About Truly Thriving Lives

Mission & Vision

My Mission is to increase the use of homeschooling, and healthy holistic habits, in the African American community, and around the world, so we can all thrive in our relationships, finances, and goals, and all experience thriving health—mind, body & spirit!.

My Vision is to demonstrate the viability & ease of each healthy habit, via videos, classes, and workbooks, such that each habit is easy to embrace, each supportive tool is accessible, and this resource is impactful to many.

Truly Thriving Lives helps you to systematically embrace a variety of healthier habits via Videos, Classes, and Workbooks. Each habit on its own makes a measurable improvement to our daily lives, like work-life balance, healthier relationships, and abundant health. And the 12 Healthier Habits, when done together, enable us to enjoy a better quality of life.

Truly Thriving Lives is a Black-owned, Woman-owned business and ministry, founded on Christian principles, promoting health & homeschooling resources to the African American Community, and the world.

The 12 Healthy Habits

Living with a Holistic Mindset
In-depth Prayer & Bible Study
Good Time Management
Maintaining Work-Life Balance
Using Financial wisdom
Decluttering and Minimising our belongings
Maintaining healthy Emotions & Relationships
Eating mostly fruits, veggies, grains, & legumes
Staying very active throughout each day
Using Chemical-Free home & body products
Living with a Feminine Ambiance & Essence
Homeschooling
Enjoying our Dream Experiences each day

Our Story

My family and I longed for a better quality of life, so we decided to do things differently—a lot of things. We setup a schedule & routine, we let go of our clutter, and started eating mostly fruits, veggies, grains, and beans. We started homeschooling, and setup careers & works hours that allowed for work-life balance. I started mixing my own chemical-free home & body products, and chose to live everyday with gentleness. And we all worked on healthier relationships with ourself, with each other, and especially with God.

Cleaning is sooo much easier now! Our health & fitness has improved, we’ve started living out our dreams, our faith-walk is stronger, and my family is closer than ever. Embracing healthier habits improved our quality of life!

If you feel inspired to embrace healthier habits for a better quality of life, I’m here to guide you with workbooks, videos, classes, coaching, and so on, to help you get started, and to help you stay consistent.

Keep thriving!

Andrea Calloway

Quality of Life Coach

How It All Began

Truly Thriving Lives began as a way to share the tips & tools Andrea discovered to experience a more simplistic and fulfilling quality of life. After mixing working soaps and moisturizers that kept her, and her daughter's skin soft, and eczema free, she began offering her skincare products at local farmers markets, and online via Amazon and Etsy. She wanted to make a greater impact, so she began teaching the recipe for her products in order to empower others via YouTube and Online Classes. And so, Truly Thriving Lives blossomed into what it is today: a resource that empowers people to discover and enjoy the benefits of minimalist living, eating mostly plants, faith, using pure home & body products, healthier relationships, and disciplined time-management.

About the Founder

Andrea, the founder of Truly Thriving Lives, is a homeschooling mother of 3 who loves all things natural. She works as a Quality of Life Coach, teaching classes on health topics, writing holistic workbooks, leading support group communities, and sharing how-to, and day-in-the-life videos with the world. She also writes and shares her own homeschooling curriculum, so that other parents can experience the joys of homeschooling. It's her passion to guide people along their journey, so that everyone can experience the peace of mind that comes with healthier habits, so that we can bypass the everyday hurtles that distract from our bigger dreams and passions—so we can all live truly thriving lives! :)

What we Believe

We believe that it is vital and biblical to live with variety of healthy habits. We embrace foundational habits that are the root of all we do, like in-depth prayer & Bible study, and knowing our calling & living with direction. We stick with core habits that help us function effectively with all we, like maintaining good time management, work-life balance & being prudent financial stewards, living with a minimal amount of belongings to focus more on the imperishable things of God (Yahweh). We commit to practicing healthy habits to nurture optimal emotional and physical health, such as by sinteracting with love, respect, truth & tact, eating mostly whole organic plant foods, and using mostly cotton, wood, glass, edible cleaning products and other non-toxic traditional products. And, we fight to live with legacy habits to leave a legacy of wisdom, character, skills, and love, like embracing traditional feminine and masculine roles, homeschooling our children, and vacationing away from manmade inventions to experience the oceans and mountains, creatures, and skies that Yahweh made. We embrace this holistic approach to life, so that we can be at our best as we serve Yahweh, and all that he’s calling us to do.

As for our faith, we believe in reading the Bible in its entirety, obeying God's Commandments and Laws, and accepting Jesus' atonement for our sins. While we have very similar beliefs & practices as our brothers and sisters in most traditional Christian Churches, we do differ on some topics, including holidays like Christmas and Easter (we are aware of the pagan roots many mainstream these days, and opt to recognize the life & resurrection of Jesus with in-depth study of the many Old & New Testament scriptures about Jesus). And, while we have similar beliefs & practices as our brothers and sisters in most traditional Isrealite groups, we do differ on some topics with some groups, including who can be saved (we believe all tribes (races) can be saved, thus all are are welcome). We make it a priority to interact with all individuals, like-minded or not, with loving kindness & gentleness. For more details, please view our Statement of Faith, and our What we Believe Video. We host a close knit group for those who are passionate about the same things, actively living with all the healthy habits, and share in these faith beliefs. If that’s you, prayerfully consider joining our Qodeshim Families group.