Today we’d like to introduce you to Jennifer Williams.
Hi Jennifer, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today?
As a child I always had a dairy/ journal, I think my parents gave me my first one around the age of 10. Even though I wrote in it daily it was often the escape from my reality. Home was amazing my parents gave my sister and I a nurturing loving atmosphere. However because I was unique in my outter appearance and on the chubby side growing up I learned quickly that hurt people hurt people. So my dairy was my Fantasy world growing up.
I learned the significance of my Value in some of my most challenging moments in my adulthood. Back in 2013 after going through a divorce and embracing being a single mom I began dating. Even though the dating scene was different I thought I was finding love again. That ended quickly after finding out I was expecting my second child. A time that was to be exciting quickly turn to drama. Three months into my pregnancy I fell into a depression, I didn’t think I would be able to cope with the fact I was going to be a single mother of two. My 90 year old grandmother at the time gifted me her journals from 1985-1987 as a baby shower gift. My grandma the matriarch of our family the strongest women in the world to me handed me a box of old journals the day of my baby shower, I laughed to myself thinking what am I going to do with these. I gave birth to a healthy baby and begin sinking deeper into depression. Over the years I continue journaling but often use the writing time to vent and complain about my situation.I would often think to myself I made this bed and I have to lay in it.Negativity and bitterness definitely consumed me. I went through this imitation stage of life, where I decided to put my big girl clothes on and do what I saw people around me doing at the time. The ones whom life seem to be treating them far despite circumstances they had been through. I Begin going to church, got a new job( a Good job too) and played the role of you get what you get. A part of me was proud of myself, but another part of me knew this still wasn’t it, and because of that little unbalance ,I still was unhappy with my present situation. 2018 my world was rock when I lost my job, it was like everything I had build for my children and I was now gone. I disconnected from the world. It was a space in time where I was at my Witt’s end. One day after forcing myself to get out of bed I went looking for a shirt and came across the box of journals my grandmother gave me. Something inside said read the journals. And let me just say reading the journals was the most life changing experience in life. Inside of my now 98 year old grandmother’s thoughts was mind blowing.To see her inner thoughts unfold as she maneuvered though this journey we called life I laughed ,I cried, I found strength. What I learned from her is ,no matter what went on she gave God thanks and the glory for each day. Over the course of reading her journals I began studying myself ,reading over my past journals and current ones I saw a pattern in myself that needed change. I had been learning the power of Gratitude and how life changing it was. So I began journaling about the things I was grateful for. Wow things began to change drastically for me once. I began dating a old classmate from high school. He would always call me BAE… That BAE thing definitely was a trigger for me. Cause I had been in many failing relationships and situationships where men call me BAE, I would get excited. Through journals I was learning I could take any situation and make it work for my good. I hated that nickname but enjoyed him nevertheless. He was different from other men I dated and was a breath of fresh air. One day while finally answering to BAE, I said if I’m BAE I’m Blessed Above Everything. Fast forward to the pandemic now married to that amazing guy and expecting a set of twins at the age of 39, I was journaling non stop because I realized the amazing power of writing things down especially things I was grateful for in life. I said to myself I’m going to publish a prompt journal that’s starts each day with gratitude. Today I’m GRATEFUL TO SHARE THIS STORY WITH YOU.
And the Lord answered me, and said: Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables: that he that readeth it may run over it.
Habakkuk 2:2
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
I think the biggest challenge I have when I come to my business and life is remembering the journey is the most important part. A lot of times, it get in my head, am I doing enough, are sales reaching its quota. Forgetting the true goal. Showing others their power and value. If I reach one person that is a success. Celebrate that Jenn.
Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
I am the QUEEN OF MOTIVATION, I specialize in educating others on The Value of knowing your value and or self-development. When I started my career, I was living in New York doing stand comedy, and I’ve been doing public speaking since I was younger. When I lost my job, my public speaking gigs paid the bills, and it was something I enjoyed. So the fact that I’m able to travel and speak life into others while meeting amazing people around the world has definitely been a dream come true. When you truly learn the Value of knowing your Value (my mission statement), it’s Life Changing even if the life you ultimately change is your own. This is what I’m most proud of.
What’s next?
The plans for That’s BAE are limitless, I see me on more platforms educating and showing the world the importance and significance in Gratitude and the power of journaling. I think what I look forward to the most is each day, the gifts it have in store for me, and my brand. Whether it be me battling my own thoughts, to the miraculous things I learn from others both good and bad. Those are my tools and stairs that will help me fulfill my true purpose in life.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://thatsbae.org/
- Instagram: Jennioanthony
- Facebook: Jennifer Anthony Williams
