Honeyy Brooks: Inside the Journey to Redefining Digital Creation and Empowering Women

At times it feels like wellness or elevating one’s well being, is diametrically opposed to high achievement and high performance in one’s career. The stress, mental energy, long hours, lack of restful sleep and preoccupation that result from a high-achievement life seem to directly inhibit wellness. And yet, in order to sustain the creativity, flexibility, mental acuity and resilience that are necessary for high performance, wellness and wellbeing of the mind, body and soul are also mandatory. So how do we achieve both? This is the question I’m hoping to answer through conversations with high-achieving leaders and influencers who are practicing their own philosophies about how to maintain their wellbeing.

As a part of our series about “Social Media Influencers Share Their Top Self Care, Wellness, and Beauty Tips, I had the pleasure of interviewing Honeyy Brooks.

Honeyy is a mum, a wife and a farmer. She also runs her own online business as a content creator on Onlyfans. This mom is a powerhouse. While her husband works away, she runs the farm, looks after her two children and sells spicy photos online which funds her 100-acre farm. She is passionate about online sex work and truly loves what she does. Speaking to Honeyy it is obvious how passionate she is about the industry. She is on a mission to change the stigma around sex work, educate people on the industry and empower women to love their bodies.

Thank you so much for doing this with us! Our readers would love to get to know you a bit better. Can you share with us the backstory of how you came upon this career path and to where you are today?

Sure! Just over a year ago I was travelling Australia with my family. We had been travelling on the road for 10 months and heard of a married couple who were paying for their extravagant travels with an online platform called ‘Onlyfans’. So of course, curiosity got the best of me, and I did my research. I researched the ins and out of the website and the industry. I spent months researching the pros and cons of being an online sex worker, I wanted to be fully educated on something I had never done before. The more I researched the more I fell in love. For the first time in my life, I had found a business opportunity to create real wealth on my terms, to build a business my way, to share my sexuality and femineity, to express myself and show up as authentically me. I was obsessed. But one thing held me back… what would everyone think of me? Everyone would judge me. For months I sat on a business opportunity because I was afraid of what people would think of what I wanted to do with my body.

Until I just gave up caring. I decided I was not going to let the opinions of others dictate my happiness. So, I jumped in the deep end, not knowing how to swim or even if I’d survive. 12 months on I have built 5 figure monthly income and currently sit at the top 0.3% worldwide on the website, but most importantly, money aside. I’m the happiest I’ve ever been and that feeling I really can’t describe in words.

None of us are able to achieve success without some help along the way. Is there a particular person who you are grateful towards who helped get you to where you are? Can you share a story about that?

Hurdles is my middle name! man, there’s been a few — mentally, financially and emotionally!

Like every successful business, there’s been growing pains along the way.

I film with my husband on the site (Hank), we both started this business together and have been in it together since day 1. The biggest hurdle I’ve had to overcome in my business is the way we’ve both been treated differently for doing the same job. For instance, my husband -he’s glorified, a ‘king’, he makes friends walking down the street and gets hi-fives and fist pumps. On the other hand, I have had my own friends and family turn their back on me and well …. Let’s just say strangers aren’t hi-fiving me.

I expected to lose people, I expected to be judged but what I didn’t expect was that the exact people who were judging and shaming me were then glorifying my husband.

Within saying this, I have absolutely no resentment for Hank. In fact, this journey has brought us closer together and he has been my biggest supporter and my rock on my journey. Without Hank, there would be no Honeyy!

Can you share a story with us about the most humorous mistake you made when you were first starting? What lesson or take-away did you learn from that?

(I don’t really have a PG one I can share haha, let me know if you’d still like me to share)

As an influencer, you have been blessed with great success in a career path that many have attempted, but eventually gave up on. In fact, perhaps most people who tried to follow a career path like yours did not succeed. Do you have any words of advice for others who may want to embark on this career path but know that their dreams might be dashed?

Absolutely! The difference between those that succeed and those that don’t, is that one gave up. That’s all it is. I failed, repeatedly. I quit on myself more times than I can remember but I rehired myself the very next day because I refused to quit on my business, I refused to quit on myself, my future and most importantly my family. I built a following from 0–100k in 12 months, not just because I worked hard (and I did, this isn’t easy) but because I never let my down days get the better of me. Consistency is key. Consistency and a lot of hard work, blood, sweat and tears.

Can you share with our readers some of the strategies you’ve used to build an engaged, loyal, and large online community?

Be you! There’s always going to be another tall, blonde girl in a bikini posting on social media, but there’s never going to be another YOU. Find your quirks, what makes you weird and share that! My supporters follow me because they enjoy my personality and what makes me whacky.

Ok thank you for all that. Now let’s shift to the main focus of our interview. In my work, I focus on how one can thrive and care for oneself in three areas: body, mind, and heart. You are a busy person with a demanding schedule, can you share with our readers two self-care routines, practices or treatments that help your body thrive? (Kindly share a story or an example for each.)

