About

Hey hey beautiful people. I am Ta’lor L. Pinkston, the founder and creator of The Heart Advocate. I am a Licensed “Self-love” Social Worker. I am a self-love advocate, educator and facilitator who is dedicated spreading the message of self-love and how you can choose self-love as a coping skill for mental health and healing to strengthen your self-worth.

In 2015, I found out I was pregnant with my daughter. I had just received my master’s in social work. I was living in a one-bedroom apartment; I was low-income, unmarried, in a toxic relationship, and I was struggling with prenatal depression. After my daughter was born, 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.

Photographer: Leeann K Photography

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 value.

For the first time, I admitted to myself that my choices reflected a lack of self-love and that I wanted to learn how to truly love myself. I started a blog and became more active on social media talking about my experiences and my self-love journey.

“Self-love” was a buzz word and to me, it seemed commercial, and surface based on what I was seeing on social media. In search for a more in-depth understanding of what self-love was, 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, I 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 to anyone who would listen to me.

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Photographer: Sara Lacroix (Pittsburgh, Pa)

what self-love has taught me …

Self-love has taught me to express myself and not hold things in, to never settle for unhealthy relationships and how to set boundaries personally and professionally. I learned how to respect and honor my body with my choices and that I matter in every room that I enter in. That does not mean that I self-love perfectly, but it does mean that I vowed to myself to choose self-love every day as a practice.

This is what I live and what I educate, and I am dedicated to taking self-love with me everywhere I go.

Since receiving my certification in the Foundations of Self-love, I have helped over 5,000 people become their own Heart Advocate in my Self-love Sessions, the Foundations of Self-love program, and in the workshops and presentations that I facilitate.

Will you make the commitment to Become a Heart Advocate?

Mission Statement

To educate and advocate for individual and community self-love and its importance as a mental health and healing coping skill.

Vision statement

A worldwide self-love community of individuals who value themselves and their mental health by knowing their self-worth.

EQUITY STATEMENT

The Heart Advocate is dedicated to centering black self-love and mental health which strengthens the self-worth of all individuals in every community worldwide.

The Heart Advocate is a black owned business and believes in equity for every race, gender, religion, and sexual orientation. We are 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 breakup or divorce
  • a creative or entrepreneur battling with feeling like you are never doing enough

i am 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. I love you little one and I hope you always remember to love yourself.

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    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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  12. 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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  24. 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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  25. 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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  30. 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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