We were lucky to catch up with Brittania Jones recently and have shared our conversation below.
Brittania , we can’t begin to explain how much we appreciate you sharing about your PPD experience, but we can say that so many in our community are suffering from or have suffered from postpartum issues including postpartum depression and so you sharing your story and how you overcame it might help someone who is going through it right now or in the future. What can you share with us about how you overcame PPD? For readers, please note this is not medical advice, we are not doctors, you should always consult professionals for advice and that this is merely one person sharing their story and experience.
PPD is something no one ever really talks out loud about. I didn’t have a lot of knowledge about it until it was happening. Good thing is I had a lot of friends who had a baby around the same time as I did and was able to chat in my friend group about it as well as the internet. Overcoming PPD if I could paint a picture, is like driving through a tornado. Not being about to see a way out, dark clouds all around you, fear, stuff breaking and flying in the air for months. Then all of a sudden you see a rainbow and everything gets better. During those dark times it took a lot of prayer, self-care, being around family and lots of inner work within self. My whole life changed drastically, from touring around the world to now being a mommy back in my home town with family, which is now rewarding. I had to practice my faith the most I ever had in my life. Thank God for my mother for being there for me during those times and showing me how to be an amazing first time mother to my daughter.
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?
Hello everyone! My name is Brittania Jones and I’m a full time mother, choreographer and author. I’ve been a professional dancer for over 10 years dancing around the world with different main stream artist as well as appearing on TV shows, awards shows etc. Once having my daughter in 2021 I was able to take a break to focus on motherhood and transition into a full time mother. Being a mother has helped me mature and grow in so many different ways I never knew I was capable of. Motherhood doesn’t have instructions but as soon as you have a child those mother instincts kick in immediately. It’s so fun to have a mini bestfriend to teach and guide through life. I have also been able to balance my career and motherhood with the help of my family. I’ve worked with Tyler Perry at Tyler Perry Studios and choreographed my first tour and festivals with two main stream artist. The most exciting thing about getting back to work after having a child is my daughter being able to travel with me and getting to see me in my element first hand. I’ve also been able to publish my own 30 Day Journal named “Focus” and a coloring book “Learn N’ Color”, for my daughter, which both you are able to purchase on Amazon.
If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
Prayer, faith, and ambition I would say has been the most impactful things I needed in my journey. First without having any knowledge of these things I would not be where I am today. For me anything I’ve accomplished in my life I’ve prayed for it and had faith as if it was done already. And of course faith without works is dead. So having that ambition to do what you need to do to elevate and grow in the season that you are in to attract what you are asking for. Working towards that thing that you are asking for will always feel better when you know you truly prayed and worked for it. It feels more deserving. What advice I would give to anyone early in their journey is to make the goal plain. Write it down, believe it and work for it.
What is the hardest thing you’re going through?
The current challenge I’m facing is the full transition into who I am outside of motherhood. I’m not the woman I use to be before having a child. I don’t talk the same, look the same, think the same or even want the same things as I did before. I still question who I am and what I want to do at this stage in my life. Before I only had myself to think about but now I have to think about a legacy to leave behind outside of what I’ve done already. I take it day by day and have the faith that I will be led into my next level with ease.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: b_jones6
- Facebook: Brittania Jones
