ABOUT THE HEART ADVOCATE

Hey hey beautiful people. I am Ta’lor L. Pinkston, the founder and creator of The Heart Advocate. I am a Self-love Therapist and Activist who is dedicated the heart.

In 2015, I found out I was pregnant with my daughter and for 9 months I struggled with prenatal-depression. At the time, I had just received my Master’s in Social Work and was planning to become Therapist, but instead, I was living in a one-bedroom apartment, low-income, unmarried, in a toxic relationship and I was fired from my employer while on an unpaid maternity leave.

I lost myself; my mental health was declining and so was my self-worth.

At that time, I hated myself for bringing my daughter into a world that I did not prepare to have her in but when she was born, I was reminded of my strength. During the first year of her life, while fighting for my relationship and battling my depression and anxiety, I knew that I was putting more effort into my relationship than I was putting into myself. I was settling for less than what my heart desired. I was not staying true to myself.

For the first time, I admitted to myself that I did not fully love myself. I started a blog after my therapist (at the time) told me to write again. When I entered the blogging world and became more active on social media, I saw so many talking about self-love, but it seemed very commercial and surface. In search for a more in-depth understanding of what self-love meant, I did a google search for self-love and found Christine Arylo, the founder of the Path of Self-love school and my life changed. In 2017 and received my certification in the Foundations of Self-love and although everything I was taught was to benefit me and my own self-love journey, I wanted to spread the message of self-love and how to choose it as a coping skill for mental health and healing support.

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Photographer: Sara Lacroix (Pittsburgh, Pa)

what self-love has taught me …

Self-love is about choosing to be honest with yourself about who you are and who you are not. Choosing to accept yourself, be compassionate with yourself, and take care of your mind, body, and soul.

I have learned to express myself and not hold things in, to never settle for unhealthy relationships and how to set boundaries. Honoring my body with my choices and making self-love choices. This is what I live and what I teach. I am dedicated to taking self-love with me everywhere I go and I believe in how The Path of Self-love spreads the medicine of self-love.

Since receiving my certification in self-love, I have helped over 100+ people become Heart Advocates in various self-love therapy sessions and programs. They have chosen to never settle, have respectful relationships, and to choose themselves no matter what, and I want to help you too. Will you make the commitment to Become a Heart Advocate?

Mission Statement

To support individuals with defying perfection, challenge their inner-bullies, and build a strong self-worth by choosing self-love as a coping skill for mental health and healing.

Vision

For every individual to know their self-worth by advocating for their hearts desires.

I am Safe-Space for your heart

The Heart Advocate self-love therapy and program is for all races, genders, religions, and sexual orientations is a value I carry with me in every session as pro-black, pro-lgbtqia+, and pro-womxn. The Heart Advocate is here for you if you are:

  • struggling with a transition
  • having difficulty in your relationships
  • not as confident as you would like to be
  • struggling to accept your body or feel like you don’t fit in to the standard of beauty
  • battling with anxiety or depression
  • fighting for equality + equity and intersectional acceptance and feel overwhelmed
  • LGBTQIA+ and haven’t felt accepted or seen by mental health professionals
  • struggling with singleness and/or feeling lonely
  • going through a break up or divorce
  • a creative or entrepreneur battling with feeling like you are never doing enough

the heart advocate is here for your heart

The Heart Advocate is dedicated to my daughter, Xael Ahni Jordan. You are the reason why I remembered my self-worth and stopped neglecting myself.

76 thoughts on “ABOUT THE HEART ADVOCATE”

    1. LOL! You speak truth. I didn’t listen to the minor advice I was given. It took years for me to get it…so many errors, but we are stronger now and we can educate the younger generations. Thank you sharing and following!!

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    1. Thank you sooo much for taking in the time!!!!! Lol. Well i am so glad you found it now! I’m sure our life experiences are similar!!!!!! I’m almost positive. I am alwAys here!

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    1. Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am trying to advocate for all women. It is so important to me to uplift women, reach out to them, and build their confidence, my own included!!!!!

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    1. I just did check out your page…you will see my comments soon. I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you sooooo much for the kind words! Keep in touch with me. I have so many questions about apple cider vinegar…you will see shortly LOL

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  10. Hello! I’m also a new blogger and found your post on first Friday! I love your concept and cannot wait to see more – as a fellow lady trying to make it through this world too, I hope to learn from you!

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    1. Thank you YonnaBre, I really appreciate you stopping by! Please check out Beauty Is… and Promises, I think you would enjoy those posts! Keep in touch!

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  22. Wonderful post, and an amazing blog! I nominated you for the blogger recognition award, and there’s more information on my blog 🙂❤

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    1. Thank you so much for considering me Aqsa!!!! I feel so honored! You have no idea how much this means to me! I will Che out your page immediately!

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  23. Thanks so much for the Follow! I love the theme of your blog and what you are doing. Too many women don’t feel like they have someone to really go to for advice. Love it! xo

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  28. This is such an amazing and relatable post! On a personal account, even I wish I had a mentor to guide me through some of the difficult situations. But, hey, let’s be optimistic. Those problems made us who we are, a better human striving towards a better tomorrow. 😊

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