Hello, welcome to the Sheer Motivation Podcast.
I'm Tina.
And I'm Dalena.
And we are bringing you your weekly dose of talk time.
We are so excited to have you here with us.
Here at the Sheer Motivation Podcast, we look to uplift, encourage you, and inspire
you as well as give you some happenings here in the 757.
Yes, yes, yes.
Good stuff.
So I'll give you a little bit of information about me.
So both of us, we're here in the 757.
I'm in Newport News.
I'm working full time.
I got three, one, two, three children.
Amazing children.
Thank you.
As does she.
Three beautiful children.
Thank you.
And the oldest one is in college.
And then I got two boys, nine and four.
And I'm navigating raising them.
I am working full time.
I do code enforcement.
We both do code enforcement.
But like Tina likes to say, we're the good guys.
We are the good guys.
So Dalena and I actually crossed paths some years ago in a different job setting.
Dalena was working at courts and I was actually a bail bondsman in Newport News for him.
Bang, bang, bang.
So at that point in time, I may have been considered a bad guy, but I was not a bad
guy.
And so this time, this go around, our paths connected again.
And believe me, there are no accidents.
Everything is by God's divine intervention.
Yes.
God's divine intervention.
So we are here today presenting you with the Sheer Motivation podcast.
We're going to encourage ourselves.
We're going to encourage you and hopefully you will encourage us back.
Yes.
And we'll help motivate you through your work week, empower you to think about things
from a different dimension.
We're all out here just trying to raise children, work, navigate lives, all of the things.
No topic is off limits.
We'll be covering a lot of different stuff.
We'll share some of our personal experiences.
Well, the things that you need to know.
You know, it's only need to know base.
Okay.
And we'll be taking your comments and your feedback and we'll, you know, hopefully we'll
be encouraging each other and motivating each other just to think about things in a different
light.
We're growing on our spiritual journeys.
Tina is a Christian believer as am I not perfect.
We didn't say we was perfect.
We are not perfect.
And we respect all religions, but we're sharing our journey about ours.
And you'll get to see snaps, snippets, and we'll talk about things and experiences where
we're growing our relationship with Jesus and our walk and how we're sprinkling that
into our lives.
And hopefully it's encouraging to you.
Now Delina did tell you that I have three children.
I live in Williamsburg, but I do work in Newport News and I've been in Newport News since 2005.
And Newport News is my second home as I am an Eastern Shore native.
And I do visit the Eastern Shore often, but Newport News welcomed me with open arms in
2005 and I was able to start raising my family there.
And now we live in Williamsburg, but I will be telling you some great things going on
in and around the 757, including Newport News, Williamsburg, Hampton, my great, the great
city of Portsmouth, which I love.
She love Portsmouth.
I love Portsmouth.
What you like about Portsmouth?
We're going to get into that.
Listen, listen.
What's over in Portsmouth that you like so much?
Yes.
So you stay tuned for that.
We're going to be doing that good, clean, and most of the time free or affordable fun
for the viewers as well as their family.
So some of the events will include bringing your children so that you can get out for
a day in the park and include them in activities that will strengthen them and engage them
in the community as well.
Yes.
I'm originally from Detroit, Michigan.
We moved here originally to Williamsburg when my mom was living, but we'll get into all
that.
But we moved to Virginia to get away from the crime.
Yes.
What?
We moved to Virginia to get away from the crime and it's a beautiful state.
I've learned, I've grown.
I mean, a lot of my childhood lessons came.
We moved when I was 10.
I was in, I was going to the fifth grade, so I've been here for a while.
My roots at the Rudy Root root, they're birthed in Detroit, Michigan, and I've been here for
quite some time.
I went to Minchville, graduated at 03, baby.
Okay, where my monarch's at?
And I've been here ever since, and I'm raising children.
I'm in Newport News.
I work in Newport News.
As we said, I do code enforcement.
So some of you may see me out in your community telling people what to do.
That's what they say.
That's what y'all say we like to do.
We're the good guys.
We are the good guys.
You know, but we do ride around and tell people what to do.
But not too, we're not too rough with it.
We're nice.
Right.
We love our people in the community and we're there to give them information and make sure
their properties are safe.
Their living conditions are safe.
But as the podcast goes on, we'll get into that and we'll talk more about that and how
that journey is in code enforcement.
So let's get into it.
Last week, we had a chance to do a webinar through our job and the topic was mindfulness.
And so we won't get into all of the nooks and crannies.
