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4/27/2020 1 Comment

It's T.E.A. Time

Special thanks to all the sis-stars in this video who shared their T.E.A. with me.
​ Your time, energy and attention is greatly appreciated!

Deepassionate1 Speaks...

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How do you keep moving while you are standing still?
How do you elevate your spirit while freeing your mind?
How do you keep creating when so many around your are facing hard times?
YOU have to keep on going because if you do, everyone who is attached to you will win.
Think of this moment of your life as a relay race and someone just passed you the baton.
Someone needs you right now so Run baby, Run!!! 
"I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all." Ecclesiastes 9:11

HEALING YOURSELF WITH T.E.A. 

Your T.E.A. (Time, Energy & Attention) is your most valuable asset that you have in this life.
​Whether you waste it or use it to heal yourself and others, once it is gone, it is gone forever and cannot be recovered.
Use it well, share it wisely and remember to sip from your cup first!!!

Our TEA Collection 

What you put in is as important as what you pour out!

The Tea & The Benefits...

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Yogi Ginger  DeTox Tea -A known diuretic, it stimulates digestion and can be used to treat kidney and liver ailments. Research has shown that compounds in the root contain anti-diabetic and antioxidant qualities, and it also helps to promote blood circulation on the skin's surface, which improves skin texture and helps to prevent eczema.

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Yogi Ginger Herbal Tea - 100% Natural, Supports Digestion, Caffeine-Free. Savor the Tradition of Ginger Tea... Naturally warming, Ginger supports healthy digestion.
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Ginger Tea Benefits: Relieves nausea. Improve stomach performance. Reduce inflammation. Fight respiratory problems. Improve blood circulation. Relieve menstrual discomfort. Strengthen immunity. Relieve stress.

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Yogi Mango Ginger tea combines zesty Ginger with tropical Mango for a delighful and lively herbal tea blend. BENEFITS: This warming herbal blend combines Ginger, traditionally used to support healthy digestion, with Rooibos to supply antioxidants and support overall health.

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According to Ayurveda, tart flavors are stimulating to the digestive system.
Yogi Cinnamon Berry Probiotic Balance tea is a supportive blend of a probiotic. Hibiscus and Cranberry, combined with Hawthorn Berry, Coriander, Cumin and warming Chai Spices is traditionally used to support digestion.

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Yogi Soothing Rose Hibiscus Skin DeTox tea combines Red Rose Petal and Hibiscus Flower for a brightly floral and lightly sweet blend. BENEFITS: Red Rose Petal and Hibiscus - traditionally used in Ayurveda to soothe the skin - combines with antioxidant-rich Green Tea to help support your skin's healthy glow.

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Oolong tea may not be as well known as green or black tea, but it has similar health benefits. These include benefits for heart, brain, bone and dental health. In addition, it may boost your metabolism, decrease your risk of developing type 2 diabetes and protect against certain types of cancer.

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This all natural herbal tea is bursting with fruit flavor. The combination of tangy hibiscus flowers and luscious cranberry flavor promises to brew up a beautiful ruby red that will surely stimulate and delight your taste buds.
Benefits of Hibiscus Tea Packed With Antioxidants. May help Lower Blood Pressure. May Help Lower Blood Fat Levels. May Boost Liver Health. Could Promote Weight Loss. Contains Compounds That May Help Prevent Cancer. Could Help Fight Bacteria. Flavorful and Easy to Make. Benefits of Cranberry Tea Cleansing goodness for the liver and kidneys; helping with oral and urinary tract health; aiding digestion; and helping to regulate blood pressure .

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Bigelow Benefits Teas are designed to fuel your body with good for you ingredients that help support everyday needs. Each soothing tea contains a unique blend of herbs, fruit, flowers and spices designed with your well-being in mind that tastes simply delicious.
 Chamomile Tea Benefits Your Health May Improve Sleep Quality. May Promote Digestive Health. Proper digestion is extremely important for your overall health. May Protect Against Certain Types of Cancer. May Benefit Blood Sugar Control. May Improve Heart Health. Mango leaves extract can improve the insulin production in your body. Besides that, it also increases the distribution of glucose, which helps in stabilizing sugar levels in your blood. Secondly, these leaves are also rich in many nutrients, such as pectin, fiber and vitamin C.

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Benefits of 
​Peppermint Tea 

Makes you Stress Free. When it comes to relieving stress and anxiety, peppermint tea is one of the best allies.
​Sleep-Friendly. Aids in Weight Loss. Cure for an Upset Stomach. Improves Digestion. Boosts Immune System. Fights Bad Breath.

