Choose to live your life with passion and purpose, and make decisions that allow you to be proud of how you walk through the world. See the beauty in others AND yourself. Make a commitment to celebrate that beauty everyday. I will be proud of the girl/woman I see in the mirror, and know that…
“Beauty is a way of being. Strength means showing up. Fierce self-love is our only choice. We scorch old stories and replace them with heart-soaked rituals, sweaty commitment, and intense gratitude. We live with intention and let love lead the way. It’s not what you’ve been eating, it’s not what you’ve been doing, it’s what…
I attended the Bliss Project with Lori Harder back in March and it forever changed my life. So below I share my 3 big take-a ways from my experience. #1: Setting Your Intentions A big take away that I have applied in my everyday life is setting my intentions. For ex: What do I want…
My name is Trey Talavera and I have never known the power of self-love and positivity greater than what I know it to be at this time of my life. This is my life story…. I was one of four children born to a strong-willed Christian mother and a man I called “father”. When people…
Before I started following BYOU on Instagram and even before having the following I have on Instagram, I never thought I was beautiful. You can’t blame me because I was bullied all throughout grade school because of the way “I looked” and the way I was because I was just too expressive and theatrical and…
“My arm is a spider web, my brain is a raging fire and anyone who wants to tell me I’m fine doesn’t know what’s going on in my mind.” That is what I wrote on November 13th 2016, not knowing that just 4 days later my friends and colleagues would be taking me to the…
Yet another tragedy taking place…another storm…another natural disaster. Darkness is overwhelming. Hate seems to be so prevalent. Brokenness is everywhere you look. While all of this may be true, there is still hope. There is always hope. In times like these, hope seems like a foreign concept. It just doesn’t seem applicable or possible with…
My pastor, John Nuzzo, always says that the next generation (AKA mine) is going to be the ones to change the world. And I 100% agree. Now, let me tell you about what my generation is going to do, what we will be willing to do! We will: Share the love of Jesus. Be warriors…
As you already know, the world is a very ignorant place. People assume that because you have God with you, you will not face opposition. The fact of the matter is BECAUSE you have God + the favor of God on your life, you are more susceptible to danger. Hence the title of this post,…
I love Love. I know when you hear that it sounds weird, but I have been saying that phrase since I was little. Why do I say it? Well, I love seeing people in relationships happy, parents excited to spend time with their children, pets truly taken care of by their owners, etc. Love can…