The fourth episode of the Building Without a Blueprint podcast, where host Princeton Parker shares Mikki Taylor`s light and her deep desire to contribute to humanity, gives us the building blocks to build self-love in our lives without needing a blueprint; all we need is the presence of God. Mikki Taylor, Beauty and Cover Essence Magazine, CEO and founder of Mikki Taylor Enterprises, leaves us with the important building blocks to self-love.
- 1:00—Introduction of Guest, Mikki Taylor—Beauty and Cover Editor of Essence magazine and Founder of Mikki Taylor Enterprises
- 2:29—The story behind how Mikki and Princeton met.
- 3:00—Mikki Taylor describes herself as a guiding light in service, a mother, a wife, engager, and champion of woman.
- 4:22—Grappling with the essence of assurance and confidence in knowing who we are and what we do.
- 6:19—The power of not remaining silent on important issues such as championing woman in the realm of beauty.
- 7:55—A discussion around how Mikki doesn´t lose herself when she is in service advocating for others.
- 10:00—The language used to sell beauty product to woman is still not a voice of inclusion.
- 11:16—You have to understand the people you serve in the industry to do business well.
- 11:58—The complexity of feeling invisible paralleled with self-love.
- 13:00— The key is to kick the door open and get inside and then hold it open for others.
- 13:30—Essence as a magazine celebrates the story of all magazine and works with a voice of inclusion.
- 14:42—Self-love requires knowing our value and vision.
- 16:52—Self-love also means surrounding yourself with the right people.
- 17:16—Your greatness was not designed to live in isolation.
- 17:45—Deciphering the behaviors that destroy self-love is important in your self-love journey.
- 18:39—There are physical, vocal, and beahvioural behaviors that destroy self-love.
- 19:34—Self-destuctive habits include destuctive eating habits, shopping, and body language.
- 20:27—We have yet to fire our inner critic. Don´t wait to step out of your way.
- 20:50—How to fire your inner-critic and move forward.
- 21:39—Your inner critic will try to sneak back in in a lot of ways. You have ot stay focused even once you fire it.
- 22:00—Regardless of your ancestry, we all came here to escape oppression and this can be reflected in our pursuit of self-love.
- 26:00—Self-love is not a robbery from god, but instead a tenant of his promise.
- 26:52—We need to stop looking for outside validation and instead incourage ourseleves. We are not created to be in bondage to thoughts thta hold us back.
- 28:19—Mikki reviews the steps to achieveing self-love and how to execute on it. It may mean you need to change habits, get out of your own way, or let go of some people from your life.
- 30:11—You have the power to thrive. Life is not a dress rehearsal.
- 31:00—Go where you are celebrated not where you are to
- 33:25—You must walk in the truth of who you are.
- 34:00—Mikki discusses other people who have impacted her greatly.
- 36:26—Mikki leaves us with affrimations for our self-love journey.
3 Key Points:
- Self-love is an imporant piece of knowing our identity, value, and owning our purpose.
- The role of self-love in an industry of Beauty and Modelinga is even more pronounced.
- Know your purpose, passion, fire your inner critic, and get out of your own way.
Tweetable Quotes:
- “Self-love also means surrounding yourself with the right people.” – Mikki Taylor.
- “If you haven´t identified your purpose, get still and figure out what it is.” – Mikki Taylor.
- “Your greatness was not designed to live in isolation.” – Mikki Taylor.
- “Be still.” – Mikki Taylor.
- “We have yet to fire our inner critic. Don´t wait to step out of your way.” – Mikki Taylor.
- “Go where you are celebrated not where you are tolerated.” – Mikki Taylor.
- “Self-love is not a robbery from god, but instead a tenant of his promise.” – Mikki Taylor.
- “The goal is just to get through the door [of the beauty industry] and then hold the door open for others.” – Mikki Taylor.
- “You must walk in the truth of who you are.” – Mikki Taylor.
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