We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Chanijia Burton. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Chanijia below.

Chanijia, appreciate you joining us today. Has your work ever been misunderstood or mischaracterized?

I grew up in a small town, with a single mom and my two brothers. I was always the “quiet one” growing up, but in reality I was a leader, a speaker, and a wayshower, here to be the person to do what my family and others saw as impossible, and break generational cycles of trauma, disconnection, and unworthiness. Growing up I was always the observer. I saw and felt the world and emotion differently. I was a seer and a highly sensitive artist and creator, who refused to not live from my heart.
In a town and family of “don’t be too much”, don’t be too loud or amazing”, and “don’t take up space” to survive, I received a lot of push back and was misunderstood for “rocking the boat”. I was misunderstood for how I had to hide and be someone I wasn’t to protect myself and make it through an emotionally abusive and disconnected childhood and upbringing. I had to shut off my truth and emotional body to survive. (Which connected me to my heart and artistry). I was seen as different, weird, outspoken, and strange. Too deep, too alive, too much. But I always said there was always a part of me this world could never touch, and it was my heart, the freedom within my soul, my expression, and the liberated energy I was here to bring to this world and my family. I went through years of healing and peeling back the layers of trauma and learning how to love, accept, and choose myself to allow her, the true me to shine through, and set her truth, her voice, and her expression free, so she could become the speaker, healer, conscious mother, creative, and powerful, liberated woman I am today. And ever since then I’ve never looked back or chosen to be anyone else, and to create with my full energy. Fully connected, fully rooted, and focused forward to heal generational cycles and build the business(es), empire, and life of my dreams for my children and generations to come.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

My name is Chanijia Burton, pronounced (Shuh-ny-hah). I am a multi-dimensional mother, entrepreneur, medicine woman, energetic healer, speaker, and designer.
Originally from south MI, I currently live in Las Vegas, NV with my two children and life partner where we unschool our children and continue to create a conscious life of fulfillment & freedom and building the businesses of our dreams, and doing what we love most.

The work that I do encompasses conscious parenting, being lead by your soul, fashion design, holistic healing, art and dance expression, feminine embodiment, entrepreneurship, conscious relationships, ancestral and indigenous healing, and heart energetics to be authentically expressed to leave your unique mark on the world.

My journey into the work I do began when I became a mother, although I had always been intuitively connected to nature, ancient wisdom, and an inner knowing that I was here to do something big most of my life.
Becoming a mother lead me down the path of my own healing, and me being a single mother at the time and having endured what I had as a child I wanted to give my child something more and a healthy environment to thrive within. So I went searching, and that’s when my world was opened up to yoga, meditation, motherhood, and organic foods. Which then lead me down the path of becoming a holistic nutritionist and learning about the eastern energetics of the body, spirit, and heart space.
A lot of what I do comes from my own journey of healing and coming home to myself through self care, self love, warrior movement, vocal and sound healing, kundalini yoga, breath work, trauma healing, intuitive-holistic healing, and natural ways of living.

I believe everyone has their own heart frequency (their art, their mission, their “spark”, their vision) that they came here to express and birth in the world.

My mission is to show spiritual mothers, women, and men what is possible and how beautiful your life can sustainably become when you choose it and choose to love yourself. And also to remind you that you are the embodiment of Love and the creator of your reality, and that anything is possible.

I left my retail job and began building my business and working in the sales and entrepreneurial space back in 2020, and never looked back.
I have always been a heart led, free spirited creative and an artist, whether it be through dance, cooking, or my writing, and am working on creating a sustainable fashion and housewares line for the embodied, natural woman coming out Summer 2026.

As a speaker and energetic healer, I work closely with spiritual mothers who are healers and entrepreneurs here to break generational cycles, in my 3-month container, Liberated Mother, where I work with the Energetics of the heart space and body to intuitively see what story is locked in your body emotionally, physically, spiritually, energetically and mentally to find the root of self sabotage, fear of being seen, and a deviation from your true self.
Essentially unschooling the mind, body, and soul, as I do with my own children, to move from Love (heart & soul) and not from fear.

I create a safe space rooted in Love and intuitive wisdom for mothers who are healers and entrepreneurs to be seen, heard, and supported to become the woman who chooses herself and births and brings her vision and businesses to life in her full power, and leads her children to do the same.

We walk home together through devoted self ceremony to come home to what you love, embody your highest aligned frequency through self care, finding safety in the body, your emotions, and nervous system, rewire limiting beliefs and patterns, reactivating your power and voice through pranayama, movement, and expression exercises, and getting clear on your dreams, vision, and purpose.

We then begin bringing your vision to life and taking heart led action towards putting your work out into the world, building your dream life and business from your heart,
authentically building your community and finding your people, and connecting with/attracting clients through heart led sales and authentic marketing, by fully showing up in your authentic truth and expression and sharing your story.

