do you need the heart advocate?

In 2015, I received my master’s in social work while pregnant with my daughter and without realizing it, I was laying the foundation for the work I do as The Heart Advocate. I was determined to learn what “self-love” meant and through a simple google search for “self-love” I discovered a certification program in The Foundations of Self-love, through the Path of Self-love school.

Christine Arylo and her team blessed me with the opportunity to receive a full scholarship to become a certified as a Self-love Coach in 2017.

The Heart Advocate officially launched in 2019, where I provided a self-love programs, conducted individual self-love sessions and began being invited to speak about self-love all over Pittsburgh, PA. To this day, I am facilitating presentations and workshops for various organizations, colleges and universities, studios and programs on the importance of self-love.

Since 2017, I took a vow to advocate for myself, to make self-love choices, and to practice self-love as a coping skill for mental health and healing, and I want all of that for you too.

By choosing self-love and including yourself on your to-do list, you can cope with mental health, grief and loss, defy your Inner Bullies, and choose healing.

The Heart Advocate is dedicated to helping you choose self-love as a coping skill for mental health and healing. I take self-love with me everywhere I go, so if I am presenting, speaking, or facilitating a workshop that you are a part of, you are in a judgement free zone and safe space. All services are accessible, no matter your sexuality, gender, race, ethnicity, culture, socioeconomic status, religion, age, or disability; you are welcome here. I want to be your safe-space.

-Ta’lor L. Pinkston, The Heart Advocate

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What is a Heart Advocate

I know that you have desires personally, professionally, and in your relationships. You may have ignored the desires of your heart for fear of disappointing others, doubting your abilities, or being told that you are not good enough. You are not alone. The Heart Advocate™ can help you treat your mental health with the medicine of self-love. I will always encourage you defy negative thoughts and self-talk, to advocating for your heart (your desires and what you care about) and to choose self-love as a coping skill for your mental health and healing.

4 qaulities of the Heart Advocate:

  1. Advocating for anti-settling culture in relationships (personal, professional, community, romantic, etc.) 4 Things You Need to Have a Healthy Relationship
  2. Holding myself and my community accountable for making self-love choices.
  3. Practicing self-love as a coping skill for mental health and healing.
  4. Advocating for self-love as a responsibility and a right.

The Heart Advocate™ provides an individual Self-love Program [Foundations of Self-love, certified through the Path of Self-love] and Self-love Sessions and also facilitates workshops and presentations on the importance of self-love in mental health, why Self-care Matters, a healthy body image, and Relationship Goals.

Self-love

The Heart Advocate’s Self-love Program seeks to help you practice self-love by choosing to never settle, be honest about your choices, and to know your worth by focusing on the 10 branches of self-love ae (provided by the Path of Self-love). The Heart Advocate will guide you in becoming your own Heart Advocate and help you make the active choice to commit to what your heart.

Guides + Heart Tools – various guides, templates, and journal entries to help you begin to apply self-love into your lifestyle and accept yourself as you journey closer to falling in love with yourself as you are.

Photo Credit: Marien Jose [Pittsburgh, PA]

Mental health + Healing Over Everything™

Self-love Sessions – when you need a moment to pause, feel, and gain support and insight to take action and accountability over your life by doing the “Heart Work” Path of Self-love. The Heart Advocate will hold space for you to help you release stress, toxicity, insecurity, restlessness, fear, worry, and self-doubt using self-love as a coping skill for mental health concerns and healing.

Healing Over Everything™ (H.O.E) – a virtual support group that focuses on self-love, mental health, and healing. Weekly support and discussions on various topics, including healthy relationships, parenting, anxiety, self-care, body-acceptance, and self-compassion. (Scroll down for more information on Healing Over Everything)

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The Self-Care Matters Series

Self-care Matters Series Cohort 1 (2023)

about self-care matters series

A three-part (in person) workshop series on the foundations of self-care, practicing self-care in relationships, and how to set boundaries and maintain boundaries personally, professionally, and in relationships.

Series description

  • Self-care Matters
    • In-depth description of self-care and how it’s a part of self-love
    • How to use self-care as a coping skill for mental health and healing.
    • How to create an ongoing individualized Self-care Needs Plan
    • How you can normalize self-care for your lifestyle and wellbeing to disrupt guilt and the stigma that self-care is selfish

  • Maintain Self-care in Relationships
    • Understand how you can identify Green and Red Flags in relationships.
    • Take an inventory of your relationships. 
    • Learn how to choose the next steps you need to take in your relationships.
    • Understand why your Relationship Goals matter.

  • Social Self-care and Boundaries
    • How to practice social self-care
    • In-depth description of social self-care
    • The importance of boundaries
    • How to practice boundary setting 
    • How to maintain and set consequences for boundary violations

what to expect

  • Self-care Matters Series Workbook (journal prompts, and “Heart Work” related to self-care, healthy relationships, boundary setting, and the importance of checking in with yourself).
  • This is interactive workshop (group discussions, storytelling, self-care practice and PowerPoint Presentation)

Self-care Matters Series Price: $150/per person (Payment Plans offered)

  • Payment plan – please email theheartadvocate@gmail.com
  • Payment is accepted through the following platforms: Zelle, CashApp, & Venmo
  • Please note that NO REFUNDS WILL BE PROVIDED.

Dates: Summer Dates (will be announced in April-May 2025)

I am here for your heart. 

To learn more about The Heart Advocate please visit the About page. 

The Heart Advocate is certified through the Path of Self-love and is committed to practicing and teaching the medicine of self-love as provided by their founder, Christine Arylo.

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Healing Over Everything (H.O.E.)

About h.o.e.

Healing Over Everything is a support group on Facebook that provides individuals with weekly discussions on different topics related to self-love, mental health and healing. We are conversation starters who want to face our pain, celebrate ourselves, and have a safe-space to vent and be transparent about what we are struggling with.

We are defying perfectionism, self-hate, and the word “ho” every day.

WHo can join H.O.E.?

H.O.E. is for individuals ages 18+ who are high school seniors, college kids, cisgender or transgender, married or single, and parents who want to heal. We are so powerful when we are united and H.O.E. is dedicated to providing a safe-space for you to heal and help others heal from toxic relationships, trauma, abuse, loneliness, divorce and our every day life experiences living in a white supremist, male dominated society filled with bigotry, perfectionism, and status. 

h.o.e is here for your heart.

If you are struggling with maintaining healthy relationships, have concerns with family + friends, struggling in your marriage or as a parent; if you need support with grief or loss, during or after a divorce or a bad breakup; if you are struggling with accepting your body or trusting your heart in making decisions, I am here to say that YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

How to Join H.O.E.?

With over 1.5K+ members, H.O.E. is making its mark one of the most inclusive groups on Facebook. Healing Over Everything is “the only reason I am on Facebook.” – Gloria Madelyn (member since 2018).

If you would like to learn more about this group and the amazing members from all over the world, click Healing Over Everything and if you are already convinced that this is the group for you, click the button below: 

Healing Over Everything­™

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