The Power of Journaling: How To Unlock Your Super Powers

What you are about hear is a wonderful conversation about connection, growth, and how to transform your life through the simple, yet profound act of putting pen to paper. Jump down the rabbit hole with Blakkmomba and her guest, Tennille DeAnna, an entrepreneur, original journal creator, and a certified dope soul, as they explore the benefits and power of journaling.

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Transcript

SPEAKER_01 0:24

Hello, kings and queens. It's your favorite girl, Black Mamba, back with another episode for your listening elevation. Let me first give thanks for your time and energy. Wherever you are listening from, I am truly grateful to have you here and I pray that today's content blesses you in some way, as you have blessed me with your love and support. I hope after tuning in today, you will extend your kindness even further by rating and reviewing this episode in the Mambaran Unfiltered Podcast on whatever streaming platform you are using. You can also drop one on my webpage and Facebook page. Look for those links that will take you there in the show notes after the episode. Thank you in advance for your kindness. With that said, are you ready to jump down the rabbit hole with me? Sit back, relax, and prepare for the ride. I promise you smooth sailing and higher vibrations. See you on the other side.

SPEAKER_00 1:37

Peace.

SPEAKER_01 2:02

My guest and I connected on Facebook last year through a mutual Facebook friend. One that I actually became real friends with outside of the app. And because I know they would not recommend anyone not on a level, I checked her content out off the muscle and found myself blessed. She goes by the acronym EIE. That stands for Energy Is Everything. And Energy is indeed everything. But in business and life, she goes by Tanil Deanna. Tanil, an entrepreneur born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas, who found purpose through journaling after the COVID-19 pandemic. And because I know how powerful of a tool writing can be, I had to bring her on to discuss the importance of journaling, how she found her purpose through journaling, and created a business around it. So without further ado, allow me to introduce to you this beautiful and amazing dope soul, Miss Taneil Deanna, aka E-I-E, AKA Creatin, entrepreneur, personal journal creator, and just a dope soul. Miss Tanil, welcome to the Mambaran Unfiltered Podcast. How are you today, sis? I'm so happy to talk to you.

SPEAKER_02 3:23

Oh, I'm doing well. Thank you so much for having me.

SPEAKER_01 3:27

No doubt.

SPEAKER_02 3:28

I excited to talk to you today.

SPEAKER_01 3:31

Yes, I'm excited to have you here. So you heard my introduction, and I always allow my guests to introduce themselves because hey, I love to see what they have to say about who they are. So you tell me and the audience who are you?

SPEAKER_02 3:47

Yes, and thank you for that. You did an amazing job, way better than I'm gonna do.

SPEAKER_01 3:52

Thank you.

SPEAKER_02 3:53

But yeah, my government name is Tanil Deanna. I'm so glad you introduced all my handles. But Tanil Deanna is just the realest. So I always throw it in there. And you're right, born and raised in Kansas City, just a small town girl with big city dreams, honey.

SPEAKER_01 4:11

From what I see, you're doing a good job. But we know social media only tells not even half the story, it's just snippets.

SPEAKER_02 4:18

Very, very true. I'll be seeing that meme with the apple that's bitten. Right. And then the other side of the mirror, I'll be like, Well, is that a social media?

SPEAKER_01 4:28

That's social media for you for sure.

SPEAKER_02 4:29

I'm happy to have the opportunity to go in a little bit more depth about myself.

The Purpose of This Season

What Does Your Handle Mean

SPEAKER_01 4:33

Good. Yes, and that's the whole purpose of this season of My Baran and Filter, specifically just connecting with and highlighting people that I find to be dope in the world and other people should definitely know about. Everybody has a story that deserves to be heard, but when you take your story and you remix it and then use it for purpose, I think that is just so dope. So I'm thankful for you coming on and sharing all of this with me as well. Now I know what creatin is, but it happens to be another one of your handles, creatin. That's C-R-E-A-T-E-N-N. So is that a play on creating, or is it like the organic substance, creatin?

SPEAKER_02 5:23

I had a hard time coming up with a handle because the work that I do right now is on Amazon. And you know, Amazon is very popular for any handle that I could think to come up with have been taken 10 times until I came up with creating. And so it is around creating. And what it is is spelled C-R-E-A-T-E-N-N, which is the beginning of how you spell my name, Teneal. So I just turned creating into create 10. Okay. I felt like I came up perfect handle for myself. I was so excited about it.

SPEAKER_01 5:57

Yes. Now, see, that's the beautiful thing I love because we have these handles, but we don't often get the background. Like, how? How did they come up with this handle? What does it mean? Sometimes it might just be something, but other times it has a significant meaning. And like Black Mamba, people see Black Mamba, they automatically assume two things that I'm a man, and the second that is Kobe Bryant related. And it has nothing. Obviously, I'm not a man, but it has nothing to do with Kobe Bryant at all. But the image in optics, you know, plays a big part. And I can see how the thought that goes into it creating and your name together and creating, I think that's beautiful. You did a good job with that.

SPEAKER_02 6:42

Yeah, that's what I do, girl. I create things. So I thought it was perfect too. Thank you so much.

Virtual Strangers and The Power of Connection

SPEAKER_01 6:46

No doubt, no doubt. Now, just for a disclaimer, I let people know whoever I'm speaking with, if I know them in real life, or if we just connected on the app, me and you, we do not know each other in real life. We've never, outside of our initial conversation, I believe I just called you up out the blue. And you were chilling at home, honey, in the bed. And that was really just our real first visual interaction with each other. And I proposed the opportunity to come on my baranum filter to discuss journaling and everything that you do. Connection is very important to me, especially when moving in online spaces. I want everyone to know that, and it's important for people to know that the conversations and the type of conversations that I'm having with people are conversations with strangers. And I feel like if people really took the time just to connect and talk to people, we would really find all kinds of dope treasure gems that we can take and use and apply to our life in some way, shape, or form. So I appreciate our connection, especially on Facebook. It's hard to navigate the real personalities and people with real purpose when you're filtering out all these, you know, different monetized pages that are just solely focused on getting a bag from Daddy Mark. So thank you for being one of those dope souls out there, sis. Cause honey, you already know. I think you're dope.

