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At Planted to Flourish, we believe in healing trauma, liberation, social justice and the power of positive energy to transform lives. We have built a platform to empower Black women to be intentional about their lives to GROW. THRIVE. FLOURISH.
I’m Tracey, and I have readjusted my crown and wear it with pride. Now, I’m showing you how to do the same!
Trauma Bonding: T.E.A. Talks with Coach Tracey. Have you seen the @netflix show @malcolmandmariefilm ?
If so, you've seen a relationship steeped in trauma bonding.
Trauma bonding is different in every relationship, but all of them have these things in common: manipulation, abuse, power dynamics, & pain.
Take a moment to get my perspective and feel free to let me know your thoughts in the comments or my DM.
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#traumabonding #narcissisticabuserecovery
#generationaltrauma #blackwomenentrepreneurs #ceoofmylife #blackfemalelifecoach #healingtrauma #traumacoach
Here are 5 signs your ego is in control & preventing you from up-leveling before 2022.
🥀 Nothing is ever good enough.
🥀 You always have to prove you're right.
🥀 You’re overwhelmed by stress.
🥀 Life doesn’t feel fun anymore.
🥀 You hate to lose more than you win.
If one or more of these feel present, you need my 7 Day Clutter-Free Mind, Body & Spirit Challenge from 11/21 - 11/27.
In 7 days, I’ll show you how to kick your ego out of the driver’s seat and regain control of your life.
Click the link in my bio to get started.
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#declutterchallenge #goalchaser #sheconquers #womanwhohustle #dreambigger #youarecapable #purposefullife #leadersinheels #ceoofmylife #declutteringmylife #declutteringchallenge #blackfemaleentrepreneurs #blackfemalelifecoach #blacklifecoach #traumacoach
Clutter in your life = Self Sabotage. You can't be your best self with a cluttered mind, body & spirit.
Clutter weighs you down & stifles your freedom, peace & happiness.
I can help you declutter your life to find your way back to you.
Beautiful, click the link in my bio & select the 1st one to register for my FREE 7-Day Clutter-Free Mind, Body & Spirit Challenge.
Let's GROW.THRIVE.FLOURISH.
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#goalchaser #purposefullife #createalifeyoulove #growthmindset #mindsetiskey #sheconquers #leadersinheels #dreambigger #youarecapable #womanwhohustle #femaleleader #womenwithgoals #ceoofmylife #declutteryourlife #declutteringmylife #declutterchallenge #declutteringchallenge #sixfigurechick #bossladymindset #ceomindset #hersuccess #beyourownboss #ladypreneur #blackfemaleentrepreneurs #womenownedbusinesses #traumainformedcoaching #traumacoaching #traumacoach #blacklifecoach #blackfemalelifecoach
I want to extend an invite to you but only accept it if you’re ready for simple, yet impactful change.
You’ll only accept it if you actually think it’s possible to change your life around. In a way that is full of joy, ease, and requires minimal time commitment on your part.
Because I see you adding more and more to your plate, when in reality you need to let go of some things to make room for growth in your life.
Click the link in my bio and select the first link to accept my invitation to you to declutter your life.
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#declutteryourmind #blackfemaleentrepreneurs #ending2021strong #goalchaser #ceoofmylife #declutterchallenge #leadersinheels
#sheconquers #declutteringmylife #blackgirlmagic✨ #blackfemalelifecoach
I love the smell of the rain & how softly a light mist caresses my skin.
I love the feel of velvety-ness of the leaves of my philodendron melanochrysum.
I love the sound of rustling leaves being gently blown by the wind.
I love to taste the rich, earthy, slightly sweet taste of a chai tea latte made with coconut milk & a touch of maple syrup.
I love seeing the beautiful sparks of fire in my fire pit.
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For centuries Black women have been hyper-sexualized, objectified, dehumanized & manipulated.
It stripped us of our ability to rejoice in & appreciate ourselves, enjoy & indulge in pleasure & revel in our innate sensual power.
NO MORE!
We're taking back our birthright to pleasure, gratification & sensuality.
We're embracing, expressing and immersing ourselves in the people, places & things that tantalize all of our senses. ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, FOR OURSELVES.
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Beautiful, when was the last time you indulged in tantalizing your senses just because?
When was the last time you treated yourself to a sensual day of activities like a pottery class or pole dancing?
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It's your birthright and this is your sign to make it happen!
