The Business Woman: Sonja Keeve

 

My BQ Royal Business Magazine staff had the pleasure of interviewing another business woman for our feature. Ms. Sonja Keeve is founder of Walk in Love 2 Creations, established in September of 2017, specializing in unisex clothing apparel for Men, Women, and Children. 

The idea behind walk in Love 2 is to inspire others from the scripture Ephesians 5:2. Ms. Keeve stated simple cats of kindness spread love and trump hate!

Ms. Keeve has many talents; she will be apart of the book Anthology: WOMEN INSPIRING NATIONS, released this month. 

"I say if you are in a season where you find challenges that press you to give up, I say ask yourself why did you decide to go into business in the first place.  Your “Why” will gives you a filter to make choices that will help you find greater fulfillment in all you do!"

Sonja shared with us how she stepped out, and continues to walk out, in faith, to do business and help others. I have had the pleasure of hearing her story to tell and be apart of this journey she is on; she is the epitome of a faith based woman working hard in her assignment. 

In the BQ Royal Business Magazine, when we asked Ms. Keeve about creating a building without a ceiling, thus crushing the "breaking the glass ceiling" ideology for women she stated: 

"We have been programmed in the past with the idea that you have not “arrived” in your industry until you break that glass ceiling. But, I believe that is the old way of thinking, because more and more women are finding success in venturing out with their own businesses where they can showcase their unique gifts and talents..."

See the full story in the BQ Royal Business Magazine January edition subscribe today! 

Thank you! 

Dana Williamson

Smart, Saved, and Sexy 2: Loving YOU

When I first established the Smart, Saved and Sexy initiative, it was because of the need I had in my life. It was to establish a connection with other women who love themselves, who bury body shaming and excel. 

This year, I'm taking the initiative to another level. I'm reaching out to the women who are still struggling with their identity and wondering what they should about it and who will support them in it.

I'm here to tell the women I understand what the problem is and I know where their emotions lay in their lives, and HOW MESSED UP THAT REALLY IS.

I am here to tell the women they are not alone and we must do something. Actions speak louder than words.

With that:

LOVING YOU

It's time to be naked and unafraid. It is time to tell yourself no matter where you've been you can succeed. It isn't just about business, but your sister (blood or not) who watches your every move in secret, but covers you in prayer.

Loving you isn't just accepting your flaws and telling others you are accepting your flaws, but it's saying, DESPITE MY FLAWS, I can do this. 

For years, MY ENTIRE LIFE before 2015, I thought I was this fat woman. Now, that I am a fat woman and I look back over my photos, I was smaller, just as cute, but smaller. I wasn't really skinny but generally smaller than I am now. My concern, with all of the other women I'm connected with, is what exactly do we see in the mirror? Our own reflection or the reflection of the voices of the people?

This next year, with Smart Saved and Sexy Naked and Unafraid will help shut the mouths of the people and allow the man in the mirror to speak.

I can't do it alone.
I need you.
SSS: Naked and Unafraid:
1. Meetings
2. Speaking events
3. etc

If you are a woman and need help to be NAKED AND UNAFRAID, contact me.
Smart, Saved and Sexy is more than just conversation.

I want to support you, help you, move you, and bring you to the podium to help someone else.

I was Her....Olivia Pope

How did I get here with this title? I made a discovery in the past 30 days for which I may need counseling for but, nonetheless, a discovery. I realized I was Olivia Pope; the fixer, the caregiver, the saver, the....WOMAN.

Being a woman is a given; but some women find themselves weak. Olivia, gets weak, and then REVERTS BACK TO BEING STRONG. Where does that strength come from? It comes from being the fixer, the caregiver, the saver; it comes from being the best at the best of what we do and not what we're not.

I was her; Olivia Pope. I AM HER. 

No, not in seasons, of course; but seasoned. Being seasoned is experience. I am HER. I am the one who MOVES MOUNTAINS for people and then I have MORE EXPERIENCES because of my mountain-moving abilities.

