Author: Phylicia

take a deep breath, relax your jaw, + allow your body to follow suit. now, with all the strength that you have, stand up tall. bring awareness into your body — your core, your arms, your hands, your legs, your feet, your neck, your back, —  + stand tall; erect. feel the strength surge through each of your body parts + notice how powerful,…… Continue reading do you know how strong you are, fam?

showing up in the most authentic way requires one to have sincere motives. sincerity is honesty you have with yourself, with others, + with life itself. moving with sincerity is moving with intention, with thoughtfulness, + without worry about the optics.you are speaking up when it’s tough, you are standing up even when your legs…… Continue reading you gain nothing from being nice, fam

every place has it own set of rules — every family has their own house rules, every establishment has their own set of rules, every organization has their own set of rules, the government has its own set of rules, hell — you have your own set of rules (most of which are defined as boundaries). rules aren’t inherently good or bad, they simply are.they…… Continue reading living a life without any rules — does it make sense?

do you want the problem solved or do you want to continue complaining about it? do you want someone else to solve it or are you willing to take responsibility for it?the only way your problem will be solved is to solve it yourself.that looks like owning your part in the problem + deciding to do something…… Continue reading being in “control” isn’t always the answer

please, for the love of all things dope, stop striving to have a better life. you’ve set so many goals for yourself, each one requiring a significant amount of toiling, of hustling, of non-stop effort to make your life “better”. you’re wearin’ yourself out, fam.not only are you constantly in motion, striving hard + doing all of…… Continue reading stop striving to have a better life

at this point, it doesn’t matter why you don’t take action. sitting around trying to figure out the root cause doesn’t change the fact that you aren’t taking action, it simply delays the action from taking place. the better approach in this situation, fam? make a move. somewhere along the way you’ve built a wall that keeps you…… Continue reading you thought this mattered when it simply doesn’t

imagine waking up feeling content. all of your needs have been provided, abundance swarms you, + what you have is enough.in this moment, you have exactly what you need — every single thing. when you think you need something so bad that it hurts, it will avoid you.who or what wants to be in possession of the desperate?today, be…… Continue reading you don’t need to be right

one foot in front of the other, keep going, + don’t look back. those words sound encouraging, but when you’re in the thick of shit they can sound like false positives –you know, the words that people say as fillers to inspire hope, yet our circumstances make it hard to process these as truths so we…… Continue reading one foot in front of the other

fam, if you don’t get up + move your body today – you may be sore afterwards, but your body will thank you for it later. walk,jog, mime,  run, exercise, jump, praise dance, spin,  stretch, skip,  or do the butterfly + heel toe combo — shit, roll around on the floor + shake all your…… Continue reading years of vitality come from doing this