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Benefits of Honey Vanilla Chamomile Tea It has Antioxidants. It helps you loose weight. Relieves cramps. stomachaches and colds.  Honey vanilla chamomile tea has anti-inflammatory properties, and it helps wounds heal faster.  Boosts the immune system. Promotes better sleep. Prevents anxiety. Promotes Heart Health and  Digestive Health. Treats Respiratory Problem Boosts Metabolism. Prevents cancer, due to the presence of good antioxidants level in honey vanilla chamomile tea, then it has shown the positive result in treating cancer. Regulates blood sugar, due to the presence of good antioxidants level in honey vanilla chamomile tea, then it has shown the positive result in treating cancer. 

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Sleepytime Classic. This most beloved of herbal teas gets its comforting aroma and perfectly balanced flavor from a blend of soothing herbs, including delicate chamomile, cool spearmint and fresh lemongrass. Wind down your day with Sleepytime® tea! Sleepytime is the original bedtime tea. Chamomile Tea Benefits Your Health May Improve Sleep Quality. May Promote Digestive Health. Proper digestion is extremely important for your overall health. May Protect Against Certain Types of Cancer. May Benefit Blood Sugar Control. May Improve Heart Health. Benefits of Spearmint Tea Digestive Upsets. Spearmint is commonly used to help relieve symptoms of indigestion, nausea, vomiting and gas. High in Antioxidants. May Aid Women With Hormone Imbalances. May Reduce Facial Hair in Women. May Improve Memory. Fights Bacterial Infections. May Lower Blood Sugar. May Help Reduce Stress. Benefits of lemongrass tea Relieving anxiety. Many people find sipping hot tea to be relaxing, but lemongrass tea may offer further anxiety-reducing properties. Lowering cholesterol. Preventing infection. Boosting oral health. Relieving pain. Boosting red blood cell levels. Relieving bloating.
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 - Feel Good Organics. Dandelion root is a rich source of vitamins A, B, C, and D, iron, potassium and zinc and has been known to stimulate the appetite and promote digestion. It has also been used to support liver health.

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Our Green Tea with Coconut and Ginger is an exotic combination of green teas, coconut, ginger, vanilla and lemongrass, creating a delicious and distinctive tea.
Health benefits of green tea. Contains healthy bioactive compounds. May improve brain function. Increases fat burning. Antioxidants may lower the risk of some cancers. .May protect the brain from aging. May reduce bad breath. May help prevent type 2 diabetes. May help prevent cardiovascular disease.
The bountiful health benefits of coconut include rehydration (it's packed with electrolytes) and obesity prevention thanks to properties that speed up metabolism. Ginger Tea Benefits: Relieves nausea. Improve stomach performance. Reduce inflammation. Fight respiratory problems. Improve blood circulation. Relieve menstrual discomfort. Strengthen immunity. Relieve stress. People take vanilla to treat intestinal gas and fever. They also use it to increase sexual desire (as an aphrodisiac). In foods and beverages, vanilla is a well-known flavoring, but it is also added to foods to reduce the amount of sugar needed for sweetening. Some people add vanilla to food to help stop tooth decay. Benefits of lemongrass tea Relieving anxiety. Many people find sipping hot tea to be relaxing, but lemongrass tea may offer further anxiety-reducing properties. Lowering cholesterol. Preventing infection. Boosting oral health. Relieving pain. Boosting red blood cell levels. Relieving bloating.
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This pleasant-tasting herbal blend supports a healthy immune system response. Taste of sweet and earthy with a refreshing hint of mint. The herbal power is soothing; supports throat health and the respiratory system.

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Throat Coat tea provides a protective coating on the membranes that line the throat. Throat Coat tea contains herbs with demulcent action, and in a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study it was shown to provide rapid, temporary relief of sore throat pain.
Throat Coat® Lemon Echinacea
  • Herbal Power. Supports throat health and boosts the immune system.*
  • Taste. Sweet, silky, and lemony.
  • Plant Story


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Chamomile, Lavender tea has been used for centuries to promote relaxation and treat conditions such as anxiety, insomnia, stress and depression. ... When combined with chamomile, this tea provides the ultimate support for your digestive system, helping to relieve symptoms of bloating, indigestion, and nausea.

T.E.A with Dee- Time, Energy & Attention Worth Sharing!!!

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Until we sip again!!!

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4/21/2020 0 Comments

Back In The Game!

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I needed to tap into the essence of this pic!!!

