Makaela Ya Heard

(rare photo of me imitating being my best vegan and consuming herb) ON A JOURNEY TO BEING VEGAN    Have you ever had the thought of going vegetarian, vegan, or pescatarian? Shit, I never thought I would. People often ask me what made me change my eating habits. It was not until after I realized that I didn't want to eat meat anymore during my spiritual awakening. That is the first time my body began rejecting foods, especially meat. I barely had an appetite for a few months after that. I realized how important protecting your body from impure and harsh toxins is, and begin to nourish it with the right foods. After my spiritual awakening I tried eating meat but it wasn't the same experience I used to have when I ate it. It wasn't juicy and delicious it was so disgusting to me. I realized meat was rubbery and disgusting if you don't season it. So what is so great about it? Every time I cooked meat I saw it so differently. The blood and flesh in the pan really made

     A MODELS GUIDE TO GETTING SIGNED.     Do you feel like you have what it takes to be a signed model, but aren't sure how to get started? When I first made the decision of wanting to be signed with Wilhelmina, I had no idea how it was going to happen. I just knew I really wanted to be represented by one of the top agencies in the universe. But that intention alone was enough to set me out on my journey.     When I began modeling as a creative outlet in college, I was doing everything by myself. I was creating my own outfits and doing my own make up for every shoot. I was shooting often, and over time I had developed a portfolio that showed a range of different fashion looks and modeling poses. I took my portfolio into a Wilhelmina open call, and within a month I was signed. BAM. Just like that. LOL, jk. It was more complex than that. I will share with you my knowledge and wisdom on my experience, and what you should expect out of your journey to becoming a signed m

    The Magic of Writing.  I was 13 years old sitting in front of the T.V. with my best friend Alexis watching a man tell me that if I wrote down all of my heart's desires and believe I already had it, so it will be. WOW that's it? That's all I have to do to get what I want? We were watching "The Secret" on Netflix. The movie spoke about the Law of Attraction and manifestation. Watching The Secret resonated with my soul and I had a knowing that everything said in that film was true.   Fast forward to 2016, I am 21 years old and I am in my room during the week of Christmas sad because I wanted to buy my family presents, but I was broke as fuck. LOL. At that time I had "I am a Wilhelmina model" written down in the notes section in my phone, but I had never had a manifestation journal before. I always loved writing and had been getting the urge to write more often. So I took a binder I no longer needed from one of my Sociology classes, put