We had the good fortune of connecting with Nikayla Benbow and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Nikayla, what habits do you feel play an important role in your life?
The habits I feel helped me to succeed was honesty. Yes I said it, HONESTY! I’m being honest, I learned to allow grace for myself. I was honest with me needing to rest over creating content, I was honest in sharing moments of not knowing what to create or even having the motivation TO create! Once I started to be honest with myself, I noticed that the pressures of being perfect or getting things just right begin to lift and the joy I had when first starting my podcast/non-profit started to come back! When you are HONEST with yourself, you find strength to keep going!

Alright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally?
So I am the founder of The Safe Place MVMT and also a content creator/podcast founder as well! I never saw myself doing anything like this before! I was always afraid of my voice, not being understood correctly, being too loud, not making sense, etc. So if you can imagine, I RAN from opportunities to use my voice…until 2022 when God showed me that it is in my voice that my blessings would be unlocked, it’s in my voice that people will experience HIS love, and it’s in my voice that I would be made new! So it’s no secret code or formula I have…all I can say is with God ALL things are, has been, and will be POSSIBLE!

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
Whew so this question is a little difficult to answer just because I am a slight home body!!!! However if I had to come up with an itinerary I would make it my business to be outside in nature. There are TONS of parks here in North Carolina! So a brisk morning walk or an evening walk to start or end the day would be on it! Also visiting Metro Diner for breakfast one morning would be a must! All in all I would try my hardest to go out and find inspiration things to do! Something to uplift, encourage, and help support my bestie!

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
I would like to personally shoutout my mentor Tore Stoker, The Safe Place MVMT, my Daddy, and my sister and friend Jasmine Smith. Now all of these beautiful souls came in different phases of this transformational season but they ALL mean so much to me! Thank you for the push, the words of encouragement, the fussing outs, the hugs, the cheers, the support and more!!!!!!!!!

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088861894357&mibextid=9R9pXO

Youtube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCf_NcJuoXGXWjdq1G4LqMhw

Other: http://www.tiktok.com/@nikayla_be thesafeplacemvmt@gmail.com https://open.spotify.com/show/2sc5pbOu4DAyWRPIx6dVqh https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/safe-conversations-podcast-with-nikayla/id1687703799 https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9kZjUzYzYzOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw

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