Social Media Connection and Support is Possible

SPEAKER_02 8:22

I'm so glad you brought it up. And so can we just take a minute to actually talk about a great job in your introduction? But for me, you are gossiping and for me, it's just so much more to it than what you were able to get into in your introduction. So I would love just to talk about it because you are gossiping. I'm not even really a social media type of person, like I solely started with being heavy on my social media because of entrepreneurship. Right. Because having a business, social media is great, it's a great market yourself.

SPEAKER_01 8:57

Right. They go hand in hand with each other.

SPEAKER_02 8:59

I took advantage of it in that aspect of it. And never ever did I really expect to make connections with people or anything of what you just said. Like I never imagined it. And so when I started my little business and hey, hey, hey, wait, wait, we're gonna stop right there.

SPEAKER_01 9:18

When you what? When you started what?

SPEAKER_02 9:20

When I started my little business, girl.

SPEAKER_01 9:22

No, no, no, no. We're gonna we're gonna take that little out of there. When you started your business, ain't nothing little about what you've done, sis. Do not nothing little. The work that you've put in, you know what goes behind that. It's nothing little about what you've done. Because if it was little, honey, everybody would be doing it.

SPEAKER_02 9:43

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_01 9:44

But carry on.

SPEAKER_02 9:46

That was the part about it that made me most nervous was doing something that actually involved other people in order for me to be successful. Right. I've ever done I've done solo. I'm such an independent solo person. And this was the first thing that actually put me out there to where I actually had count on other people in order for what I was doing to be successful, you know what I'm saying? And so I was very nervous about it. And it took me a long time to be willing to post on my Facebook page and willing to talk about what I was doing. And so when I made a post and you responded to it, and then you actually brought my journal.

SPEAKER_01 10:30

I did, I did.

SPEAKER_02 10:33

My mouth hit the floor, my mouth hit the floor, and my head hit the because I jumped like the amount of joy. I will never, ever, ever, ever forget the amount of joy that I felt when I saw that message.

SPEAKER_01 10:48

Thank you for letting me know. That means so much.

SPEAKER_02 10:51

I mean, and that enough was a lot and great, but then you actually hit me up in the inbox afterwards, and you wrote me a review, and you talked to me about the podcast, and like we actually made a connection, and it was just mind-blowing to me. And it gave me so much confidence and it gave me so much hope.

SPEAKER_01 11:11

I am glad. Look, we both got confirmation through our connection, and I really want to how can I say this? It is important for me to make my listeners aware that connection is possible in social media spaces dependent upon how you move, your purpose, and finding alignment with others who align with your purpose. Otherwise, everything else is just filler, it's just uh entertainment, as people call it. They love to say, Well, it's not that deep, but everything is that deep. I I treat my online spaces like I do my physical spaces, sis. I I can't allow everybody in my physical space. Why would I allow everybody in my virtual space? I'm not gonna be interacting with everybody in my physical space like that. Why would I do that in my virtual space? Make it make sense for you is so much more fulfilling when you are connecting with people from all over the world who are doing things that you do or love to see people doing. And it just, I don't know, moving organically and authentically, that's my brand. That's what I stand for. So when I connect with strangers, we no longer become strangers, we become friends, we become acquainted, and we help pour into each other, build with each other, grow with each other, help network with each other, collaborate with each other. Because what's the point if you cannot do all of that? So definitely being mindful of the people that I connect with and bring on my platform like you today, that seemed random but was divine in its timing on both of our parts, and that has provided both of us with what we needed to move forward and what we are doing individually with our platform. So to me, I count that as a win for social media, and I pray that more people learn how to connect as we have, and with everybody else that people may have heard on the platform. It is so easy to do. All you gotta do is just be organic and be yourself. You never know how. You might be blessed by that connection, and you have blessed me, so I am so thankful for you.

SPEAKER_02 13:26

I am so glad this is a recorded conversation because I hope you said that because I'll be seeing you, honey, and if I'm ever in Tennessee, guess where I will pull up and be like, Yes, what did we cook today? I'll be like, Oh, I'll be thinking I'm only eight hours away.

SPEAKER_01 13:42

Right, I know that's what I was gonna say. I know what you're coming for. You coming to eat. I have time producing food reels. It's something about food that people all over the world love. People love to watch cooking videos and people fixing things, and I got tired of seeing people post food and everything just looked I'm like, make it look good. Learn how to make it at least look good. I don't have no studio at home, but my daughter, she's my little videographer, so my kids love to snap pictures of the food and take videos of the food, and I'm like, okay, I'm gonna create some food reels, and I've been doing a pretty decent job, and I love to cook is my love language. So thank you for watching those cooking videos and reels, honey. I promise you it tastes just as good as it looks. I'm gonna say one of these days, and you're welcome, you are welcome to break bread with me anytime. I would love that. I wish I could just collect everybody and we just have a cookout and we just explore each other's platforms, talk about what we're doing, and just be a collective, just enjoy dope energy. Might be something I just have to put together. I keep talking about it, so it must mean that it's something I need to be doing.

SPEAKER_02 14:59

I love to travel, so it is really not too far-fetched that I won't find myself in transit.

EIE ( Energy is Everything): The Importance of Energy

SPEAKER_01 15:05

Okay, that's what's up. We're gonna have to make that happen. Just in talking about connection, let's discuss the importance of energy and why you feel energy is everything enough to make it your handle on social media. EIE. Energy is everything.

SPEAKER_02 15:25

So I just it became factual to me because I don't know, like I went through a spiritual awakening, I don't know, maybe about six or seven years ago. Could it be even longer, but I was always just what I would say, a very dark person, just mean people just knew me to be mean and confrontational, and I don't know, it's some point I went through this spiritual awakening, and dark became light, and hate became love. And so I changed the way I was thinking. Like my mindset changed, and the moment that happened, everything else changed with it. And so instead of just always being, you know, dark and depressed and angry and upset for no reason at all, I started waking up differently in a different space, in a better place. And through that process, I learned that it really is true. Energy is everything, and everything in this world does have a vibration. And it's probably one of the most important things you could do is to align your energy and then protect it at all costs. Yes. Life changes and the way you move changes, and it's all for the better. You no longer find yourself in like this downward spiral of just being dark, angry, you know.