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#reclamationsunday #sacredsensuality #liberateyourmind #healinggenerationaltrauma #lifecoachingforblackwomen #reclaimyourbirthright #reclaimyourpower #therapyforblackgirls
Are You Really Ready to Be You, Do You?. This is the 1st time in my 54 years ever wearing a scarf over my hair outside! Can you believe it?!!
I always wanted to because I saw how lovely they looked on other women.
I went deep today to understand why & young adult Tracey remembered being picked on & told that I had a big head & forehead by my ex husband.
I was afraid I wouldn't look as beautiful, cool & fly as others because of this wounding.
I let my insecurities of not being enough & what other people 'might' think stop me from BEING ME, DOING ME.
NO MORE!
I absolutely love how I look wearing scarves and you can best believe y'all gonna see more pics with me rocking them.
Why? Because being me & doing me in spite of this wounding is the most loving, fearless, unapologetic thing I can do to nurture & validate my authentic self & desires.
Register to the challenge to get rid of the junk to be you, do you. Link in bio!
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#beyouunapologetically
#beyoudoyouforyou #youarelove #showupforyourself #iamenough #mybeautiful #blackgirlsheal #blackwomenhealing #therapyforblackgirls #lifecoachingforblackwomen
🛎 I remember when all I could day was lie in the bed because it was too hard to face the world.
🛎 I remember the nights I cried myself to sleep knowing my then husband was living with & cheating on me with his girlfriend while I was taking care of our 2 daughters.
🛎 I remember being wrongfully fired from my $50k/year job because of my skin color.
🛎 I remember being written up & put on probation because I refused to leave my children alone & risk my life by driving 25 miles on snowy, icy roads to work.
🛎 I remember being told by police that it was OK for my ex husband to point a loaded double barrel shotgun at me as long as we had birth control.
🛎 I remember the days & nights I asked God why He created me to have so much pain, loss & injustice in this life.
**BUT GOD.**
And then I remembered that I had free will!
I chose to not let my past or current situation define me or stop me from healing & liberating my mind.
I decided that I was worth saving.
I stopped being afraid to do the work to heal the generational, societal, relationship & workplace trauma that kept me living in fear.
I started decluttering every inch of my mind, body & spirit - and home. Once I let go of the people, places, things, thoughts, beliefs, patterns, habits & ways of being that were no longer serving me - and those that weren't mine to carry - I was able to create the life that I wanted & deserved.
**YOU CAN, TOO!**
Meet me in your email for my FREE 7 Day Clutter-Free Mind, Body & Spirit Challenge from Nov. 21st - 27th.
Every day I'll send you an email to empower you and help you get rid of the clutter that's stopping you from living and having the life you want.
Click the link in my bio to register, today.
Let's Grow. Thrive. Flourish. TOGETHER!
Coach Tracey
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“Choosing to be curious is choosing to be vulnerable because it requires us to surrender to uncertainty.” - Brene Brown
For many of us, our curiosity was stifled at an incredibly early age because of the atrocities of historical trauma (slavery) that were passed down to us through the generations for our people to survive.
Here's how the stifling typically happened:
➡️ Told to shut up & stop asking so many questions.
➡️ Scolded for asking "why".
➡️ Told to stop playing with your food.
➡️Told to be quiet all the time.
➡️ Punished in school for always raising your hand all the time.
➡️ Scolded/punished for touching things.
➡️ Scolded/punished for playing with things deemed off limits, i.e., clothes, shoes, books, pots & pans, etc.
➡️ Told you were acting whyte.
➡️ Scolded/punished for doing what the whyte kids got away with, because it wasn't appropriate for Black kids..
➡️ Told you were and or called stupid.
We learned that being ‘good’ trumped exploring, discovering & growing because being ‘good’ kept us safe physically, mentally, and emotionally harmed.
𝗡𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲!!!!
𝗕𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀!
Curiosity gives us the ability to understand our thoughts, emotions, actions, and behaviors to move from being reactive to choosing how we’ll respond in a way that supports the truth of who we are & what we want.
Beautiful, ask yourself the following questions & surrender to the power of your curiosity:
🌠 What’s grabbing your attention lately?
🌠 Why is it so interesting to you?
🌠 What questions do you have about it?
🌠 What will you do to learn more about it?
Share in the comments & let’s support each other as we boldly reclaim our curiosity!!
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#reclamationsunday #curiosityapproach #reclaimyourbirthright #healingtrauma #liberateyourmind #therapyforblackgirls #takeyourpowerback #lifecoachingforblackwomen #lifecoachforblackwomen
I have a habit of procrastinating, doing a boatload of research and finding excuse after excuse to NOT do the thing I'm supposed to do when I'm feeling insecure about my abilities & capabilities.
