This Is How We Homeless: We All Thrive in 2025!

The Chronicles of the Emancipated Momma

We All Thrive In 2025!

Book 1: The Guts and the Glory
Section 1: The Guts Continued

Welcome and welcome back. It's another amazing day in paradise. Thank you so much for being here.

I'm so excited to be talking about this. I've been out the last few days, standing on the sidewalk close to the intersection of Harrington and Hargett in Downtown Raleigh. I started over the weekend and did it for about 5 days straight then took a break on Thursday because of the experiences I had on Wednesday.

On Wednesday, a couple of things happened. One. I received some clarity on how my message is impacting people. And two. I received an opportunity to genuinely organize my thoughts and create a workable plan working with a life and relationship coach.

Her name is Starlesha Hargraves. I won a free session from her after we connected at the Engage Raleigh Expo 2025 on September 13, where we were both vendors. In fact, we're both featured in the highlight reel from the event.

She asked me if I had a tagline for what I'm working on and I said, "we all thrive in 2025". When all was said and done, I realized that I had been focusing on the wrong thing in promoting the award. What I really want to be promoting is this idea that we can still all thrive with less than 3 months left of 2025.

I imagine winning the award because we not only talked about it but we accomplished it. It's a HUGE task but a worthy one because I want to see all people thrive. 

One of the most challenging things about being unhoused is getting back into safe, stable, long term housing that allows you to live in a state of rest and digest. Now don't get me wrong. There are programs that can get you into housing but from my experience, either the journey to get there keeps you in fight or flight or attempting to stay housed does.

If you don't get to a genuine state of rest and digest then you cannot make the best decisions for yourself and/or your family. Just ask me. I know all about this. If there's anything I'm an expert at it's navigating my nervous system. 

Obviously some days are better than others but I can tell you I know the difference between living in sympathetic (fight or flight) or parasympathetic (rest and digest) nervous system activation. The depth of clarity I have when I'm regulated is incredible. The ability to receive divine downloads is so much easier. I don't feel like I'm walking around with my head in the clouds or becoming introverted to stay away from people.

My efforts to see that "We ALL Thrive in 2025" are because I know if I'm struggling, others are too. And perhaps if we stopped living in our silos, came together in solidarity to see life be better for one another, we'd get there. 

WE WOULD cause ALL to thrive in 2025. Together.

It all starts with me getting the word out. So please sign up to join me for a virtual informational gathering so you can share what it means when we all thrive in 2025. Perhaps you even have ideas on how to do it. I'll share too. We can each bring our areas of expertise to the conversation and connect with others with similar passions and interests.

This is community building at its finest. This is collaboration. This is civic engagement. This is innovative. This is inclusive. This is a solid plan and a healthy foundation for winning an All-American City Award. I hope you'll join me.

Before I go, as with all worthy endeavors, funds are needed to move things forward. If you're able to provide any financial support, those funds would be greatly appreciated. You can find ways to contribute here. I'm working on this while introducing my parent coaching business and living in our car. There's a lot going on!

You might wonder why this is the direction I'm going in. So I'm going to be open and tell you. For one, God. For two, to honor my nervous system regulation. My brain shuts down and my nervous system gets triggered when I attempt to focus on things feel like they are outside of my control. While it's true that people's reactions to what I share are outside of my control, it is very freeing to be speaking on things that are important to me and help me to fulfill my purpose. 

The things I'm working on are helping me to build some generational wealth for my young Black male superhero and I especially since he's got his own projects that he wants to monetize. We're entrepreneurs and I'm navigating a very sensitive time in our lives by managing my mental health by focusing on the things I genuinely feel God has designed for me to lead. Every successful attempt to be in a state of rest and digest moves us forward. And as we move forward, those who are interested are coming with us.

Thank you for understanding. Thank you for supporting. Thank you for signing up to join me. Magnified success. Enjoy the amazing day you're creating. Peace...