Tennille's Origin Story and How Journaling Changed Her Life

SPEAKER_01 16:47

Right. So tell me a little bit about your origin story, how you found yourself to creating journals. I know you highlighted here a little bit about a spiritual awakening. I don't believe that people are mean and ugly and just have this what our parents will call a nasty disposition about them without a reason. I do believe in natural-born evil. That I will say, and that's another topic. But for the purpose of what we're discussing, what was that spiritual awakening and why do you feel that you had this disposition towards life, this reputation for not being a nice person, for not being a good person? Why do you think that was? And what got you to this spiritual awakening where you were open to changing, open to seeing things differently? What was it that made you see things differently enough to put you on the path that you are today?

SPEAKER_02 17:42

There's a lot of different answers to that question, but I'll try to sum it up for you. I don't want to go too much into because it's a whole other conversation. First and foremost, it was a stone. So, long story short, I was walking in downtown Overland Park, and there was this little cool shop that I would see every time I would go on my walk, I'm gonna walk in this area often. And it was like something about it would come to my attention and would be like, that's cool. I need to go in there and see what's in that shop. I mean, there's a lot of little cool, you know, shops in downtown Overland Park, and I would go in and out of them all over them all the time. But this one, for some reason, it took me a long time to actually make my way in there. And finally, I go in this shop that I walked past a hundred times and said I was gonna go in and finally went in it. And it was a crystal shop, like a holistic shop, you know, one of those shops where they sell crystals and incense and teas and things of a spiritual nature is what I would say about it. Right. And then there asked a thousand questions, and she was nice enough to answer all of them. And she gave me a stone and she said, This is a good place to start. And she told me what the stone would do for me. Not a pair, nor attention, in and there, out of there, you know, within a week of having that stone in my possession, just about everything that she said the stone would do. She said it was a stone called hematite. She said it would help me to focus better, which I was struggling with. So, long story short, the stone started the spiritual awakening. So a few years later, I'm a researcher. Once I started going through it, I research everything. I'm researching stones, I'm researching spirituality, you know, just anything spiritual, I'm getting as much information about it as I can. And as I'm learning things, journaling is coming up often, talking about the benefits of journaling. And just like that Stone Shop girl, I know I ignored it. As soon as I seen the word journal, I'm tune, skimmed something else because I have terrible handwriting. So the last thing I wanted to do was to be writing.

SPEAKER_01 19:50

Let me ask you this. Can you read your own writing?

SPEAKER_02 19:53

I can, yes.

SPEAKER_01 19:54

Okay, well then hey, personal journals are personal.

SPEAKER_02 19:58

Sometimes I was seeing it in the teachings for years, probably three years. And then one day my aunt and my mom went shopping together. I never think about Superman, not necessarily Superman himself, but the logo, the S. I love that S.

SPEAKER_03 20:14

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 20:14

It was one of my things. I always bought anything that has a Superman S. I even have a tattoo body, but okay.

SPEAKER_01 20:20

Anyway, my mom Where though? Where is that Superman tat, girl? Wait, where is that Superwoman tat at?

SPEAKER_02 20:28

It's low.

SPEAKER_01 20:31

I know that's right, sis. I know that's right.

SPEAKER_03 20:34

It's in the middle.

SPEAKER_01 20:38

Super. Nothing wrong with it.

SPEAKER_02 20:44

Um, mom and aunt were out shopping together and they saw me with the Superman logo on it. And between the two of them, I'm not sure which one of them bought it exactly, mom or aunt, but that journal made its way to me, home to me that night. And I still didn't write in it for a long time, but at some point I decided I was just gonna write it just because it was a Superman journal that had the logo on it, and it was a gift. And so the first thing that I started writing when I picked that book up was I am aligned with the frequencies of the universe. God is within me. I will not fail. And so I really don't know. It was after COVID, I was kind of full of fear. I had moved to Florida and was living in Florida pretty much by myself, going through the spiritual awakening and just kind of plagued my fear. I picked that journal up. I started writing that every day, and it did not take long before it changed my life. I started writing I Am Aligned with the Frequencies of the Universe. And so it made me feel confident about my. Moves. I started moving with grace. I stopped feeling like I was in the wrong place or at the wrong time or I was running out of time. Like my issues with time in general kind of just solved themselves. Once I started thinking that I started believing it, and I started that God is within me, I will not fail. So in my life, would have done, should have done, but didn't do because there was this fear of failing or this fear something would happen. And so when I started writing God is within me, I will not fail over and over again. Just every day, like just pick my journal up and just write it over and over again.

SPEAKER_01 22:36

Kind of like a mantra and an affirmation, all in one declaration.

SPEAKER_02 22:41

And then, like I said, it didn't take long before I started believing it. And once you start believing that God is within you and you will not fail, there's nothing you won't do.

The Importance of Journaling: How To Unlock Your Super Powers

SPEAKER_01 22:51

Amen. It's so true that you said that because it's always that jump. It feels like a big leap, but it really isn't when you think about it. Just changing your belief system. It's a lot of work. It takes a lot of work to deconstruct your thought processes on life, on things that you're so used to seeing a certain way, the negative toxic thoughts that you've told yourself repeatedly, and you see how it's manifested itself in your life. Just changing that giant small leap. Changing your thought process, changing your mindset, changing your belief systems, changing your perspective is what was able to open that door for you to see all these possibilities that are now coming to fruition today. Imagine still writing in that journal, sis. Not having activated or moved anywhere or done anything. And it's definitely something that you highlighted talking about. And what I wanted to ask you as well about the importance of journaling and why you feel everyone should consider writing in them. And these are all things that are true. Journaling reduces stress, it helps bring clarity to your mindset. For me, I definitely look at it as a legacy for my children, like a blueprint, so to speak, for them to be able to have prayerfully when I transition before they do that they still have words for their mother, thoughts from their mother to reflect on and look back on. And it definitely for me it showed my growth and at the same time my lack of growth in my life. You know, if you recall, I mentioned looking at my old journals and writing about stuff that I was still writing about. And this was like years and years later, like a generation later, I was still having thoughts about my dreams and goals and visions, things that I wanted to change, my prayers, my pleas, my cries. It was all filled in that journal. And then here I am, fast forward 10, 15 years later, still writing about those same things. There was a disconnect, and I was that disconnect. But why is it that you find journaling to be so important enough to create a business around it? And yeah, let our audience know why they should consider journaling.

