By
Sydney Sadick
Sarah Jakes Roberts epitomizes the essence of juggling a career and personal life with finesse. This dynamic businesswoman, inspirational speaker, pastor, and bestselling author recently released her new book,
"Woman Evolve: Break Up with Your Fears and Revolutionize Your Life." Throughout her life, she's been a beacon, guiding women to confront their fears and insecurities, empowering them to pursue their desired life. We were privileged to have Jakes Roberts infuse our TMRW x TODAY weekly interview with her vibrant energy and profound insights, revealing both the triumphs and tribulations of her remarkable journey. Here are our takeaways!
While Jakes Roberts is known for helping women bring out their inner confidence through her Woman Evolve movement, she admits that confidence hasn’t always come easy to her.
It’s no secret that "self-care" has been thrown in our faces this past year more than ever. But Jakes Roberts encourages women to go beyond self-care activities — like going to the gym or getting your hair done — to reach a deeper level of introspection that focuses on how we’re actually doing inside in our hearts.
“When we practice soul care, it helps us create better boundaries for our life. A lot of times, we have boundaries based on how we used to be, but soul care allows us to have the opportunity to determine how we get to show up in the world. This has to be daily because we’re not the same people every day. This helps me feel more confident from the inside out.”
Shocking, right?!? Despite the fact that Jakes Roberts speaks to thousands of people during her motivational talks, it took her a long time to get over her fear of simply speaking to strangers. She admits she was always worried her words would “come out wrong” and she wouldn’t say what she exactly meant. But, she found a way to move past it.
“Overcoming my fear of public speaking has allowed me to help other people and help them see themselves and God in a different way. I got to the point where the importance of what I had to say overshadowed my fear. When I’m connecting with others, I want them to experience freedom and confidence and be the best version of themselves so much that I overcame myself in order to get it done.”
Jakes Roberts is the daughter of Bishop T.D. Jakes and pastors a dynamic community of artists and professionals in Hollywood alongside her husband, Touré Roberts. Together they have six beautiful children and reside in Los Angeles. While she admits working with your spouse is either a recipe for success or disaster, Sarah was excited to say that it works for them.
“I have so much respect for who my husband is, how he leads and how he interprets what’s happening in the world. He’s one of my mentors and working with him gives me direct access to one of the most brilliant men I’ve ever met and then apply them to my company and organizations. I feel like I steal his ideas, but we’re married so it’s fine! It’s all the same thing”
Jakes Roberts launched her own fashion line as part of Woman Evolve to present an alternative for women of faith who like to be stylish.
“Fashion is a big part of the faith community. Maybe not in the way we see on the runway or in street style, so I wanted to find a way that my faith didn’t have to change the way that I like to show up in the world. I like to look fly and pray and meditate — I wanted to make sure these could all live in the same place and Woman Evolve was the way to say you can slay and pray all at the same time.”
This article originally appeared at Today.com.
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