ABOUT US

 

What is The Sequel ? Who is the mastermind behind it ?

Changing the Narrative was created in 2021 by Queen Jones, a native of Houston,Texas. At the age of 15, my parents received a divorce and it flipped my world upside down. Experiencing their divorce as a teenager,  I came to the conclusion that I did not want my future children to be a product of a single parent household and I didn’t want to go through a divorce myself. My grandparents and my parents both got divorced and I knew I wanted to break that generational curse!  My parents divorce took a toll on me physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. This is when I started to experience anxiety and depression. However, at that moment, I couldn’t put a name on it. 

On March 10, 2018, my God Brother, Blake Mills committed suicide. Once again, my world changed in a way I couldn’t even process. I held myself responsible for his actions and felt if I would have made myself more available, he would still be here. 

At this point, I was old enough to be aware of the symptoms of anxiety and depression. I was able to acknowledge that I did suffer from it, however I tried my hardest to ignore my struggles and deal with it on my own. I tried suppressing my feelings but if I had a small setback, I would snap. I had moments of just crying uncontrollably and not being able to process what was wrong. I was holding on to years of pain and not talking about it made it worse. For the longest, my mom wanted me to seek help. However, I didn’t want to because of the stereotypes associated with seeking mental help. In December 2020, I was literally at my lowest point. I didn’t want to live, I couldn’t stay on top of my work, and I felt I would be better off not being here. This was the moment that my mom and I both knew I needed more help. I eventually started taking medicine for anxiety and depression and started group therapy. I  came to the point where I knew my therapy sessions were actually helping me manage and cope with my daily obstacles. 

 I knew I wanted to do something in Blake’s honor but I didn’t know how exactly. “Changing the Narrative” was created to break generational curses and to help create a story different from the ones we are accustomed to in order to get a better result. Also getting rid of the idea of if it ain’t broke don’t fix it.

With that being said we are now THE SEQUEL but still Changing the Narrative.

With the hand you were dealt what will you do ? Will you, too, be the sequel and change the narrative?