SPEAKER_02 25:17

Number one reason journaling is for everybody. There is not anyone on this earth that journaling isn't for. It doesn't matter how old you are, it doesn't matter if you're white, if you're black, it doesn't matter what language you speak, it doesn't matter. It's for everybody. All you need to know how to do is pick up a pen. And I quickly got over being messed up about my handwriting. I quickly got over that when I started writing a journal. I didn't care what my handwriting looked like, if the word is spelled correctly, I don't care if there's a question mark or a comma. You don't have to worry about any of that because it's your journal, it's only for you. So journaling is beneficial for every single person on this earth that is able to pick up a pen line. And it's so underrated.

SPEAKER_01 26:06

Like you were right, girl. So underrated.

SPEAKER_02 26:09

It was like a superpower for me because I have been journaling for years now, and I have unlocked so many other superpowers and things like that. And the fact that so many people don't know about it or even like me know about it and still reluctant to do it for whatever dumb reason, I had to set out to make sure that people saw a real everyday person. Because when you read about stuff online or something like that, you know, you don't know if it's true. Everything you read online ain't true. This is something that I saw online, did for myself, and benefited for myself. Like I know that this is true. Right. And I'm a real person, and I just wanted everybody else to know that this is a benefit that is out there for them, that is free. Of course, I want you to buy one of my journals. Yeah. Do you have to? Book note. Right. You can journal anything, you can journal all the girl.

SPEAKER_01 27:07

You should see my book. I mean, like, there is paper everywhere, receipts, napkins, the back of flyers. I have writings on so much stuff, and it's even gotten to the point, sis, where if I can't, if I don't have pen and paper on me, blasphemous. I swear. I feel like everybody should have pen and paper on them. But if I'm ever caught without pen and paper, I use my phone. I take notes, I take voice notes. I have so many voice notes. I feel like our thoughts, they come and they go and they're like the wind. My sister tells me all the time everybody has like two million dollar ideas every year. They have million-dollar ideas, but that's where journaling is important because that helps you focus and get clarity and brainstorm and it opens up the door for creativity when you can use your pen and push your pain into it, your passion into it, and then see it on paper. And then what makes it 10 times more powerful is to go back in time and look at it, you're different years later. You know, your mindset, things about you have changed. You've had life experiences that's molded you even more to go back and look at that and then see this was my thought process then and compare it to now. That can definitely help you find clarity writing and getting your thoughts down on paper because they'll disappear just as quickly, like they go all up in smoke. They will go all up in smoke. Have you ever thought about a Facebook post you wanted to make and you thought it was really, really awesome? But if you didn't write it down or think about it right then and there, you find yourself hours later, oh, I know I had something awesome I wanted to say, but I forgot. Write it down, get in the habit, make it a habit.

SPEAKER_02 28:59

Journaling is free, it's for everybody, it works, and it works quickly. Like it doesn't take long for you to start seeing the benefits of journaling in your physical. So it's beneficial for not just your mental health, but your physical health as well, not just the mental aspect of it. You will see benefits from journaling manifest in the physical world, and it does not take long.

SPEAKER_01 29:24

Yeah, it doesn't, it doesn't at all. Man, it's nothing like lying to yourself. Something that we've all done is lied to ourselves, whether intentionally or just by rote, by things that we've repetitively told ourselves or other people have told us. When you're journaling, I mean it's just you. If you're writing down lies, you won't get any clarity. You have to make sure that even in your writing that you're being true to yourself, that you're being authentic in your thought process, and don't be scared. Your thoughts are not thoughts that are, let me say, exclusive to you. They're exclusive thoughts, but generally we all tend to have the same thoughts about things inside our head that we're too scared to voice or vocalize or share. And when you're able to purge is what I like to think of it. My journals are a way for me to purge toxic thought processes, mindset, and even positive ones to get out there and share so that I can see it on paper. Because once you can see something on paper, it's kind of like a visual representation of your mind. So you actually get to look at a printout of what it is that you're thinking, that you're feeling, and definitely helps you navigate those thoughts, those emotions to try to get to the root of them. Why you may be feeling this way, what's triggering you, or whatever it is that you decide to put in your journal. It don't have to be doom and gloom all the time. It could be inspirational. I call it the highlight of the day. What was my highlight today? What made the highlight reel, so to speak? I may not watch the whole basketball game, but I know I can go to Sports Center and I can catch the highlight reel, and it'll give me a synopsis of the basketball game that I miss. So I always try to make sure that I'm including the highlight reel of my day to give it some type of importance. Life is not all doom and gloom. You have highlights and you have lowlights. Like today, I know one of the highlight reels is gonna be this conversation that I've had with you, and that's something that I can write about, discuss, and help me open doors creatively as well. So definitely, girl, you write. It's underrated, it's underused, and a lot of the time I hear people say, I don't have time to write, I don't have time to read, I don't have time. But we make time for the things we want to make time for. And it don't take that much time to write your thoughts down. And once you start, it's hard to stop because you can just keep going and going and going and going.