I am her; I don't even regret being her.  Why? Our lives are wrapped around what other people say about us, even think about us, and we should have no regrets about what we've learned. Our lives have knowledge and wisdom wrapped into them NO MATTER HOW GOOD OR BAD they have been.

HERE'S YOUR MESSAGE:
Never have regrets. Never ever have regrets, because you can't learn if you have regrets. You can't see God in your life if you have regrets. If you are offered another day, another morning, you don't have time for regrets. You have time for lessons. You have time for experiences. You have time for LIFE, HEALTH, and STRENGTH.

You are a GLADIATOR (Olivia's team). A gladiator is a person who engages in a fight or controversy. Don't turn away from controversy or fight.

"My white hat is bigger than your hat."

Olivia knows what she is worth, and she refuses to accept anything lower.

Why are you SO Important?

It's a question that rises in the minds of those who see you speak, write, and never cry. It is in the minds of those whose feet are to small to walk in your shoes. It is the question they whisper behind your back for fear you may CUT THEM WITH YOUR WORDS, in their faces.

WHY ARE YOU SO IMPORTANT? 

Because YOU ARE. 

Your goal is to work towards the results God showed you in visions and dreams; to unlocok the door of the mansion the Lord gave you after being in public housing for so many years.Your goal everyday is to accomplish SOMETHING in order to NEVER QUIT. Yet, the only questions you're hearing in the hallways, from the closet conversations and mystrey texts is:

WHY ARE YOU SO IMPORTANT? 

Tell them becase you are
Esther: stolen from your home in the middle of the night to become queen
Ruth: husband died, didn't return home, and you converted to Christianity.
Mary: carrying destiny

You are the woman no one understands and wants to understand. Let's just talk about her and watch her fail they say. Let's get together, without her, and just GOSSIP.

That is where you will find you are so important. You are in the middle of the conversations you're not even invited to, because they know you have an answer for why you are WHERE YOU ARE, AND WHY YOU DO WHAT YOU DO.

Why are you so important?

SIMPLE: GOD CHOSE YOU

Dana Williamson

www.baddanamarie.com 

I'm not TOUGH as NAILS

I'm not.

I don't feel tough.




I feel squishy.

Kind of out of shape.

Speak what I think.

But I'm not TOUGH AS NAILS.

I am DANA WILLIAMSON. Just me. Just life. Just ministry. 

But I'm not TOUGH AS NAILS.










Can we answer what is TOUGH AS NAILS anyway:

(as) tough as nails. also (as) hard as nails. strong and very determined: She is a warm and friendly person, but she is also as tough as nails at work. (Definition of “(as) tough as nails” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

I can't even imagine why someone would say I'm tough as nails when my transparency is real and I am weak. Not weak in the sense I can't handle this but weak in the sense of HUMILITY. I am not tough as nails, but I am somebody. I am important to somebody. God didn't pull me out to put my in a rut. 

I'm tough, no, BUT Oh yes, IM STRONGER THAN YOU THINK. 

Nehemiah 8:10New King James Version (NKJV)

10 Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

Joshua 1:7New King James Version (NKJV)

7 Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.

I know the word. 

I don't curb the word. 

I don't lie about what I feel. 

I don't tell the devil everything. 

I AM DANA WILLIAMSON. 

I come from a family of entrepreneurs, ministry leaders, gun toters, criminals and B.A.D. WOMEN

Tough as Nails? No

Strong..Yes...I am somebody. 

You're not even invited to the table. 

“I am many things, stupid is not one of them.”

Olivia Pope, Scandal

They are a non-factor. Why are you worried? 

Ways to be B.A.D #31: Pray, Again

Here we are at the end; 31 points and days of BEING B.A.D. If you are Blessed, Anointed and Destined you deserve to have a focused set of points and affirmations to help you grow and go.

Ladies, we are not weaklings; we have been mentally victimized to believe we can't do what God ordained us before BIRTH TO DO. My concern at this point is to tell you what I told you int eh beginning and that is to PRAY. Thirty-one days ago we said pray and nothing has changed. God is the beginning and the end of a thing.

