and he took a $2 ,000 investment and he did exactly
what Marc Morose said to do and in a small space
of time it doubled and it continued to double
and double and double so he came to me he was
like Keisha this works this works you know oh
my god you gotta learn it you gotta learn it
and you gotta teach the kids and i'm just yeah
and i'm just like what do what? Of course, he
didn't make the journey through with the cancer.
You know, about 10 weeks later, he passed. And
so in January of the following year, he passed.
Because of COVID, we couldn't bury him. So we
weren't able to bury him until February. And
believe it or not, that same $2 ,000 that he
invested is what I used to bury him. And then
we sat. We sat for a while. We just took it all
in. And My son said something to me that was
extremely powerful in that moment. And he was
just like, Mom, we don't know how powerful we
are until we tap in. Yeah. Yes. And that tapping
in is alignment. At that moment, my roof was
on the back burner. I'm maneuvering relationships
with my in -laws now, you know, because DCF came
through and was like, yo, your whole entire church.
showed up at our office now that's something
right there yeah your whole entire church showed
up at our office and was like what are y 'all
doing they closed the case like that the stories
that you tell yourself is what keeps you stuck
exactly exactly you know and you got in communication
and that was truly your access to just a shift
of who you could you could be and what showed
up absolutely absolutely what's up fam before
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let's breathe in, get present, step into the
conversation. So I just want to just start off
by thanking a person who I admire and appreciate,
who I've known for maybe three, four years, something
like that. And I just want to say, Keisha, thank
you for being on the podcast. What's up? How
are you feeling? Well, thanks for the introduction.
It's been about three, four years. And life is
life -ing. Life is life. It's always life, you
know, and I'm just, you know, bobbing and weaving,
bobbing and weaving as the punches come and I
keep moving forward, you know. And that's how
I know you as and that's why I invited you on
the podcast because of who you continue to show
up as and who I see you as, as somebody who's
resilient and magnificent in how you present
yourself in the world. And I mean, I will go
through it all, but I just, just to kind of just
give you your flowers. You, from the beginning
that I met you, you showed up as just a real
1000 % person, right? Just 1000 % yourself. And
I love that. And before we go any deeper though,
here's the question I have for you, because you
know, I just, people go through seasons of life,
right? And so what season of life are you currently
in? And how would you describe yourself and who
you are right now? That's a really good question.
And it's a really good question because the answer
came to me last night. Oh! And the season literally
that I'm in right now is called alignment. I'm
done. I'm done. It's called alignment and it's
because there's a lot of, we can get into it,
but there's a lot of things going on around me,
but I'm not aligned with all of them. And some
of them doors were open and I was pushed through.
And there's others where I'm trying to get to
it because that's where I'm interested in going.
But I have to quiet the noise so that I can focus
on what is there for me and not the story. Right.
That we tell ourselves about the situation. So
yeah, right now I am deciphering a lot of things
and I'm moving into a place of alignment with
the things that I want in my life right now.
That's, that's, that's magnificent. First of
all, because that's, that's who that's exactly
where I'm at. you know, I'm calling myself as
alignment architect, as I'm going to coaching,
you know, all that kind of stuff. And so that's
basically the message of especially when this
airs, we're doing a message of becoming the alignment
shift, right? And so I knew when I asked for
you to be on the podcast, I knew that it was
perfect, right? So right then and there, that's
alignment that we didn't even know. And now we
get to experience that manifestation right here
right now. Yeah, yeah. Nothing happens by coincidence.
It's all part of the master plan. Part of the
master plan. And I want to kind of go because
your story is magnificent. And it goes back before
you move to where you are now. And so I just
kind of want to go back so that we can pull people
with us as we go through the story that you that
you have but right now you are an entrepreneur
your mother you're you're standing strong for
the for yourself and your future but before you
got here there's some things that you went through
and I just wanted to kind of presence us to who
you were before you became this person this this
part of your identity um that's moving things
forward for yourself you're you and your family
um can you kind of take us right before you move
to here where you are in Georgia and what it
took for you to get here. Well, it's an interesting
timeline, which I happen to know by heart because
I lived it. Right. And it started in probably
October of 2021 on Halloween Day. My husband
was diagnosed with stage four cancer. OK. And
for us, you know, I'm a mother of six. We were
raising six kids together. Life wasn't fantastic,
but it was, it was good. We were comfortable.
Everybody was happy. You know, bills were paid
and we were at a point in our lives. I probably
was at the time 46. He was 49 and we were talking
about life insurance. Okay, before you get there,
I just want to say, by the way, when you told
me you're a mother of six, when I found it, I
was like, ain't no way. Ain't no, I was like,
29, 30. What? Mother of six. Yeah. Yeah. And
yeah, I'm a mother of six. And I'm and I and
I love the responsibility of that. You know,
we we love the responsibility that we were doing
it together. And we were just knocking it out
as parents, like, yeah, we got this, you know?
And when he got the diagnosis, it was three days
before our appointment for life insurance. Oh,
wow. So, you know, it was one of those situations
where he's just like, holy crap, like, we're
both like, I thought we had more time, you know,
and he goes into sort of a mini panic because
he's like, without this life insurance policy,
like, If something happens to me, what are you
going to do with these six kids by yourself?