Gratitude and self-growth/development.

My morning and night routine consists of journaling and gratitude — focusing on the good in my business and personal life. Even if I’ve had a terrible day writing the smallest things in my journal like ‘having a warm bed and a roof over my families head’ grounds me and trains my brain to look at the positives. I’m less stressed, I sleep better, and my energy is positive and radiating the next day.

I also book in a ‘spa date’ with myself one night a week. I run my bath and put on my favorite self-development podcast, sometimes it’s even an empowerment podcast. This allows me to align myself with personal and business goals.

Can you help articulate why self-care is so important for your mental wellness?

My mind is my vehicle, it’s what drives my emotions, my thoughts and my actions. If I don’t fuel my vehicle, look after it and service it then I can’t expect it to take me to the places I need to be. Self-care is my weekly maintenance, it allows me to reset, refuel and be prepared for any rough roads ahead.

(haha you can’t half tell a country girl has written that)

Can you share five ideas that anyone can use “to feel beautiful”?

Start to believe it. Stop talking about your appearance in a negative way. Rewire your brain and force her to love the good, then once you’ve done that, teach her to love the bit you don’t like. Some top tips to help

1. Affirmations — write out a sentence that empowers you, that makes you feel beautiful and repeat that to yourself every day.
2. Compliment other women — this changed the game for me. Whether its in your head or a physical compliment, start saying beautiful things about the women you see. Train your brain to look at all women’s bodies as beautiful, it’s hard to love yours when you constantly have negative judgements running through your thoughts- plus it’s a great way to spread the love and help another babe on her journey too!
3. This one might sound harsh but trust me its essential. Limit time with any family/friends who judge people on their appearance. IT IS A TRAP. You need to protect your energy and mindset. Politely let them know that comments like that don’t sit well with you and you’d like to discuss something else. Have the conversation. If it continues, limit the interactions
4. Surround yourself with empowering likeminded women. Social media is a beautiful place, if you’re in the right area. Clean out who you’re following and go find women who empower you to love your body.

Is there a particular resource, a practitioner, expert, book, or podcast that made a significant impact on you and helped you to thrive? Can you share a story about that with us?

‘Women don’t owe you pretty’ — Florence Given and her podcast EXACTLY.

Oh, my goodness if you haven’t heard of Flo, get to know her. FLO IS THE GO!!

Also ‘In the Sheets’ with Georgia Carter- Fantastic podcast, she dives into sexuality, sex, organisms, love life and so much more.

I also really enjoy ‘The Miss Mindset’ Podcast by Breanna May. She has some incredible episodes about achieving happiness, freedom and personal success!

As an influencer, you are a person of great influence. If you could inspire a movement that would bring the most amount of good to the most amount of people, what would that be? You never know what your idea can trigger.

BE NICE. Some of the most beautiful things in the world are free, and one is making someone smile. Creating success is great, creating freedom is great but creating happiness is like no other.

Everyone has an influence, big or small… everyone has it. You have the opportunity to influence someone’s day. So why don’t you use that power for good?

My influence isn’t based on numbers, it’s based on making people feel good, feel worthy and feel loved. It’s the feel-good community that thrives not the number at the top of my page.

We are very blessed that some of the biggest names in Business, VC funding, Sports, and Entertainment read this column. Is there a person in the world with whom you’d like to have a private breakfast or lunch with, and why? He or she might just see this. :-)

This is going to sound so typically 90’s girl country of me but it would have to be Shania Twain — she is a kick ass businesswoman who broke into a male dominated industry and smashed music records, some she even still holds today which is incredible. Plus, we’d totally have a champagne together and sing ‘let’s go girls’

What is the best way our readers can follow you on social media?

The best place to find me is on my Instagram @honeyybrooksvip

This was very inspiring. Thank you so much for the time you spent on this. We wish you only continued success.

About The Interviewer: Maria Angelova, MBA is a disruptor, author, motivational speaker, body-mind expert, Pilates teacher and founder and CEO of Rebellious Intl. As a disruptor, Maria is on a mission to change the face of the wellness industry by shifting the self-care mindset for consumers and providers alike. As a mind-body coach, Maria’s superpower is alignment which helps clients create a strong body and a calm mind so they can live a life of freedom, happiness and fulfillment. Prior to founding Rebellious Intl, Maria was a Finance Director and a professional with 17+ years of progressive corporate experience in the Telecommunications, Finance, and Insurance industries. Born in Bulgaria, Maria moved to the United States in 1992. She graduated summa cum laude from both Georgia State University (MBA, Finance) and the University of Georgia (BBA, Finance). Maria’s favorite job is being a mom. Maria enjoys learning, coaching, creating authentic connections, working out, Latin dancing, traveling, and spending time with her tribe. To contact Maria, email her at angelova@rebellious-intl.com. To schedule a free consultation, click here.