27. Being Freely Who You Are While Navigating External & Internal Pressure - Shunta Grant

The Mother's Embrace

You will want to listen in if you need a dose of FIRE for how you show up in your world and in your pursuits. I see you leaning into the conversations around taking good care of yourself and purposefully transforming into the person you're called to be. To me, I believe you are mothering yourself in ways, and today’s conversation is for the boldness that I know is inside of you!

In today's episode, we speak with Shunta Grant, an incredible woman. Shunta is a mother of two, a runner, and a Peloton enthusiast who lives in Greenville, South Carolina. Shunta is the owner of a great brand and company called Best Today Guide, which promotes being over doing and being before doing, which was launched in March 2020.

Shunta’s brand's mission is to help women see, love, and be themselves fully. She is on a mission to help women be proactive and intentional with their time through planning and routine. We talked about how she has just shaken up how she does life and how she shows up in the world. Besides, we spoke about self-awareness, self-love, and overcoming self-comparison, amongst other hot topics.

Listen in for more!

In this episode, you’ll learn:

[10:02]Best Today's Guide mission

[10:47]Shunta's Residence

[12:37]Where does Shunta get her confidence from?

[15:21]The four pillars of Shunta's brand

[17:59]How to best support Shunta's mission

[20:14]How Shunta receives it all before proceeding with the next thing

[22:21]How Shunta prioritizes her self-care

[27:14]Redefining self-care

[31:41]Self-comparison

[35:25]How Shunta overcomes guilt and shame

[40:31]Setting the necessary boundaries

[46:05]Figuring out who you are

[46:44]Shunta's theme song for her motherhood journey

[50:29]What Shunta needs a hug for

Quotes:

• "If I'm living for applause, I'm performing."Shunta [6:18]
• "My confidence comes from trusting and believing in God, that he has put this in me and I'm not going to waste it."-Shunta[12:30]
• "If you are really clear on who you are and what you want, nothing will stop you from getting there."- Shunta[12:59]
• "There's this calling inside us, but no one else can give us that information. It's really up to us to do the work."- Rachael[14:22]
• " I take time to ask myself what I need at this moment. And I will give it to myself before I can try to give that to anyone else."-Shunta[24:15]
• "I need to be self-aware to know what I really need, and self-loving enough to prioritize it."-Shunta[29:16]
• "Until you have both self-awareness and self-love, you don't have self-care."- Shunta
• "Self-awareness plus self-love heals."-Shunta
• "You can have the greatest skill set, but if you don't believe in the mission, you will be of no value in growing it, you will not be watering the seeds that I've planted, you will be up rooting them, or you will just let them sit there to dry."-Shunta[15:21]
• "Comparison isn't the the thief of joy, comparison is the thief of self!"-Shunta[31:34]
• "I want every single mother to see themselves and take pride in that without needing external validation from even your family."-Shunta[49:07]

Connect with Shunta:

Website:

https://shuntagrant.com

Brand website:

https://besttodayguide.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shuntagrant/

Links

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• The Mother's Embrace Spotify Playlist