Like, it took both of us to make everyday work.
So now, you know, there's this thing looming
over his head, you know, the C word, and we're
like, we don't know how much time we have. And
now he has a diagnosis that disqualifies him
for insurance. And so just to speed things up
a little bit, he he was watching you know YouTube
stressing out and he came across a man named
Mark Monroe and Mark Monroe was teaching people
how to print their own money by using the stock
market and he took a $2 ,000 investment and he
did exactly what Mark Monroe said to do and in
a small space of time it doubled and it continued
to double and double and double so he came to
me he was like Keisha this works this works You
know, oh my god, you gotta learn it. You gotta
learn it and you gotta teach the kids And I'm
just yeah, and I'm just like what do what you
know, and Of course he didn't make the journey
through with the cancer, you know about ten weeks
later He passed and so in January of the following
year he passed because of kovat. We couldn't
bury him So we weren't able to bury him till
February And believe it or not, that same $2
,000 that he invested is what I used to bury
him because we didn't have any life insurance.
So yeah, so that's what happened. March, we were
faced with eviction because we were living in
a house where the agreement was if my husband
manages the landlord's other properties, we get
to live in the house at a discounted price. So
now that he's dead, he's passed away and there's
no one to manage the property because I don't
know how to manage, you know, do plumbing and
drywall and all that stuff. The landlord wanted
his house back. So he served us with eviction
papers a month after we buried him. And that's
March, right? Then April comes along and my sister
-in -law, the one who loves me so much, she opens
up a DCF case for me, saying that I am grieving
too much and I'm not able to take care of my
kids and, you know, that the state needs to intervene
and make sure that the kids are okay because
I'm not okay. And so this is April. And then
in May, I find out that my mother is living in
a deplorable conditions in her apartment in New
York. And so, you know, at this point, I've lost
my husband. I'm about to lose my house. Someone
is threatening to take my children. I don't know
what to do. You know going on. Yeah. Yeah, that's
a lot and i'm not giving the opportunity to grieve
You know, i'm not giving the opportunity to grieve
And bills are piling up on top of that. You understand
there is no rich uncle coming to save us right?
Okay, and so I sit I sit for a minute And I say
to myself what what is there to do because crying
isn't going to work There isn't enough money
to get us out of this situation, what do I do?
And I don't know if it was a voice or feeling,
but I was offered the opportunity to do a course
called communication access to power. And so
I go on the computer and I look it up and the
next available class is like in June. And so
I signed up for it. I don't know where I'm getting
the money for to pay, but You know, they say
it starts when you sign up, right? Right. And
so I signed up for the course and I did the course.
And when I say it gave me access to my life,
because all what I just told you, how many stories
can you make up about everything I just said?
Yeah, I was going to ask you, like, how did you
separate what happened from the story that you
would collapse for what happened? communication
power access to power they allowed me to see
the situation for what it was not for how I felt
the situation treated me or how I felt the world
thought I should respond to it I saw it for what
it was the what so and so I was able to from
that course separate the story that I was telling
myself about my situation Get access to what
there was that I could do to change the situation
and I think that for me was pivotal it was absolutely
pivotal because Just focusing on what was available.
I have a community I have a commute. I have a
church community. I have a community that I live
in I have a community of friends. And so I just
started talking to people. I started talking
to the people that know me best. I know me, but
I know me from what the story I tell myself in
my head. I don't know me from experiencing me.
Other people experience me. Right. And so now
I have to go to those people that experience
me in a positive way and have them say, that's
not who you are you're not crazy you're not a
bad mother okay so tell that to the dcf worker
okay tell that to the landlord who is trying
to evict me so now i'm using the people in my
community to vouch for my character to vouch
for who i am and say hey can something different
be done here And with that, conversations just
started opening up and opening up and opening
up. Next thing I know, people were volunteering
to move my mother from New York to Jacksonville
where I was living. I didn't know. I had so many
friends who were real estate agents and I didn't
even know that. They were doing it on the side.
People were saying, where do you want to go?
Where do you want to move? I can find you a house.
Let's look it up. How many rooms do you want?
What does it look like? Next thing I know, I
had emails coming in with all these different
houses that were in my price range. I got a letter
from the landlord saying, hey, I wasn't aware
you couldn't move. You know, I'm willing to let
you stay until at least the kids are out of school
and you find something else like it opened up
dialogue that The stories in my head were telling
me I couldn't have with people. Yeah, that's
right there Yeah Because the stories that you
tell yourself is what keeps you stuck exactly
exactly, you know, and you got in communication
and that was truly your access to just a shift
of who you could be and what showed up. Absolutely.
Absolutely. And then I was just like, oh, I don't
have a job. You know, like how, if I move, where
do I work? But I had all this equipment. You
know, me and my husband were... working this
laser business and we were making signage and
making products for people's weddings, signages
for people's weddings and all the decor. And
I felt like the story I was telling myself was,
I can't do this by myself. I can't do this without
him. But when I had access to power, the story
was, but you have a 17 -year -old son that knows
how to sand. and you have a 15 year old daughter
that knows how to paint and you have 12 year
old sons that know how to put stuff in boxes
and just like that my six children we became
a business and i had six employees just like
like that where all the time as mom i saw them
as my children now i have head of marketing What
teenager do you know does not know how to maneuver
social media? Okay, I had head of marketing I
had you know quality assurance Managers, I I
was just I had a photographer I was utilizing
what I had right in front of me that stories
were telling me didn't exist And when you're
able to move the stories to the side and see
what actually exists, the things that align,
the things that align, because for me alignment
is an alliance, right? And my kids became my
alliance. Like we were all working towards the
same goal, living a better life, being able to,
you know, just weather the storm of what we were
going through. Because they were hurting too.
