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I’m Not the Girl I Used to Be For the woman healing, rebuilding, and becoming. Podcast episodes out now. Created by MaHogany Jackson. What is I’m Not the Girl I Used to Be?

Home of I’m Not the Girl I Used to Be — the book, podcast, and community rooted in growth, faith, healing, and reinvention. I’m Not the Girl I Used to Be is a global brand created to motivate women to be who God has called them to be despite their past mistakes and decisions. Our message challenges women to transform their mindset, lifestyle, and habits.

10/11/2026

Some things are too expensive to get even over. Your peace is one of them. 💗

Release it. Let God handle what you can’t — and keep moving forward.

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10/10/2026

I stopped waiting for extra time to magically appear. I started building time for ME into the routine. 💗

Even two intentional hours can make a difference when you spend all day pouring into everybody else.

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10/09/2026

One bad day doesn’t have to become a bad week. 💗

Reset. Pivot. Keep becoming her.

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10/08/2026

Your routine doesn’t have to be aesthetic. It has to work for YOUR life. 💗

Start where you are. Build what supports you. Add the layers as you grow.

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10/07/2026

Sometimes moving forward means accepting where you are without pretending it’s where you wanted to be. 💗

Build from here. The life you have today can still lead you toward the life you’re praying for.

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10/06/2026

Your dream life needs routines that can actually take you there. 💗

What you do today should support where you’re trying to be tomorrow.

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That is the part we do not always talk about.Healing costs.Discipline costs.Growth costs.Fitness costs.Financial rebuild...
07/02/2026

That is the part we do not always talk about.

Healing costs.
Discipline costs.

Growth costs.
Fitness costs.
Financial rebuilding costs.
Letting go of excuses costs.
Changing your habits costs.
But staying the same costs too.

There is a cost to being stagnant, unhappy, unhealthy, stuck, and disconnected from the life you know you are called to live.

So the question becomes: which cost are you willing to pay?
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06/20/2026

Don’t let your current circumstances become the prison you trap yourself in.

I thought healing would come with more space.

I thought once the relationship ended, there would be more balance, more breathing room, and more time to rebuild, rediscover myself, pursue my goals, and simply live.

But my reality did not look like that.

When I got separated and divorced, none of my kids were in school. I was home with six babies, carrying a lot, and trying to figure out how to heal, rebuild, and find myself again in the middle of it all.

It was not the perfect circumstance.

But with God’s help, little by little, I started putting the pieces together.

And that is what I want to encourage you with: you may not have the time, the money, the support, the space, or the ideal situation right now — but do not let where you are convince you that you cannot still become.

Life can get smoother.
Things can shift.

But you have to keep going.

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06/19/2026

Don’t let what hurt you harden the heart God gave you.
I know that is not always easy.

There are some things you go through that could make you bitter. There are moments where people may look at your life and say, “If I were you, I would have handled that differently.”

But I know the heart God gave me. I know the purpose He placed on my life. And I know that for what I am called to do, I cannot allow pain, disappointment, betrayal, or hard seasons to make me lose the loving part of me.

That does not mean you do not have boundaries.
That does not mean you let people mistreat you.
That does not mean you pretend nothing hurt.

It means you protect your heart enough to not let life turn you into someone you were never called to be.

God can give you beauty for ashes.

So keep going, keep believing, keep healing, and do not let your circumstances pause your becoming.

Episode 3 of I’m Not the Girl I Used to Be Podcast is live now 🎙️💗

If you listened to Episode 3, thank you. 💗In the episode, I talked about how I thought healing meant getting back to mys...
06/18/2026

If you listened to Episode 3, thank you. 💗

In the episode, I talked about how I thought healing meant getting back to myself, but I realized I had to redefine myself.

But there’s one more thing I wanted to share.

Redefining yourself sounds empowering, but it also comes with grief.
Sometimes you have to grieve the version of you who had more time.
The version of you who thought life would look different.
The version of motherhood, partnership, support, and identity you imagined.
The version of you who thought healing would come with more space.

For me, becoming her meant accepting that I could not wait for the perfect conditions to become myself again.

In this Just One More Thing segment, I’m sharing the part of redefining myself that felt more emotional than I expected — letting go of the life I imagined so I could start building from the life I actually had.

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