Deepassionate1 Speaks

Today I woke up with a left side headache that was so intense. One cup of chamomile tea wasn't enough to calm the raging sea in my head. An added nap did nothing to stop the attack that was happening in my mind. When you got nothing, but time you can't help but overthink every moment of your life. I wanted to crawl inside of myself, comforting every part of me that was craving some TLC. Now it is 11:58pm and I am back to work. Praying, planning and preparing to get back in the groove so that I will be ready to move as soon as Covid19 is over!!!
Questions of the day
​How do you calm your highs and up your lows during this time? How do you stay in game mode while you are stuck inside your home? 


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My Poem of the Day (It is poetry month:)))

I'm getting back in the game...
I don't know about you, but I am Zooming ahead
To Duo or not to Duo?
Is the essential question of the day.
Why don't you come with me to the Hangout spot
We could Google around while benefitting  from some Facetime
​Because texting  and messenger are no longer enough. DP1 

Quotes for the day

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4/20/2020 2 Comments

Our Fresh Start!!!

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                                   The Truth About Our Love

Deepassionate1 Speaks

Last weekend I had a breakdown moment, let's blame it on the Corona Virus, but give honor and glory to God for turning my breakdown moment into a breakthrough moment for my marriage. For those of you who know me, you know that I got married at the age of 20 and I am still married today. Am I still in love with my husband? YES!!! Do I have moments when I get frustrated with my marriage and my husband? YESSSSSSSSS! So what do I do in those moments? Moments??? Yes, I've had many moments during my almost 21 years of marriage. When I am in my moments, I cry, write, talk to my sisters, pray, cry some more and write my husband long text messages pouring out my feelings. During my last texting rant, my husband responded in such a way that I felt liberated and renewed in the moment. He said two words that shut everything else down. "FRESH START" How could I keep ranting? (Even though I did for a few more messages:) I was being offered a fresh start by the man who I loved and made a vow to till death do us part.  I took it and didn't look back.

SO WHAT DOES A FRESH START LOOK LIKE FOR US?

It started with us doing a few things.

1. We took the the personality test on http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp. This test provided very insightful information about our personalities. My husband and I are both introverts, surprising I know, most people think I am an Extrovert, but I have many moments when I just withdraw from the world and if I am not intentional about coming back out, I can stay there longer than I should. This test also gave us a lens to look through because we both are comfortable being in our own zone, we have to be intentional about setting time aside daily for us. Before Covid19 we didn't acknowledge the effects of this on our marriage, but being home we started to see a pattern that needed to be modified. We could not deny our feelings or actions anymore.

2. Being Intentional about our love   One intentional act is requested or suggested from each other daily. 
My intentional act for today was to oil and brush Q's beard with my mix of essential oils.
His intentional act was a writing session with me:))) (I will share our session down below.)

3. Staying in the present moment  Philippians 3:13
"No, dear brother and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on one thing, forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead."
I made a new vow to my husband and that is to stay in the present moment, not looking back, while trusting God that each day given would be better than the day that was left behind. Will this be a perfect process? Heck no, but with God in it, it will not fail! 
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Our Session

April 20, 20
4:33pm
Harlem/ Bedroom
Energized

Our Tap In: What comes to your heart and your mind when you think about "Our Marriage"?

After jotting our list for a minute, Q made a wonderful suggestion. We decided to put our list side by side so we could see our thoughts together.  

Q's List                                     Dee's List
Love                                           God
Patience                                  Frustrating
Commitment                        Love
Energy                                     Been together forever
Timing                                      Needs work
Effort                                         My husband
In tune                                     Being a wife
Understanding                    Takes two
Consistent                             Willing to try
                                                   
Pray for our love
                                                    Our kids 


After discussing our list we accepted the challenge to use all of our words from our tap in in a piece about our marriage. We chose our style and wrote. Q picked a poem and I did a free write. Both entries are below. I also included a pic of Q's notebook. It was created in 2018 as a dialogue journal for us, but we never really used it. Last night I saw that Q picked it up and started to write in it. I was excited to see him  in a place that I run too so often lol. Who knows, maybe he will publish a book one day too. 


Q's Poem

I believe that love makes sense
I also believe that love takes patience
We have to work hard
Both you and me
Positive effort with positive energy
We definitely have to set out timing soon
Stay consistent to be more in tune
We have to set our goals and keep our commitment
Our love for each other can be strong even in a lot of ways we are different
We will have to work hard with a lot of planning, honest conversation, communication and understanding. 

