We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Dominique Jones a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Dominique, appreciate you joining us today. So let’s jump to your mission – what’s the backstory behind how you developed the mission that drives your brand?
Living with a disability is a huge challenge in itself, but still seeing value in your limitations, is something that motivated me to use what I can do to create purpose. I wanted to reach those that get overlooked. Let’s just say, I want the underdogs to know they’re seen too!
Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.
So, WHO AM I?! My name is Dōmo and I have a brain tumor that caused a muscle weakness and nerve damage where I use a walker and wear leg braces to help me walk. After dealing with surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation, I wanted to target the disabled community in using my personal journey to show them WE CAN BREAK THE STIGMA BEYOND OUR CONDITIONS! I became a Master Certified Disability Confidence Coach, 4x Self-Published Author and Co-Authored five books collaborating with other amazing Authors, started two businesses and became a Talk Show hostess of my weekly livestream show called “One Billion Brave”. Once I realized I had a purpose and found what it was, I couldn’t be stopped by nothing until it manifests! You can’t tell me it can’t be done because I’m ACTUALLY doing it!! I’m a business owner with a disability, a Master Life Coach with muscle weakness, a talk show host with a bold personality and an author that breaks the stigmas…I contradict every rule out there!! So my question is, what’s stopping you?! #DontLetTheDisabilityFoolYou
Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?
For me, having to come to the realization that at age 28 I’d have to use a walker, was a very hard pill to swallow. Being at your prime years, seeing all your friends being able to walk and move around without any hesitation, then facing my reality that a life of freely moving would probably never be for me anymore, caused a lot of self preservation and questions of value and lack of confidence. So, I changed the narrative. My reality was…I need a walker! Ok, so how we gone make it fit me and still rock it with confidence? Customize it! And once I did, I became a force to be reckoned with! I have decorated my walker with every print, style and design duct tape ever created lol People never even knew duct tape came in other colors and styles until they seen me walk in with my walker! I created it to fit me, not the other way around. I changed being confined in it to being confident in it!
What do you think is the goal or mission that drives your creative journey?
My ultimate goal is show people that we have disabilities because no one who is living in this world isn’t dealing with some limitation, some just show they’re outwardly. And for me, I’m that bold one that’ll show the world having a disability is not an inability. What I’ve learned is, people don’t want to hear what you know, they want to hear what you’ve been through. Experiences are the best lessons and I have proof that I know how to turn your vision to a reality. Why? Because I have really, truly been just where you are! The most comforting feeling is to know that someone understands you. That’s me and that’s my goal!
Contact Info:
- Website: thedomojones.com
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/iamdomojones?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1billionbravetalkshow?mibextid=LQQJ4d
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/@onebillionbravetalkshow735