Like at this point, I'm wearing at least seven
different hats. You know, because I'm looking
for a place to live. I'm defending my skills
as a parent with DCF. Right? I'm managing my
children's grief. You got six different personalities
here. Yeah. Grieving differently. And I now have
to figure out how to maneuver all those things.
Like, I'm wearing a whole bunch of different
hats, and I'm a nurse to my mom. Yeah. So you're
playing a lot of roles. A lot of roles. A lot
of roles. So how did you begin to like, oh, first
of all, going through your story and seeing that
it was just a story, and then there's a what
happened. How did you How did you like basically
just begin to allow yourself to say this is what
it is that I know is the course but in action
like what did you do to say this is that and
this is that and begin to Really assess your
situation and move forward. Well for me, I'm
a visual person So I couldn't just say it out
loud. I had to write it out Okay, and so I got
a book and I started writing What like it's almost
like I was scripting I don't know if you're familiar
with scripting, but I started to script out what
I wanted my life to look like. And once I started
scripting it out, what it was supposed to look
like, then there's an action to take for certain
things to happen. Like I need a home. So I had
to have those conversations with those real estate
agents to find me a home. That happened. Once
that happened, it was like, okay, I need a truck
and I need people to load the truck. You know,
I have to have conversations with people who
can make that happen. My church family came through
like like clutch. They were like, hey, we got
I know a guy that has a shipping company and
he next thing, you know, there was a U -Haul
truck in front of my yard. Like not a penny came
out of my pocket for that. People showed up and
started taking stuff out of the house and putting
it on the truck. You know, it It was like once
I had a clear plan and I wrote everything out
They just it's it's all it's I don't want to
say it's magical. It just Yeah, it did feel like
magic things just started Unfolding it it almost
took a life of its own and things just started
happening and I was just sitting back and watching
for a minute like Why all of this from just opening
my mouth and talking to people? And I knew it
was more than that. I knew it was me You know
just me giving to people like people don't just
do that for anyone It's when you're authentic
with yourself and you're giving of yourself to
other people People don't forget that and I know
it those were coins that I was putting in buckets
that I didn't even know I was putting in in buckets,
you know, seeds that I was sowing with people
that I hadn't even known I had been sowing, you
know, and it opened up conversation with me with
other people to find out how are these people
experiencing me? You know, it was the first time
that I really like was interested. I don't think
people are take the time to ask their friends
and family like when you when you're around me
what is what is that experience like for you
yeah you know yeah i was watching something um
i forgot what it was but i guess and you said
pennies and people's like the buckets and this
this was like this uh situation where there's
like somebody was putting marbles in somebody's
jar and those marbles kind of added up to if
there's a full jar then that's a person that
you could trust or this is kind of what you shared
with this person. If you have a full jar that
that I guess that relates to I don't know I don't
know whatever but I guess for me it would say
it would kind of say it would relate to who you
are and your brand that you're putting out in
the world and it's not necessarily just like
a logo it's just who you are for people and if
you're your coins or your marbles fill up like
you have this imaginary jar with people and they
have that with them And that's who you are for
them. That full jar, you know? I totally get
that concept. And yeah, I had a lot of full jars
that I didn't even know existed. Yeah. And I'm
grateful for it. I'm grateful for it. I'm humbled
by it. If I had to give it one word, I'm humbled
by it. Yeah. And you, I mean, it's so weird having
to cover, like... interviewing you in this way,
because I know you. And so it's just kind of
interesting. Because it's just because I know
you. And so I'm gonna just kind of throw that
to the side and just continue to just have this
conversation with you. Right. So you had talked
about, and just kind of see where it goes. You
had talked about like the first thing that you
were doing, you're doing laser cutting. And I
was like, yes, that's right. This is like your
first business that you had that kind of Took
you from you know, just kind of helps support
you, right? Yeah, of course, you know, I have
this That stays right next to me was things up
here and I knew I was gonna some somehow was
gonna get into this conversation but that was
your first business that you really kind of started
and Coming from your story and saying like this
is who I am. This is what I got to do Now you
have these employees. How did that go for you?
How did you begin to build that business? One
of the things that I did when I was writing out
that list of what there was to do, a friend of
mine called me and she said, envision the house.
She said, just sit and envision the house. She
was like, tell me what the walls look like. Tell
me what the floor looks like. Tell me how many
bedrooms there are and how is the layout of the
house? Where is it positioned in the community?
And so I, yeah, she wanted me to get really detailed
with it and she wanted me to see it, feel it,
smell the way the house smelled. And so. I knew
in order for me to run the business I needed
a garage at least a two -car garage and I knew
the machines that I use made a lot of noise so
I had to be either the first house in the community
or in the cul -de -sac somewhere where I didn't
have neighbors so that when I'm running the the
machines 12 o 'clock 2 o 'clock in the morning
they're not disturbing people. And I needed it
to be separate from where my mother would be.