But with that being said, Tina, we did the mindfulness webinar and what was the thing
that resonated with you the most?
It was more so exercising the mind.
I always say the mind is a muscle and using it and implementing consistent, consecutive
motions helps to strengthen it.
So with the mindfulness challenge, he had us thinking of where we were presently at
the time, not in the future and not in the past.
As we've already alluded to is we're both mothers.
We both work full time jobs.
We're both single females.
So we have a lot of things on our plate that we have to navigate through.
So when we're at work, sometimes our minds can drift away from the task at hand and think
of other things that we have to do.
Mindfulness shows you how to not do that, how to be intentional with your thoughts to
decrease anxiety and depression.
Yes.
Because I know if you're listening to this or you're watching this with the way the world
has been the last couple of years, I think we all had a little taste of anxiety or depression
or mindlessness.
And some people still recovering from the mindfulness, but nonetheless, one of the things
that the webinar said in so many words was to just remember to keep your mind and your
therapy in the same direction, which I've heard before when I did my own therapy is
just, you know, fellas, if you out there watching the game with your homeboys, they focus on
the game.
Don't think about an argument that you got into last night with your girl or one of your
family members.
Because for one, you ain't going to know who won the game.
And for two, you know, you're not going to have a good experience with your friends and
hanging out.
And so that's just the thing.
You know, if something happened last week, let it be last week.
If something happened yesterday and today you're at a cookout or today you're on a cruise,
just don't bring yesterday in today.
Keep your mind and your feet in the same direction.
And I will say life is an experience.
So when you don't presently live and what's currently going on, you forfeit those memories,
those opportunities, that experience.
So it's very important to be mindful with this exercise.
We worked on breathing, breathing techniques that every time that your mind would go forward
or backwards, you'd have to reset your breathing.
So throughout that, that exercise, I learned a lot.
Did you learn a lot?
I did.
I liked the breathing techniques and I like just reminding myself to keep my mind and
my feet in the same direction.
I have a hard time letting go of stuff.
You do something to me and it's like, I got a memory Rolodex, like an elephant.
I have a hard time letting go.
So just giving people grace and moving past, you know, anxiety, it affects your appetite.
It affects your sleep.
It's not worth it.
You know, it's really not, it's not worth it.
So just keeping the two in sync and putting one foot in front of the other.
And so that's important.
So we do know that right now we're preparing our children to return back to school.
And so are-
And that ain't stressful.
Yes, that's stressful, a different level of stress.
But a lot of other parents are experiencing that as well.
So we've talked about anxiety, sending the kids back to school can increase your anxiety.
You're worrying about how you're going to get your children the basic tools that they
need to set them up for success.
And also in the wake of different tragic events and violence that have occurred in schools
across the United States could be increasing your anxiety.
So we've talked about mindfulness and we've talked about anxiety.
Now we're going to offer our listeners some resources to help them with preparing their
students for success this school year.
Oh yeah.
So, you know, a lot of places are doing your back to school drives.
If you're a person that already has your school supplies set up, that's cool.
But if you're a person who needs a little extra boost, August 26 from 1pm to 4pm at
2009 Jefferson Avenue, Suite A, that's 2009.
Write this down, write this down.
Cause you know you probably doing stuff.
You got anxiety right now.
2009 Jefferson Avenue, Suite A from one to four.
It's going to be free, free.
Tina, I said free food, free music, and they're going to be doing a book bag.
So if you live in another city, you live in Hampton, you live in Portsmouth, you live
in Williamsburg or Yorktown, you can still stop by, get your, you know, your book bag.
They're going to have a bounce house music, hot dogs, all those things.
So you know, if you already have your school supplies squared away and you want to participate
and donate, they're also doing a fundraiser, fish and chips.
Everybody like a little fish and chips.
So go in and support.
And speaking of school supplies, I got a shout out my Facebook cousin, Markara.
She made an interesting point.
She said, you know, why y'all are out there shopping for school shoes and school clothes
and you picking up them phone posits, make sure little Johnny got them pencils and pens
and paper.
Okay.
So if you won't get the phone posits, make sure you got the pens, paper and pencils.
Okay.
Set our students up for success so that they can have the best grades and the best performance
when they're at school to decrease their anxiety.
Right.
So check it out.
Don't forget.
Sister to Sister, 2009 Jefferson Avenue, Suite A, they're going to have food, music, supplies,
all that.
So go check it out.
And what you got, Tina?
All righty.
