Kenitra, would you please introduce yourself,
and then we'll dive in. Hi, everyone. My name
is Kenitra Callens, and I am based out of Dallas,
Texas. I'm originally from Memphis, Tennessee,
and I am owner of Bougie Steps Boutique and also
an author of my book, I Didn't Know This Was
My Work. I love that. This is so cool. Well,
I want to hear all about that. Let's talk first
about what is your vision for the people you're
serving? Maybe just start with, like, who are
the people that you're helping? My vision, I
am an advocate for domestic violence, survivor
of domestic violence. So my vision is to help
others, men or women, that have been through
that physical abuse, domestic abuse, and also
sexual abuse. I was sexually abused as a young
teenager. But I am just wanting to help others
to let them know that, hey, you're not alone.
You can reach out to others. It's okay to not
be okay. Just to victims of whatever abuse and
just to help where I can. I love that. There's
so much need. I mean, it's such a quiet suffering
for so many people. It's secret. It's, you know,
there's all of that. Yes. That's incredible.
And so you said you have a store and you've got
a book. Talk a little bit about how those help
your people. Oh, wow. So my store, Bougie Stuff
Boutique, is an online women's shoe boutique.
And I feel that it's for confidence and empowering.
For me, shopping is kind of therapy for me. So
anytime I can see a shoe or even clothing, it
helps me kind of get through the day. It helps
me like, oh, kind of forget about what is going
on. um just and i feel like therapy that's retail
therapy and it just for me you see a pretty shoe
or sandal and it just kind of like takes you
away from your what's going on with the noun
um so i feel like that confidence is a big booster
self -love um is the number one key to self -worth
and self -love just to have that in your because
i lost that the time that i was going through
what i was So just to have a self -love and self
-care is the number one rule to kind of get over
what you're going through. I would imagine. And
it's, you know, the message that people who are
in an abusive relationship, the message they're
getting is that they're worthless. They're not
worth celebrating. They're not worth having value
or treating well. So this is, I can see where
that would be a great confidence boost, right?
Yes. That's amazing. And then you also have a
book. Talk about that a little bit. Yes, my book,
I didn't know, this is my work. It was published,
self -published last July. And it is going through
challenges and struggles that I dealt with from
a young teenager going through a sexual abuse
by a family member, post -family member, and
just going through into life meeting someone
that i thought that was my gonna be my forever
person and they turned out to be uh abusive narcissistic
um and just domestic so i i put that in the book
telling others watching the red flags just letting
people know hey this is not okay you know if
you have this go to someone else go to your counselor
go to a your your pastor you know if you're in
church or anyone that's close to you your neighbor
just to go and kind of just tell them what's
going on with you and see if they can help and
you know if i was silent for a while until after
i i feel like i need to to reveal my story tell
my story because i have dollars so i I don't
want them to go through that. I have a granddaughter,
so I just want to get that out and just let them
know, hey, if you're going through this, someone
can help you. I got out of it, so can you. That's
a wonderful mission. I think that's fantastic.
So many times when people are in relationships
like this or situations, they're silent. They're
afraid to speak up. They can't speak up. It's
unsafe. So they're not getting help. They're
not getting that sense of encouragement that
you deserve better. You can you can have better.
You're there for them. I love that. Thank you.
That's so cool. Now, for where it is now until
where you want it to go. What's your vision for
your, you know, for everything that you're doing?
And this this is a whole new business. So my
vision is that I am. want to get out there and
be a motivational speaker i want to go out to
other to communities to speak with different
women men because it's no there's no differences
men are getting abused just like so i just want
to go out there and speak to the different victims
or survivors and let them know hey it's okay
to not be okay and it's okay to reach out to
talk to others And just to let them know that
I'm there or anyone else that is there that can
be close to them. And we hope that. Thank you
for being here today. I'm really happy that you
tuned in to Vision Pros Live. I'm looking forward
to seeing your reactions as these episodes continue
to move forward. This is going to get more and
more fun. We'll have more and more engagement
as well. We'll invite people to participate in
the show. And thank you for giving us your time
and attention. Have an excellent time building
out your vision and becoming a Vision Pro yourself.