About Intimately Divine
Intimately Divine L.L.C. is a spiritually inclined self-care luxury brand where self-care and spirituality meet to help you thrive – mind, body and spirit.
Intimately Divine was a seed planted in me when I was in the deepest anxiety-depression of my life. I had my days of crying for no reason and mood swings that changed direction like the wind. I didn’t care about my appearance and I often had many thoughts of ending it all. I was my own worst enemy and nothing that anyone said to me could help me get out of that sunken place. Sure, I have family that loves me, but no one could understand me to help me. I figured I needed to be in a mental facility after I sat behind the wheel of my car and heavily considered driving into traffic. I thought “Maybe I need medication, a therapist or a psychiatrist”.
The truth is I didn’t know what I needed, but I was desperate to find the answer. After trying it all, I knew I was well enough not to need a psychiatrist prescribing me unnecessary medication. Don’t get me wrong, people should seek the help they need and sometimes people require medication to balance themselves out, but that wasn’t the answer for me. Nor a mental health facility that wanted to charge me an arm and leg just to participate in group therapy, and feel humiliated in front of strangers. Even if I had the money I still would’ve thought twice, because it was very costly and I didn’t have the mental capacity to hear someone else’s bullshit when I was dealing with my own darkness.
The entire time I was looking for an external source to help me, but didn’t realize how my energy (inner G – Inner God – Intuition) was guiding me all along. I just had to learn how to hear it more clearly. I later started asking myself “how can I get out of this funk?” I wasn’t happy with myself and I knew I had to make a change quick or I would slowly fade away with many regrets. I started to come across people like Shanel Cooper-Sykes and Iyanla Vanzant who helped me to put a mirror on myself and reflect on all of my pain, disappointment, shame, guilt, self-doubt, negative self-talk and feelings of unworthiness.
The more curious I became about nurturing my well-being, the more I gravitated towards uplifting exercises and activities like – meditation walks, speaking positive affirmations with positive self-talk, mirror work, doing my hair and nails even if I was had nowhere to go – just to name a few. I also kept a journal as a way to release negative thoughts and feelings, and to have a better understanding of self. This is when I learned about shadow work. I kept exploring the labyrinth of self-discovery. It became quite therapeutic and transformative. I had the opportunity to dig as deep as I needed to and uproot all the ugliness that comes with true healing and no one was there to judge me for it.
Additionally, I incorporated aromatherapy – like incense, candles, essential oil blends, etc. in my day to day activities to aid my mental wellness journey as it the olfactory system sends a signal to the brain which impacts the area of the amygdala. I became very intentional with myself in these ways of healing, which led to the birth of Intimately Divine (I.D. – Identity).
I eventually sought out more help and spoke with a therapist. At this time I felt brave enough to talk it all out with someone other than myself. I had a great experience and it’s definitely something I will continue to do from time to time. For me, it was like taking a wide-tooth comb and working out the kinks after the process of a shampoo, deep conditioner and a hot oil treatment. Now I just make sure I give myself a good trim between regular maintenance to keep things healthy.
Since having these tools in my arsenal and activtely implementing them with intentionality on a regular basis I have overcome 10 long years of anxiety-depression. I have alchemized all that hurt into purpose. Now with Intimately Divine, I look to help others, help themselves do the work too with these same tools and more.
