ABOUT

Hey hey beautiful people. I am Ta’lor L. Pinkston, and I created The Heart Advocate to help individuals choose self-love as a coping skill for mental health concerns and healing. I am a Self-love Activist, Speaker and Therapist who is dedicated to your heart.

In 2015 I found out I was pregnant with my daughter and for 9 months I struggled with depression. At the time, I had just received my Master’s in Social Work and was planning to be Therapist, but instead I was living in a one-bedroom apartment, low-income, unmarried, in a toxic relationship and I was fired from my employer while on an unpaid maternity leave.

I lost my value, my mental health was declining, and so was my self-worth.

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 strength. During the first year of her life, I knew that I was putting more effort into my relationship than I was putting into myself and I was done with my own bullshit.

I was settling for less than what my heart + soul desires, I was not staying true to myself and my relationships felt toxic and draining. For the first time, I admitted to myself that I did not fully love myself and I wanted that to change. I did a google search for self-love and found the Path of Self-love school and in 2017 I received my certification in the Foundations of Self-love.

Self-love changed my life and I am an advocate for the power of practicing this Heart Work. And now, I want to help you to never settle, to only have loving and respectful relationships, and to stay true to yourself.

Mission Statement

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Photographer: Cristin Goss (Pittsburgh, Pa)

To support individuals (including transgender and non-binary) defy fear, self-doubt, insecurity, shame, and guilt + blame by choosing self-love as a coping skill for mental health and Healing Over Everything.

Vision

For every individual to know their self-worth and become a Heart Advocate.

self-love has taught me …

to trust, empower, and respect myself by advocating for what I need and desire. Self-love is about choosing to accept, celebrate, take care of, and be compassionate with yourself; to honor, speak up for self, and to be honest about who you are and who you are not. Will you make the commitment to Become a Heart Advocate?

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Photographer: Sara Lacroix (Pittsburgh, Pa)

I am Safe-Space for your heart

If you are not a bigot, hyper masculine, or anti-black, anti-lgbtqia+ 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 intersection acceptance and feel overwhelmed
  • transgender and haven’t felt accepted by professionals
  • struggling with singleness
  • going through a break up 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.

76 thoughts on “ABOUT”

    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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  10. 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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  22. 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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  23. 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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  28. 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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