I am Cenithia Tice, but I EVOLVED into CJay through life and experience which we know is an excellent teacher.  I am a country girl, born and raised in North Carolina, in the small city of Kinston.  I am a veteran educator with over 15 years of education experience.  It is great to be blessed with the gift of working with children and the desire to want to help them succeed.  Because of this passion, I work as the Program Coordinator to Project:BECOMING a nonprofit organization that serves young girls in grade 6th to 12th grade.   I also pursued my love of doing hair and became a licensed cosmetologist.  For many years, I worked part-time doing hair and then I took a step of faith to be a full-time cosmetologist.  I enjoyed the creativity the cosmetology world allowed me to express. After being in the salon full-time for close to  2 years, I received the opportunity to teach abroad…………….and this is where the EVOLUTION began to happen.

I moved to the United Arab of Emirates to teach abroad and though I did not want to go back into the classroom, the experience to live abroad was life changing and unforgettable.  It is where, CJay was born.  It is where I began to EVOLVE into the woman God has called me to be.   While living in the UAE I was afforded the personal time needed to focus on building my relationship with God.  I created daily habits of dedicating a certain amount of time to spend one on one with God (evolution of spirit).  As I began to grow spiritually I found interest in my health and fitness.  I joined My Fitness Journey, an amazing fitness program with personal trainer Charron Smith and health coach Shani Brinkley.  This was another life changing experience that made health and fitness to become a lifestyle for me (evolution of body).  They encouraged me to participate in the UMC bikini competition and I accomplished more than I thought I ever could.  People began asking for advice and tips on how to live a healthier life and I was excited and accepted the call to help in anyway I could.

The last thing I needed that I avoided and knew I had to face was building my mental capacity.  My mentality was a task I had struggled with all my life.  I don’t have a heart wrenching story of how I was homeless as a child, grew up in the foster care, or was always hungry, nonetheless, I have a story that could help someone.  Somehow I grew up lacking confidence, feeling inadequate and comparing myself to my friends or other people I went to school with, which caused me to miss out on opportunities that could have progressed me as a person.  The fear of failure and the fear of success both dictated my life and here I am now, 38 years old still fighting this battle.  While growing up, I witnessed more fear than faith being used around me and this became my response to everything.  One day I woke up and realized I couldn’t reach what God has for me living through fear.  I created daily habits to show myself love by listening to and reading topics that provided encouragement to conquer all the lies I told myself for so long.  I joined mastermind groups to surround myself with like minded people and prayed daily to be released from the mental bondage I was experiencing (evolution of mind).  Then I had a thought, I can’t be alone!  There has to be other people out there going through what I am going through and just like that my passion to help others live a positive life on purpose was born.  In my opinion, the transformation of mind, body and spirit are essential to EVOLVING to your better self.

Are you ready to EVOLVE??  Do you want to know what your better self looks like, thinks like, feels like?  Join me!!! Let me help you EVOLVE to your better self.  I promise you it is worth putting in the work!!!