SPEAKER_02 32:04

And maybe you don't have time to write in your journal every day. And this is what I try to get people to understand about journaling that people usually miss. There's no wrong or right way to journaling. Like you don't have to write in your journal every day. Thank you. The only time that I was writing in my journal every day was during COVID when we were stuck in the house and didn't have shit else to do. Right. Like for now, for instance, I'm trying to write in my journal on significant dates. Like the new moon. Every new moon, I pick up a journal and I write down what my intentions are for the following. Okay. What I might accomplish. And throughout the month, you know, like maybe on the 15th, I might write down what I've done to achieve it, how close I am to achieving it. If it's still even a goal, maybe something has come up and then I have a different priority. I might write in that journal. I might thank the Lord for everything from a hot shower to a hot meal to the warm bed I'm laying in. Thank you for every time I was able to fill my gas tank up this month. Thank you for every time that car started when I turned the key. Girl, what you said. The full moon, I just give gratitude. I show gratitude, give thanks for all the things that I receive. And a lot of times, whatever I wrote at the new moon, it's there.

Designing Journals

SPEAKER_01 33:39

Right. I love that. I love your mindset towards how you journal. And I definitely think it is a great way for those that are new to journaling, is a great way to start. Pick specific days or times of the week or the month to journal. I think the most important part is the consistency so that you can see that consistent growth, that consistent thought process to see if you are consistently meeting your goals. It'll definitely help clarify why, make it easier to see why you haven't, what you've done, what you haven't done, because the proof is in the pudding because you wrote it down. And for me, when I write things down, it kind of helps cement it in my mind. Like, okay, I wrote this down, so I have to make this happen. Kind of like an accountability partner. It holds me accountable to my thoughts and it holds me accountable to my actions or lack thereof. If I'm writing them down and being able to look back and see, hey, what's going on with this here today? Are we still feeling like this, going through this, achieving this? Have we reached this goal? Why haven't we reached this goal? And then it opens the door for you to write down more, to brainstorm how to fix or create or release whatever it is that you choose to journal for, whether it's in business or a process you're going through, just journaling about it, is so beneficial. I think what you're doing is so very important. Don't you ever lose sight of it. And I'm just thankful you are an entrepreneur, you create personal journals. What I want to know, the process you take when designing your journals, the thought that goes into it.

SPEAKER_02 35:27

It was a growing process because it was an opportunity to improve. It's still an opportunity to improve. When I got into this, this was something that I had never done before in my life. Like there is a graphic design aspect of it that you kind of have to have. And I had never done any type of graphic design. I wasn't very computer literate. So the first couple of journals that I created, I created using templates. And then you have to put your own touch on it. You have to change it in some way. You can't just use the template plagiarizing. You have to put your own touch or change to it to submit it to the program that I'm in, the Amazon KDP program.

SPEAKER_00 36:11

Right.

SPEAKER_02 36:12

And so the first two, maybe even three journals that I created, I use templates and then I put my own touch on. All the smoke is actually the first journal that I created, all original. There was no template to that or anything.

SPEAKER_01 36:25

That's so dope. It's so dope that I have an original.

SPEAKER_02 36:30

Yeah, that was my first original journal. And now all of them are original because now I know a little bit more about graphic design. Right. I love to learn new things. And so I was learning something new, having fun while doing it. So, of course, journals that I've recently published are a lot better than those first two or three. Of course. I mean, I've learned exactly journals that I publish in the future, they're gonna be the ones that are out now. It's just growth.

SPEAKER_01 36:56

Yeah, and they get better and better each time. You got a visual representation of your growth, your beginning, your middle, and your continuance as you continue to grow and get better. That's so dope.

SPEAKER_02 37:09

Yeah, so now all of them will be original. I don't need a template anymore. Even the pages in my journal, like I have guided journals, and I have some that are just free sell or they don't really have much on the page, but the guided ones came up with all everything that it says. Right. Some of them I even created the line on the page from scratch. Okay, and you have fun, and there's do you know how many lines there are in the world? Like you could play with it and you try this line and this setup, and it just becomes so much fun. I didn't even know how to create it until I started doing this.

Digital Awareness and Presentation

Customized Journals by Commission

SPEAKER_01 37:44

I can only imagine I'm beginning to learn to love creating digital media. And once you start working with templates after a while, you start to get a feel for how you want your things to look. And now you can start creating and adding your own elements and tailor-making it. But it's a process, and that's what I hate to see about social media and those that consider themselves content creators. I'm not really seeing any growth in their content creation, their presentation. How are you presenting your information, your business, your website, your content, whatever it is that you're doing in professional mode? How are you making people aware visually, digitally with your content? And a lot of people won't take the time to learn simply because they don't know how. And not knowing how keeps a lot of people from growing because now enters that fear. How do I do this? I don't know how to do this. Can I learn? That's not something I know how to do. That looks difficult, that looks too hard. All the rationalizations we come up with for why we won't do what it is that we ought to be doing or feel we need to be doing that can be beneficial for us, simply not knowing how. But you stepped out on faith because this is something that you wanted to do. Like you said, you weren't computer literate, you didn't know anything about graphic design, but you had a heart and a desire to do something, and you know that to get from point A to point B is gonna involve using the computer, operating graphics, and using templates. So you have to know for thyself. Not everybody is in a position to have somebody pay to do these things for us. So if you don't learn how to do it yourself, you can't put yourself in a position to have somebody pay somebody to do it for you in the future. I mean, for me, I still want to have some creative control over the stuff that is created. But if I could afford to have somebody do a lot of this stuff, that would free up time for me to do other things and focus on other things. But for now, yeah, it's very fun creating and using graphics. And with you and your personal journals now that are original that you are creating from front to back and inside, do you or have you consider creating customized journals that are tailor-made specifically for individuals? Can people commission a journal for you to create specifically for them?

SPEAKER_02 40:18

Yes and no. Okay. So if you wanted me to create a journal for you, if you have something in mind, I could totally create it for you. But with the program that I'm in, my journals are sold on Amazon through what is called the Amazon KDP program. And so you could not get that journal through that program. You would have to have it printed on your own somewhere else, because anything that I put through that program, they're gonna own a percentage of and it's gonna be offer to the public. Not gonna be just for you. Right, right. Does that mean that I can't create it for you? No, I can create for you whatever you want or whatever I but we're not gonna be able to order it through Amazon KDP.

