Today we’d like to introduce you to Mykaylah Gray.
Mykaylah, before we jump into specific questions about the business, why don’t you give us some details about you and your story.
My name is Mykaylah. I’m 26 years old from Worcester, Massachusetts. I started I Am Sufficient based off of my own personal testimony and many others. I love to write poetry and about a year ago, I wrote a poem about how I went from being Suicidal to Sufficient, not knowing that the phrase itself would help so many people dealing and struggling with their mental health. In the past, growing up, I’ve dealt with suicidal thoughts, anxiety and depression and I finally came to a place in my life where I found out that I was worthy and that life is not easy but with God, all things are possible. I reached a breaking point and started attending a church in Lawrenceville called All Nations Christian Fellowship, and was connected to my now Spiritual Father Dr. Moses Muwkiza.
My eyes were open to see why I was struggling with my mental health and it was affecting my physical health as well. I decided I wanted to give hope to the hopeless and be the person that I needed when I wanted to give up, so I started mental health awareness and suicide prevention line with words that are the embodiment of an overcomer. Whether you are suicidal to sufficient, rejected to accepted, worthless to worthy or a mess to a messenger, you are sufficient and you are more than enough. I received my first order of shirts in the in the beginning of March 2020, not expecting Covid to slowly push back my plans… I was very discouraged and just wanted to wait a couple of months until things settled down and businesses started opening back up but little did I know Covid actually gave me the perfect opportunity to step in and start giving hope. Depression, anxiety and suicide rates started increasing and I started sharing my testimony, encouraging words and stories from supporters on Instagram, while posting pictures of people in my shirts and my business took off from there.
We’re always bombarded by how great it is to pursue your passion, etc – but we’ve spoken with enough people to know that it’s not always easy. Overall, would you say things have been easy for you? So far the business has been smooth, the only struggle has been...
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