Lacey has been apart of the Own Your Power family for many years. She’s a perfect example of one who gives back to the community and who inspires and uplifts the NEXT GENERATION.  Since 2002, she’s been the founder of Sisters’ Sanctuary. Find out why she loves what she does!

What does your business do?
Heal the generation gap between younger and older women of color. Teach self love.

Most popular problem you help people solve?
Discord in the lives of women and teen girls comes from being out of integrity with oneself and a lack of self-worth.
I teach woman and girls how to love, honor, and celebrate themselves. I teach them how to practice self-love.

How do you stay motivated?
I stay in contact with people who inspire me. Staying connected to my Source also keeps me motivated.

Biggest pet peeve in business?
I hate when people show you excitement and are not really ready to receive your service once you submit a proposal.

What’s a bold move you took that turned your business around?
Partnering with Jill Scott.

One thing that you would change if you could?
Learning how to invite help and organize a team for my business.

What’s your favorite area on www.ownyourpower.ning.com?
Success Stories.

What’s a unique talent that you have that might surprise us?
I’d make a great clown. I am also a party starter. I love enjoying myself fully and completely, and that gets the party started.

If you could do it all over again, what is the biggest mistake you’d avoid next time around?
Learning how to ask for help and trusting that I will receive it!

Most exciting moment that you got your time to shine?
I’m always shining! Lots though, BET, Radio One, Clear Channel….

What’s in your CD player/iPod right now?
Donnie -Colored Section.
Ebony Bones… I love her!

If you could have superpowers, what would you want?
I would want to be a Jumper. I would love to jump from place to place around the world. I would also love to be an invisible fly on the wall … to hear different conversations and see various acts as if I were not there.

Website (s):
www.teen-girl-self-esteem.com
twitter.com/QueenCelebrateU
youtube.com/sisterssanctuary

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TODAY’S DAILY OM!

Choose the words you speak with carefully as they are more powerful than you know.

Words carry energy and this gives language its power and its potential to heal or hurt. Most of us can remember a time that someone sent a word our way, and it stuck with us. It may have been the first time we received a truly accurate compliment, or the time a friend or sibling called us a name, but either way it stuck. This experience reminds us that what we say has weight and power and that being conscious means being aware of how we use words.

The more conscious we become, the more we deepen our relationship to the words we use so that we speak from a place of actually feeling what we are saying. We begin to recognize that words are not abstract, disconnected entities used only to convey meaning; they are powerful transmitters of feeling.

For the next few days, you might want to practice noticing how the words you say and hear affect your body and your emotional state. Notice how the different communication styles of the people in your life make you feel. Also, watch closely to see how your own words come out and what affect they have on the people around you. You may notice that when we speak quickly, without thinking, or rush to get our ideas across, our words don’t carry the same power as when we speak slowly and confidently, allowing those receiving our words time and space to take them in. When we carefully listen to others before we speak, our words have more integrity, and when we take time to center ourselves before speaking, we truly begin to harness the power of speech. Then our words can be intelligent messengers of healing and light, transmitting deep and positive feelings to those who receive them.

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