SPEAKER_01 41:03

Right. See, just talking to other creatives helps brainstorms and come up with ideas because commissioning a journal is definitely something that I'm interested in, and someone I just spoke to. That's why I asked you because it was like, hey, when you talk to her, ask her if she creates tailor-made journals because they wanted to have something to leave for their children. And I was like, you know what? That's a good idea, and that's something you could get paid doing, just being commissioned to create specific things, center around journaling, a gift, for example. You can make general gifts, gift journals, like you said, during specific times of the year, holidays, or stuff for people to purchase and buy around specific times, and you know, that might be something to think about in the future with Christmas later on down the line and a personal gift journal where people can customize. I see on Amazon where you might can customize Bible covers or something like that. All kind of stuff. See, just talking about stuff, I get creative with other people's creatives. I feel like, hey, you can do this, this, and that. And that's so dope.

SPEAKER_02 42:10

So many ideas that it just is unlimited.

SPEAKER_01 42:14

I know it is.

SPEAKER_02 42:15

That's what another thing that's great about journaling. Like, I it is unlimited the things you can do with the journal, like the last journal I released. I just released a manifesting journal. I'm a very spiritual person, and so a lot of things that I do are gonna be based around spirituality. But you know, I'm not like a person that's just so spiritual that I only do things, other journals that I tend to create too. I think it's all the time, but I just did a manifesting journal and energy is everything journal is was designed to help raise your vibration and just help you be in a better mood when you pick that journal up. Whether you pick it up in the morning, in the evening, whether you pick it up every day, whenever you pick that particular journal up and open it.

SPEAKER_01 43:00

I know that's right, and that's so dope because you are infusing these original journals with energy. Energy is everything. So not only are people getting an original personal journal, they're getting a journal with specific intention infused into its creation.

SPEAKER_02 43:19

Literally, just what you said. Like, as I'm creating these journals the whole time, like these journals are truly created with love and positive intention. I'm praying for them, I'm setting intentions for them. I'm praying that they find the people that need them when they need them.

Tennille's Journals on Amazon

SPEAKER_01 43:36

Like, and it's working. I can tell you that because the intent behind all the smoke is exactly what I needed to activate me, and it's helped me. You don't realize, Taniel, how much your journal has helped me process what I'm doing, has opened the door for me creatively, has got me writing so much more. I've ever had before from my poetry to my thoughts to my goals to my vision and mission with my Barana Filter podcast. That all the smoke journal. I love the way it feels in my hand, what you did with the cover. I don't even know how. It seems so slim, but it's so powerful. It feels like velvet, but it don't look like velvet. And it was just so simple the profile picture with the lady. It was perfect. And I look forward to what you have coming and creating because this one is almost used up. So it's gonna be time for me to buy another. So with that said, tell me where we can find and purchase your journals, your personal journals.

SPEAKER_02 44:45

Right now, I have seven personal journals available on Amazon.com. And the best way to find them is to just search my name in your Amazon search. If you just search Tanil Deanna, I can't guarantee that all of them will show up. But if you search Tanil Deanna Jackson, definitely all of them will show up. The reason why I split it down to Tanil Deanna is because if you search Tanil Deanna, only journals that I created will pop up for you. My last name is Jackson. It's very popular. The moment you put that Jackson on there, other books or people pop up that I didn't create, and you're not gonna know I didn't create it unless you know to look for Tanil Deanna. You know what I'm saying? So that's why it's broke down like that. And the thing about Amazon is they are a great platformer as far as giving you somewhere to sell your product. They do a lot of things, but the one thing Amazon doesn't do is market your product for you.

SPEAKER_01 45:52

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 45:53

Your product, it will sit there on Amazon and look pretty.

SPEAKER_01 45:56

Wow, like yeah, I got something on Amazon. I'm selling on Amazon.

Types of Journals Available and How To Use Them

SPEAKER_02 46:00

Yeah, but that's why it's totally like it means so much to me, and it's so beneficial because I have to get the word out about these journals myself. So Amazon.com, Tanildiana, T-E-N-N-I-L-L-E, D-E-A-N-N-A. And it's really good about popping up. As soon as you just get a few of those letters in, they'll pop up. And I would say just make sure that you see my name on what you're purchasing so that you know that it's a journal that I created with love and positive intention. Okay. And then three of them or four of them are guided journals. You'll see two different daily reflection journals. And the daily reflection journals are created to help you get in the habit of journaling every day if that's what you choose to do.

SPEAKER_01 46:52

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 46:52

Provide you with a writing page for the morning that will ask. I believe it starts with a daily affirmation and a section for you to set your goal for the day or what you attend to achieve for the day and a couple other things. And then it has one for the evening. Same thing, you know. Did you achieve what you set up? What would you like to do better tomorrow? Type deal. And then there's a page that just says five-minute journaling, and it's just there for you to write about whatever you want to write about. Because again, you don't necessarily have to journal about how your day went. Right. There's no wrong or right way to journal.

SPEAKER_01 47:31

Right. No rhyme or reason. It could just be whatever pops up in your head at the moment.

SPEAKER_02 47:37

Anything. So this journal is perfect for beginners because it gives you all of those different options in writing format.

SPEAKER_00 47:46

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 47:46

And then there's energy is everything. We talked about that one a little earlier.

SPEAKER_01 47:50

Yes.

SPEAKER_02 47:50

More of an affirmation journal. Again, that one will have prompts on each page to help raise your vibration and just promote the flow of positive energy into your life.

SPEAKER_01 48:01

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 48:02

There's all the smoke because look, life is not always rainbows and butterflies.

SPEAKER_01 48:07

Why is my favorite journal? It's so aligned with my platform and just with who I am in general. So it was perfect.

SPEAKER_02 48:15

And a lot of people, when they think of journaling, they think they have to write something positive or happy, happy, go lucky. And so I wanted to provide a journal that gave you a safe place to write about those times that are not always happy, happy, go lucky. You know, there's smoke out there, and I would rather you handle your smoke in the sheets than in the streets.

SPEAKER_01 48:38

Girl, what you said? That's a bar right there. Handle it in the sheets and not the streets. All the smoke. Yes, all the smoke. What a great analogy.