Because I wanted her to have her own space. I
didn't want her to feel like she was living in
my house. I wanted her to still have her independence
and everything. And that's sweet the way. Yeah,
yeah. So I knew I needed like a tri level or
double decker type of split level house. Yeah.
And so none of none of the agents were coming
through with that. And so I was just like, oh
my God, I don't know what I'm gonna do. This
is our business and I need to have that space.
And so one day I got a phone call and the lady
was just like, Ms. Keelah, do you want the house
or not? And I was just like, what house? And
she was just like, I've been emailing you. I've
been emailing you this house and you know, it's
a hot commodity and you literally have 24 hours
to look at the house and tell me if you want
it or I'm putting it back on the market. It's
about 3 o 'clock in the day when she calls me.
And I'm just like, what? What in the world? Like,
I'm in Jacksonville. The house is in Georgia.
Like, long story short. I took the story out
again. I'm taking out the story because the story
is telling me I can't do it. But the reality
of the situation is George is only five hours
away. The reality of the situation is I can get
a rental car. The reality of the situation is
at this point in time, there's everybody's doing
no access. Right. So I could see the house by
eight o 'clock that day and The agent doesn't
have to be present. They could just give me the
code to the lock. So I made it happen. I got
on tour real quick and I was just like, I need
a $20 vehicle. Okay. I don't need nothing more
than that. I need a $20 vehicle and I need it
now. And I went on tour right now and I didn't
get the $20, but I got a $25 one. All right.
And I was just like, hey, I called up a friend.
I said, hey, I need to go pick up this vehicle.
Can you be at such -and -such? And they were
like, sure, no problem. Called my son. I was
just like, what you doing? He was like, I'm chilling.
I said, I need company on this five -hour ride.
And he was just like, let's go. And in an hour's
time. I was in a $25 rental and we was on 95
headed to wherever we were supposed to be to
get to this house. When I walked into the house,
when I walked into the house, the house that
I'm in right now, both me and my son almost choked.
The paint, yes, it was the same color. The floor
was the color. It was a split level house. Two
bedrooms downstairs. three bedrooms upstairs
separate from the garage i was the last house
before the cul -de -sac so i only had one neighbor
and there was a hill between us see see there
was a hill between us and i went into the garage
there was a door there was a look there was a
space my my You know, Andre the Giant is my laser,
right? Yeah. There was a space for Andre the
Giant that was like his home. Yeah. His home.
You know, Andre the Giant is almost the size
of a car. Oh my goodness. I was just like, oh
my gosh. Like the only thing that was left for
me to do was get down on my knees and be grateful.
Grateful, right? Yeah, me and my son, we cried.
We started saying praise and worship. We went
into each room. We blessed it. This is going
to be Jayden's room with the boys. Let this room
cover them. Let them have great dreams at night.
Let them have ideas that prosper them. Let them
have ideas that let them contribute to their
communities in a positive way. We just started
praying through the house like we were going
crazy. And then we sat. We sat for a while and
we just took it all in. And my son said something
to me that was extremely powerful in that moment.
And he was just like, mom, we don't know how
powerful we are until we tap in. Yeah. Yes. And
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toward thriving. And did you, that moment showed
up for you. Did you get to realize that because
of who you were being, You got to show up like
all this stuff got to show up for you and you
got to be in this Place that you're in now, I'm
gonna be honest with you in in the midst of it.
No, no, right No in the midst of there was just
way too much going on like my grief is now on
the back burner, right? And I got and not at
that moment. My grief was that was on the back
burner. I'm Maneuvering relationships with my
in -laws now You know, because DCF came through
and was like, yo, your whole entire church showed
up at our office. Now, that's something right
there. Yeah, your whole entire church showed
up at our office and was like, what are y 'all
doing? They closed the case like that. You understand?
My landlord came through the same way. He was
just like, he said, I wish I understood. what
the situation was. I definitely wouldn't have
evicted you. I knew he passed, but I didn't think
he passed and you guys didn't have any place
to go or you didn't have plans for this. My mom
now is with me and all her medical care is taken
care of. She has insurance. We're in control
of what's going on with her. I'm managing all
these things. There's no way. In the midst of
all that, am I going, woohoo, I'm mad powerful.
You know, that took a minute. That took a minute.
Yeah, and I ask that because most people, well,
I'll speak for me, and I would assert that most
people don't know how to tap into the greatness
when all that stuff is happening. It's one of
those situations where you have to get still.
because that's the only time that that shows
up for well for me speaking for me there's all
this chaos all around you there has to be a time
whether it be in your bedroom in the bed in the
middle of the night wherever where you just get
still and just you have to quiet the noise i
mean for me i wanted to hear god i wasn't happy
with him you know i wasn't happy with him at
all But I wanted to hear what he had to say.
Like, dude, you got some explaining to do. Right.
So you had to have a comment. And I needed to
get still in order to hear what that explanation
was so I could rebuttal. You know? But yeah,
yes. Why am I going through all of this? And
I could see the blessings in spite of everything.