Don't forget him and don't leave him out of anything. You need him to direct your path and give you instructions on life and love. Prayer will keep you in close contact with the Father that knows your purpose. He wants you to expound on what He gave you.

Pray and Pray again!

Dana Neal
Coach
www.coachdana.biz
www.baduniversity.com

Ways to be B.A.D. #5: Know Whose You Are

Everyday you wake up is not by some strength of your own. You are God's child so HE WAKES YOU UP.

You didn't hear the alarm, because you still have your hearing; many times there are people who's alarms go off and they hear nothing. GOD ALLOWS YOU TO HEAR THE ALARM. So this day, now that you are up, realize whose you are, and take full advantage of being thankful for that.

There are times you think God has forgotten about you, but your B.A.D self is walking, talking, thinking, and on this side of life, so you are GOD'S CHILD. Throughout the day, the enemy may try to distract you, or move you to the left, but I"m here to tell you there is opportunity to stay on God's side!

When you take a moment to realize where you are, than you can allow yourself to see things in a different light. In the past few days, I have had to recognized that I have more in me than I did about a year ago; I have to face the challenges of everyday and do what is necessary for my next set of instructions.

I am B.A.D. and I am a child of God.

Whose are you?

Dana Neal
Coach and #bad

Ways to be B.A.D. #2: Fast

We're talking Biblical fasting; turning down your PLATE, to get closer to GOD. 

Ezra 8:21New King James Version Fasting and Prayer for Protection

21 Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from Him the right way for us and our little ones and all our possessions.

Ezra wanted to fast to get closer to God so that he could he the instructions on his life; the life of him and his family. He not only thought of his family but also his possessions. Why the possessions? WE aren't to keep all of our possessions if someone is in need; the poor among us. 

Read Isaiah 58 THOROUGHLY

When you turn down your plate and put your face before the Lord in prayer, you receive each and every instruction necessary for taking care of business and ministry. 

Fasting isn't hard.

• Start slow but give up a meal or two one day
• Drink clear liquids or water only
• Pray and read your Bible
• Tell no one you are fasting accept you husband
• If you are taking meds and must eat, choose to fast the way Daniel did in Daniel 1:

 11 So Daniel said to the steward[a] whom the chief of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, 12 “Please test your servants for ten days, and let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink. 13 Then let our appearance be examined before you, and the appearance of the young men who eat the portion of the king’s delicacies; and as you see fit, so deal with your servants.” 14 So he consented with them in this matter, and tested them ten days.

You want to be BLESSED, ANOINTED AND DESTINED. I'm not telling these ways are the only way, but fasting and praying are THE WAY. 

Dana Neal

Coach

Motivational Speaker

www.coachdana.biz

Ways to be B.A.D. #1 : Pray

You can't do anything in your life without God; this means you MUST PRAY. You have to start your day with prayer, and you must end with prayer. You have to connection with the Lord that is going to keep you covered with the Lord.

Breakthroughs happen when you realize God is in control; you can't do anything in your own strength. The pressing in your life is the prayer. The tears you cry in secret, God is seeing you.

Faith filled persons have a relationship with God. They desire so much of a connection that they know when they have missed talking to God. They know that if their day is bad they go back and think about it they prayed or not. Your First way to B.A.D. is praying! 

Dana Neal

Coach

Motivational Speaker

www.coachdana.biz 

31 Ways to be B.A.D.: Blessed Anointed and Destined

At some point you must be ready to know that you can make. You must face it and do all that is necessary for growth. You are on your way. You are BLESSED; God gave you a new day; a new year. You are anointed; God gave you a gift to share with the world. You are Destined; staying obedient will keep you blessed.

Over the next 31 days, you will see what it's like to work it out the best way you can. Are you ready?

Work it out! RIGHT NOW!

Dana Neal
Coach
Motivational Speaker
www.coachdana.biz