SPEAKER_02 48:52

You write what bothers you or what's upsetting you, or whatever smoke you have in that journal. And then you can do two things. You can either tear that page out and burn it and move forward from whatever that was, or you can fill up the whole book and then burn the whole book and you know, just put whatever was bothering you that day behind you. You wrote it down, thought about it, you've worked through it, burn it, move on to the next thing.

SPEAKER_01 49:19

Release, release that smoke. Smoke is toxic. You don't want to just sit and choke on it. Well, depending on what we're talking about, but you know, for that kind of smoke, yes, definitely release that smoke because honey, no, it's definitely not beneficial to you to hold on to that type of toxicity.

SPEAKER_02 49:39

And provide you with a safe place, an outlet to do.

SPEAKER_01 49:43

That's the most important part, that safe space.

SPEAKER_02 49:45

It's just for you. Nobody else is gonna see it. So if you're a student in college and you want to write about, you know, an affair you had with your professor, write it down, work through it, tear that sheet out, burn it up, and move on. Don't let that situation hold you or hinder you anymore. Or if you're a parent and you're sick of your fucking kids, hey. Release it. Write about how much those kids get on your fucking nerves every day.

SPEAKER_01 50:14

Right. Yes, fuck them kids. Let that be the title.

SPEAKER_02 50:18

Don't stop you from loving on your babies every night.

SPEAKER_01 50:21

Yes, yes, yes. Definitely is a way to process and unpack.

SPEAKER_02 50:26

And then I have a couple of journals for people like me. I've been journaling for a few years now. I don't really require any guidance. So I did a few freestyle journals. One of them is just titled Journal It. And the title is really just so you can find the book. You know, a lot of these journals, I didn't want them to look like journals. Right. I want them to be sitting in the car next to your husband. He's not gonna pick it up because he's not gonna know that it's a journal. You know what I'm saying?

SPEAKER_01 50:51

Right, right. And they don't, they don't look like your typical everyday cookie cutter journals that you can just walk into a Barnes and Noble's and and pick up. They all tend to look the same or carry the same type of theme to them, so to speak. So I definitely love how original you are with the graphics. And on the inside, I think that adds a great personal touch. And it's creating.

SPEAKER_02 51:18

Creating is my handle on TikTok. I like I said, I'm really not a social media person. Y'all don't go to these social media pages expecting great answer.

Follow Tennille on Social Media

SPEAKER_01 51:26

Right. And before we get into that, let me just say for those listening who are interested in Tanil's personal journals, they'll be able to access links to her Amazon directly. So you don't have to worry about looking and searching and typing in if you haven't tried doing so already. The direct link will be available in the show notes attached to this episode. So make sure you go over there, hit that link, check out her original personal journals. And I'm sure that once you peruse what she has available, you'll definitely find something that speaks to you and will be beneficial in your life. Make sure you don't forget to check out that direct link that'll take you to Amazon to where you can purchase Tanil Deanna's personal journal. But with that said, if you want people to drive traffic to your pages and to your social media, tell us exactly where we can find you on social media. I know you said you're not that active on social media, but if people want to be able to go check you out, check your energy out, and see the content that you are promoting and producing to go along with your uh journals, where can we find you on social media?

SPEAKER_02 52:45

So, the good thing about social media is you guys will get to witness growth and greatness firsthand because that's what the social media is for me. It's definitely an opportunity for growth, and I definitely am getting better and better about these social media things. But on Facebook, my handle on Facebook is EIE Brokerage. I really hate to talk about it.

SPEAKER_03 53:08

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 53:08

Well, it was another business that I started a few years ago, and it has nothing to do with Facebook won't let me change the name, and I didn't know that at the time that I started it. So what I did with Teneal Deanna is the accent name. So if you go to Facebook and type in Teneal Deanna, you will find my Facebook page. But I just wanted to let you know that the other handle is gonna be there, and I didn't want you to see it and be like, is that it's E I E Brokerage slash Teneal Deanna on Facebook. And Facebook is my favorite social media, and that's where I'm at the most. So definitely check out my Facebook. But I did do a TikTok, and the handle for that is creating C-R-E-A-T-E-N-N. And again, Tanil Deanna, I do believe will get you to my TikTok as well. And I do post, you know, I travel and I run into a lot of cool things. So when I'm out and I see something cool, I post it, I try to keep, you know, it lighthearted and friendly. So there are some things there, but most importantly, like just go there. If you're just looking for the journal, I do post links to my journal on that as well. And then I do have an Instagram. That's what it's called.

SPEAKER_01 54:25

Right? An IG.

SPEAKER_02 54:27

And your IG is I believe it's Taneil Deanna as well.

SPEAKER_01 54:30

Okay. And once again, to those listening, make sure that you go follow Tanil Deanna. E-I-E Brokerage. Those direct links will be available as well for you to click on. That will take you directly to her social media pages where you can find nothing but high vibrational thoughts and just wonderful pictures of her life and her travels. I enjoy visiting her page and seeing something wonderful she has posted because I promise you it's definitely going to be positive and it might make you laugh. And it definitely is needed on the platform. So make sure you go give her a follow on all of those available social media sites. You'll see those at the bottom of the show notes as well.

SPEAKER_02 55:19

Yeah, and I'd like to add and say social media is where I need your guys' help because again, Amazon is not going to market my product for me. And so, right now, these social media outlets and cards that I have printed up and that I put on people's cars and popular functions and things like that are really the only way that I'm able to market my product. And so when you go to Amazon, it's a pretty basic page. They don't go into detail about the books like I do on my social media page. I try to post pages of the insights of the books and just a very good description to give you a good idea of what type of journal it is you're purchasing. So definitely I would appreciate any support that I can get on my social media in any way that you can help me market my product because my goal is to sell 100,000 journals, you guys. Like, and I know I can do it. This is a big thing for me. I'm very proud of this and very excited about this journey. And I know that with the help of you all, I can definitely sell 100,000 journals, and that is 100,000 people that I have helped unlock the power of putting pen to that paper. Yes, everything to me. So thank you all so much for your help and supporting my small business with big dreams.