I could see the blessings. I don't think if I
wasn't separating the story from the what so
that I would have but I was seeing them clearly
like chaos over here but blessing over here and
I'm very very clear that this is a blessing and
not destruction you know and so I would take
the time sometimes sometimes I'd forget sometimes
I'd be a little frustrated about it and be like
bump that you know But there were times when
I would just sit. I didn't know why I was just
sitting. I just knew I needed this time of just
quiet. Quiet. And creating that clear distinction
was really like that was your access to your
your power. Yeah, I can tell you that. I can
tell you that now that yes, that's clear. I was
gonna say hindsight is 20 -20, right? We think
we know when we're going through, but we really
don't until we get the chance to just kind of
sit down and just Like you said, be still. And
then all that stuff shows up. It's like, okay.
Okay. And you're in this new moment. And who,
like you said, right now is your season of alignment.
And as I'm listening to your story, there's the
through line, even with the chaos, because of
you just kind of showing up for yourself and
your family, there was some alignment there as
well. But right now, is it the fact that you
get to acknowledge it because you're you've experienced
it before and you know what it feels like now
yeah i feel like when you go through it the first
time now you have a blueprint you have a blueprint
you know what to do and what not to do and not
so much not to do but what to do better right
because the if i had to compare how i maneuver
now to how i maneuvered that first time around
my emotions are better in check now you know
And I don't take cheap shots. In the beginning,
I was taking cheap shots. I was using the death
of my husband as a way to make things move faster
sometimes. You know? I'd get to a speed bump
and I'd be like, listen, I just lost my husband.
I got these six kids. Is there a way that we
can work this out? Now I don't do things like
that. Now I can talk to people and say, I'm looking
for a win -win situation here. This is what I
need and this is what you need. How can we work
with each other? I think this is really powerful
too because there are times when I want to use
a situation. to take advantage of an advantage,
right? And there's no, like you said, let's do
a win -win. There's no win -win there. It's just
that maybe I'm trying to get over because I feel
bad for myself, or whatever it may be. And that
could be the case for other people. But you didn't
allow that to basically run your life, and you
made a shift and said, that's not who I'm gonna
be. That's it goes back to separating the story.
Like that's what happened to me. That's not who
I am And now I have to sit and say okay So if
this is what happened to me and it's not who
I am then who do you want to be and that is where?
Creativity starts happening. That's where Opportunities
start presenting themselves. Oh, maybe I don't
want to say opportunities start presenting themselves
Because the opportunity in my opinion are always
there. Now you're present to them. So that's
that's what I would say. Now you're present to
them, you know, and who I wanted to be was I
wanted to be a contribution to the people that
I come across. I didn't want to be a story. I
didn't want to be a situation that happened,
that I worked my way out of that, that, you know,
if if this is so detrimental, and I could do
it, you could do it too. Yeah, you know that
I didn't want that approach. And so you start
developing skills that allow you to be who you
are authentically. And that's for me, that was
going into coaching. And once I started coaching,
I started seeing ways to allow people to get
access to getting over whatever it was that they
were experiencing without blame. Right. And I'll
this is a perfect segue because that was it was
playing in my head. 20 was it? What is it 2022?
Wait a minute. Hold on. 2019 2022 2022. November
2022. You were in the same leadership program.
And you were a couple semesters ahead of me or
something like that. And you were my coach. Yeah,
you were my first coachee. And you got to deal
with a guy who just had a, you know, a kidney
transplant, who used his story, that identity
is gone, who used his story as, you know, you
know, whatever, as a crutch. And there were moments
where, like you, you know, that feeling when
somebody kind of calls you out your stuff and
just kind of and you feel it like right here.
I had many of those times with you. I know. But
I appreciated it because I got to grow in that
quarter, like, exponentially. Yes. Because of
who you were. And I would assert that's the same
thing you give to everybody. And had it not been
for what you had gone through to get to that
place, become that person, then I wouldn't have
got to experience That Keisha. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah,
you're absolutely right. You're absolutely because
I already knew where you were. You know, I knew
where you were in terms of this happened to me.
So you either have to give me a pass or listen
to my story, my pity story. You know, while I
find a way to get through this, I had been there.
So I was able to go, okay, I'll let you talk.
this story this first time yeah i'll hear it
yeah you know this first time but we're not gonna
do it in our second meeting this is not what
we're gonna do we're not gonna do it in our third
meeting you know because then then you're stuck
yeah then you're stuck but you know my experience
with you you made me pull out rabbits okay from
my back pocket like abracadabra you were you
were lit and and i was determined for you to
get to wherever you needed to be because you
were my first right i can't have my very first
coaching gig go left i wasn't having it and so
if it meant extra hours with you extra minutes
with you so be it you know and then there's something
about people's energy. You could tell when you're
communicating with someone that has good energy,
and you can tell when you're in a space with
somebody who's really dark. You aren't dark.
You're pretending to be. You're pretending to
be. The pretence was there. Yeah, but your spirit,
in my opinion, was I've lost my way, right? That's
what I got. I lost my way. I'm not on track anymore,
and I'm not even sure if I want to get back on
track, but I lost my way. And so for me, I saw
that as a way to share what I knew, share what
I experienced, just so that you could find the
track. So that once you get back on it, you can
decide what you were going to do once you got
there. When my season my my my time was over
with with the leadership program and You know,
I still followed up with you with other people.
