July 11th marked my 26th birthday. After 25 years on this Earth, my biggest lesson this year is that I have multiple identities that make up who I am and I want to introduce you to them all. I used to reject certain parts of me, but I'm learning to embrace all of me and my different dimensions are captured by my nicknames. I realized that I'm not one-dimensional and for those of you who only know one dimension of me, please take a moment to meet the rest of me.

J-Love

• Origins: Given to me by Steve for my loving spirit toward sisters, brothers, and the youth
  
• Purpose: To reach a place of unconditional love for self and all living beings (including women, men, plants, animals, the seen, and unseen)
• Passions: potlucks, poetry, people, prayer
  
• Problem: How does one create and sustain healthy relationships rooted in spiritual intimacy?
  
• Theme Songs: Love by Musiq Soulchild & I'm Ready for Love by India Arie
  

J-Conxus (pronounced "conscious")

• Origins: Given to me by myself during a period of deep spiritual, cultural, and self exploration
  
• Purpose: To consciously critique society and create solutions to close the gap between where society is in comparison to where it could and should be.
• Passions: building self-sustaining institutions, reading, writing, public speaking, organizing information
  
• Problem: How does one organize the world in a way where everyone is free to reach their full potential?
  
• Theme Songs: Changes by 2 Pac & If I Ruled the World by Nas & It Was Written by Dead Prez, GOD by Common feat. Cee-lo
  

Mr. Purposefinder

• Origins: Given to me by Oladayo during business school because of my commitment to purposefinder.net (the old version of Mylinia.com) and my 1-on-1 purposefinder sessions with classmates.
  
• Purpose: To serve God by helping as many people as possible find and fulfill their purpose in life.
• Passions: blogging, coaching, mentorship, visioning
  
• Problem: How does one help people find and fulfill their purpose in life?
  
• Theme Songs: Closer by Goapele, We're Jah-men by Bob Marley, Free by Talisman
  

J-Money

• Origins: Given to me by Tim at UCLA for my serial entrepreneurship (selling agenda books, throwing parties, selling t-shirts, 2by2.net, etc)
  
• Purpose: To help people make a living doing what they love by creating innovative social business models.
• Passions: creating businesses (= creating value + capturing value)
• Problem: How does one create systems of exchange within and between communities that transcend money and allow people to capture the value they create for society?
  
• Theme Songs: Money Is My $itch by Nas & U Don't Know by Jay-Z, Robin Hood Theory by Gang Starr

Other nicknames include:

• Flash Gordon (meaning = racing through life, but I'm leaning to slow down)
• Fig (Newton is my middle name and I bear good fruit)
• Navigator Newt (meaning = great at finding and giving direction when driving and in life)
• The Oracle (meaning = trusted advisor and wise)
• Ju or JuJu (I'm not Jewish, but I am very spiritual)
  
• JuJuBee (like the candy and because I'm so sweet)

Think about your nicknames and see if they offer you any revelations. Also checkout this research I did on my first and last name and tell me if this sounds like me. Deep and scary!

More dimensions to come...