The actress, mother and beloved twin describes how the end of her marriage forced her to be alone for the first time—and sparked an appreciation for her own company.
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00:00I'm a hustler.
00:01Oh, God, I have to repeat this?
00:07These are so deep.
00:09Hey, guys.
00:10What's up?
00:11I'm Tia Mori, and this is my Essence Magazine shoot.
00:19One thing that I am most proud about this year would definitely have to be my growth.
00:26I feel like I've grown a lot.
00:28I've evolved.
00:29I feel like I'm in this authentic, true, honest era of my life, and I'm just having,
00:37you know, a lot of fun.
00:39If this phase of my life was a song, it would be Who Runs the World, girls.
00:47Who Runs the World, girls, by Beyonce.
00:50I absolutely love Beyonce.
00:52She's just, she's amazing.
00:57Three words that would describe my current self.
01:03Evolved, fun, and authentic.
01:07The affirmation that I would love to tell myself in the mirror would be stay curious,
01:12stay unattached, and stay present.
01:15Go-to self-care tip, I'm gonna say meditation.
01:19It's just been so wonderful for me.
01:21It's like mind-blowing.
01:24My next big goal, or dream, to just continue to evolve and grow and reach my potential
01:33when it comes to being, you know, a good, decent human being, and also love.
01:40I'm just a huge believer in you really only get one shot at life.
01:48Take this opportunity and this time to do whatever it is that you want to do.
01:54I'm a go-getter, and I think it really takes you believing in yourself, and not waiting
02:00on anybody else to believe in you.
02:02So it starts with you first, and just going for it, you know, and not looking back.
02:12When you learn how to spend time with oneself, and really get to know oneself, and love oneself,
02:24you are able to have better connections with others.
02:28I've found that in my time of self-discovery and solitude, I've been able to even become
02:39more present with the people that I love.
02:42Whatever decisions that I've been making, and just how I've been moving through the
02:49world right now, I've just been very intentional with making sure that my thoughts and my behaviors
02:56are in alignment with what I want in life.
03:00I never knew how much learning about your inner child really, really affects your growth
03:13and your self-worth.
03:15So I think just doing a lot of inner child work, going back to that little girl, and
03:23saying, I got you, everything's going to be okay, trust the process.
03:30I have your back.
03:32It's just been so mind-blowing to me how that really, really has helped with just my self-growth
03:39and my self-worth, and just making better decisions for myself.
03:44Thanks guys!
03:45Mwah!