JASMINE KING

Hi my favorite folks!

It has been a little while since I’ve blogged. …..life update!

God is good! I’m healthy, I’m enjoying life, I’m eating clean, I’m minding my own business and I’m drinking plenty of water in my Stanley cup 🙂 Keep reading to hear my latest opportunities for growth……

I’ve struggled over the past with being free of people... I cared what people thought of me, I cared about how people felt about me. I often times would find myself being a “people pleaser”. This is quite natural to do if you have lived a life that consists of being insecure or not as confident as you should be.

Here recently, I have decided to start allowing myself to be ME, and all of me…naturally. Unapologetically.

When I think of the word [ n a t u r a l ] I think of no make up, bare face, curly hair, afro puff lol… what comes to mind when you think of the word natural?

Over the past 3 years I have dealt with trying to transition my relaxed hair to natural. 2020 I did a big chop, prior to the big chop I didn’t relax my hair for about 8/9 months. I started to see the curls come through and I was loving it! (during the transition). May/June of 2020 I did a big chop! I had the beautician to cut all the dead ends of my hair off and I was left with about 4/5 inches of curly ALL ME natural hair! I don’t believe I cried but I definitely didn’t embrace it. [ I’m going to do YouTube later to go more in depth about this journey] I’m just giving a synopsis of what I’m trying to share lol! I ended up wearing wigs to cover up my natural hair and then to braids and in that moment I felt so uncomfortable being in my skin with my short natural hair. I had many opinions and comments from folks and it defiantly deterred me from wearing my hair natural and out.

skip along to 3 years later— I’VE BIG CHOPPED AGAIN….but this time is different. This time I am embracing the curls & I’m willing to embrace the journey. Embracing the journey with my natural hair may sound minute but this is huge ordeal for me. This journey is truly going to allow me to see me for more than my hair and my beauty. This is also allowing others to see more to me than my hair, beauty and exterior. I will post photos and add a YouTube video soon.

I am excited about this journey. God is amazing. He is so kind and sweet, He gives us back more than what we had before when our hearts are pure and our intentions are genuine. I have had struggles with my physical appearance especially when it comes to hair for the last few years– I feel I am truly being delivered from these pains of people pleasing and ultimatley self hate…. I didn’t like my hair and sometimes If I’ve gained weight I would not feel comfortable in my skin.

soooo NOW I am embracing ME. I’m nursing myself to wholeness when it comes to how I speak to myself, how I love on myself… I’m starting from scratch in a sense lol… yal keep me in your prayers bc it’s a daily choice to choose yourself and love self, especially when society says you should look a certain way.

Psalm 139:4 & 1 Peter 3:1-6 – read and meditate

there is more to come….

be you, love yourself and be kind to yourself.

❤ jasmine