This is what I call true liberation, to have your soul in the drivers seat and living life outside of the confines of a world that was created for you, for you to take your power back and create your own on your own terms.

What I am most proud of is my drive to be forever growing and changing into my highest potential no matter the circumstance, always choosing to live in alignment with my heart, and creating safe spaces for my children and others to thrive within.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

9 months ago, I sold all of my belongings and packed up my Ford Escape as a single mother and drove across the country from Michigan to Nevada with just me, one bag and a computer each for our belongings, my two children, and a 15-hour soul enlivening playlist.

I remember sitting in my room at the beginning of 2023, having just quit my job, moved out of my home, and was back living in one bedroom with me and my two kids at my moms house in a small town, in an environment of scarcity, smallness, and surrounded by people and family with fear of stepping outside of their comfort zone and what they knew to be possible.

I was depressed, disconnected, with no one around me to connect with or that had the same beliefs, ways of living, and dreams as big as mine, and I knew it was time for me to do something new, to do something I had never done before.

At the beginning of the year I met another soul led single mother online through Instagram, and we instantly became close, and would later become my best friend and travel and build our businesses together. She was medicine woman and entrepreneur with three children running healing ceremonies and goddess retreats in Las Vegas, NV. I had never met another woman like me connected to the elements, on a healing path with a dream of creating something big and following her soul like I was. We had began talking everyday for a few months, and I got an intuitive nudge to go out West.

I decided to meet her at a retreat she was holding in LA, and to also take the leap to go on a journey across country to allow my kids to see the world, build my dream business and choose a better life for us, and do ceremony and live life with heart resonant mothers and women.

This journey was for me, to allow my spirit to fly free for the first time, and to leave behind everything that wasn’t me along the way that wasn’t serving me.

I went back and forth about my decision for a few days then took the nudge and decided I wasn’t going to live the same year again. I got everything we needed to travel and live nomadically in our vehicle, said goodbye to my family, and set out on our journey on my own in the middle of winter at 7pm on a Thursday. It was set to be a 2-3 day trip, and it was a journey we would never forget.

Along our journey, we slept in our car at rest stops and watched movies, saw the Great Plains and the mountains for the first time, got a flat tire and oil change in Iowa, showered at rest stops. I was learning to be alone and how to trust and rely on myself for the first time without family to fall back on. The next day we made it to Colorado, which would turn into the detour of a lifetime.
Driving through the CO mountains, our transmission went out, and me and my two children were stuck in our vehicle at a ski resort in freezing temperatures for almost two days before a tow truck came. They said it would take 3 weeks for the new transmission to be delivered. And luckily, I had met another friend who was traveling East who was able to come pick us up and align us with a place to stay for a month in Colorado. I had thoughts of fear and going home, and thinking I made a mistake. After a lot of turmoil, lots of money spent, and being in an unknown place for a month with two children, we were finally back on the road after taking 3 buses back to our car. With a lot of prayer, trusting my heart, faith, and strength, we finished our journey to Nevada. Seeing canyons and desert for the first time in Utah and Arizona brought me to tears, and as soon as I crossed that NV border and get to our destination, we were finally able to rest, and knew we were Home.

In order to make this leap, I went on a three year healing journey to rewire my nervous system from constant fear and hypervigilence from childhood, found safety in my body, and learned to love and choose myself. Turning my feeling body back on and trusting my intuition and soul allowed me to experience the full spectrum of this world.
Has allowed me to step outside the smallness of my comfort zone that once kept me “safe”.
Has lead me to find my people, my tribe of conscious, heart resonant mothers and spiritual entrepreneurs that I am seen and supported by,
allowed me to receive my person, a conscious relationship rooted in love to create with,
to move to the other side of the country to allow my kids to fully experience this life, stay connected to themselves, and make close friends.

This is why I do what I do. I hope my story inspires you to follow your dreams as well.

Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?

For women and mothers to know their worth, love themselves, and be in their power to create generational healing and wealth for generations to come. For humanity to come back home to themselves. To return to natural ways of community, and living, creating, and consuming that benefits us and the Earth.
To live in Love, and for money to be in the hands of people who will pour it into making the world a better place, and give back in powerful ways to those who need it.

We have been taught to be disconnected from ourselves, to not listen to our own intuition or think for ourselves, to follow the mold/box created by society of who we should be, and to not be in our full power to create a new world. My goal is to guide as many people that I can back to life and connecting to their truth.

Thank you to those that have read and resonate with my journey, I hope it inspires you to create a reality in alignment with your heart and truth, and bring beauty into the world and spaces that need it most.

If you are a mother, a healer/spiritual entrepreneur, or just simply resonate with my story and mission you can follow me @iamchanijia on IG, and don’t hesitate to reach out via email: crbbodysoul@gmail.com.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: @iamchanijia
• Other: Email- crbbodysoul@gmail.com