The B Foundation is hosting their Back to School Community Day.
And that is also going to be held on August the 26th here in Newport News.
It's going to be at the King Lincoln Park.
A lot of people are familiar with that.
They're going to have a walkathon that starts at 9 a.m. at Ivy Avenue and 16th Street.
And they're going to have lots of fun food and resources to assist you and your student
with back to school.
They're going to have games and it's going to be a good time and it is free.
So keep that in mind.
On August the 26th, the walkathon starts at 9 a.m. at Ivy Street and 16th Street.
And then the event is actually 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 600 Jefferson Avenue, which is the
King Lincoln Park here in Newport News.
So support the Heath Foundation, Incorporated, as they support the local community here in
Newport News.
Yes.
And speaking of school supplies and school shoes, that's probably contributing to a lot
of parents anxiety right now.
I know I've had two to shop for this school year because that oldest one is in her sophomore
year of college.
So with that being said, it can be a lot juggling bills trying to get school supplies, school
shoes.
And one of the things as we've said in the beginning is I and Tina, we both are on our
spiritual journeys as well.
And I've been trying to find verses that will help me in everyday life to grow my connection.
So if you're dealing with a little bit of anxiety because it's back to school, you're
sending your children into a place not only where you got to buy school supplies and school
shoes, but you got to pray and hope that your children are safe as well.
And so in Philippians chapter four, verse six through seven, it says, be not anxious
about anything, but in every situation by prayer and petition and with Thanksgiving,
present your request to God.
So if you're struggling with a little bit of anxiety about getting the supplies, school
shoes, clothes, keeping up with everyday life, don't be anxious.
Pray about it.
Give it to God.
Pray over your children in the morning, send them to school, pray over their safety and
it will relieve a little bit of that anxiety and you will start to grow your faith and
your relationship with God.
Definitely.
And as we journey through this spiritual walk, when you are making your request known to
God, it does not have to be a deep, deep prayer.
It is simply your request and it's your language and God needs to hear it from you.
So as Delina said, we're here for you.
We're here to support you in your spiritual walk.
We're here to pray with you, to pray for you as you pray for us as well.
Right.
And we're going to motivate.
What you say with that, because a lot of people don't start because they think it needs to
be perfect.
Well, I ain't perfect.
We're not perfect by far, but we know that we need God.
Even in the times that our family and friends aren't there to support us, we know that God
is an ever-present help.
So we have to rely on Him to calm our nerves, to ease our thoughts and to help us journey
through this thing called life.
That's right.
So, you know, tune in every week because we'll be talking about that stuff and our development
in that area.
So if you're dealing with some anxiety, pray and.
And one last thing about the school supplies.
If you have, if you do not have young children, say your children have grown up or maybe you
do not birth children biologically, do keep in mind that you can make charitable donations
to organizations such as your church or community partner to help those families that are in
need.
So if you have time to purge your closet, to get items that you no longer are using
out of the way, do donate those items so that our community can give those items a second
light.
Yeah.
And the stuff that's gently used.
CHKD is a good place.
They have several donation boxes around the cities.
So, you know, bag up that stuff that they're not using as gently used from last school
year or the summer and donate it to a children who may be in need.
With that being said, let's get into the small business shout out.
So a couple of weeks ago, I had a great experience.
We did a small boat cruise, some friends and I is if look them up on Instagram is Royal
underscore Breeze.
They have bottomless mimosas.
They have good music.
You can bring some light snacks.
It's about a two and a half hour boat ride.
You can get some friends together and go enjoy some time on the water.
Have the wind blowing through your hair.
It's neat, especially after a long work week.
So if you get a chance, go over to Instagram, follow them.
It's Royal underscore Breeze.
It's a husband and wife who run it and they are very, very nice people.
So check them out.
It sounds like bottomless mimosas.
Sounds like fun.
I'll definitely be checking them out in the near future.
Delina will not be going the next time by herself.
That's right.
I will be there.
Come on.
Let's go.
Yes.
So shout out to Royal Breeze.
The information for them along with the school supply drives and events will be on our Instagram
page on the sheer motivation podcast, Instagram page.
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So check out sheer motivation podcast.
You'll get a recap of the areas that's having the back to school drives and go in the comments
and let us know how you guys deal with anxiety.
Give us some ideas for future topics, but let us know how you deal with anxiety.
Do you write it down?
Do you journal?
Do you go on nature walks, listen to music?
Do you rap, sing?
Just let us know.
Give us some feedback.
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