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My Free Write:)
Q said we have to put a time limit on my writing for next session:)))

When it comes to marriage I used to think that it took two, but it takes two plus one. Our plus one has to be God. Being a wife can be frustrating sometimes, especially when you have a picture in your mind that was painted on your canvas with your selected colors and type of paint. Love can't only be painted with acrylic paint, sometimes some oil paint and water colors need to enter into the mix. Like prayer, it is needed. When you've been together forever like we have it is easy to accept the phrase, "He knows that I love him" or "She knows that I love her" without thinking about the things that you use to show not tell. My husband and I had a breakthrough moment this weekend. We both agreed  that our marriage needs work and we have to do it for us not our kids. Even though we pray for our love, we have to be willing to try.  We have to put in the work. My honey offered me a fresh start for our marriage and a recommitment of our love. It starts with an intentional act each day and a commitment to staying in the moment. We have a long journey ahead, but we are in this love thing till death do us part learning how to love each other even more along the way. 
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4/15/2020 1 Comment

Got Plans?

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Deepassionate1 Speaks 

My dad texted me this pic earlier and it sparked my desire to write today's post. 
 
First and foremost let me say that I acknowledge that this pandemic has devastated the lives of many people, both far and close to home. People have lost their loved ones due to Covid19 and are struggling to push through the grieving process, Yes, grieving has a 5 step process and according to the last episode of Dear White People, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Swiss-American psychiatrist and pioneer in near-death studies got it right. The 5 stages of grieving are 1. Denial 2. Anger 3. Bargaining 4. Depression & 5. Acceptance
"The five stages, denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance are a part of the framework that makes up our learning to live with the one we lost. They are tools to help us frame and identify what we may be feeling. But they are not stops on some linear timeline in grief. Not everyone goes through all of them or in a prescribed order. Our hope is that with these stages comes the knowledge of grief ‘s terrain, making us better equipped to cope with life and loss. At times, people in grief will often report more stages. Just remember your grief is as unique as you are."

Our uniqueness belongs to each of us along with how we process through each stage /season of our life. No one wants to die and no one wants to lose a loved one either. However, the truth of the matter is that death will call each of us by our names one day, and every day above ground is a day worth living!!! So please friends and loved ones, if you have suffered a loss due to this virus take the time that is needed to grieve, but then take the time to live the heck out of life. Remember each day God opens our eyes is truly a gift that should be celebrated.
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Love y'all.
​Dee

​The rest of my text is below:)))
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Even a seed has to die in order for something to grow!!!

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Questions of the day

What do you want to grow out of the pain in your life?
How can you celebrate the people you've lost?
What can you do today to celebrate yourself?

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4/11/2020 1 Comment

A Time to Write...

Song: You say by Lauren Daigle *I don't own the rights to this song...
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A page from my Writer's Notebook

DATE: SAT, APRIL 11, 2020
TIME: 12:51 PM
LOCATION: HARLEM/BEDROOM
FEELING(S): BLESSED & THANKFUL
BRINGING TO THE TABLE: DETERMINATION
SONG IN MY HEAD: IS THIS THE END? - NEW EDITION

Dear Abba,
I've been putting off this journey for several days now. When I think about my why, I have to be honest. I'm not sad that another notebook/journey has ended, I know there is a time for everything....
Scripture of the day:)
There is a time for everything,

    and a season for every activity under the heavens:
    a time to be born and a time to die,
    a time to plant and a time to uproot,
    a time to kill and a time to heal,
    a time to tear down and a time to build,
    a time to weep and a time to laugh,
    a time to mourn and a time to dance,
    a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
    a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
    a time to search and a time to give up,
    a time to keep and a time to throw away,
    a time to tear and a time to mend,
    a time to be silent and a time to speak,
    a time to love and a time to hate,
    a time for war and a time for peace.
   "a time to think and a time to write"- DP1


It is the uncertainty of the next journey that pains me. I know that the only way I can take the necessary steps is to execute by faith. This journey is truly calling for TRUST, trusting that your will for my life and the lives of my loved ones is a perfect will. One that was crafted before we entered our mother's womb. Abba I would be lying if I said that I wasn't afraid, but I am committed to doing it afraid. Help me not to be anxious, but to become more prayerful about the details of my life. Help me to be consistent and intentional with my time energy and attention. Help me to monitor my thoughts closely, replacing my negative ones quickly with positive ones. Help me to cope with myself, learning and implementing new self- care activities that will help me to evolve into a better version of myself.
                                                                                                                                                                                                   -Dee

Passion Filled Writer & Writer's Notebook Spotlight

Shadea is a former student of mine who I love and adore.
She is a passion-filled writer and poet & I am so thankful that she is joining me on my newest writing journey. 
​ You can follow her @Officially.she on IG. 
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