of this, less of this, more of this, implement this, stay on the course, bet on yourself, don't throw in the towel, don't fold. They're gonna be hard times, but it's okay, you know, strong as all

we know, they'll be battle after battle. That's just what life does. Sometimes everything runs smoothly and life is beautiful. I look and I go, damn, some people do they really just have it so simple and easy, or you know they're hard times. Not everybody wear their heart on their sleeves. Not everybody's gonna be breaking down crying every time you see them, or have a sad story or gonna tell you, oh, I've gone through this. I've gone

through that. Like my mom said, nobody likes to dead be so a lot of us are masking what we're going through because you know, I'm gonna always smile, I'm gonna always appear to be happy. If you see me, You'll never know what I'm going through unless I've confided in you, and I don't do that often with folks. I'd rather not because I don't want people to see me coming and be like damn, there she goes, or see me calling and go oh lord, no, not again.

You know, I just I don't want to be that friend. I don't want to be that family member, so I'm always holding on. I could be speaking to someone crying. I've recorded this podcast at times with tears rolling down my face, depending on different things, and just pray that it didn't sound you know, my voice didn't sound like what's going on with her? You know. And I've been at work at times where tears rolling down my eyes as I'm dealing with the customers that I'm dealing with.

So you know, there's all types of ways that we can mask what we're going through, but at some point you have to be open. This is mine. I will saw moment to say, you know, it hasn't been easy, but I've been hanging in there. And you have to make it look good no matter what you're going through. You make that shit look good. You make it seem as though it's all okay. But it's not okay just to pretend things are okay because you do need an outlet.

You have to speak to someone, you have to journal, you have to you know, confess to someone this is what I'm going through, because sometimes holding everything inside and bottling all up isn't good. That's how I think a lot of people get to the edge and they just like it's over for me. And I'm not suggesting that

for anyone to just hold on without sharing. There are a few people that you should be able to trust in your life, and if you don't have folks that you can trust, then you need to get a new

set of folks around you. You should be able to go to your you know, your family, extended family, whether it be your siblings, your parents, your cousins, childhood friends that you've grown up with, somebody that you could really trust, church members if there's pastor you know, if you have a church family with someone, their hotlines now that you can call and just talk to a stranger and just

let it out. You know, life is overwhelming. Everything isn't gonna appear to be perfect, or it won't be perfect in our lives. And that's okay. There's gonna be times when we're gonna be fighting and fighting fighting, We're gonna look back and that's our testimony that whoo, when I went through this, when I tell you there was some dark, dark days and then the sun was shining and everything was working out, everything was turning around and working in my favor. But I stood in the paint and I

didn't throw in the towel. So if you needed this motivation, encouragement, if you've just recently started a new job, lost a job, relocated, thinking of relocating, you know, end of the relationship, no matter what lovers or you know, marriage and family member, just anything that just wasn't good for you, and that was just you have to let go. Sometimes sometimes we're not what people need, They're not what we need, you know, so you have to just say this isn't working. And

I'm okay with that. I'm okay what's starting over. The beauty of life is every single day we get to start over. And I have to tell myself that today can be much different than yesterday. Today will be different than what tomorrow may bring. But I'm gonna give it my alle I'm going to be positive. I'm going to look forward to amazing things happening for me. To me,

we can't throw in the towel. It's just a fourth month in the year and we have what is that, eight more months to go, and in the next eight months we could be sitting in a different position ending twenty twenty six going who I made it. I made it and it all worked out for me. Everything has changed life. The way we start the ear, the way you start the year isn't necessarily how we'll end the year. Just remember that. But we have to stay persistent, we

have to stay positive. We have to surround ourselves with folks who are going to cheer for us the way we're cheering for ourselves, and just stay and the knowing of knowing that it's going to work out. Everything's going to be all right, Everything is going to be all right. I hope you all needed this motivation because I needed to get that off my chests. And also I'd like to send love all the way to the heavens and

the sky. Another reason why I'm going through it this week is because on you know, April thirteenth, which is next Monday, is the day my baby got her wings Jass, and I've been in my feelings, you know how that is when we're grieving and healing and staying strong and pushing through and you know, just going through all those emotions and ah, they say, I'm not okay, but I'll be okay. I know all it's going to work out for me, and I hope all works out for you.

Like I said, if you needed this motivation to say, everybody's going through something and you're not alone, and how you're feeling, things will get better. They most for surely will get better. Okay, believe in that that was all I had to say today because, like I said, I just wanted to get that off my chest. I also want you to know that With Love Tasha podcast isn't just a show. It's a movement. It's a reminder, it's a mirror. Thank you for every download, thank you for

listening to the show from beginning to end. Thank you for every share, thank you for every message, thank you for answering the polls, and thank you for this episode helped me. You know, there'll be little hiccups along the way here, but hopefully my point gets across to you all that this too shall pass. We're going to make it. We're going to see the light at the end of this dark tunnel. And bad times don't last forever, neither the good times. They're gonna be good times bad times,

and they're gonna be us. We're gonna be fighting through to get back to the good times and have an amazing spring and spring time. How could we not be in a good movies. You understand things have to change, but I love you all more importantly, love your damn self. Don't forget the polls. At the end of the show, thank you for telling a friend to tell a friend about the show, and I just love you all. I love you all for hanging in there with me, for

pushing play, and for telling a friend to tell a friend. Okay, don't forget to love your damn self and surround yourself with people that love you. One love