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Life After Divorce: You Repeat What You Don’t Repair About the Life After Series If you’re new here, Life After is a blog series featuring 15 women, 15 battles, and one powerful truth: there is life after . Through heartbreak, healing, and hard-won hope, Coach Jaleesa’s Happy Wife Happy Life is honored to help share their stories with the world. Foreword by Coach Jaleesa What happens when your world breaks open—but instead of falling apart, you fall into purpose? This blog is not just a testimony. It’s a masterclass in healing, honesty, and taking full ownership of your story. Within these paragraphs, you won’t find bitterness—you’ll find boldness. You won’t see blame—you’ll witness breakthrough. For every woman trying to keep it all together while quietly falling apart… for every perfectionist pretending not to be in pain… and for anyone who’s ever grieved a love they thought would last forever—this is for you. Sometimes God doesn’t give us the life we imagined because He’s pr...

Life After Prison: From Court Dates to Kitchen Plates By: April Nicole About the Life After Series If you’re new here, Life After is a blog series featuring 15 women, 15 battles, and one powerful truth: there is life after . Through heartbreak, healing, and hard-won hope, Coach Jaleesa’s Happy Wife Happy Life is honored to help share their stories with the world. Foreword by Coach Jaleesa I met April after her prison sentence while we were working at McDonald’s, and I would’ve never guessed the journey she had been on. She was and still is focused, kind, funny, and full of potential. When she shared her testimony with me, I was in awe—not just because of what she had been through, but because of how powerfully God had transformed her life. April is living proof that redemption is real. She’s not just surviving—she’s thriving, leading, and inspiring. Watching her grow from fast food manager to ministry-minded visionary and chef has been nothing short of amazing. Her story w...

  I believe the saying goes, “life be lifing”—If you’re not familiar with that phrase, perhaps you’ve heard of their first cousins named, “Truth is I’m Tied (tired), “Somebody send help”, or my all-time favorite, “If it’s not one thing, it’s another”. Whichever phrase you resonate with the most, one thing remains true, sometimes life doesn’t go as planned and you find yourself standing at the crossroads of life singing Deborah Cox—“how  DID  you get here?”.  Well that was me a couple of weeks ago, standing in the mirror trying to figure out who I was outside of motherhood and marriage.  Trying to remember the last time I did something that was SOLELY for me.  You see, prior to 2018, I had a life that didn’t involve wiping noses, changing diapers, and school pick ups. It was a life of speaking at conferences, writing blogs, and facilitating Vision Board parties.  Now don’t get me wrong, I LOVE being a mother and wife but I hate that I let myself go in t...

Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep If I should die before I wake I pray the Lord my soul to take AMEN Anyone else used to say this before bed growing up? It hits a little different as an adult. It makes you think, if the Lord did indeed take me in my sleep then what?   We don't like to talk about it...it makes us really uncomfortable but the truth of the matter is, we will all die. The bigger question is what are you leaving your loved ones with? 1) beautiful memories, a great legacy, and money to cover your final costs or 2) a headache  2020 was rough and her first cousin 2021 came in a little hot too. Blow after blow after blow, attending more funerals in the last 2 years, than my 29 prior years combined.  Some of you may be thinking, "ok I'm sorry for your losses but what does that have to do with me?" I'm so glad you asked! Out of the 7 deaths that I am referencing only 1 was expected (old age). So I want you to take a deep breath and s...

  *I wrote what I felt, as the words were coming. I will not edit or polish this blog at all. Excuse any grammatical errors. Thank you for taking this journey with me* **TRIGGER WARNING: This blog is about miscarriage and contains vivid imagery** As a life coach, especially being one who specializes in organization, I think it’s safe to say I have a handle on putting things in their rightful places. However, that’s part of the problem, unlike things, emotions have to be dealt with and should not be placed on a shelf, left to collect dust. I have tried my hardest not to deal with my miscarriage, oftentimes giving myself the “it’s so many other things going on” speech, but the truth is, my slip is showing and the thing that I’m trying to push to the back of my mind keeps showing up, uninvited. The Reveal I had no idea I was pregnant. It’s almost scary how identical Alisa and Baby B’s stories are. With Alisa, “something” told me to take a test, I had no symptoms whatsoever...and the s...

**TRIGGER WARNING: THIS BLOG IS ABOUT DEATH AND THE CORONA VIRUS** This blog is part 3 of a series. The first installment entitled, “When Morning (Mourning) Comes: The Call" can be found by  clicking this link:  https://coachjaleesa. blogspot.com/2020/05/when- morning-mourning-comes-call. html The Second Installment entitled, “When Morning (Mourning) Comes: The Preparation" can be found by clicking this  link:  https://coachjaleesa. blogspot.com/2020/05/when- morning-mourning-comes- preparation.html The Preparation I had spent every moment from the time I found out about dad’s transition until that very moment, being busy. I was busy trying  to book the flight, busy writing the obituary, busy packing, busy planning, but now I had to sit still, with my thoughts The next day was the viewing and my only goal for that day was to embrace the reality that daddy was gone. The Viewing My sibli...