Today we’d like to introduce you to Mia Beasley.
Hi Mia, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today?
As a little girl, I always wondered what type of life I would lead. Would I be a star, a singer, a dancer, etc? I always thought that if you were famous, you were important and if you weren’t you did something wrong with your life. Stars seemed happy on TV to me then. As I got older, I learned that I was important. I realized that my thoughts, feelings, and actions meant something.
At about the age of 13 years, is started realizing how my home was set up. I grew up in a single-parent household. A young girl without her daddy most of the time. That left me vulnerable to scary experiences.
I ended up being with a 16-year-old abuser. For me, it was confusing to be with someone who was “leading” me but also destroying me. My emotions were constantly being manipulated, and the environment of the “relationship” was so unsafe and very toxic. At some point, I was given the courage from God to leave that situation. Instead of drowning in my trauma, I instantly wanted to share my experience with other younger girls. I wanted to share this with fatherless daughters….The unseen and unheard…The abandoned daughters… The daughters that needed it like me.
I wanted them to know that their circumstances weren’t their fault and that they were worth it. But of course, I was 14 or 15 at the time so I didn’t think my words mattered as much. Now at 20 years old, I’m currently sharing positive messages throughout my Instagram on podcasts, and with my peers. I talk about mental health and my experiences as a woman. I now possess my certificate to life coach so when I have free time I can coach people on how to handle, respond to, and solve things in their life.
Lastly, I am working on my first book called “ Radical Honesty”. Radical Honesty is themed as a self-help book mainly targeting women that are young adults from ages 18-25. The message of the book is what I couldn’t say and understand at 15 to now which I understand and can say proudly. I hope to release it within the next 3 years.
I am proud of the life that I’m leading right now. I’m not sure what God has sent me here to do but it makes me feel great in my heart to aid my female peers when they need it. We want to be understood and heard. Hopefully, I can be the change someone needs.
We all face challenges, but looking back, would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
In this journey, it has not been the easiest because I have to be honest in my writing and discussing topics in my podcasts. That requires me to self-reflect about how I felt in moments and if I’m still affected. It’s a lot of things I didn’t realize I was still affected by.
I always provide tools, but I can’t expect how I handle things to work for everyone else, so I have to look at situations from different perspectives instead of just mine.
As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
I currently attend the University of Houston, this is my sophomore year! This year I’m spending g more of my time being involved in the city. I volunteered at Kids Meal Inc., and coming up, I’m volunteering at the Houston Humane Society.
I’m also in the Pageant for Miss Phi Beta Sigma the completion will take place in February so a lot of my time right now is in giving my time to my community and also showing up for myself in giving ways.
If we knew you growing up, how would we have described you?
Growing up, I was always into things, I was in plays, talent shows, and sports. I was pretty balanced. I loved video games that are what kept me grounded. Personality wise I was always kind. I was bigger than all of my peers I was tall at some point so I’m sure people expected me to be a bully but I wasn’t raised like that I wanted people to like me and I knew being mean wouldn’t do that. At the same time though, I did have some sort of boundaries. I could tolerate a little bit of bullying until I can’t… I would then stand my ground.
As I got to middle school, I’m not sure where that went. it came back when I got to college but somewhere in between getting to middle school and high school, I sort of lost the creative and outgoing side to me,
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