It’s often said that what we do first thing in the morning sets the tone for the rest of our day. If we start our day in stress, worry, shame or fear, the rest of our day tends to unfold by making us feel more stress, worry, shame, and/or fear. Answering emails, responding to text…
Love is Belonging | Shame Series
I’m back from the annual retreat I take every July, and I have some new insights around shame I’d like to share. Particularly, what shame actually is, how it effects and weakens our lives, and what it takes to heal it. So to share those insights, I’m starting a new video series! This video is…
Feeling Enough These Days
Growing up in my culture, I was taught that others were enough, but I was not. I was definitely, definitely, not. As a black gay man, I wasn’t taught to love myself, or value and accept myself, for who and what I am. Instead, I was taught that who and what I am is wrong,…
What I’ve learned about “detachment”
Over the past few years, I’ve received a lot questions regarding how I’ve been able to manifest so many miraculous things in my life – a house with no mortgage payments, my dream car, a beautiful relationship with my mother (it used to be horrifically tumultuous), healing from two terminal diseases, etc. Many of the…
Self-love Over Vision Boards
I believe in The Law of Attraction. I teach it as well. It’s at the foundation of EVERYTHING we experience, and EVERYTHING we live. So why am I always talking about self-love? Well, here’s the thing: it is impossible to “raise your vibration” and “feel good” when you don’t feel good about yourself. It is…
Nearly Dying. Wake-up calls. Self-love. Soul Alignment. And a brand new life. One of the most profound conversations I’ve had.
“WOW. THIS IS CHURCH. WHAT YOU HAVE SAID HERE NEARLY SHATTERS EVERYTHING WE’VE CONSIDERED ABOUT SELF-LOVE…” – MONIQUE RUFFIN In 2005, I had a mystical near-death-experience that introduced me to the two Soul Medicines that would forever change my life. In this conversation on the show “RISE with Monique Ruffin,” I share my experience and what I…
