Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Deja Redman. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Hi Deja , really happy you were able to join us today and we’re looking forward to sharing your story and insights with our readers. Let’s start with the heart of it all – purpose. How did you find your purpose?
My purpose found me. We have all been appointed with an evolution of seeds with definite purpose. Where you suffer the most or one could say where the challenge show up is the fertilizer for the garden that is always possible to till and harvest. The seeds for the soil come from your growing a healthy relationship with your innate abilities. There is beauty in contrast. Suffering gives birth to concern which allows the flower of purpose to emerge and how we alchemize our suffering with our innate abilities gives us the sacred data to discover the life long path to heal. In short I discovered my purpose when I intentional chose to heal.
Appreciate the insights and wisdom. Before we dig deeper and ask you about the skills that matter and more, maybe you can tell our readers about yourself?
With concern for more restorative care for the world. We show up with theraputic practice, ritual and life study curricula. Yes this share is from my lens as Co-Founder and restorative visionary of Replenish brands however replenish would not be possible without the lineage of kinfolk that have oxygenated our existence with us for 14 years. To be concerned is the realest meditation. To be concerned for more care is a meditation in motion that is the mantra to how I navigate the world. The big question is how do we evolve into this new world, honestly and with equanimity? I am really inspired about the shared collective purpose of learning to be human here on earth together in the age of information and technology. I am deeply curious about the relationship to self, family and community and out and into the world. How can we grow a connected and healthier relationship with the wholeness that is life? What practices curate deeper connection and accountable care? All of Life serves as my university and Replenish brands has developed a receptive care curricula that gives more availability for communities, organizations and corporations to create restorative care even in challenge.
What we have been in practice of since the beginning of our business is holding multi- dimensional space for well being for corporations to create innovative ways to keep people connected to the purpose of the work and connects purpose to productivity when work gatherings can be infused with restorative care. Corporations must infuse care into the brand at large. The data is suggesting that retention and productivity is getting harder to manage living in the age of technology and virtual reality. The world is becoming disconnected and we have created corporate wellness offerings that add value and immediate incentive for the whole person and the purpose of the company.
The wave of transforming the future for us is about the infusement of restorative care into the culture of life and work. Self awareness is an incredible practice and pathway to attuning cooperative care in the community. Replenish Well is our space of daily weekly and monthly care practices, our yoga carriage offers life study and community restoration, our conscious curated retail provides care on the go to create homeostasis in the mind body senses and space. To feel like you belong and that you are seen is a natural healing agent that can save lives. literally, In the age of technology isolation, loneliness and despair can creep into our daily life like carbon monoxide without an alarm because of the illusion of connection virtual reality generates. The virtual world of instant gratification and convoluted truths can destroy our reality. The livelihood of humanity has shifted at the base line, social and emotional nourishment and care are just as vital as water, we can only go without it for so long. Replenish brands is in creation of a pilot society that we are building from scratch. We are opening up to discovering our larger location so that we can be a community hub for self care, family care and community care. We have co-working spaces that integrate innovative ways to be on purpose and feel inspired. We are generating a space where care and connection is at the core and circulates throughout the eco system of our small version of how a society can function together in real time honoring the present moment of what is and caring our way through.
A livelihood comprises the capabilities, activities, and assets (material and social emotional resources) required for living well. A livelihood is sustainable when it can withstand the stress and shocks of changing circumstances. Welcome to the state of human-hood, a new paradigm to feel supported back to life again. We regenerate the soil of everyday life
We are a co-operative of humans cultivating a new society from scratch. The Livelihood will hold our 4 brands and other aligned business that offer alternative medicine practices and therapies.
There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?
Trust your inner knowing. Even if you don’t have a destination for your purpose pay attention closely to your natural innate abilities those attributes that you had when you were a kid. Use your whole life as a tool an instrument for your evolution be mindful not to lead with your trauma or suffering but instead get real honest and choose healing. On the healing journey the universal signs will be revealed to you as affirmation you are on the most aligned path that will lead you to your ‘Dharma’ your life purpose. We are taught to stray away from challenge and seek comfort however challenge is what sharpens our purpose when we can care are way through it with accountability and integrity to love and not fear. When you do not know what to do pause check in and wait for the full body yes or full body no. When you don’t know what to do be still, this will feel uncomfortable but is the catalyst of transformation. Life is an experience so to get stuck in self judgement will close off the light that trickles in to awaken you to your next best. Be the philosopher and scientist of your human existence simultaneously. Its in the abstract that we are truly able to reshape our inner world.
Okay, so before we go, is there anyone you’d like to shoutout for the role they’ve played in helping you develop the essential skills or overcome challenges along the way?
The lineage of black women before me, my family and everyday life people in real time.
Your purpose will have the recipe book for healing the self, family and the community if we are willing to do the work, listen with profound resilience and create with equanimity we learn and we teach. Knowing when to be the student and when to be the teacher. We all want to strive to be the “guru” and a guru knows at the end of the day that the dawn of a new day is upon us and it will shine new light in the places where there were shadows.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.replenishwith.us + www.thelivelihood.co
- Instagram: bereplenish and the yoga carriage
- Other: Thelivelihood.co
Image Credits
Abby Kamagate