So, it takes me fuh-eva to get that thing done.
But check this out!
Once I release the fear and confront my insecurities and limiting belief(s) - 'cuz sometimes it's more than a handful - to understand what emotional wounds & unhealed trauma I'm working with, I do an amazing job 👐🏾.
Sis, there are 56 days left in 2021 as of today.
What would happen if you decided TODAY - like RIGHT NOW, IN THIS MOMENT - to unlearn, unpack & let go of the crap (people, too) that's weighing you down & stopping you from having the life you want?
How much more peaceful, joyful and abundant would your life be over the next 56 days if you put in the work NOW instead of putting it off until 2022?
Beautiful, the longer you continue to delay doing the hard, uncomfortable stuff, the longer you delay your healing, peace, ease, abundance, joy, freedom...your best life!
Stop putting things off. Act as if today is tomorrow, and take action now.
Click the link in my bio & sign up for the FREE 7-Day Clutter-Free Mind, Body & Spirit Email Challenge from Nov. 21 - 27 today and start creating the life you want & deserve!
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#blackgirlmagic✨ #blackgirlmagic✨ #stopprocrastinating #therapyforblackgirl #motherwound #declutteryourmind #clarityispower #lifecoachingforblackwomen #life
Letting Go: T.E.A. Talks with Coach Tracey. Many of my clients stay in their head and are consumed by thoughts that are not serving them.
These thoughts are usually connected to people, places, things, ways of being, patterns, habits & beliefs that they can't seem to let go.
Oftentimes, they don't even realize that the thoughts they're having are connected to unhealed trauma.
To have peace, ease, flow, abundance & prosperity, you have to unlearn and let go of everything & everyone that's preventing you from being FREE.
If there's one thing I know it's this: God don't bless no mess.
Freedom can only happen when you liberate your mind, body & spirit to create the life you want.
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I haven't read a fiction novel in God knows how long, but I am so glad I chose @chibundu.onuzo newest piece of art, 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙤𝙛𝙖, to start again.
"Sankofa" is a Ghanaian word that translated means "Go back and fetch it."
It also refers to a mythical bird whose feet are firmly planted forward while its head is turned backwards carrying a precious egg in its mouth.
It symbolizes the belief that the past serves as a guide for planning the future & represents the quest for knowledge with the implication that the quest is based on critical examination, and intelligent and patient investigation.
The Ghanaian people believe that there must be movement and new learning as time passes. As this forward march proceeds, the knowledge of the past must never be forgotten.
I'm a few chapters in and I have a feeling I'm gonna have a hard time putting it down tonight.
The title is fitting as Anna, the main character, is on her self-discovery journey after losing her mother, a lukewarm relationship with her 25 year old daughter and the end of her 26-year marriage.
Throughout the book the themes of race, identity, freedom, power, corruption, pain, belonging, inheritance, secrets & more are explored.
This is my jam & I'm loving every word.
Have you read this book yet? If so, tell me what you love about it in the comments.
If not, what are you currently reading?
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#sankofa #currentlyreading📖 #selfdiscoveryjourney #bookandchill #myselfcare #reclaimingme #lifecoachforblackwomen
Mischief & Missy!
They definitely live up to their names 🤣.
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#nationalcatday #mainecoonkitty #catmoments
This is going to be sooo good!
See you soon 😉.
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#vulnerabilityisstrength #beseenbeheard #blackwomenhealing #blackgirlscanheal #therapyforblackgirls #vulnerabilityiscourage
Don't Let Fear Stop You!. Fear can be debilitating & is preventing so many of us from experiencing life to the fullest.
Here's one way that I love to help my clients get a grip on their fear and empower them with a tool that can be accessed any time fear pops up & tries to stop them from doing something that will elevate & transform their life.
I also shared a few ways I beat fear. You're going to be so shocked when you hear them, but I know you'll be able to relate 😉
Let me know in the comments one thing that you did even though you were fearful!
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#fearisaliar #dontletfearstopyou
#youcandohardthings #blackbossbabe
#blackwomenbusinessowners
#blackwomenmentalhealth
#therapyforblackgirls #motherwound #lifecoachforblackwomen #takeyourlifeback
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone: Fall Garden Project. I am so proud of myself!
On the real, I am super proud, like on the verge of 'get on your last nerve' proud of myself.