I was like, so how's Michael doing? How's Mike
doing? You know, I there were times people would
talk to me and I was I was so moved by where
you had been going and I was just like it's because
he had he had a solid foundation Because the
advice I was getting in the background was if
he don't want to win don't let it don't win then
And I was like, that's a BS if I ever did hear
it. Yeah, you know what I mean? Like, yeah, they
were just like, hey, he don't want to win, then
okay, don't let him win. And I was like, not
on my watch, you know, not on my watch, you know,
each one teach one and we all eat together. Right,
right. So I was just like, yeah, I was really
proud of where you, and now look at where you
are. Like, did we foresee this? I didn't. I didn't.
I didn't. But that's who you are, that's who
you continue to show up as even stronger today.
And you've taken that power that you have, that
unspoken power that you have, and the knowledge
and apply it to what you're doing today. And
I think it's a very powerful thing. And I'm talking
about your new business, your new setup, and
who you what I mean from what I'm seeing in your
testimonials and things like that. What you're
bringing to this is really enlightening to people
who have no clue. And we're talking about is
your new business, which is Stocked Up Future,
right? Mm -hmm. Stocked up future. That's my
new baby. It's your baby. Mm -hmm. And I remember,
I think it was a conversation that we're having
one time. You were talking about how you were
teaching your children, your kids, that basically
finances, and you're doing it through the board
game. Right. And now you're here at this school.
Cashflow. Cashflow, the cashflow game. Yeah,
wait. What's his name? I wanted to say Robert,
but I don't know. Yeah, it is Robert Kiyosaki.
It's his game. Okay. Robert Kiyosaki. And I was,
I, we would have game night. I would invite people
over and we would play cash flow. And I watched
my kids get it. But what really made me start,
um, stocked up future was that other people would
sit in on our meetings. That's people will come
to visit me sometimes, you know Let's stop by
and check each out on a Sunday or whatever and
we would be in the middle of our stock meetings
me and my children because remember if we take
it back to where it all started this started
because my husband was panicked that We wouldn't
be able to take care of ourselves in the event.
He passed Yeah, and so he was like Keisha you
gotta learn this you gotta learn this and I'm
like learn what what you know like you want me
to you want me to learn the stock market because
i didn't even know what it was called you know
you know a lot of people start there yeah i'm
just like you want me to learn the stock market
like i'm 40 something years old like dude my
head is hard already i can't learn anything else
you know but who am i to deny a a man who's desperate
You know to see that his family do well his his
one of his last, you know requests and so The
fact that I was able to take his money that he
traded and pay his funeral and still had money
left over to move to to Atlanta Was like maybe
he maybe he have something here And so as I was
learning it, I was teaching it to the kids, you
know, and at the time they were 10 12 and 14.
You know, I had a 10 year old, 10 year old twins,
a 14 year old and a 16 year old and my 17 year
old was getting ready to go off to college. And
every Sunday that was the routine. Every Sunday
we would sit from 12 to three and we would learn
technical analysis. You know, we talk about the
Bollinger Bands and the moving average and the
average true range and we would Figure out how
to pick companies and what worked and what didn't
work and what we needed to know the vocabulary
was where we started, you know, and When people
will come I would just be like, hey, this is
what we're doing You can either sit and sit through
it or you know come back and they'd sit through
it and what? enlightened people was they were
following along like We were probably in class
12 and they're sitting through it for the first
time and yet again They're following along just
as easy as can be and they were just like wow
this you make it so practical can I can you teach
can I come on Sundays and Before you know it,
you know, we had a crowd every Sunday. I was
cooking it was a catering thing now and you know,
we're teaching people technical analysis. And
I'm I remember sitting back one day and saying
to myself, look, wow, look what you did. Look
what you did here. Like, look what you started.
Right. And lo and behold, one day I fell into,
you know, a really bad financial situation, where
IRS presented themselves and they garnished everything
from my accounts. They took what I say everything
they took. everything and I was in a position
where I was just like I'm still taking care of
five kids like I couldn't even buy milk the next
day they took everything from my account and
I had a friend that called me up and she said
all right Keisha cry cry about it mm -hmm I'm
gonna give you 24 hours scream cry kick do whatever
you have to do when I call you back tomorrow
I don't want to hear this sob story Yeah, you're
human being Have your human moment. And so I
did I cried I screamed I don't even think I went
to sleep that night because I was just like everything
I built was gone, you know Irish just came like
Uncle Sam was just like, okay, I need my share
and took everything with no consideration to
what I had going on that there was kids here
that needed to be taken care of and so the next
day she called me she was like okay so what you
come up with and I was like what you mean I got
rid of the tears that's all I did I got rid of
the tears because let me tell you you can lose
people you can lose your dog you can lose you
lose your car you can lose your house but when
you lose money it'd be personal it's personal
it'd be real personal and so I was just like
you know I lost six figures here and I had absolutely
nothing what you want me to tell you and she
was just like I want you to tell me what you
would do if you had to start all over again and
I was just like I never thought about it like
that you know yeah and so I started I started
framing it out what would I do if I had to start
all over again and then she was just like well
once you frame it out Want to sit in on it so
I could learn it and then she went and got a
couple of her friends and Next thing, you know,
we had money Mondays on zoom every single week
and that's exactly how Stocked up future was
born like money Mondays with a bunch of women
who wanted to invest Didn't know how to and they
were just like hey, let's let's figure this out.
