Meet Rasheedah Shahid

Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Rasheedah Shahid . We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Hi Rasheedah , we’re so appreciative of you taking the time to share your nuggets of wisdom with our community. One of the topics we think is most important for folks looking to level up their lives is building up their self-confidence and self-esteem. Can you share how you developed your confidence?

The reality is confidence and self esteem are both plants that are fully dependant on your soft skills. Affirmations in the mirror are only a small percent of what builds and establish these traits, it’s the moments when everything is going wrong, how do you problem solve. Or when conflict arises do you fluster with anger or remain calm to be able to see what the moment is teaching you. It’s through living and daily experiences with yourself, relationships, interactions and business you are able to learn about yourself and show up in ways that’s beyond how you look. I’ve built the most character in my dark times or solitude then when returning to the “real world” to test my theories I am able to see what I have learned and what thing I can return to the score board on. Continuing to learn even when it hurts, becomes annoying or just stressful, the lesson of it all is the reward. It’s like a child challenging themselves to be quite and behave during class even though the child would much rather play and enjoy time with friends, though it causes temporary distress to the current wants at the end of the day the child is rewarded with a treat… Accomplishing difficult task over and over builds great trust and confidence in once performance and overall self which reflects in all areas of your life.

Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?

SpiritualGJewels is the combination of my love for beauty, the arts, ancestral traditions, being of service and holistic healing to assist with the spiritual journey of those who are reclaiming their power and taking back control of their own bodies. I feel what gets my clients as well as myself so excited is that the brand has so many branches such as the beauty branch connecting the dots of beauty, self love and care and how to amplify your own energy by adapting physical forms of self care that make you feel good and look good which allows you to glow brighter. Or the spiritual branch that teaches and reawakens the ancestral history of spiritual readings based from Yoruba culture of cowry shells, tarot or oracle and aura readings. And that’s just to name a few! As of Sunday, July 7th 2024 we are celebrating 8 years of business. It was 8 years ago, I began crafting pendants and doing tarot readings for my friends. Now here we are known for our infamous Goddess Waist Beads made with African, Glass and Crystal beading by custom exclusively for your spiritual needs.

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?

Consistency, we hear this a lot but just as you choose, it’s a choice to wake up and show up for yourself daily you must have that same energy for your business. This is now your baby. Some days you’ll have more energy for your baby than others but everything you lend that baby love and water it! Optimism, you must believe in yourself and what you see. So many people are going to question and doubt you along the way and your vision must be so clear that’s the outside noise is just that, noise. Lastly, be organized and start early. I jumped into business on pure passion I had no idea what I was doing I just knew I loved to craft and I loved to serve, and that is a beautiful thing! Yet, if I would have started the logistics side such as business banking or website sooner what knows how much stress I’d save, But also, I’m right where I needed to be and somebody like me needed to take the long route so regardless show yourself grace!

What do you do when you feel overwhelmed? Any advice or strategies?

Take a step back. Yes. Living in our bust society it’s as if you should always be doing something or you’re a failure. This is far from the truth. Would you rather take time off, tend to yourself and your needs, mental health and all and return fully alive and ready with new ideas or push, push, push until absolute burn out and end up having to take double time off because your mind, body and spirit have nothing left to give… Exactly!

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