Final Thoughts and A Note To Remember

SPEAKER_01 56:36

No doubt, definitely. Support creatives, support creators, support small big business. A lot of work goes behind what you see people doing and producing. And sometimes social media just glosses over that, and all you see is the end result. You don't see the hard work, the sleepless nights, the frustrations, the tears, the things that come about from being a creative and how that can affect people in the natural world and just in their life in general. A lot goes into creating things. So make sure that you guys go support, support, support, and if anything, leave a review, leave pictures, take the time to leave a brief message, and you will be amazed how much support in itself that is. And it's free to do, it doesn't take much of your day or time just to write a quick word, and you just never know how that might change your creator's life. Especially with Tanil and her personal journals, by extension, how that in itself leads to helping somebody else. So definitely support is encouraged, that is needed, and is vital. So make sure that you go follow her on social media, make sure that you click that link to Amazon and consider purchasing one of her personal journals, if anything, other than just to support a dope soul. That's all that I can say on that. So with that said, sis, I ain't gonna keep you too much longer. I know the day is young and we still got plenty of daylight left to enjoy this beautiful day. What I want you to do, and before you do that, first let me thank you again for agreeing to come on my Baron and Filter podcast to chop it up with me today. I hope you know how dope you are, sis. I am so thankful for our virtual connection and just how you've helped to enrich not only my social media experience, but just my life with your personal journals. I appreciate the work that you put into them and I look forward to purchasing my next journal. I have so much love for you, sis. I want you to take us away. Is there a final word that you would like to leave with the audience?

SPEAKER_02 58:51

Yes. First, thank you so much for everything. Like I said, you have been a godsend to me, and you are just confirmation that that first thing that I started journaling, as far as being aligned with the universe, you're just confirmation that I am aligned because you were placed in my path and look at us now. Thank you so much. For the listeners and everybody out there, what I would say is remember there is no longer the right way to journal. Journaling is for everybody. Journaling is beneficial to your mental and your physical health. It's free, it works quickly. Journals make great gifts. I share that story about my mom and my auntie behind my journal because I will be forever grateful to them. They bought something and gave me something. That changed my life forever. And if you got a journal for a gift for somebody, all it takes is for them to open it and put a pen to it one time and you will have that same memory. They will have that same memory of you. So don't give up on journaling. If it's something that you've been thinking about, don't think about it anymore. Just do it. Like even if you don't buy one of my journals, if you just pick up junk mail that's sitting next to you right now and write something meaningful on it and put it somewhere where you can see it. Do it because getting the sale is huge. Of course, I want to make money. I want to buy my parents a home. I like to travel. Of course, I want to make money. But the huge flex, what's most important, is helping as many people as I can unlock the power to putting that pen to that paper. It is a superpower. It is out there, it is free, it is available. Just do it.

Outro

SPEAKER_01 1:00:41

Yes, do it and do it now. And understand this is why Tanil is a dope soul. She's authentic. Her purpose is authentic. Of course, what's understood don't need to be said. We know how beneficial of a tool money is and how we can use it and need it, how we need it in our lives in the ways that we feel that we need to use it. But for creatives like Tanil and myself, this is so much more than that. This is purposeful. This is to help change lives. This is to help make people better in some capacity. This is a passion, a service. This is her service to the world. And she's doing that by infusing love and light energy into her creations. So definitely consider purchasing one of her journals. If not, getting one of her journals, just writing, period. Get your life together, get your mind right. Start with that pen and that paper. And like she said, do it now. Tanil, I appreciate you. Thank you again for coming to my Burana Filter today. I hope you have a beautiful and pleasant day full of positive interactions going forward.

SPEAKER_02 1:01:58

Bye, mama. The pleasure was all mine. Thank you so much again for this opportunity. Best of blessings to you and yours always, honey, and please stay in touch.

SPEAKER_01 1:02:08

Of course, no doubt. We locked in now.

SPEAKER_02 1:02:11

I'm so excited. I'm praying for positive outcomes for us both. If one person hears this podcast and goes out and purchases a journal and writes in it and unlocks that power, we we've won here today.

SPEAKER_01 1:02:26

Definitely, no doubt. I'm claiming it with you that this episode will reach ears that will bring you sales, that will change lives, that will encourage people to start journaling and start writing. Definitely, I declare that with you. I'm so thankful that you did this with me. I pray that it opens up more doors for you too. Well, kings and queens, here we are, safe and sound on the other side of another rabbit hole. I really hope you enjoyed the ride. A big shout out to today's guest, to Neil Deanna. Thank you so much for coming through to drop gems on the power of journaling. If you enjoyed what you heard from her and are considering picking up a pen, please check out her original custom-made journals that are infused with positive intentions. Tanil's journals are available to purchase for a modest price on Amazon, Walmart.com, and TikTok shop. There are links available in the show notes that will take you directly to those sites. Go support a dope soul and help Tanil reach her goal of 100,000 journals sold and prayerfully more. I have two in my possession right now and a third updated version that she was so very kind to send me as a gift. Thank you so much for that, Tanil. And thank you for being such a dope soul. And a really special thank you to all of you who tuned in and who continuously supports this platform. The love has been felt through your downloads, likes, shares, reviews, personal messages, and here most recently, your purchases at my new pop-up shop. Oh, and don't let me forget my subscribers on Facebook. Y'all are truly dope souls, and I am so thankful to have you believe in me so much that you would subscribe to my content. So a big shout out to you all as well. All of you go out of your way to reaffirm my mission. And for that, I am blessed. Thank you so much. If any of you listening now are not aware, yes, your girl went and created custom merch for certified dope souls. New designs are dropped weekly, and you are guaranteed to find items for the whole family that are authentic, dope, and express your individuality. Go check out the Black Mamba effect on Princify and find your brand of authenticity. That link, along with others that will take you to my social media accounts, web page, and donation page are all available in the show notes. Once again, remember that journaling is for everyone and that there is no right or wrong way to go about it. Just pick up a pen and write. I promise that it can change your life if you allow it to. Much love and gratitude, kings and queens. Until next time, you know what to do.

SPEAKER_00 1:05:55

Be good, be safe, stay healthy. Oh, and drink your water. Water is life, peace.