Let's figure it out together You gotta figure
it out. You got and you have money money money
money Mondays. Money Mondays. Money Mondays going
and you now you do more it's more than just women
because I see men really ranting and raving giving
you praises about you know them getting knowledge
and understanding about what they can do in the
market. Yeah I've had a couple of people You
know, once somebody starts learning how to print
money, the first thing they do is they tell their
family. That's the first thing. If it's their
mother, it's their father, it's their husband,
their brother, sister, that's the first thing
they do. They tell their family. So the first
class was us seven women. And when they realized
how much money they could make, they started
telling the people that they loved in their family.
So the second class doubled. went from seven
people to 14 people and it was a mixture of both
men and women and in that second class we birthed
I think two day traders like people who just
was like oh I'm making more money doing this
than my real estate business oh I'm making more
money doing this than my nine to five and so
if I could just build out a framework and just
wash rinse and repeat I'm gonna make some money."
And so the men were the one that did that. You
know, women are really emotional sometimes about
how we do things. The men were just cutting dry.
They were like, oh, that's, oh, this is, oh,
that's, oh, okay, yeah. This is what we're coming
to do. We're coming to make the money, really
make the money. And so I got two day traders
out of that class. And in the third class, we
kind of scaled it into options. where you can
now that you know how to identify the money on
the charts what can you do with it and so the
option class became a way to scale that by a
hundred and so the promise that was made is you
know if you take the technical analysis class
i promise you you can make a hundred dollars
a day and so a hundred dollars a day is equivalent
to two thousand dollars a month you know using
the stock calendar the stock market calendar.
And who can't today use an additional $2 ,000
in there? I was just going to say that. In their
budget. Yeah. And so that's how it's been. It's
been growing. The class that I'm teaching now
was almost 30 students. I had to turn people
away. And everybody's just like, when I'm finished
with this class, I want my daughter to do it.
I want my son to do it. And the reason why is
because I make my kids sit through the class,
you know, like the promise was that I would learn
it and teach it to the kids. So my kids sit through
every single class. And so people are watching
them and saying, yeah, I can't get up there and
say that I can't do it when I'm looking at this
15 year old and this 17 year old knock it out
the park. Yeah. Right, so no excuses and I create
a safe space, you know I ask questions that I
know people do not know the answer to because
I want them to get comfortable with not knowing
and then finding out you know, a lot of people
just feel like I Have to know everything you
don't have to know everything. I don't know everything
But I'm gonna teach you what I know and I'm gonna
teach you what works Yeah, I was gonna I was
gonna ask you what do you say to somebody that's
listening and they you know, they're like scared
of the stock market or they think that, you know,
they're going to lose money and they just have
this anxiety around it. I'll say, do you want
to stay scared? That's the first thing. Yeah.
Do you want to stay scared? That's a good question.
That's a great question. Do you want to stay
that way? Because how's that working out? Yeah.
Yeah. Where is it? Where is it? Where is it getting
you? I always say that to people. Think about
your financial situation right now. Are you happy
with it? Can it be better? Because at the end
of the 12 weeks, you're going to have knowledge
and a framework that gives you the power to print
however much money you want to have in your life.
You don't have it now. And I debunk all of the
fears that people have. with the stock market.
And I think within the first three classes, it's
so practical. Like you have to remember, when
I first learned this, I was teaching it to a
10 year old, right? So 10 year olds are very
unforgiving in, you know, the way they say things
and the way that they interpret things. They'd
be like, Ma, that didn't make any sense. Do it
again. Yeah. Come again. Yeah. And so I'm just
like, there is no pulling the mom card with a
10 -year -old when you're trying to teach them
technical analysis. It's either they get it or
they don't. And so I have to make it practical.
I have to make it approachable. And that was
the reason why people were asking, hey, if you
could teach them, can you teach me? Because they
would sit through it and they understand. The
vocabulary is the most intimidating. part of
technical analysis and so that's what i tackle
first is the vocabulary so now you know the words
you know you know what they mean now you can
speak the language like who wouldn't be intimidated
if they were put in a classroom with a bunch
of people speaking japanese you'd be like what
it sounds like someone's hitting a pot not that
that's how the language is spoken but i'm just
saying when you don't know when you don't know
you don't know so You know for me, I'm a nurse
by trade, right? So Stock charts look like EKG's
that weren't telling the right heart rhythm.
Okay Yeah, and so I had to make it make sense
and once I made it made sense Then I could now
teach it to someone in a way that makes sense
to them So yeah, how do you you get rid of the
fear you you face it head on? Well, that's exactly
where I was going, because you have a legacy
that you want to leave with your children. First,
I'm going to ask, what legacy or story do you
wish they have gotten from you from this journey
that you're on? It changes from time to time.
