I was met with this infectious energy as soon as I logged on to a Zoom call with Turiya Lafoucade. Running around her apartment, phone in hand, as she tried to finish making her tea to accompany her for the interview. “I am not any...
On My Terms: How Two Strangers Inspired Destiny Villarreal to Plunge into Nomadic Living
posted by: aaliyahinspired
May 22, 2025
Isn’t it peculiar how one encounter with someone can radically change the trajectory of your life? With a word, a smile, their essence, or even the way they live their lives, somehow, someway, a stranger or someone in your life can have the power to...
On My Terms: How a Passion for Photography Became Leah Bardin’s Ticket Out of Mississippi
posted by: aaliyahinspired
May 14, 2025
Moving beyond one’s zipcode can be daunting. You’re signing up to leave everything you’ve ever known and hoping that you will be rewarded for taking a leap into the unknown. For Mississippi native, real estate closer, and photographer, Leah Bardin, moving beyond her zipcode was...
On My Terms: How Kyra Green Learned to Bet on Herself Against the Odds
posted by: aaliyahinspired
May 7, 2025
Why is betting on oneself so hard for many of us? It could be because it takes self-belief even when your environment may test that trust. Or it could be because it takes a willingness to take risks with the knowledge that, despite your best...
On My Terms: How Ceighlee Fennel’s Derailed Dream Turned into a Year-Long Travel Around the U.S.
posted by: aaliyahinspired
April 30, 2025
COVID-19 derailed many hopes, dreams, and plans as it spread globally, taking many lives in the process. For Ceighlee Fennel, her dreams of moving and working abroad as a freelance travel journalist was swept up in the chaos of the COVID years, leaving her with...
You Have the Power to Live Life On Your Terms — Here’s Where to Start
posted by: aaliyahinspired
April 25, 2025
I was fortunate in the fact that I was born and raised in a generation with information and opportunities at your fingertips. Contrary to my parents, who grew up before Google was a verb and carrying your phone everywhere was an unborn practice, I was...
What is Inspired Action, And How to Start Taking it?
posted by: aaliyahinspired
February 28, 2025
Last year, on my 2024 vision board, I pinned a cut out of a quote that read: “inspired action comes from the spirit, not from thinking, not from the ego.” This quote stood out to me among other options for that year because I found...
How Do You Know That You’re Living the Life You’re Meant to Live?
posted by: aaliyahinspired
January 13, 2025
It took me a while to realize the magnificent power in curiosity. When we were children, we didn’t question curiosity. It would appear and we would dutifully follow it. But, as we get older, many of us allow our curiosity to slowly dwindle and lay...
One-Way Ticket into a Life Beyond the Blueprint
posted by: aaliyahinspired
December 30, 2024
I remember my first day of kindergarten. I walked up to the heavily decorated door, hand-in-hand with my mom. She bent down, squeezed me tight, and said something along the lines of, “have a great day, love you.” Now, I don’t know how my mom...
I’ve always loved a good breakthrough story. A phoenix rising from the ashes type tale. A story of transformation and self-discovery. I know that this is an ironic statement because no human in their right mind would willingly ask for something in life to break...