I have never been the play in the dirt kinda girl 'cause me & bugs, spiders, 🪱 and the like don't get along. 😏
But, I wanted a specific curb appeal this year so I made it happen.
I had no idea what I was doing & had no landscaping experience, but what I had was a dream, the desire & the willingness to not know & dive in feet first no matter what.
➡️ It was hard.
➡️ It was tiring.
➡️ It was back breaking.
➡️ It was time consuming.
IT WAS WORTH EVERY SECOND, ALL THE FUNKY SWEAT & EVERY TRIP TO STORE!!!!
♦️Getting out of my comfort zone allowed me to see exactly what's possible, what I'm capable of & to believe in myself even more.
♦️Getting out of my comfort zone allowed me to connect with Mother Gaia & my ancestors who were & still are keepers of the land.
♦️Getting out of my comfort zone built my confidence muscle & showed me that all I need is the courage to say yes & get started.
And now my dream is a reality!
So many of us have given up on our dreams & are terrified of coloring outside the lines of what's familiar, what's comfortable because of being told it won't work, it's not for us and all the other lies society has conditioned us to believe.
And let's not forget how the fears & self-imposed limiting beliefs of our family & friends have also stopped us from getting therapy/coaching to heal our trauma, opening that business, getting that degree, calling that person that floated your boat, asking for the raise/promotion you deserve & so, so much more.
Beautiful, if you are looking for a sign or asking God to send you one to do/say whatever consider it received & get to work!
𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘇𝗼𝗻𝗲.
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Self-Trust, Self-confidence: Solar Plexus Chakra & Tea w Crystin Eman X. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed my time with Crystin of @thewealthtea .
She dropped some awesome tips on how to cultivate & nurture self-trust and self-confidence.
And, she blew my mind with the amazing tips on how to enhance my meditation ritual and abundance mindset.
My favorite tip was sipping my tea intentionally. What's yours?
Drop it in the comments😉.
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OAN, if my work inspires you or has helped you in any way, please like, share and comment.
It means the 🌎 to me!
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Sis, when was the last time you laughed so hard you almost pee'd on yourself?
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Heck, when was the last time you were downright silly just because it felt freakin' amazing?
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For that matter, when was the last time you genuinely felt happy from the inside out?
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For far too long we've put intentional laughter, being silly and childlike, and our happiness on the backburner. NO MORE!
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Each day this week intentionally find ways to laugh until your tummy hurts, do something silly that makes you feel like a child again, & invest time in things, people & places that bring you a happiness that makes you so excited you can't help but share it with others.
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Oh me, I'll be on the swings at the park as I relive my childhood of trying to touch the sky and jumping out of the swing.
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You'll also find me jumping up & down on my bed because it feels amazing & I can.
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And, you'll find me dancing with my cats, singing my favorite sounds & enjoying the smells of Fall because ALL of this makes me happy.
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Drop in the comments what you'll be doing this week to reclaim your laughter, silliness & happiness.
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#takingmypowerback #takingbackwhatsmine #happinessisaninsidejob #dancelikenooneiswatching #blackwomanmagic
It's the Laughter, Silliness & Happiness for Me!. This week, Black women are reclaiming laughter, being silly & happiness!
For far too long we've put intentional laughter, being silly and childlike, and our happiness on the backburner.
NO MORE!
Each day this week I encourage you to seek out opportunities to laugh from deep within, allow the fun of being silly to permeate your spirit and environment & tap into the thoughts that spark happiness in simply being human.
This week you can catch me on the swings at the park as I relive my childhood of trying to touch the sky and jumping out.
You'll also find me jumping up & down on my bed because it feels amazing & I can.
And, you'll find me dancing with my cats, singing my favorite sounds & enjoying the smells of Fall because ALL of this makes me happy.
Drop in the comments what you'll be doing this week to reclaim your laughter, silliness & happiness.
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#reclamationsunday #laughterisgoodforthesoul #reclaimhappiness #itsoktobesilly #innerchildhealing #reclaimingme #lifecoachforblackwomen
Invitation: Inner Child Healing Series. #innerchildwork #healyouremotions #walkingwounded #emotionalwounds #therapyforblackgirls #motherwound #blackgirlyogamagic #healinggenerationaltrauma #lifecoachforblackwomen
Hey Yall: Change is Happening!!!. #onestepatatime👣 #moveyourbodychangeyourmind #movementheals #healingemotions #healingtrauma #lifecoachforblackwomen
