The AJ Zone

I happened across an interview of yours with Kevin Gianni of LiveAwesome.com while searching the internet for either a recipe or nutritional information.  I listened to the interview and noticed how I was motivated by your energy throughout the interview and how “REAL” you were about how it ALL works.  What I took from the interview was learning to be consistent with my eating habits and my exercise routine as well as my spiritual well-being.

Having spiritual goals was the most important thing that you spoke on.  A lot of people do not relate diet and exercise with their spiritual state.  Since I was one of those people, it really kept my attention because I had never heard of the 2 together and it made so much sense to me.  Everything starts in the mind and you must be spiritually strong in order for it to affect your mental state which then trickles out to affect your physical state.

The spiritual tool box and your cube were big hits with me because just as you mentioned in the interview; it can help you have better days. And better days lead to better nights which lead to a better life. 

You really grabbed my attention throughout the interview so I felt the need to check out the website.

2.)  Have you had any lifestyle adjustment success in THE AJ ZONE?

Yes.  I have definitely grown spiritually by using my spiritual toolbox and cube.  It’s a very simple way of helping me to focus on one item without getting overwhelmed and allowing that one spiritual task for the day, guide me.  As for my physical state, I have leaned out tremendously by following the Wellness plans that are on the site along with using the nutrition section to help me with my meal planning.  Before, I would try to prepare my meals day by day but it is much easier to get it all done in a weekend and have it prepared for the week.  You’ve put great recipes on the site for vegetarians too.  Also my outlook on life has adjusted.  I don’t work out because I just want to look good, I work out and eat properly because I want to be healthy.  That alone makes a world of a difference.  I’ve even taken the liberty to make some things around my house a bit greener.  I’ve purchased a few products that are natural as well as becoming more conscious of my recycling habits.  Overall, my confidence level has shot up and I’ve been able to cope with the changes around me whether it’s spiritual, financial, mental, physical, or what have you.  The site has a little bit of everything on it that is definitely useful in our everyday lives.  You just have to put what’s on the site to practice.  It’s like everything is there for you, you just have to take it and run with it.

3.)  Kassie, I am soooo amazed that you actually flew from Dallas to Atlanta to attend the MY BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL tour stop.  What made you decide to do that?

Of course I had to make sure you were living what you were preaching. LOL.  I had a sense that you were because I can hear the passion in your voice when you talk about it but just like any curious person, I had to see for myself.  I believe throughout the MBIB panel discussion, there was a small conversation relating to how Hollywood is airbrushed right before the showing of The Souls of Black Girls.  You all were discussing how the world has it to where our young girls are so quick to say they want to look like a movie star when in fact that movie star has been picked apart on the cover of the magazine their gracing.  But you totally showed the entire audience that you were not airbrushed and that you literally worked for the body that you have.  You didn’t pay for it, you WORK for it.  Along with that you also shared how it’s okay to have your favorite snack every once in awhile but how not to indulge.  And in the end, you have to get off your butt and work it off because it’s not going to just disappear.

4.)  What did you think of my keynote presentation?

The keynote “PARTY” was awesome.  It was energetic, sexy, truthful, informative, captivating, shocking to some, and simply fabulous.  From your strut to the information you released to the wetting of your hair (and the track test) to the crip walk at the end was amazing.  You set it off!  Need I say more!

Hahahaha...for those that will not have the opportunity to experience the tour, will you give some detail? Talk a bit more about the “party”, my strut, wetting my hair, and of course, the crip walk...

Before the “party”, you asked me right after the panel discussion was I going to stay for the party.  I was saying to myself, what party??  Did I miss something?  Since I had planned to stay for the entire event, I said yes, because I wanted the full experience.  After Tasha introduced you and Mary J. Blige starting blaring through the speakers and I didn’t see you on stage, I was like, “I know she’s doing the fool”. Then all of a sudden I saw nothing but this petite figure basically busting from the crowd in all white with the baddest pair of boots ever and a freakin’ six pack and I’m not talking about beer.  You were giving it to them.  I was like DAMN!  I promised that if you had any fat on your body, that outfit would have truly shown it.  After you had the first person strut with you, everybody wanted to strut.  The information you gave during your presentation was simplified.  You broke it down to where everyone could understand just how easy it is but it takes consistency.  I feel that you made everything personable.  You reached into the crowd and grabbed the attention of everyone that was in attendance.  Now the two highpoints of the presentation came when you first pulled out the seasonings from your purse and showed everyone that you carry them with you at all times.  I don’t think people actually think to do things like that but I sure did take it in and am now doing the same thing.  The second high point was when you turned to the stage and wet your hair then went down the front row to have them do a track test.  The lady sitting next to me could not believe that was your hair.  She was truly in shock and verbalized that she thought it was a weave.  All I could do was laugh and leaned over to her and said, “Sweetie, she is so for real.”  Your energy throughout the entire presentation was not broken at all.  You truly showed them how living in the Zone pays off.  But the greatest part of it all was your FINALE!  OM-Fing G, you broke out and did the crip walk.  That was so live!  I’m like for real, laughing out loud in a good way saying to myself, she has not aged at all.  I've watched you your whole career, every TV show, every movie and I mean it’s like nothing has changed about you at all.  That did it.  After you expelled all of that energy throughout your presentation and still had some left to crip walk it out, I was through.  I think I smiled so hard that one of my dimples starting hurting. You showed them just how fly you are and how fly we can be.  It was great!

5.)  Did you have any expectations of your VIP experience with me and were they met?

I learned that it’s better off to carry around my own seasonings.  LOL.  I honestly just never thought to do it.  I don’t eat out a lot but when I do, it seems that I’m forced to eat these high sodium meals and I don’t have very many choices especially being a vegetarian.  It is best that I carry my own seasonings, that way I’m not forced to have to eat a bland meal or a meal high in sodium.

I became more focus on my spiritual tools.  You made a comment during the panel discussion to dream huge.  I added that to my spiritual toolbox.  I had created my toolbox but wasn’t adding much to it. So I was pulling the same tools out but needed some new ones.  Since, I’ve been adding the mantras from the daily motivational emails.  After ATL, I upgraded my membership on the AJ Zone to Platinum status.

7.)  As much as I want to give of myself via the internet, I realize there is only so much of me-my spirit, my energy, my healthy living philosophies-that will truly translate-Please compare your experience with the online program and your experience with me!

Wow, let’s see!  You are everything that is on the site.  What I mean by that is everything that has been placed online is a reflection of how you live.  You’re basically telling your life on the website and have chosen to share it with us.  We know what you eat, how you take care of your hair, the exercises you do, to what you read, and to even finding household items that you use in your home.  There’s not any difference in the two. 

You are the online program in human form!

So many people express surprise after meeting me-like they expect complete Hollywood façade, physically and personality wise...what’s your take on that??