But right now, and I sat my boys down not too
long ago and had this conversation is that your
current situation isn't forever. You can create
whatever it is that you want in life, in general,
and for the future. You just gotta know, you
have to have focus on what that is. And once
you're focused on, my mother used to say to me
all the time, once you know exactly what you
want, everything against it is gonna come your
way, right? So prepare for it. The legacy that
I want to leave for them is nothing is going
to come easy. Decide on what it is that you want
and then prepare for everything that's going
to come against it so that you can face it head
on. Separate the story from the what's so and
then push forward. Push forward. That's the legacy.
Push forward. Always push forward. You know,
you are not in competition with anybody. You're
in competition with yourself. The goal is to
be better today than you were yesterday. And
do that every single day. I love that. And I'm
sure that because of who I see you as I know
that they're, I'm sure that they're getting that
message. And if we, you know, Jayden, right?
Oh yeah. That's a powerful young dude right there.
And I, and I know that he's getting that right.
Your twins, your other, your young, your daughter.
and you have older sons, and I know that they
are looking at you and the power that you're
showing on this planet and how you continue to
show up. And when I look at your story, listen
to your story, the through line here that I continue
to see is push forward, be resilient, and sometimes
you have to just be silent and quiet and get
in alignment with whatever is that you're creating.
Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. With that, what is this
is going to show in 2026, right? This whole alignment
shifts series, what would you say to someone
who's listening to your story? They see you and
see their story in you. And maybe they're in
a place where they want to, they're misaligned.
They want to get alignment and they may have
picked up some things from this story. What would
you say to them so that their 2026 is starting
off in a positive light? What would I say? Well,
you know, identifying the story is a skill, right?
For me, I think identifying the story is a skill.
The first thing I would tell them to do is write
out what you want the year to look like, right?
Because if you don't know where you're, if you're
not mapping it out, how do you know exactly where
it is that you're going? You know, so, map it
out. What do you want? Where do you want to go?
Write that out. And then, once you write it out
and you look at it, ask yourself the hard questions.
What am I afraid of? Who can I talk to that will
get me over this hump? Because you need support.
Regardless of how powerful I am. It was people
like you. It's people like... you know tawny
and and people like that you come across that
experience you and talk you through the things
that are keeping you stuck you know and so ask
yourself the hard questions what am i afraid
of here because guess what a lot of my fear was
of my own success you know when you when you're
going into chartered territory that you've never
been before you feel like an imposter and imposter
syndrome is real and a lot of people are afraid
of imposter syndrome like you know stop the future
like i'm a nurse by trade mother of six you know
i'm from the caribbean you know my fear was somebody
was gonna raise their hand in the class and say
why should i learn from you you know what i'm
saying you shouldn't you don't have to you know
You should learn from me because what I'm teaching
you is what I know works, right? But I was afraid
of that. And it wasn't until I came face to face
with I'm afraid that somebody's gonna think I'm
a fraud was I able to see all the ways that I
wasn't. You know, I work hard. I did my research.
I taught people. There's people out there now
trading because of what I taught them. And I'm
never professing to teach people how to trade.
I'm teaching them how to read the charts. They're
self -made because of what they now know. A lot
of people can't get into certain conversations
because they automatically don't believe that
they even deserve to be there. Where you're wanting
to go, do you believe that you have a right to
be there? Answer that for yourself. When you
come up with those answers, separate the story
from What's real. And this is why you're here.
This is the Keisha that shows up and really gets
to the to the core of of whatever it is of things.
And this is why you have, you know, your program
Stuck Up Future. And this is why people listen
to you and, you know, be coached by you because
you know how to get there. And so I want to say
thank you for being here and just being transparent
and sharing, sharing your life, sharing what
you're up to and giving this, you know, our podcast
that much more just credibility and greatness
because of who you are and what you bring to
the podcast. So thank you for being here and
it's just, it's a pleasure. I mean, it's at the
hour, it's over the hour, but we could go, I
could go some more. And I got the time, you know,
so yeah, I understand. I completely understand.
And I thank you for inviting me, you know. You
know, you never look at your life as something
that other people couldn't learn from until someone
tells you what they got from it. And I'm in a
position now where I realized that what I've
experienced and how I've overcome has helped
a lot of people. And so I always want to be in
a space where I can contribute to someone else's
growth. And so I thank you immensely for giving
me the opportunity to use this platform to do
just that. Contribute to someone else who wants
to find alignment, who wants financial freedom,
who wants to get unstuck. Right? Because everyone
wants to do better. Everyone wants better for
themselves, for their children, for their future.
And we should all have it. And if there's someone
out there that can teach us how to get access
to that, hey, come on board. Come on board. You're
welcome. Yeah, you are welcome. There's many
ways that you get in touch with Keisha. If you
want to be in her class, there's a way to get
in touch with her. We'll have those descriptions
are in those links and everything in the description,
but is there anything that you want to say about
getting in contact with you? Everybody can reach
me stockedupfuture .com. You can email me at
stockedupfuture .gmail .com. Next class starts
January 12th. So if you want to start your 2026
out, you know, getting your finances in check,
register before the 12th and come be a part of
the Stocked Up Future fam. There you go. Keisha,
thank you so much. Thank you for being on the
podcast, and I truly appreciate you. And as we
always say, let's make thriving our new normal,
and we'll see you on the next podcast.