We were lucky to catch up with Jasmine Garmon recently and have shared our conversation below.

Jasmine, appreciate you joining us today. Before we talk about all of your success, let’s start with a story of failure. Can you open up about a time when you’ve failed?

I’ve never experienced a direct failure but I’ve experienced minor and major setbacks. After I graduated from high school, I was undecided on a career path for a while and that led me to changing universities and majors frequently. I felt really discouraged during that time and felt that I didn’t really have a purpose in life. I didn’t fully understand what a life’s purpose was so I had no idea of what my purpose was.

Jasmine, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve dabbled in many different career and educational paths. This made it easy for me to maneuver into different and multiple crafts. I started modeling professionally after I had a photoshoot to reclaim my power after a traumatic event which I discuss in great detail in my autobiography (I Was Made To Thrive and Flourish). Writing my autobiography has created a hunger inside of me. I am now planning on writing more novels in the future. I am passionate about helping other young black women see that they can reclaim their power back from any trauma whether it’s toxicity from family, mental, physical, or sexual abuse. As someone in the nursing field, I am empathetic to the emotions of others and that helps me grow in my everyday life. I am extremely proud of this trait because it helps me connect with every person that I meet. I am able to make complete strangers feel comfortable and eventually befriend them.

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

I’ve always wanted to keep up the persona of what I thought a strong black woman was. This misconception is what led me to hiding my trauma from my family. I created negative scenarios based on what I assumed their reactions would be. After feeling hopeless, I went to therapy and learned the true definition of a strong black woman which is me.

I became determined to not let my past define me and took the initiative to showcase my trauma and how I took back my life and mental health. Aside from telling my story as a strong black woman, I am passionate about running and traveling.
I live my life fearless and travel the world like it’s a runway. I capture beautiful moments as an inspired model, and I also recreate photos with different photographers.

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

One important lesson that I’ve learned while drafting my autobiography is patience. I had to be patient while dealing with the fallout that I had with my first editor. Although I would have loved for our collaboration to work, the relationship between us had become damaged beyond repair.

As I mentioned above, patience was one of the most important lessons that I learned during this experience. I had to be patient with others as well as myself. As I got closer to publishing my autobiography, I became nervous. I wasn’t nervous because this was my first time publishing but because I was scared of the negative reactions from close friends and family. I realized that I was undoing years of therapy and growth by allowing myself to be hindered by the opinions of others. A mentor once told me to “dream like it’s my last day on earth”. I plan to do just that. No matter where life takes me and always believe in myself.  

Contact Info:

• Website: https://a.co/d/8qzTu31
• Instagram: ___jazz_flawless
• Twitter: @FlourishQueen28

Image Credits
Kamia McWilliams Christopher Carter