Monaleo Gives Advice to Those Struggling With Their Mental Health, Talks Motherhood & More | Give Her FlowHERS Awards Gala 2023 - video Dailymotion

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Monaleo chatted with Billboard on the red carpet of the 2023 Give Her FlowHERS Awards Gala.

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00:00 Hey y'all, it's Bel-wear with Mona Leo, the Texas legend.

00:03 - Yes ma'am, in the building.

00:05 - And you're being honored tonight, how do you feel?

00:07 - It feels good, it feels so surreal.

00:08 I can't believe they picked little old me

00:10 from Texas to be honored.

00:12 It feels good, I always appreciate the recognition

00:15 and the love and support.

00:16 It feels like a big old warm hug, so I appreciate it.

00:19 - Yeah, and you've had a big year, a debut album, a baby.

00:23 How does all of those things feel?

00:24 How have you been navigating that?

00:26 - It feels good, sometimes it can get a little overwhelming,

00:29 but ultimately I'm just glad that I stayed the course.

00:32 And it feels really fulfilling,

00:34 'cause it was a journey,

00:36 each of those were different journeys,

00:38 and I was able to see all of those until the end,

00:41 like until birth and until I put out the project.

00:44 So I'm proud of myself for being able

00:46 to follow through with that,

00:47 and like I said, it just feels so rewarding sometimes.

00:50 - 100%, and what does it feel like being a mom?

00:53 And like, being a mama, someone calls you mom now,

00:55 how does that feel?

00:56 - It feels so good, oh I love my chicken nugget,

00:58 I wish I would've brought him,

00:59 but he would've been so overwhelmed.

01:01 He's only six months,

01:02 so he would've been in here just overwhelmed,

01:04 but I would've been an ugly crying mess

01:07 on this red carpet if I had him,

01:09 'cause I just kept looking at him

01:11 and just like thinking about my younger self,

01:13 and like the younger me,

01:15 and like not being able to believe

01:17 that this is like my life now,

01:18 so I would've been boohoo crying,

01:19 so it's good that I didn't bring him,

01:20 but I love being a mom.

01:22 - And what is something that you've learned this year?

01:27 - Patience, patience is virtue,

01:30 and that's something I always heard people repeat,

01:32 and it never really resonated with me,

01:35 but when I realized how much great things take time,

01:38 it made me realize that patience is really important.

01:42 - No, it definitely is, I'm learning that every day.

01:44 You are very big with anxiety and depression,

01:47 that's very important to you,

01:48 talking about that and just kind of being healthy

01:50 in your mental health is very important.

01:52 What is some advice for black women

01:54 coming up in the industry that you could give?

01:57 That might suffer from depression and anxiety.

01:59 - I would say continue to honor yourself.

02:02 A lot of people say be yourself,

02:03 I wanna get specific and say honor yourself,

02:06 honor your truest thoughts, your truest feelings.

02:09 If you feel a way about a certain outfit,

02:11 you love it, wear it, who cares what other people think.

02:13 If you feel a way about a certain song or art piece,

02:16 whatever creates it, whatever you do art-wise,

02:20 if you feel good about it, I think you should pursue it,

02:23 and not let anybody deter you

02:25 from fulfilling your purpose, that's what I would say.

02:28 - That's some really good advice, thank you for that.

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Monaleo Gives Advice to Those Struggling With Their Mental Health, Talks Motherhood & More | Give Her FlowHERS Awards Gala 2023

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